Battery life?

[Katie_798]

Is anyone else having a problem with battery life? I charge mine every night and keep wifi off but it still drains to 20% by the end of the day.. B&N promised 10 days without needing a charge

Any ideas? Help?

[AdamSelene]

If you search for “battery life” on the forum, you'll find lots of other discussions about this same problem.

[pul249]

Looks like i might be having the same problem. Did you figure out what to do? My battery life looks like it's going to be about 2 days of use. I charged it this morning and it is down to 58% tonight. I have only had this less than a week, but have noticed the problem right away.

[BartleyR7]

Welcome!

As a start, you may wish to read through some of the other battery-related threads here on the board.  I believe they will answer most (if not all) of your questions.

General Battery Life Information

http://bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com/t5/eBooks-Help-Board/Nook-Battery-Life-and-Waking-Up-Issues/m-p/...

Specific Battery Data

http://bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com/t5/eBooks-Help-Board/Post-Your-Battery-Experiences/td-p/442664

[JD05]

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Katie_798 wrote:

Is anyone else having a problem with battery life? I charge mine every night and keep wifi off but it still drains to 20% by the end of the day.. B&N promised 10 days without needing a charge

Any ideas? Help?

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There is still some debate about what you should do but this is what I have done.  I'm now getting 5+ days out of my battery reading about 1.5 hrs. per day.

1.  In the first week, battery life will really suck.

2.  Cycle your battery a couple of times; fully charge it, keep your nook on until your nook says that you MUST charge your battery (ignore the 20% and 10% warnings).

3.  Leave Airplane mode OFF and WiFi ON.  I know this is counterintuitive but I get better battery life with this configurarion.

4.  Ensure your touchscreen brightness is set to the lowest setting for your comfort (I have mine set at 2%.

5.  Set touchscreen sleep to 10 seconds.

6.  Turn off Auto-adjust brightness.

Try these and see if your battery life improves.

[Saneless]

"1. In the first week, battery life will really suck." The battery life the first week is so bad, they should have some kind of insert stating this. After running it down a few times, my last charge lasted me 8 days (very light reading.. but still). Whatever the battery software is doing to judge charge, out of the box it certainly has some learning to do.