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SanDisk Sansa Clip+ With Rockbox Has Battery Life/Drain Issues

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Illustrator76:
Hi,

I used the Rockbox utility to Rockbox my brand new SanDisk Sansa Clip+ and everything worked just fine. The problem that I am having is that I am getting extremely poor battery life and I have no idea why (even though I am fully charging the Clip+ and it is reading well over 15 hours of battery life left). I used my Clip+ 3 times last week for a total of 3 hours, and when I turned the Clip+ on to use it again, the battery was basically dead. The same thing happened the week before as well. I am making sure that I power down the Sansa Clip+ once I am done with it, so that shouldn't be the issue at all.

Is there anything else I am missing or doing wrong? It almost seems as-if the Sansa Clip+ battery is draining rapidly even when I'm not using it.

Any help given on this matter would be great.

Thanks!

saratoga:
I recently tested the clip players and battery life was hours better than the Sandisk firmware. I would check that the device is powering off and not being left with the music playing.

Illustrator76:

--- Quote from: saratoga on August 17, 2014, 12:34:30 PM ---I recently tested the clip players and battery life was hours better than the Sandisk firmware. I would check that the device is powering off and not being left with the music playing.

--- End quote ---

I have always been powering the device off with the power button, I get the actual message that says [Powering Off], and then the screen goes blank. When I turn the Clip+ back on, I get the firmware screen that flashes (with all the numbers and other technical stuff), then the Rockbox logo flashes, and then I am taken to my "home screen" with all of the options to change settings, play music, etc...

Does all of that sound right? Is there anything that I am missing? Do I need to recalibrate the battery maybe? If so, is there any way to do that within Rockbox?

Thanks.

saratoga:
That sounds fine, and there is no way (or need) to calibrate a battery. 

Illustrator76:

--- Quote from: saratoga on August 17, 2014, 03:19:31 PM ---That sounds fine, and there is no way (or need) to calibrate a battery.

--- End quote ---

Question. If the alarm is set, does the alarm automatically turn the device on? I SWEAR I made sure that my Clip+ was turned off yesterday, but when I checked it today, my Clip+ was on and the battery was severely drained. I am wondering if I somehow turned the alarm on by a mistake and this is what could be causing issues. If that is not the case, then I am baffled, as this is like the 3rd time this exact same thing has happened.

EDIT: I just noticed that it is ridiculously easy to power this Clip+ on. I barely even touch the power button and comes on instantly. If the alarm isn't the issue, I am wondering if my Clip+ being stored in a tight space is somehow causing the power button to get touched and then power the device on.

I am going to a little more testing to see if I can pinpoint exactly what is going on here.

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