history_lover said:
That seems a little short but if you've been downloading a lot of books, that will use a lot more of the battery as the books index. Also, sometimes books get "stuck" indexing which eats away at the battery - on previous versions, there was a way to check to see if this happened and remove/redownload the book but I'm not sure what it is with the PW, someone else might be able to help with that.
Basically the same: search for a nonsense string. You shouldn't get any results, but will get something that tells you if there are any books that are still not indexed. If you do it again an hour later and the same number of books are not indexed, then there's likely a corrupt file somewhere causing trouble.
Also, I remember you were trying to browse the Kindle store on your Kindle - this may use more of the battery since you're clicking and loading more data than you would be if you were just reading.
Very true. . .though I don't guess you can do that while in 'airplane' mode, as that means all wireless is off. But, yes, more use of the wireless for browsing the store will use the battery faster. I leave my wireless on all the time, and I'm sure I don't charge my PW more than every couple of weeks or so. I don't really keep track, but that's how it seems to me. My light is usually at 10 -14.
But, in general, I agree. . . . 3 days seems pretty short. Definitely check for books not indexed. If you find any let us know and we can let you know how to fix that. Then let it go until it's virtually dead. . . I mean, read past the warning until it just shuts off on you. THEN, plug it in and let it charge to full. If you've not been doing that, just going by the guage, it might be that you weren't getting a true reading and there was lots more battery than it seemed. A full discharge followed by a full charge up should reset that.