Battery Life Affected After Firmware Update?

boriz · 03-03-2009, 05:28 PM

I installed some custom firmware from you guys about a month ago and noticed that my battery doesn't perform well when the device is on standby. It's like it's using battery power when the screen is off. My solution so far is to turn it off in the advanced settings page. It's quite annoying.

Anyone else have this problem? I'm not in the mood for sending the unit back, either. Maybe a shortcut to powering the device off? That would be super helpful.

Powering on and waiting for 5 minutes is annoying. When I forget to turn it off my battery is drained the next time I start reading.

lilac_jive · 03-03-2009, 07:15 PM

Technically the Reader will use power on standby, just not as much. It sounds like you are having a problem though. I hope someone can help you out.

dordale · 03-03-2009, 09:01 PM

boriz--Could the audio player on your 505 been accidently turned on? This will drain the power quickly.

(It doesn't sound like it, though because I would think fully shutting down the unit would also shut down the audio player.)

If it's not the audio player, there is definitely something wrong with your unit. The unit does use a minimum amount of power to remember it's settings, but you should be able to get a couple of weeks at a minimum out of a full charge.

Hope you get some good answers-

dordale

gwynevans · 03-04-2009, 04:39 AM

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Originally Posted by boriz

Anyone else have this problem? I'm not in the mood for sending the unit back, either. Maybe a shortcut to powering the device off? That would be super helpful.

Ironically, that is one of the options available with flashed firmware! Normally set to the held "OK" button.

Having said that, it's certainly not normal. As mentioned, the normal suspect would be the MP3 player, but a reset should have sorted it... Do you have any audio/MP3 files on the device? Maybe remove them anyway & see if that makes any difference? Do you use external memory cards? Try without them?

Finally, it's possible to reflash back to the stock firmware if you wanted to be 100% sure!

boriz · 03-08-2009, 10:45 PM

The audio is off, I don't have any mp3 files inside.

Also, I have no memory cards inside the device. Flashing it back would make me lose the clock, and I like it

gwynevans · 03-09-2009, 06:02 AM

Well, you can always PRSCustomise again! :-)

There's something odd though - Mine's a flashed version & doesn't have that sort of problem so I'd be tempted to try a hard reset (see the wiki for instructions) and if that failed, to re-flash & re-customize.

boriz · 03-13-2009, 06:10 AM

Flashing it is scary enough for me. Even when the device takes an extra 5 seconds to load I think it froze and get really nervous...

I might consider PRScustomizer if there was more things I could do.

03-03-2009, 05:28 PM	#1
boriz Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: prs-505	Battery Life Affected After Firmware Update? I installed some custom firmware from you guys about a month ago and noticed that my battery doesn't perform well when the device is on standby. It's like it's using battery power when the screen is off. My solution so far is to turn it off in the advanced settings page. It's quite annoying. Anyone else have this problem? I'm not in the mood for sending the unit back, either. Maybe a shortcut to powering the device off? That would be super helpful. Powering on and waiting for 5 minutes is annoying. When I forget to turn it off my battery is drained the next time I start reading.

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03-03-2009, 07:15 PM	#2
lilac_jive Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,870 Karma: 27376 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Device: PRS-505	Technically the Reader will use power on standby, just not as much. It sounds like you are having a problem though. I hope someone can help you out.

03-03-2009, 09:01 PM	#3
dordale Wizard Posts: 1,731 Karma: 3472866 Join Date: Apr 2008 Device: Sony PRS-650 & 350; Kindle Voyage; Kobo Aura HD, Aura One, and Forma	boriz--Could the audio player on your 505 been accidently turned on? This will drain the power quickly. (It doesn't sound like it, though because I would think fully shutting down the unit would also shut down the audio player.) If it's not the audio player, there is definitely something wrong with your unit. The unit does use a minimum amount of power to remember it's settings, but you should be able to get a couple of weeks at a minimum out of a full charge. Hope you get some good answers- dordale

03-08-2009, 10:45 PM	#5
boriz Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: prs-505	The audio is off, I don't have any mp3 files inside. Also, I have no memory cards inside the device. Flashing it back would make me lose the clock, and I like it

03-09-2009, 06:02 AM	#6
gwynevans Wizzard Posts: 1,402 Karma: 2000000 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: UK Device: iPad 2, iPhone 6s, Kindle Voyage & Kindle PaperWhite	Well, you can always PRSCustomise again! :-) There's something odd though - Mine's a flashed version & doesn't have that sort of problem so I'd be tempted to try a hard reset (see the wiki for instructions) and if that failed, to re-flash & re-customize.

03-13-2009, 06:10 AM	#7
boriz Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: prs-505	Flashing it is scary enough for me. Even when the device takes an extra 5 seconds to load I think it froze and get really nervous... I might consider PRScustomizer if there was more things I could do.

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