Hands on Kindle Paperwhite 4 - Page 19

fardeenah · 01-11-2019, 06:20 AM

i got my kindle yesterday and the text does seem a bit faded compared to the pw3, i used bookerly with boldness setting 1 and now it resembles what my paperwhite 3 looked like, apart from that i have a single weird "dead pixel" which keeps on inverting in the opposite colour. if it its supposed to display white, it displays a small black dot and vice versa, its not noticable at all. however there are certain part of the screen where the text is a little blurrier than the other part of the screen, its hard to describe. i noticed it because i have been over analysing my screen since i got it. i sold my pw3 but i cant compare right now

Waylander · 01-12-2019, 11:42 AM

I heard there were some issues with the PW4 battery. Have they been ironed out or are people still finding problems with the battery holding its charge?

NiLuJe · 01-12-2019, 11:58 AM

@Waylander: AFAICT, that was just people (not) realizing indexing eats through a charge like crazy. As it's a new device, lots of people dumping crazy (or slightly less so) amounts of books on it => perfect storm.

frostschutz · 01-12-2019, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Waylander

I heard there were some issues with the PW4 battery. Have they been ironed out or are people still finding problems with the battery holding its charge?

Mine pretty much loses its charge within a week of not using it at all. Maybe it's the ads...?

Or maybe it's because there's an update it can't update to because I blocked updates.

Doubt it's books, I didn't copy any books over yet.

NiLuJe · 01-12-2019, 01:01 PM

@frostschutz: Is it in Airplane mode?

JimmyR · 01-12-2019, 01:02 PM

I haven't done any rigorous testing but mine seems to last about as long as my other kindles. That's with the power saver disabled.

Section8 · 01-12-2019, 01:13 PM

My PW4 replaced a PW2 and I haven't noticed much difference in battery usage. I normally keep them in airplane mode and after copying my books to it, I kept the PW4 plugged in until it finished indexing.

93terp · 01-13-2019, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by JimmyR

That's with the power saver disabled.

What is "power saver" and how do you enable/disable it?

barryem · 01-13-2019, 03:56 PM

Power saver is a feature on the Paperwhite 4 that, when the thing is asleep for about an hour, puts it into a deeper sleep, saving battery life. The down side of this is that when you wake it up from that deeper sleep it puts a Waking Up sign at the bottom of the screen and there's about a 10 second to 20 second delay. I haven't actually timed it.

I don't care for that delay. When I open the cover I want to read. But so far I've left the power saver on. I probably will turn it off at some point and see if it makes a noticeable difference but if it does I'll probably turn it back on. It's only a minor irritation and I want the device and it's battery to last as long as possible.

There's a setting in the settings screen to disable the power saver. It's found under Device Options and then under Advanced Options.

Barry

93terp · 01-13-2019, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by barryem

Power saver is a feature on the Paperwhite 4 that, when the thing is asleep for about an hour, puts it into a deeper sleep, saving battery life. The down side of this is that when you wake it up from that deeper sleep it puts a Waking Up sign at the bottom of the screen and there's about a 10 second to 20 second delay. I haven't actually timed it.

I don't care for that delay. When I open the cover I want to read. But so far I've left the power saver on. I probably will turn it off at some point and see if it makes a noticeable difference but if it does I'll probably turn it back on. It's only a minor irritation and I want the device and it's battery to last as long as possible.

There's a setting in the settings screen to disable the power saver. It's found under Device Options and then under Advanced Options.

Barry

Thanks. Is this feature device specific or FW specific?

booklover6 · 01-13-2019, 04:52 PM

There is a blog post about this subject here.

Personally I haven't turned the feature off, because it gives me a few seconds to admire my custom "screen savers."

barryem · 01-13-2019, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by 93terp

Thanks. Is this feature device specific or FW specific?

I think Power Saver is device specific. My Paperwhite 4's both came with it and they both got a firmware upgrade since I got them.

Someone mentioned that the Oasis 2 also has it.

[edit]I just realized I didn't completely answer you. My Paperwhite 3's got firmware upgrades to the firmware that my Paperwhite 4's came with and the Paperwhite 3's don't have Power Save.[/edit]

Barry

93terp · 01-14-2019, 06:59 AM

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Originally Posted by barryem

I think Power Saver is device specific. My Paperwhite 4's both came with it and they both got a firmware upgrade since I got them.

