Ok my only real complaint, other than minor bug like I found the playbook not showing downloaded images till a reboot, is the battery.
On build 1684 my battery charged to 94%.
On build 1710 my battery charged to 97% and the last time I recharged, it only did 96%.
I noticed a 10% drop overnight, BUT I wonder if my wifi router going out/flaky and the playbook trying to reconnect all night?
I am not seeing great battery with the thing. I can browse for minutes and lose 3 to 5%. I don't know if I am even getting 8 hours here. I normally come back after a while and notice a few percentage gone. I have wifi on and bridged to my curve. Anybody else not only having charging issues but battery drain? Oh I have playbook sleep at 90 seconds and screen brightness under 50% which is still bright to read and close ALL apps. LOVE the playbook, but want better battery life.
Finally reached 100% last night when USB transferring a blue ray movie.
Off charger for 9+ hours, watching movie, broswing, bridging etc. finally dropped to 98%. About an hour or so I pick it up again, still off charger, and it went back up to 100%.
Yeah, I was maxing at 97% on build 1710. But after I charged it up via USB when transferring a large video it's been maxing out at 100% ever since, even when charging by AC alone.
same thing has happened to me - stuck at 100% but then after a restart it's been working ok for a couple days now...but IDK, don't really trust the battery meter
The provided AC adapter is way under powered. It will not even keep up with having the PB tuned on! For $70 you can buy a more powerful charger which they should have had in the box to begin with!
The provided AC adapter is way under powered. It will not even keep up with having the PB tuned on! For $70 you can buy a more powerful charger which they should have had in the box to begin with!
even worse is using your phone charger; it will take 2x as long to charge the PB
i found when i sync'd mine on dm it started charging to 100%
i tried running it dead and that didnt work then someone else posted that theirs fixed when they sync'd so i tried that and worked great i suggest everyone who is having issues give it a shot before returning it
I am not having any issues with my "out of the box" charger. Where I have issues is when my PB is plugged into my computer via USB or when I use my phone charger, it doesn't seem to charge. Just seems to keep up with usage.
I will try to restart and see if that helps. Am currently on .1710
I like to have the fast charger but i rather use the slow charger because to me its better to slow charge a batt then fast charge it. helps extend the life
Not really an issue, but sometimes my percent gets stuck at 100%, then starts dropping by 2% around every 10 mins or so. Also, when I charge it at night, I wake up with it at 100% and I'll take it off the charger, almost immediatly it will go down to 98%. I've never seen my PB go to 99%, it jumps from 98-100 or 100-98.
I have no battery issues, I unplug my PB in the morning, use it throughout the day, almost constant wifi and tether connectivity, battery percentage seems to decrease proportionatly to my usage (Currently 85% after 5 hours), I plug it in as I go to bed (After obsessively cleaning the screen......) and it is at 100% when I wake up.... Currently on Build .1710