[st0rmz]

Last night after using the Novel for a few minutes, I put it in standby/sleep mode using the power switch, then I plugged it into the wall for power. I unplugged it later after the light turned from red to green. When I turned on the Novel this morning, the battery gauge was only at 65%! Anyone else notice battery issues? Maybe I should return this unit...

 

[nchntrman]

I fully charged mine over nite, did not use it all day, when I went to use it that evening the battery was only 1 bar (orange). Seems these things might be draining the power in the off mode?

 

[bitz]

I had a few instances where I put the device into sleep mode (flicked the power switch) and noticed that after a while the screen came on without my interaction with 0% backlight, so unless you are in a dark room you wouldn't notice. Also I wonder if in sleep mode wifi is staying on. Maybe make sure to disable wifi when sleeping it.

 

[st0rmz]

I have also seen the phantom screen issue with 0% backlight in sleep mode. Maybe it is a widespread issue.

 

[pawnslinger]

I have also seen the phantom screen issue with 0% backlight in sleep mode. Maybe it is a widespread issue.

It is. For some reason, the unit won't stay asleep, but rises to this semi-awake state where the screen is on very low. Naturally, this drains the battery pretty fast, when the unit is left thusly for hours, like over-night. I have found that power-down saves the battery much better than sleep mode. But it is a pain to restart later.

 

[nchntrman]

I cant put mine to sleep, power down only. I know it was powered down the nite before as well. Seems if anything, it powered itself on and blasnked the screen?

 

[xelachen]

Just last night I thought I'd put mine to sleep, only to pick it up a couple of hours later, on but dim, and really warm, with a nearly-dead battery. I wonder if I should just turn it off when not using it, instead of sleeping it each time.

 

[SpinControl]

Noticed this issue as well. Will need to power-down from now on.

 

[xelachen]

It does seem more stubbornly awake since the 7/18 firmware, to me. I don't know if that seems the case for anyone else or not.

 

[coloreddust]

This is a similar thread: http://www.slatedroid.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?2497-Novel-randomly-turning-onI have been testing this to trying to find a solution. I think I am getting close. What is strange if I take the PND to work (wifi off no wifi in range) I don't get this semi-wake state. Today the test is running the PDN with the NOLOCK apk which disables the "srceen timeout" of the normal Android system, however if you use the power flick the PDN still goes into sleep mode. So far after about 5 hours it has not returned to the semi-sleep state and battery is good.

 

[tobias]

I am about to take this shit back, hacks and all. I report the same problem. For christ sake pandigital, why can't you fix this problem?!

 

[lawman]

try to keep it pg.I'm not sure what the problem is... could you give some detail on exactly what you have running, what is happening, and what you've tried?

 

[leafburner]

I put my partially discharged novel into sleep mode and plugged it into the charger. A couple hours later I noticed the charge light was green. I unplugged and woke it up still in browser mode. The battery indicater still showed a partially discharged battery. Power down, powered up ....bingo the indicator showed fully charged battery.

 

[lawman]

that's not uncommon with "smart batteries." They're brilliant, so long as they only have to pay attention to one state at a time.

 

[coloreddust]

I think I found my problem, it was the Facebook app. Even though sync was off in system settings and in the fb app, the PDN was waking to that semi-sleep mode. Uninstalled FB app and it sleeps like a baby. I also installed the NOLOCK app so that only the power button flick controls the screen and sleep mode.