Battery woes after using Jailbreak hack on Kindle 2 US edition

ashu_dan · 08-17-2012, 03:46 AM

Hi Team,

After using the jailbreak hack on Kindle 2, I see that the battery is getting discharged rapidly even if I'm not using the device. I tried uninstalling the hack but to no avail.

Can someone please advise on what do do to resolve this issue?

Thanks in anticipation.

Regards,
Ashu

NiLuJe · 08-17-2012, 01:21 PM

@ashu_dan: If you didn't install anything else, it's completely unrelated. The jailbreak's net effect is installing two files on your device, that don't do anything 99.99% of the time (the .01 remaining is when you click the 'Update Your Kindle' link).

geekmaster · 08-17-2012, 01:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

@ashu_dan: If you didn't install anything else, it's completely unrelated. The jailbreak's net effect is installing two files on your device, that don't do anything 99.9% of the time (the .1 remaining is when you click the 'Update Your Kindle' link).

What CAN discharge the battery is if an OTA update was pushed to your kindle while it was "off", or if it was busy indexing a bunch of books (while "off"). Book indexing can be a problem if you have any books with bad file formats (or other corruption), or if you have too many books.

Although resetting your kindle back to factory defaults would lose your personal contents, it *might* solve your battery issue (unless you have a failing battery or other hardware problem).

knc1 · 08-17-2012, 01:37 PM

Its a K2, so it may be old enough that the battery is reaching the end of its useful life.

twobob · 08-17-2012, 10:00 PM

The fact it is still even alive (to this point) gives me hope for my 3.
I guess the documented expected battery life of a BA1001 will now hold true.
Someone said three years was realistic.
I believe it's the same battery in a three. (just checked, yep )

I find that a little disappointing looking at my decades old music hardware that will probably outlive me. plastic society, throwaway toys.

Hope you managed to get a replacement battery sorted mate.

ashu_dan · 08-18-2012, 08:01 AM

Hi All,

Thanks for your replies. Yes, I had observed this issue after updating K2 with the hack and earlier it was working perfectly fine. And, I did a factory reset after taking a back up of the document folders and, now, I don't see that nagging issue of battery drain. A quick note that, I've not restored all the books form the back up, copied around 15 from the archive.

Regards,
Ashu

knc1 · 08-18-2012, 08:28 AM

That makes it sound as if the machine was busy indexing books when it ran down the battery.

Although only 15 books does not seem like a lot, it could be just one of the 15 that was causing problems for the indexer.

Note: Kindles are never really "off" in the sense that a light switch is "off" in one position, just in a very low power state (very close to being "off").

08-17-2012, 03:46 AM	#1
ashu_dan Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2012 Device: Kindle2	Battery woes after using Jailbreak hack on Kindle 2 US edition Hi Team, After using the jailbreak hack on Kindle 2, I see that the battery is getting discharged rapidly even if I'm not using the device. I tried uninstalling the hack but to no avail. Can someone please advise on what do do to resolve this issue? Thanks in anticipation. Regards, Ashu

08-17-2012, 01:21 PM	#2
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,506 Karma: 26047202 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	@ashu_dan: If you didn't install anything else, it's completely unrelated. The jailbreak's net effect is installing two files on your device, that don't do anything 99.99% of the time (the .01 remaining is when you click the 'Update Your Kindle' link). Last edited by NiLuJe; 08-17-2012 at 01:42 PM.

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Hacks Uninstall Jailbreak and screensaver hack	s1mp13m4n	Amazon Kindle	16	06-20-2014 09:31 PM
Kindle Touch 5.1, Jailbreak, and Screensaver Hack	sparrowlight	Kindle Developer's Corner	23	09-26-2012 12:15 AM
PRS-505 Battery Woes	MickeyC	Sony Reader	11	07-31-2011 05:58 PM
Which link for jailbreak & hack now?	harpangel36	Kindle Developer's Corner	2	02-26-2011 11:04 PM
Hacks Need help with screensaver and jailbreak hack	Tink125	Amazon Kindle	3	02-22-2011 02:58 PM

08-17-2012, 01:37 PM	#4
knc1 Going Viral Posts: 17,212 Karma: 18210809 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Central Texas Device: No K1, PW2, KV, KOA	Its a K2, so it may be old enough that the battery is reaching the end of its useful life.

08-17-2012, 10:00 PM	#5
twobob ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°){ʇlnɐɟ ƃǝs}Týr Posts: 6,586 Karma: 6299993 Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: uti gratia usura (Yao ying da ying; Mo ying da yieng) Device: PW-WIFI\|K5-3G+WIFI\| K4\|K3-3G\|DXG\|K2\| Rooted Nook Touch	The fact it is still even alive (to this point) gives me hope for my 3. I guess the documented expected battery life of a BA1001 will now hold true. Someone said three years was realistic. I believe it's the same battery in a three. (just checked, yep ) I find that a little disappointing looking at my decades old music hardware that will probably outlive me. plastic society, throwaway toys. Hope you managed to get a replacement battery sorted mate.

08-18-2012, 08:01 AM	#6
ashu_dan Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2012 Device: Kindle2	Hi All, Thanks for your replies. Yes, I had observed this issue after updating K2 with the hack and earlier it was working perfectly fine. And, I did a factory reset after taking a back up of the document folders and, now, I don't see that nagging issue of battery drain. A quick note that, I've not restored all the books form the back up, copied around 15 from the archive. Regards, Ashu

08-18-2012, 08:28 AM	#7
knc1 Going Viral Posts: 17,212 Karma: 18210809 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Central Texas Device: No K1, PW2, KV, KOA	That makes it sound as if the machine was busy indexing books when it ran down the battery. Although only 15 books does not seem like a lot, it could be just one of the 15 that was causing problems for the indexer. Note: Kindles are never really "off" in the sense that a light switch is "off" in one position, just in a very low power state (very close to being "off").

Advert

Advert