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03-09-2019, 03:02 PM | #1 |
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Is it normal for the battery to drain while the device is not active?
I have put my Kindle to rest for nearly 48 hours and when I picked it up I found that the battery level had gone down 3%. Is it normal? I didn't use it at all and the WiFi was not on.
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03-09-2019, 04:28 PM | #2 |
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Yes it'll always drop a bit overnight even if not used, and in the range of 1-3% sounds normal to me. My new PW4, less than a month old, drops about 1% overnight in airplane mode, maybe 3% to 4% if I forget and leave wifi on. More than that, I'd probably think something else was going on.
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Yes, entirely normal. It's a computer and still using power to maintain the contents of RAM, etc.
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I have two Paperwhite 4 Kindles and I'm going to check but I don't notice much difference in the battery drain overnight whether it's in airplane mode or not.
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03-10-2019, 10:37 AM | #8 |
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If you have a device with a removable battery, such as my phone, and have a spare battery, that extra battery has to be recharged from time to time. Just the battery sitting by itself not in any device, self discharges. That's the nature of rechargeable batteries. Actually all batteries do that but rechargeable batteries discharge faster.
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There are some batteries now of course, that keep their charge for many months. My Samsung Tablet has those. Unlike my two Kindles who lose their charge quickly, especially the Kindle Keyboard, which is a bit old in the tooth these days. Neither of the two seem to last much longer than a fortnight to a month when not in use. Of course, if you constantly or regularly charge the device, you probably wouldn't notice the depletion very often.
If you don't turn a device fully off, then a trickle charge maintains things in RAM so it can quickly turn on. It also uses a very small amount to keep the screensaver showing on E-Ink Kindles. Last edited by Timboli; 03-14-2019 at 07:01 AM. |
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My apologies, it seems you are correct about that, and somehow I miss-remembered since I last checked, which admittedly was quite a while ago.
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