Brand New Kobo Touch - Brick :( - Page 3

Peakcrew · 10-30-2013, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by barney_rebel

I had another "Please charge your e-reader"... I rebooted and it was back up to 24% and climbing

I think the battery needs to figure out the calibration correctly. Unfortunately it takes a good week to discharge, so we'll see. Hopefully that will get me at least a couple books under my belt...

TechniSol · 10-30-2013, 10:05 PM

I think you may be on the right track that it needs a few dis/charge cycles to reset the battery indicator and get the battery going again. If you're looking to accelerate the discharge cycles leaving the WiFi on and syncing a few times in a row tends to knock the battery off pretty quickly in my experience.

barney_rebel · 10-30-2013, 10:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TechniSol

I think you may be on the right track that it needs a few dis/charge cycles to reset the battery indicator and get the battery going again. If you're looking to accelerate the discharge cycles leaving the WiFi on and syncing a few times in a row tends to knock the battery off pretty quickly in my experience.

Agreed, wifi syncing drains it a good 5% points down every time.

I found a few good threads here in regards to battery draining and calibration. They've been pretty helpful.

My battery gauge said 95% then down to 65% in a couple hours

I pluggrf it in to sync a couple books and then it shows the "charged" status at 100%. Immediately after unplugging it, it's back down to 61%.... so the battery is still crazy, but not as bad as before.

Peakcrew · 10-31-2013, 05:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TechniSol

I think you may be on the right track that it needs a few dis/charge cycles to reset the battery indicator and get the battery going again. If you're looking to accelerate the discharge cycles leaving the WiFi on and syncing a few times in a row tends to knock the battery off pretty quickly in my experience.

Back to battery problems again, Sol! It's like old times

Are the problems on yours sorted?

susaz · 11-01-2013, 05:09 PM

Hmmm, calibration is basic on every device. Full 100% charge and discharge cycles are important. Wifi on helps drain the battery faster. I really hope you solve the problem!

barney_rebel · 11-09-2013, 02:05 PM

OK so my battery drains after a good 6 days, which was close to how my old kobo was. They want me to send my old one back, so I think I'm good. This battery gauge isn't as accurate as my old one, but at least I have a working kobo. I may give it another cycle and then send in my old one.

Thanks for your help guys!

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10-30-2013, 10:05 PM	#32
TechniSol GranPohbah-Fezzes r cool! Posts: 1,056 Karma: 3151024 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Nook STRs, Kobo Touch, Kobo Glo	I think you may be on the right track that it needs a few dis/charge cycles to reset the battery indicator and get the battery going again. If you're looking to accelerate the discharge cycles leaving the WiFi on and syncing a few times in a row tends to knock the battery off pretty quickly in my experience.

11-01-2013, 05:09 PM	#35
susaz Zealot Posts: 149 Karma: 664784 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Buenos Aires Argentina Device: Nook Color, Grammata Papyre 6.2, Sony PRS T1, Nook ST Glow,Kobo Glo	Hmmm, calibration is basic on every device. Full 100% charge and discharge cycles are important. Wifi on helps drain the battery faster. I really hope you solve the problem!

11-09-2013, 02:05 PM	#36
barney_rebel Book lover Posts: 27 Karma: 11532 Join Date: Feb 2013 Device: Kobo Touch/Aura, Asus Transformer TF300, Samsung Galaxy S3	OK so my battery drains after a good 6 days, which was close to how my old kobo was. They want me to send my old one back, so I think I'm good. This battery gauge isn't as accurate as my old one, but at least I have a working kobo. I may give it another cycle and then send in my old one. Thanks for your help guys!