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i don't since i don't read much and i am fine without the paper feeling mabye

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[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

My spouse bought a Kindle Paperwhite that was gathering dust on a shelf, so I loaded it up and gave it a whirl. I absolutely love the thing: it's light, clear, easy to read, and easy to load things onto (especially via Calibre). The only thing I dislike about it is that the idle battery usage seems completely random at times. Sometimes I can leave it alone for two days and it'll be at half power, sometimes I go away for a few hours and it'll drop from 80% to 8%. Usually it's fine, but I've learned to keep a power source handy.

[โ€“] vaselined 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Joe_Moose 1 points 1 year ago

This is the secret. I read mine every day and only have to charge after 3-6 weeks.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

There's something wrong with the device. Paperwhite's battery should last for weeks, especially if it's somewhat recent model. Try to calibrate the battery by charging it to full, and continue to charge couple more hours after it's full. Then use the device until the battery is completely empty (the device turns off by itself). And finally charge it to full. Do not charge it while you are discharging the battery, or interrupt the charging while charging to full. If that doesn't help, the battery might be faulty or there is something wrong on the software side of things.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That's.. very unusual. I can use mine for weeks.