Save battery

danielr · 08-06-2020, 08:24 AM

Is there an item that can be disabled in the configuration to save battery power? Apart from the wifi and the light?

NiLuJe · 08-06-2020, 09:52 AM

Not really. Are you actually having battery issues, or is this fear talking?

everdred · 08-06-2020, 11:14 AM

There are also e-ink screen tweaks, like disabling automatic "full refresh" of the screen and setting a gesture to do a manual full refresh if you start to notice screen artifacts.

I'm not sure how significant the battery savings are, since this is a bit of a quality-of-life downgrade.

NiLuJe · 08-06-2020, 02:17 PM

I seem to recall that, if any, the difference in power draw between a refresh and a flashing refresh are indeed insignificant.

Frenzie · 08-06-2020, 05:10 PM

You mean the screen itself is insignificant compared to the other parts? Seems like there's an awful lot more happening in a full flash. :P

theducks · 08-06-2020, 07:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frenzie

You mean the screen itself is insignificant compared to the other parts? Seems like there's an awful lot more happening in a full flash. :P

But the duration is very short. You might save a couple of minutes of run time.

Frenzie · 08-07-2020, 05:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theducks

But the duration is very short. You might save a couple of minutes of run time.

Pretty much the only thing you'll actually notice affecting battery life is wifi. Everything else is various degrees of marginal. Doing a full screen refresh every page turn is distracting and unnecessary but it won't meaningfully affect your battery life.

But if the power draw between a partial refresh and a full refresh is negligible, it means it's all about the CPU/controller and not about actually magnetizing the ink particles, which I find at least a little bit surprising.

NiLuJe · 08-11-2020, 09:27 AM

A (full) non-flashing refresh will only do marginally less work than a flashing one.

08-06-2020, 08:24 AM	#1
danielr Enthusiast Posts: 32 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2018 Device: Kobo Aura One	Save battery Is there an item that can be disabled in the configuration to save battery power? Apart from the wifi and the light?

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08-06-2020, 09:52 AM	#2
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,506 Karma: 26047202 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	Not really. Are you actually having battery issues, or is this fear talking?

08-06-2020, 11:14 AM	#3
everdred Member Posts: 15 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2020 Device: Kobo Libra H2O, Remarkable 2, Android, Linux	There are also e-ink screen tweaks, like disabling automatic "full refresh" of the screen and setting a gesture to do a manual full refresh if you start to notice screen artifacts. I'm not sure how significant the battery savings are, since this is a bit of a quality-of-life downgrade.

08-06-2020, 02:17 PM	#4
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,506 Karma: 26047202 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	I seem to recall that, if any, the difference in power draw between a refresh and a flashing refresh are indeed insignificant.

08-06-2020, 05:10 PM	#5
Frenzie Wizard Posts: 1,751 Karma: 730681 Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Antwerp Device: Kobo Aura H2O	You mean the screen itself is insignificant compared to the other parts? Seems like there's an awful lot more happening in a full flash. :P

08-11-2020, 09:27 AM	#8
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,506 Karma: 26047202 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	A (full) non-flashing refresh will only do marginally less work than a flashing one.

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