I think it'd be great if somebody could come up with a new battery gauge to replace the current icon with just a percentage being shown. Seems like that'd be simple??
Actually, I think the gauge is not correct. I looked at the status and it indicated the battery are about 40% left while the gauge shown over 50% ~ 60%. Very inaccurate.
I also noticed this issue. The visual display of the battery icon looks like there is more battery left. The percentages are always lower. I also would love to get the percent of battery left instead of the icon.
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Sign me up if we can figure this out! there are apps in rhetorically marketplace that add this to the notification bar but a complete replacement would be nice.
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My battery gauge is wayy off too. It shows like 75% and I have like 40% remaining.
Nm, can't read tonight
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There are several apps on the marketplace for that: Gauge Battery Widget, Battery Monitor......
saint168 said:
There are several apps on the marketplace for that: Gauge Battery Widget, Battery Monitor......
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I use a free app called "battery Idicator." works perfect.
I think the battery icon is only showing 4 or 5 stages of battery life, and it's very underhanded because it shows more than what it actually has.
a full battery is > 75%
slight sliver is 74% - 50%
orange is 49% - 25%
red is < 25%
I would love to have the icon replaced with something more accurate.
robstunner said:
I use a free app called "battery Idicator." works perfect.
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I agree, battery indicator is great but I would prefer an icon replacing the actual incon instead of having two battery icon
yeah same, would be better!
floppy__ said:
I agree, battery indicator is great but I would prefer an icon replacing the actual incon instead of having two battery icon
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yea, i dont know that ive seen that tho, only on custom ROMs. Im sure someone will chime in to correct me if im wrong tho!
Battery Level is pretty handy. Not a lot of features, just puts a percentage in the notification bar. What I like about it is that it's a box with the number, and not a stylized battery, so it looks less redundant with the stock battery meter still displayed.
The battery indicator sucks. It shows 80% charge at 41%, and 50% at 39. The steps it takes are way too large.
I use Battery Status Pro to get a status bar icon with an accurate percentage, and would love to figure out how to get rid of the stock icon.
There is a mod here:
http://forum.sdx-developers.com/themes/(mod)remove-battery-icon-from-status-bar/
...but the odds of it working on our Captivate are low. I haven't tried it out of fear of bricking the device, even though it's exactly what I'm looking for.
This is nothing new with samsung. It was the opposite on Eternity 50~60+% showed 2 out of 5 bars.
I use battery widget, shows 5 bars on the home screen with the percentage clearly overlapping the bars for easy read ability and when you tap it, it pops up a window with 4 buttons that are shortcuts to the settings page that will allow you to turn off wifi, gps, and bluetooth and a button to bring you to the display settings.
I no longer have to go into settings -> about phone -> status just to chekc my actual battery percentage.
It will never get fixed by samsung so no sense in complaining, find an alternative you like.
When I Have Fewer Battery Bars, My Power Drops Quickly Why Is That On My SGH-i897 (Captivate) Phone?
The battery icon display consists of seven visible levels. Some levels have different values depending upon on pattern of use.
From a fully charged state, L6 is 100%, L5 is 80%, L4 is 60%, L3 is 40%, L2 is 25%, L1 is 10%, and L0 is 5%.
Guys, I am using a metamorph theme called ClearBar http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=743358
The battery icon there changes according to colour etc. and seems more fair and accurate, though still a little optimistic.
The problem I think is because the steps are too large: 100, 80, 60, 40, 20 and 0.
I have 'Gauge battery Widget' (1x) on my main home screen. I calibrated against the Captivate's own gauge (Settings > About Phone > Status ... see Battery level) and they match 100% (perhaps the widget just reports that value graphically?). But, the cartoon of the battery status in the banner at the top of the screen overstates battery life until one get unto the orange and red zones (above those zones, who really cares?).
seraerie said:
Guys, I am using a metamorph theme called ClearBar
The battery icon there changes according to colour etc. and seems more fair and accurate, though still a little optimistic.
The problem I think is because the steps are too large: 100, 80, 60, 40, 20 and 0.
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In addition to this you can also use the BlackBar theme that was posted here a little while ago, it uses the same metamorph theme so it changes your icon completely. Ill throw up a link when i get on my desk top but the tread should be towards the top of the apps theme forum.
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I'm using rugglez New Year's gift (cm10 on new BL, BB30a)
I found my battery status not drop on each % and it will decrease only the screen is on. i can use the setting battery to see the history but it is not in detail and it will be erased after phone is shut down.
