Oasis 3 battery - Page 2

mewmartigan · 10-27-2020, 12:15 PM

Its funny you mention this. I bought a new Oasis on Prime day to replace my original 2017 Oasis. Back in 2017 I complained about the battery. The battery on this new one is significantly better. I charged it full the day it arrived and I am still at 60% battery with at least some reading each day.

As for overnight drain...that really shouldn't happen at all unless it is indexing as others have said. Or stuck trying to download a book? You could try turing off wifi for a night and see what happens.

EDIT: Just noticed your statement above about turning off wifi.

rapidblue · 10-27-2020, 12:23 PM

Yip, that is with wifi off and not currently indexing

Paperbackstash · 10-27-2020, 07:20 PM

I have noticed a difference with Oasis and Paperwhite battery, Oasis being worse of course, but I have not tested it to see if it drains any overnight. I will try to take a look. If I read it every day for a few days, I do have to charge it up a bit.

rapidblue · 10-28-2020, 03:26 AM

So I did my last test last night:
After a factory restore, I logged into my Amazon account and did not download any books onto my Oasis. I turned wifi off and put the device to sleep at midnight - battery was on 17%
Turned it on again at 8:20 this morning and the battery was on 13%
So, dropped 4% in about 8 hours with no books loaded and wifi off

I'm going to contact Amazon now and see if they can exchange my unit

NullNix · 10-28-2020, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by rapidblue

Looks like it may not be fixed

I put my Kindle to sleep at 9 pm last night (battery was on 40%) and when I turned it on again at 8 am this morning (11 hours later, with wifi off) the battery was on 36%
So, 4% battery usage overnight with wifi off and no books needing to be indexed. Do the other Oasis users experience this?

Frankly the Kindle battery meters are not that accurate. -5% from sheer temperature changes with no charge level change at all is quite possible. It can go up on its own too.

Paperbackstash · 10-28-2020, 03:05 PM

Yes it may be normal for some of the devices to do, mine sometimes loses a little when sleeping. I have never calculated it that closely.

rapidblue · 10-29-2020, 05:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NullNix

Frankly the Kindle battery meters are not that accurate. -5% from sheer temperature changes with no charge level change at all is quite possible. It can go up on its own too.

True, I understand that. But I tested it during the day when I am at work and it loses anything from 4 - 8% during this time whilst on sleep, wifi off and no books downloaded

I called Amazon and they are sending me a replacement unit. Hopefully, the new one behaves - holding thumbs

Atunah · 10-30-2020, 06:39 PM

My kindles have always behaved better battery wise once I owned them for a while. Meaning having charged them a few times.
I think my Oasis sometimes goes down 4 percent overnight, sometimes 1. Who knows. I have a lot of collections and maybe it does backround stuff sometimes.
But I can have it sitting for days, reading on another kindle, and it doesn't go down much at all. Maybe a couple of % in days. I don't really pay that close attention though, it charges so very fast to top it off when I think about it.

Hopefully you'll be more happy with the replacement.

rapidblue · 11-01-2020, 07:02 AM

Ok, so I got my replacement Oasis from Amazon. I've been using it for almost 2 days now with about 2 or 3 hours of reading and the battery is on 92% Waaaaaay better!! The previous one would have been almost flat by now.
Now I can really enjoy my new Oasis - thank you Amazon

Atunah · 11-02-2020, 06:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rapidblue

Ok, so I got my replacement Oasis from Amazon. I've been using it for almost 2 days now with about 2 or 3 hours of reading and the battery is on 92% Waaaaaay better!! The previous one would have been almost flat by now.
Now I can really enjoy my new Oasis - thank you Amazon

Yay. Fantastic. Glad you are happy now and that Amazon made it right. Enjoy

rapidblue · 11-03-2020, 02:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Atunah

Yay. Fantastic. Glad you are happy now and that Amazon made it right. Enjoy

This is probably only the 3rd time I ever had to contact Amazon with a query - always had brilliant service from them

Now I'm loving the Oasis - was definitely a super choice

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10-27-2020, 12:15 PM	#16
mewmartigan Guru Posts: 852 Karma: 8242060 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: Kindle Oasis (2019)	Its funny you mention this. I bought a new Oasis on Prime day to replace my original 2017 Oasis. Back in 2017 I complained about the battery. The battery on this new one is significantly better. I charged it full the day it arrived and I am still at 60% battery with at least some reading each day. As for overnight drain...that really shouldn't happen at all unless it is indexing as others have said. Or stuck trying to download a book? You could try turing off wifi for a night and see what happens. EDIT: Just noticed your statement above about turning off wifi.

10-27-2020, 12:23 PM	#17
rapidblue Connoisseur Posts: 94 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2010 Device: Kindle Oasis 3 / Kindle Voyage / Kindle Touch	Yip, that is with wifi off and not currently indexing

10-27-2020, 07:20 PM	#18
Paperbackstash Wizard Posts: 1,656 Karma: 20102554 Join Date: Aug 2018 Location: Central Florida Device: Oasis 3, PW 3 & 5, Fire HD 8 & 10	I have noticed a difference with Oasis and Paperwhite battery, Oasis being worse of course, but I have not tested it to see if it drains any overnight. I will try to take a look. If I read it every day for a few days, I do have to charge it up a bit.

10-28-2020, 03:26 AM	#19
rapidblue Connoisseur Posts: 94 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2010 Device: Kindle Oasis 3 / Kindle Voyage / Kindle Touch	So I did my last test last night: After a factory restore, I logged into my Amazon account and did not download any books onto my Oasis. I turned wifi off and put the device to sleep at midnight - battery was on 17% Turned it on again at 8:20 this morning and the battery was on 13% So, dropped 4% in about 8 hours with no books loaded and wifi off I'm going to contact Amazon now and see if they can exchange my unit

10-28-2020, 03:05 PM	#21
Paperbackstash Wizard Posts: 1,656 Karma: 20102554 Join Date: Aug 2018 Location: Central Florida Device: Oasis 3, PW 3 & 5, Fire HD 8 & 10	Yes it may be normal for some of the devices to do, mine sometimes loses a little when sleeping. I have never calculated it that closely.

10-30-2020, 06:39 PM	#23
Atunah Wizard Posts: 1,817 Karma: 23400001 Join Date: May 2012 Location: USA Device: K1/K3/BasicK Voyage/Oasis1/Oasis3	My kindles have always behaved better battery wise once I owned them for a while. Meaning having charged them a few times. I think my Oasis sometimes goes down 4 percent overnight, sometimes 1. Who knows. I have a lot of collections and maybe it does backround stuff sometimes. But I can have it sitting for days, reading on another kindle, and it doesn't go down much at all. Maybe a couple of % in days. I don't really pay that close attention though, it charges so very fast to top it off when I think about it. Hopefully you'll be more happy with the replacement.

11-01-2020, 07:02 AM	#24
rapidblue Connoisseur Posts: 94 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2010 Device: Kindle Oasis 3 / Kindle Voyage / Kindle Touch	Ok, so I got my replacement Oasis from Amazon. I've been using it for almost 2 days now with about 2 or 3 hours of reading and the battery is on 92% Waaaaaay better!! The previous one would have been almost flat by now. Now I can really enjoy my new Oasis - thank you Amazon