Battery Only Lasted 6 days...

pokee · 11-11-2010, 12:22 AM

I've been only reading a couple of books (about 300-ish page turns) in the past week since I bought my Kobo. I did a full charge (for about 6 hours) when I originally bought it on Nov. 4th.

With 200 page turns, a small amount of book browsing, one Wi-Fi download and 4 - 5 sideloads, I am not sure this was optimal. I thought it was supposed to last 2 weeks. My Wi-Fi is off and sleep is operating as it should. I didn't ever power down, though. Is it possible that the next firmware upgrade will improve the battery life to what Kobo advertises?

sabredog · 11-11-2010, 01:18 AM

That would be two weeks reading I would assume. active Wifi use would chew up battery power quickly.

robko · 11-11-2010, 08:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pokee

I thought it was supposed to last 2 weeks. ........ Is it possible that the next firmware upgrade will improve the battery life to what Kobo advertises?

Actually with the WIFI they have cut that back to 10 days (or 10,000 page refreshes) rather than 2 weeks. I still think they are really exaggerating battery life more than is fair. If they are saying 10,000 page refreshes under "ideal test conditions" I would expect to get at least 7,000 and I'm not sure anyone is getting close to that (I know I'm not). I doubt the new firmware will improve it at all.
Robert

HamsterRage · 11-11-2010, 09:07 AM

My understanding is that the very first charge/discharge cycle on a new unit isn't particularly indicative of what you can expect to get long term.

See how much life you're getting after you've charged it up a couple more times.

11-11-2010, 12:22 AM	#1
pokee Fanatic Posts: 569 Karma: 199759 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Vancouver, BC Device: Kobo WiFi, Kobo Glo, Kobo Vox, Samsung Galaxy S4, Samsung Tab2	Battery Only Lasted 6 days... I've been only reading a couple of books (about 300-ish page turns) in the past week since I bought my Kobo. I did a full charge (for about 6 hours) when I originally bought it on Nov. 4th. With 200 page turns, a small amount of book browsing, one Wi-Fi download and 4 - 5 sideloads, I am not sure this was optimal. I thought it was supposed to last 2 weeks. My Wi-Fi is off and sleep is operating as it should. I didn't ever power down, though. Is it possible that the next firmware upgrade will improve the battery life to what Kobo advertises?

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11-11-2010, 01:18 AM	#2
sabredog Geographically Restricted Posts: 2,630 Karma: 14933353 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Perth, Australia Device: Sony PRS-T3, Kindle Voyage, iPad Air2, Nexus7v2	That would be two weeks reading I would assume. active Wifi use would chew up battery power quickly.

11-11-2010, 09:07 AM	#4
HamsterRage Evangelist Posts: 435 Karma: 24326 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: Kobo	My understanding is that the very first charge/discharge cycle on a new unit isn't particularly indicative of what you can expect to get long term. See how much life you're getting after you've charged it up a couple more times.