Also, using battery widget monitor can't read the actual status too, when i woke up and the phone is shut down, BWM apps history only shows a drop from 82% to 0% in one second.
what can be done to solve this problem?
i just want the battery status shows the actual condition even the screen is off for the monitoring purpose.
i remember that i have seen solution on DJ ICS post, but i don't know can the patch be applied on cm10 new BL
frapopo said:
I'm using rugglez New Year's gift (cm10 on new BL, BB30a)
I found my battery status not drop on each % and it will decrease only the screen is on. i can use the setting battery to see the history but it is not in detail and it will be erased after phone is shut down.
Also, using battery widget monitor can't read the actual status too, when i woke up and the phone is shut down, BWM apps history only shows a drop from 82% to 0% in one second.
what can be done to solve this problem?
i just want the battery status shows the actual condition even the screen is off for the monitoring purpose.
i remember that i have seen solution on DJ ICS post, but i don't know can the patch be applied on cm10 new BL
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Try the app betterbatterystats (paid), and try to let battery go to 0%, fully charge it, go into CWM and clear battery stats
So after spamming the update button, I eventually got an ota.
Sadly, the modem got upgraded to essentially alpha software.
I lost LTE on 800/900mhz. No more internet on the road. 3G reception went down the drain, often disconnecting and not reconnecting, so I can't receive calls.
Won't switch to 2g unless forced.
WiFi has issues reconnecting if you allow it to sleep when screen off. The name is there as if connected, but there's an exclamation mark. Need to toggle it on and off.
The stock launcher has gigantic icons now. Default text size is set to "are you blind"-size.
And minimum size is a notch larger than before.
Everything is white with no option to use a dark theme. My screen uses a lot more percent in the battery stats now.
With the low reception quality I halved the battery life, no more 60-70% left after work. More like 10..
In short, don't update yet.
I'm gonna have to root now and find an old modem...
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Everything is white with no option to use a dark theme. My screen uses a lot more percent in the battery stats now.
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This part has been known since Google did the preview of Lollipop. If you did not know this part, then you have been living under a rock.
I recently got the root rights on my Android 7.0 Blu Vivo 5R using these instructions and files. Ever since I did that the battery charge icon does not show the exact percentage. The icon is still there, and you can roughly estimate the charge by it, but the exact numbers are missing. If I remember correctly, the numbers used to be to the side of the icon. Now they only appear when the charge is 15% or lower, and they appear inside the icon. I'd like to change it to the way it used to be.
Google says I have to unlock the System UI Tuner. "Pull down your notification shade, then pull down a second time to show the Quick Settings panel, then long-press on the gear icon for a few seconds until it starts to spin". The thing is, my quick settings panel appears at pulling up, not down, and it does not have a gear icon to press on. Also tried the " Battery Percent Enabler" app, didn't help.
EDIT: The solution is stupidly simple: "Settings->More settings->Hardware->Battery->Styles of battery percent in status bar". Found it by accident. I'm surprised no one answered.
I have the Rog phone ii ( goblal edition ww-rom) version 16.0631.1910.64..
With mine since day 1 has never showed what was being used prior to this pic this all that show no matter how long I am on the for apps it just show the graph, show screen and mobile network standby and some times screen idle time. Since I got it back in Jan. This all it showed.
I did a factory wipe on 12/22/2020
I did a full wipe on my phone and it seems to now be showing all the apps that are being used now with in the battery graph, after I charged up the phone it goes back to showing the same thing in pic , screen usage only and some time Screen idle time …
I did another factory wipe in Feb and again, after the wipe it showed all that apps that were being used under the graph, but again after I charged the phone, all it shows is the screen time and screen idle time for the % of battery use.
so does anyone have a fix for this ( no 3rd party apps used like a external app from the play store, to monitor the battery) just use what asus offered pre-loaded on the phone.
Also the next issue is the back of the phone for the notification RGB rog light, I have it set to flash for notifications, and it seems to never work since I got the phone. the only way it kinda works is after I get a notification like email /sms/ and so on. is I have to turn the screen on then back off then the light comes on, which pretty much defeats that purpose.. tried setting in default and custom mode for the lighting and still the same does not work ( only the front small notification light works every time )
Also when the fan is connected. the back notification light seems to work 80% of the time.. But I am not one to keep the fan always connected... Thanks..