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Kindle Paperwhite battery life? - 966 - 05-13-2014 01:39 PM
I bought a Kindle Paperwhite around two weeks ago, because I've read on Amazon about its impressive battery life that can last for more than a month. But so far I'm not seeing it. I have the lights on around 10, and I keep the wifi on all times. I turn off the screen when I don't use it, but I still have to charge every two to three days, which is far from what they mentioned on the website, and it's brand new too! I only have like 20 books or so. The thing is, now that I'm on spring break, I do read a lot, like 8 hours a day. I also charge on my computer because I like to organize my library while it's charging instead of charging with a mains socket. Is this the reason why my Kindle is draining battery like crazy? How long is its batteries supposed to last (I know what they say on the website is not usually true), and what can I do to extend its battery life? Thanks
- len - 05-13-2014 01:52 PM
I had one bought for me for a Christmas present and have only just taken it off of charge
- cathugger - 05-13-2014 02:08 PM
It sounds like you are giving it heavier use than the battery test was based on. The battery test data says a single charge lasts up to eight weeks (4 weeks for 1st edition Paperwhite), based on a half hour of reading per day with wireless off and the light setting at 10. Battery life will vary based on light and wireless usage.
It is not tested with someone browsing or doing email or facebook or whatever you are doing with Wifi on. Wifi use and data download over Wifi are probably with highest battery use on the device. Using the light higher than setting 10 would add to that.
Also, if you overload it with junk (thousands of free ebooks for example) that may cause the battery to be used faster.
In addition, if you tried or use any of the "active content" games etc, a poorly written one could still be running int he background or hogging memory causing greater battery drain. A soft reset should get rid of any of those (power off, hold power on for 30 seconds, wait for long reboot).
I read 2 hours per day with Wifi off (except when downloading a book) and get about 2 weeks battery life with my Paperwhite 1st edition.
Worst battery life I ever got was with my earlier Kindle when I had close to 2000 ebooks on it. I de-registered it (so all Amazon ebooks were deleted) then re-registered and put on only about 50 books and it was back to like new, fast with long battery life.