Kindle Indexing and Battery Drain

hleo12 · 01-23-2022, 08:45 AM

So my Kindle Basic just got delivered and I noticed the battery drains really fast. Like I read for about 20 minutes and it lost 15% already.

So I googled and found Indexing books might be the cause of the problem. Which, is probably my case since I just added 700+ books on it. I did the search thing check to see how many books are still being indexed. It still had 76 books left (70 now).

I feel like that would end my battery problem but I do have a few questions about indexing. Think of this as a preemptive post.

Since there is no progress bar, how would I know if a book is stuck? I read that stuck books still drains your battery. And if I find a book that is indeed stuck, do I just delete it off of my kindle and add it again?

Also, does indexing books continue even if you have the kindle on sleep mode? Cause right now I just have it open and flicking the screen every few minutes to keep it awake.

And in the future. To avoid books being bottlenecked on indexing, should I not do bulk transfers? Like maybe batches of 5-10, then add again at a later time?

I'm starting to rebuild my library (which I lost even the backup) and I still have about 1k+ books to recover and add to my kindle.

Anyway, thanks to the folks who will answer.

DNSB · 01-23-2022, 04:47 PM

You might want to check Harry T's Tips for loading a large library onto a KO2 thread. It's getting a bit long in the tooth but the advice still applies.

hleo12 · 01-24-2022, 12:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DNSB

You might want to check Harry T's Tips for loading a large library onto a KO2 thread. It's getting a bit long in the tooth but the advice still applies.

Wow. Thank you so much. That thread answered everything I wanted to know.

DNSB · 01-24-2022, 12:55 AM

You're welcome.

01-23-2022, 08:45 AM	#1
hleo12 Guru Posts: 631 Karma: 5078890 Join Date: Feb 2014 Device: Kobo Glo (deceased), Kindle 4th, Kindle Basic 10th Generation	Kindle Indexing and Battery Drain So my Kindle Basic just got delivered and I noticed the battery drains really fast. Like I read for about 20 minutes and it lost 15% already. So I googled and found Indexing books might be the cause of the problem. Which, is probably my case since I just added 700+ books on it. I did the search thing check to see how many books are still being indexed. It still had 76 books left (70 now). I feel like that would end my battery problem but I do have a few questions about indexing. Think of this as a preemptive post. Since there is no progress bar, how would I know if a book is stuck? I read that stuck books still drains your battery. And if I find a book that is indeed stuck, do I just delete it off of my kindle and add it again? Also, does indexing books continue even if you have the kindle on sleep mode? Cause right now I just have it open and flicking the screen every few minutes to keep it awake. And in the future. To avoid books being bottlenecked on indexing, should I not do bulk transfers? Like maybe batches of 5-10, then add again at a later time? I'm starting to rebuild my library (which I lost even the backup) and I still have about 1k+ books to recover and add to my kindle. Anyway, thanks to the folks who will answer.

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01-23-2022, 04:47 PM	#2
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 35,401 Karma: 145435140 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Forma, Clara HD, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	You might want to check Harry T's Tips for loading a large library onto a KO2 thread. It's getting a bit long in the tooth but the advice still applies.

01-24-2022, 12:55 AM	#4
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 35,401 Karma: 145435140 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Forma, Clara HD, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	You're welcome.