OK- it's been 24 hours since I charged up to 100% after softrooting. I used wifi a little to download books. Made sure it was shut off(airplane mode), read a little(30 min), played a little with settings, and put off for the nite. This morning turned it on and it has 87% battery left. I'll leave it on sleep most of the day and see what happens. It seems to have stabilized after a cycle of charge and recharge. I'll keep my fingers crossed.