[bookport] Re: Battery Drainage with latest beta
- From: Richard Turner <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2005 18:19:58 -0700
That would be what I observed with my Book Port.
I put in a fresh set of batteries and am leaving it unlocked over night to
see what happens.
Richard
on Sunday 4/3/2005 05:47 PM, Grant Hardy said:
>So you're saying that if the unit is idle--but unlocked--that this problem
>doesn't exist?
>
>Grant
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Richard Turner" <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 4:13 PM
>Subject: [bookport] Re: Battery Drainage with latest beta
>
>
> > Hi Larry,
> >
> > I have been gone for a few days, but my brief read through the messages, I
> > have not seen this explained any further.
> > According to my observations, the drainage only happens while the unit is
> > locked.
> > I put new batteries in on Tuesday. Wednesday morning it went from 100% to
> > 83%.
> > I loaded the latest beta, which i believe ends in 21.
> > Thursday morning, with no further use other than down loading the firmware
> > Wednesday morning, the battery level was at 66%.
> > I read some with it on Thursday, and locked it again for a few hours. It
> > was down to 55%. I then unlocked it and left it sit for 24 hours. The
> > battery level did not change. I then locked it again and about 8 hours
> > later, I was told to change the batteries.
> > So, whatever it is doing, it seems to only do it while it is locked.
> >
> > Richard
> >
> >
> >
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