04-30-2011, 02:10 PM | #1 |
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Is My Kobo Battery Life Normal?
I have had my Kobo for only a few weeks. Currently I am reading one of the Oz books by L Frank Baum (can't recall the title). I have been reading it since Sunday and daily on my lunch hour this week when time permitted.
Well today I went on my regular Saturday visit to Barnes and Noble for tea and reading (on my Nook) .... and when I whipped out my Kobo to finish the Oz book, that was 90 percent completed, I got the message that I needed to charge my Kobo! Stunned and frustrated I pulled out my Nook and it too said it needed to be charged. So here I am back at home, trip cut short, unable to read what I want until both my readers charge up. Both reader battery icons had indicated they were half charged just on Wednesday. What happened? Are my e-readers both lemons? Both are kept in Airplane mode to reduce battery drain so that should not be an issue. Last edited by SonDan1; 04-30-2011 at 02:12 PM. Reason: additional info |
04-30-2011, 02:39 PM | #2 |
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Can't you use them while they are charging? Are you sure you didn't accidentally turn o the Wi-Fi. It is easy to do.
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04-30-2011, 03:46 PM | #3 |
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I don't know what airplane mode is, but you should be sure to keep the WiFi disabled and the newspaper subscriptions disabled.
I read about 2 hours a day and shut the power off (don't use sleep) each time. My battery lasts about 40 days. ltr |
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Nope can't use while charging. Cord too short. Nook is now 85 percent charged and I can see that the Airplane mode was def on and I am pretty sure it remained on the Kobo too since I carry them both in protected cases in my work tote. Thanks for response. |
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I am using sleep mode on both readers assuming they are drawing no charge but guess I was wrong. I will turn the readers completely off ltr and see if I can get your 40 days. Thanks for you reply. |
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04-30-2011, 04:36 PM | #6 |
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With sleep mode under the same conditions I described above I get about 11 days - I did a test when I first got my unit. When I re-did the test with power off and got 40 days, it convinced me that sleep mode draws much more power.
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04-30-2011, 06:49 PM | #8 |
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I use a wall charger. That way if you need more room then a simple extension cord suffices. And the wall charger is faster.
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05-03-2011, 06:14 AM | #10 |
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My mum's kobo is still only getting a few days per charge, of reading about 2 hours per night. Very frustrating, I upgraded the firmware, but it seems to have made little if any difference. Although she does use the sleep function, doesn't turn it off, so I will suggest that to her.
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