Someone mentioned that the Oasis 2 also has it.

[edit]I just realized I didn't completely answer you. My Paperwhite 3's got firmware upgrades to the firmware that my Paperwhite 4's came with and the Paperwhite 3's don't have Power Save.[/edit]

Barry

Thanks. I did confirm it's on my PW4, but even with FW 5.10.2 I'm not seeing it on my Oasis 2.

93terp · 01-14-2019, 07:00 AM

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Originally Posted by booklover6

There is a blog post about this subject here.

Personally I haven't turned the feature off, because it gives me a few seconds to admire my custom "screen savers."

Thanks for the link.

I'm assuming your PW4 is jailbroken if you have custom screen savers? I'd love to use book covers as my screen saver, but after reading through all the jail break instructions I'm not convinced it's worth the effort.

DuckieTigger · 01-14-2019, 08:09 AM

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Originally Posted by 93terp

Thanks. I did confirm it's on my PW4, but even with FW 5.10.2 I'm not seeing it on my Oasis 2.

You are not seeing it, because you cannot disable it. Why waste space in settings that cannot be changed?

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01-11-2019, 06:20 AM	#271
fardeenah Connoisseur Posts: 51 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2016 Device: kindle paperwhite 4	i got my kindle yesterday and the text does seem a bit faded compared to the pw3, i used bookerly with boldness setting 1 and now it resembles what my paperwhite 3 looked like, apart from that i have a single weird "dead pixel" which keeps on inverting in the opposite colour. if it its supposed to display white, it displays a small black dot and vice versa, its not noticable at all. however there are certain part of the screen where the text is a little blurrier than the other part of the screen, its hard to describe. i noticed it because i have been over analysing my screen since i got it. i sold my pw3 but i cant compare right now

01-12-2019, 11:42 AM	#272
Waylander Guru Posts: 669 Karma: 2905052 Join Date: Oct 2013 Device: Kindle Paperwhite 5 16GB, Kindle Paperwhite 6, Kobo Clara,	I heard there were some issues with the PW4 battery. Have they been ironed out or are people still finding problems with the battery holding its charge?

01-12-2019, 11:58 AM	#273
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	@Waylander: AFAICT, that was just people (not) realizing indexing eats through a charge like crazy. As it's a new device, lots of people dumping crazy (or slightly less so) amounts of books on it => perfect storm.

01-12-2019, 01:01 PM	#275
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	@frostschutz: Is it in Airplane mode?

01-12-2019, 01:02 PM	#276
JimmyR ɴₐɴ Posts: 421 Karma: 2507940 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: 37.2N 93.3W Device: KV PW4 PW3 PW2	I haven't done any rigorous testing but mine seems to last about as long as my other kindles. That's with the power saver disabled.

01-12-2019, 01:13 PM	#277
Section8 Addict Posts: 264 Karma: 2121470 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Arlington, TX Device: Kindle PW4, Moon+ Reader on a cheap Android tablet	My PW4 replaced a PW2 and I haven't noticed much difference in battery usage. I normally keep them in airplane mode and after copying my books to it, I kept the PW4 plugged in until it finished indexing.

01-13-2019, 03:56 PM	#279
barryem Wizard Posts: 2,459 Karma: 68781975 Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Arkansas Device: Paperwhite 4	Power saver is a feature on the Paperwhite 4 that, when the thing is asleep for about an hour, puts it into a deeper sleep, saving battery life. The down side of this is that when you wake it up from that deeper sleep it puts a Waking Up sign at the bottom of the screen and there's about a 10 second to 20 second delay. I haven't actually timed it. I don't care for that delay. When I open the cover I want to read. But so far I've left the power saver on. I probably will turn it off at some point and see if it makes a noticeable difference but if it does I'll probably turn it back on. It's only a minor irritation and I want the device and it's battery to last as long as possible. There's a setting in the settings screen to disable the power saver. It's found under Device Options and then under Advanced Options. Barry

01-13-2019, 04:52 PM	#281
booklover6 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,545 Karma: 14008730 Join Date: May 2008 Location: PA (USA) Device: Kobo Clara, 2E, Libre 1, PW4, PW5, 2022 Kindle, Kobo Libre Colour	There is a blog post about this subject here. Personally I haven't turned the feature off, because it gives me a few seconds to admire my custom "screen savers."