Gen3 Battery problem Gen3 - Page 2

basschick · 05-24-2011, 05:50 AM

i've had thishappen since day 1, going on 3 years ago, and i've had more than 1 firmware. my gen3 has never made it to 50% ever - it bricks after 70% till a very full charge.

GeoffC · 05-24-2011, 06:15 AM

I regularly manage to get down as low as 40% before I remember to charge ... One of the 'drawbacks' to not having the meter on display whilst reading ....

JanG · 05-24-2011, 06:39 AM

So now I have my Opus and I only use my Gen3 as a back up/2nd reader. With regard to the Gen3, either it's not charging properly, or that meter isn't right, or power is leeching out of it somehow. I suspect it's the meter because last week it went from 100% to completely dead in one hour! I thought it was odd that it hadn't asked to be charged for almost a week. I should've suspected something....DUH!

But I'm glad I'm not the only one that had problems with the Gen3 doing weird things once it hit 70%. Thanks, Basschick. It's nice to have company with the same problem.

--Jan.

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05-24-2011, 05:50 AM	#16
basschick Wizard Posts: 1,096 Karma: 4695691 Join Date: May 2008 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	i've had thishappen since day 1, going on 3 years ago, and i've had more than 1 firmware. my gen3 has never made it to 50% ever - it bricks after 70% till a very full charge.

05-24-2011, 06:15 AM	#17
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	I regularly manage to get down as low as 40% before I remember to charge ... One of the 'drawbacks' to not having the meter on display whilst reading ....

05-24-2011, 06:39 AM	#18
JanG Groupie Posts: 156 Karma: 6266 Join Date: Apr 2009 Device: Laptop; Kobo Clara	So now I have my Opus and I only use my Gen3 as a back up/2nd reader. With regard to the Gen3, either it's not charging properly, or that meter isn't right, or power is leeching out of it somehow. I suspect it's the meter because last week it went from 100% to completely dead in one hour! I thought it was odd that it hadn't asked to be charged for almost a week. I should've suspected something....DUH! But I'm glad I'm not the only one that had problems with the Gen3 doing weird things once it hit 70%. Thanks, Basschick. It's nice to have company with the same problem. --Jan.

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