The DSi battery life is too short

After playing for 3-4 hours it's dead already and I need to waste 3 hours charging it, I understand that by using the lower brightness it might provide an extra 2-3 hours, but I don't like playing in such a low brightness, it hurts my eyes and I can barely see what's going on.

I am very dissapointed by the battery life, since I travel a lot I don't have the time to charge it twice everyday. What a let down, I should have picked the DS lite instead.

After playing for 3-4 hours it's dead already and I need to waste 3 hours charging it, I understand that by using the lower brightness it might provide an extra 2-3 hours, but I don't like playing in such a low brightness, it hurts my eyes and I can barely see what's going on.

I am very dissapointed by the battery life, since I travel a lot I don't have the time to charge it twice everyday. What a let down, I should have picked the DS lite instead.

Chubah

Yep.

Yours only lasted 3-4 hours? O.O Mine lasts about 10 hours easily. Try using a lower brightness level? Or turn off the wireless when your not using it? Just a few suggestions, otherwise you might just have a faulty battery, because it only lasts that long on the higest brightness setting which burns your eyes :\ :P

That sounds like a problem with the battery. Wasn't the DSi reported to have like 10 hours of battery life?

Turn down the brightness. That was the first thing I did when I got it. I keep it on 1 or 2. It lasts 13-16 hours on Level 2, and like 16-19 on Level 1.

Edit: Keeping Wireless off saves a tiny bit of battery, because when it's on, it uses power to keep the yellow light on. Other than that, it doesn't use power.

mine lasts for 12

I have mine on level 3 brightness and it lasts 8 hours and only charges for 1 and a half to get a full charge. =/

You just sound like someone who really never used one, and just wants to bash it. OR you got a faulty battery, which I doubt.

DUDE!!! Turn the brightness down!!! The fifth setting is just a flashlight feature(or to eliminate glare). It's not meant to be used as the primary setting. Set it to 2 or 3. It's just as bright as the DS Lite and lasts about as long.

On mine I found that if you turn off your Wifi, and lower the brightness you will get like 10-11 hours. The Wifi on those stay on all the time if you leave them going, unlike the DSlite.

The dsi has a short battery life, but the ds lite has a long battery life.Thats why i got the ds lite!drakotogekiss

P.S. And when you consider why it's a little shorter, you kinda don't care anymore.

How is the Dsi battery short? 12 hours is short? It is really hard to play that much a day

[QUOTE="drakotogekiss"]The dsi has a short battery life, but the ds lite has a long battery life.Thats why i got the ds lite!freakbabyblues

P.S. And when you consider why it's a little shorter, you kinda don't care anymore.

Exactly.

After having it for a few days and playing with all of the features a lot I really didn't care. Not that there's much to care about, since there's only a few hours difference. Why do you need to play a game for that long anyway?

Not to mention, you can still play while it's charging if you do.

How is the Dsi battery short? 12 hours is short? It is really hard to play that much a day

FireBombz

Maybe try keeping most of your picutres you take on there with an sd card, I save most of mine on the sd card. I never have a problem with my dsi dying, I use it all the time on the brightess settings and I use head phones. I don't know if it makes a big difference in the battery life or not though.

I smell a troll :o

My DSi lasts me around 8 hours on the 4th brightness level, and 10-11 on 3. Turn off your Wifi if you're not using it. And if anything, level 5 should hurt your eyes, not the lower ones...

Oh and takes like 1.5 hours to charge :|.