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Old 04-08-2011, 09:25 AM   #16
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Okay, good. It's now three days since the last time I fully charged my Kobo, and the battery indicator still looks to be at 100%. I havent added any books to the Kobo in the last three days, and haven't turned on the wifi at all.
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Old 04-13-2011, 11:31 AM   #17
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My Kobo lasts 40 days using power off and 11 days using sleep, so power off definitely consumes less power. Turn off the wi-fi until you intend to use it.
I get about the same. Which is fine, but its annoying to power up every morning on the train. So I use sleep mode and charge it every 10 days or so.
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Old 05-04-2011, 09:41 PM   #18
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Hello DigiSara

I have the same problem. Since loading 1.9 on my Kobo, the battery drains much faster. This time it drained in one week, and I have used it only once for about 15 minutes during that week! It used to last about 2 weeks of intensive use: turn on - read a while - turn off several times a day. I am a bit worried about the draining of the battery. The Wifi is off unless I am uploading a book.
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Old 05-04-2011, 10:13 PM   #19
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Hello DigiSara

I have the same problem. Since loading 1.9 on my Kobo, the battery drains much faster. This time it drained in one week, and I have used it only once for about 15 minutes during that week! It used to last about 2 weeks of intensive use: turn on - read a while - turn off several times a day. I am a bit worried about the draining of the battery. The Wifi is off unless I am uploading a book.
Be sure your newspaper subscriptions is disabled. That will drain the battery.
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Old 05-05-2011, 07:36 PM   #20
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I tend to get about 3 weeks or so out of my Kobo..which isn't bad considering I read just about every night. Like others said, the Wi-Fi tends to suck the battery quickly, so I rarely use it.
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Old 05-09-2011, 04:11 PM   #21
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I get about the same. Which is fine, but its annoying to power up every morning on the train. So I use sleep mode and charge it every 10 days or so.
this has changed since I downloaded the upgrade. Now my battery dies in less than a week in sleep mode (wifi is off, since I can never get a signal anyway. Haha). Started using power off every time now.
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Old 05-09-2011, 06:15 PM   #22
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this has changed since I downloaded the upgrade. Now my battery dies in less than a week in sleep mode (wifi is off, since I can never get a signal anyway. Haha). Started using power off every time now.
Are you sure you've got newspaper subscriptions turned off? Even if WI-FI is turned off your Kobo will still wake up every so often if newspaper subscriptions are turned on.
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Old 05-10-2011, 11:45 PM   #23
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how do you power off? I thought the kobo wifi only sleeps.
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Old 05-11-2011, 12:58 AM   #24
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Old 05-11-2011, 09:47 AM   #25
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That only resets my kobo. Turns right back on.
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That only resets my kobo. Turns right back on.
Then there's certainly something wrong, because a 3 second hold on the power button shuts the Kobo reader off.
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Old 05-12-2011, 11:52 AM   #27
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Hi guys... I bought my second Kobo less than 2 weeks ago and I've had to charge the battery 3 or 4 times. I do have 3 newspaper subscriptions. Is this why it's losing the charge so quickly? I get, probably, 100 pages read and then have to recharge. I was about to exchange it at Chapters. Can someone tell me if it seems I should return it or if I'm just using it incorrectly? Even after it's fully charged, if I connect it up again 5 minutes later, the red light shows and it's charging already.

I can see from reading your posts that I should be powering it off at night. I've been leaving it sleeping since I'm used to the old Kobo without WiFi. I don't know how to turn WiFi off! I think I liked the old one better. Thanks for any help..
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Old 05-12-2011, 12:28 PM   #28
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OK. Now I know how to turn off WIFI.
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