Battery discharged

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Your model / PRS+ version?  PRS650

What steps will reproduce the problem?
I have PRS 650 and installed the PRS+ 2.1. I've noticed that on many occasions 
when I'm not reading, the reader by itself does not place in standby mode and 
the battery is completely discharged. 

Original issue reported on code.google.com by lacasita...@gmail.com on 20 Nov 2012 at 2:28

• Merged into: #326

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Just a copy of my post # 3942 at MR
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Thanks for reporting.
This is our issue 326

BUT, it is reported also for stock/unaltered-PRS-x50 readers and may or may not 
be related to PRS+.

Is there any pattern on this "on many occasions"?

I, for myself, use my PRS-650 with current beta-pack.
I have NO memory-card in my reader,
have set standby-picture to titel-page of the current book,
and AutoStandbyTime to 5 minutes.

I don't use any management software like Sony-Reader or calibre, but do simple 
side-load my ebooks. I don't even care of save eject - mostly while programming.

I don't use highlighting and annotations, but occasionally (if reading in 
English) the dictionary.

I don't use any PRS+ Apps at a regular basis, because they are known for 
instability.

Most of the time I put the reader into Standby with the power-slider when 
finished reading. And I faced battery drain only once or twice in the last two 
years.

So really hard to track this down. Is there something very different in your 
reading/using habits? 
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Will let this open for a while, before merging it with #326, but please make 
sure to read throug this issue, too.

Original comment by Mark.N...@gentlemansclub.de on 20 Nov 2012 at 7:25

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Forget "on many occasions", maybe is better to say "sometimes".
I don't have memory card in  my reader, I have set the standy picture to one 
jpg picture and autosandbytimer at default.
I don't use highlighting and annotations, but occcasionally use the dictionary.
Also, I don't use and PRS+ Apps.
I try to put always  the reader in standby with the power-slider, but sometimes 
I forgot to do that. Maybe is necessary to put always the reader in standby 
using the power-slider when finished reading.
Thanks.

Original comment by lacasita...@gmail.com on 20 Nov 2012 at 9:11

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All right, I think I may know what's causing it.  At least, I have observed one 
time that resulted in a very high drain state while "off".

Device: PRS 650

What happened is that I was reading, and was nearing the low power stage when I 
flipped the toggle to turn it to standby.  As it should, it picked a random 
image from the folder and displayed it with the little sleep icon.  However, I 
noticed that while the touchscreen was off, the physical buttons remained 
functional, with the exception of the power switch.  

For example, pressing a page turn button caused the reader to pick a new random 
image and display that instead.  Pressing the Option button caused the reader 
to pick a new random image and display that, but only in the part of the screen 
where the options box would be.

Another thing is that the power slider did nothing, even when I held it for 
several seconds.  To get it out of this state, I was forced to press the reset 
button.  In the ~10 minutes I was playing with it, the reader drained from the 
low end of 1 bar of power to completely dead.

My guess, and this is just a guess, is that when I turned it to standby, 
loading the image dropped the reader into the low power state, which triggered 
the pop up box.  But, the reader displayed the image over the top and turned 
off the touch screen so the pop up couldn't be dismissed.  Something to check.

Original comment by gauss...@gmail.com on 26 Nov 2012 at 5:57

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Oh, yes, I'm using the 2.1.01 alpha version.

Original comment by gauss...@gmail.com on 26 Nov 2012 at 5:58

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In two times, my prs 505 with 75% of batery charge, when i turn off it by 
shutdown (by enter key with keybindings shutdown) and run it on the next day 
the batery was completly drained.

Original comment by VICTOR...@gmail.com on 9 Dec 2012 at 3:43

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All times i had deleted books by the new option delete books added to standart 
options.

Original comment by VICTOR...@gmail.com on 13 Dec 2012 at 11:35

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nothing new here - so it is finally merged into #326

Original comment by Mark.N...@gentlemansclub.de on 5 Feb 2013 at 3:41

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