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just thought of sharing with everyone...if you are tired of seeing the battery indicator showing in decrements of 10, i've found out that quickmenu's battery indicator is able to display actual decrements of 1% e.g. if it is 57%, it will show 57 instead of 60.
I would be interested if I could just get the battery indicator out of QuickMenu and use JUVS HTC Enlarge Start Menu. Am I the only one who feels this way?
i found it to be quite handy in navigating to your programs or systems menu...it can be placed on the top bar or replace your windows start.
well, this is the only program so far that can display the battery correctly and also complement windows start.
Where exactly have you been seen decrements of 10? I have always seen 1% decrements on my kaiser...now my old Hermes, thats a different story.
Battery Indicator by itself?
Is it possible to get the battery indicator by itself instead of the whole entire quickmenu software?
The "low batt" icon kicks in too quick in my rom. In fact I never get to see 1 bar of power, it goes from 2 bars to "low batt" directly.
I want to change the power threshold for the "low batt" icon to 10%. Is it done in the registry or is hard coded in dlls?
Many thanks!
I just browsed through the registry and found this key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ControlPanel\Power
The key contains the different states of the battery and the percentage levels. Change the values to alter the behaviour of the battery icon.
Good luck!
good find...
I think it controls the bars displayed in the main battery icon, but I still cannot control when the normal 3-bar icon changes into the red "critical batt" icon, currently set at 40%.
searching the forum I came upon this thread, I'll try and ask over there:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=321733
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.
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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!
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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
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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?).
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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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Hi guys,
In Settings -> Status -> Battery Use (2.3.3 only), the Phone Signal bar changes from green to brown. I am not sure what green and brown means but every time the color turns brown, it wakes up my phone, and then, it takes a while to get back to sleep again.
See the attached screenshot. You will know what I mean.
So, what the heck does brown-green means in the phone signal bar and why does it triggers the wake status in my phone? I've also noticed, that when the phone signal bar is brown, the "suspend" process starts eating some CPU according to Watchdog.
Any input would be really appreciated. Thanks!
-Stock JVK rooted with FuguRoot.
only one day to use
That's how strong your phone signal is
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I see on my phone that the Command Center took 16% of my battery which is crazy. Therefore, I disable the app and my battery seems to be all normal now. I can get six to seven hour screen on time easily.
Just wondering if anyone else experience the same problem?
I didn't have it show in my battery stats, but I disabled it anyways.
Command center uses the GPS for the weather location. Disable the GPS/location services and the battery drain should go away.
I ran into the same problem as you (Command Center draining the battery). I found that removing the widget and then disabling the Command Center helped. I replaced it with an AccuWeather widget that uses almost no battery, although it was nice having the battery percentage listed on the Command Center widget.
Command Center drain
I agree with the previous poster. Command Center will cause significant drain if you have your Location settings on High Accuracy and if you have a lot of events in your Calendar. The Location setting allows the weather to update and be more accurate. For example, I'm in Denver and my Command Center says its going to rain in 68 minutes. I love that! It can use my location and weather info and predict how many minutes I have until it rains! The reason it can be so accurate is because I am currently on WiFi. Normally, I have my Location on Battery Saving, I only put it on High Accuracy for Navigation, so when I'm not on WiFi it just gives the temperature for my location. On the right side of Command Center it gives you updates about events coming up in your Calendar. For those it uses the GPS to tell you when to leave for that Meeting or to see if you're driving if you ask it to remind you to pick up something on your way home. If you don't want to use Command Center just remove it from your Home screen by long pressing on it and dragging it up to Remove. You don't have to Disable the app, it won't run in the background, no widget does if it's not on a screen
Another "vote" for removing the CC widget. I didnt find it all that useful anyhow, and its definitely a drain on the battery, much more than it needs to be.
Dumping the CC? I was just trying to get a little more out of it.
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I see on my phone that the Command Center took 16% of my battery which is crazy. Therefore, I disable the app and my battery seems to be all normal now. I can get six to seven hour screen on time easily.
Just wondering if anyone else experience the same problem?
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I guess I'm missing something here. I ran my phone with CC, GPS, Wi-Fi, playing podcasts, etc for 20 hours, it finished the day with over 50% left. As HongKongPh00ey said there are some advantages. I have decided to leave my GPS, Bluetooth, and WiFI on all the time, this 3900MaH battery doesn't care. The deal killer for me however is if I don't find the solution to
calendar appointments for other people showing up on the app.
I have the stock CC on my Turbo, running stock Launcher3. My question is how or even can I configure it. The 3 small dots on right of command center circle open the sides, 3 dots on left close it. When open it shows appointment times for appointments not on my personal calendar but apparently of all who share a calendar with me. I need to have a dozen co-worker calendars shared and synced with me, but to unclutter (when not needed), not all of them are set to display in the calendar program. My wife's is always displayed. How do I (can I?) configure Command Center to show only the appointments for my calendar?
Thx!
Allen
Command Center is pretty sweet, just set a custom location instead of using GPS and then there's no reason it would use much battery at all.
Yesterday, tried on my gf's droid turbo as well under battery saving mode with commander center. Just one night it kills almost 10% of her battery without any use and that's under location setting in battery saving mode. I actually really like the look and the convenience of this widget, but can't seem make it right with battery drain.
Command Center my biggest drain too
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Yesterday, tried on my gf's droid turbo as well under battery saving mode with commander center. Just one night it kills almost 10% of her battery without any use and that's under location setting in battery saving mode. I actually really like the look and the convenience of this widget, but can't seem make it right with battery drain.
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I'm disabling it until the next update. Light use of all else magnifies this #, but it's taking upwards of 25% of my reported battery stats. That's too much, with limited options for changing settings. (And I already have location set to Carrier+WiFi and not GPS as far as I can tell.)
Fwiw I have the command center widget on my G3 and it doesn't even show in my battery stats.
I know 2 other owners of this phone and CC doesn't show up in battery stats or seem to affect battery. Mine though, it causes drain. Only way I found to fix it is to switch to ART. Now it never shows up in my battery stats and I am getting rock star battery life.
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Yesterday, tried on my gf's droid turbo as well under battery saving mode with commander center. Just one night it kills almost 10% of her battery without any use and that's under location setting in battery saving mode. I actually really like the look and the convenience of this widget, but can't seem make it right with battery drain.
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Set a custom location, don't use network location or gps
there is something most definitely wrong with the firmware. I went to sleep with 90% and woke up with 8%. Over 7hrs, its said hangouts used 35% of the power. If its sleeping, not services should be accessed right?
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I guess I'm missing something here. I ran my phone with CC, GPS, Wi-Fi, playing podcasts, etc for 20 hours, it finished the day with over 50% left. As HongKongPh00ey said there are some advantages. I have decided to leave my GPS, Bluetooth, and WiFI on all the time, this 3900MaH battery doesn't care. The deal killer for me however is if I don't find the solution to
calendar appointments for other people showing up on the app.
I have the stock CC on my Turbo, running stock Launcher3. My question is how or even can I configure it. The 3 small dots on right of command center circle open the sides, 3 dots on left close it. When open it shows appointment times for appointments not on my personal calendar but apparently of all who share a calendar with me. I need to have a dozen co-worker calendars shared and synced with me, but to unclutter (when not needed), not all of them are set to display in the calendar program. My wife's is always displayed. How do I (can I?) configure Command Center to show only the appointments for my calendar?
Thx!
Allen
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You need to open the calender app, then hit the menu button in the upper right and select "calenders to display". From there you can disable other calenders that you do not want to be displayed such as "Contact's birthdays and events.