11-03-2018, 08:04 PM | #1 |
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5.10 killed my battery?? [solved, indexing problem]
I know it seems strange but as I have updated the firmware the battery life of my Kindle Paperwhite 9017 is.... 1 hour?
Can't downgrade ATM. Don't know if it is even possible. I know my Paperwhite is old but before the upgrade was... Just perfect. No idea. Last edited by filcorti; 11-07-2018 at 10:04 AM. |
11-03-2018, 09:36 PM | #2 |
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Have you recently loaded any books onto your kindle? If so, the battery might be affected by stuck indexing, rather than the update. Go to the start page, do a search for "All Text" type in something silly light gslvp and tell it to search. If there are results, the reader is stuck indexing. Do a restart. If that doesn't help, you may have to delete the stuck book.
That's assuming you do have indexing issues, which play havoc with battery life. |
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11-07-2018, 10:05 AM | #3 |
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Wow that was the problem, phew.
Never heard about that problem. Thank you so much for your help |
11-13-2018, 02:39 PM | #4 |
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unfortunately, it's a known and common issue with battery drain. nice to know they still haven't fixed it.
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11-13-2018, 02:43 PM | #5 |
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I don't think it is something that can be "fixed". The Kindle's global search facility requires that every book be indexed, and that's a computationally-intensive task. That's why it's a very good idea to leave the Kindle connected to a wall charger until it completes.
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11-13-2018, 03:23 PM | #6 | |
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11-13-2018, 03:29 PM | #7 |
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Indexing failures are vanishingly rare, Barty. I had none at all during the indexing of the 9000+ books on my Oasis. The problems people have with battery drain are caused by the fact that they aren't leaving the Kindle connected to external power until indexing has completed.
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