Free Battery Meter for Today screen? - MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General

Hello, i'm in need of a *free* but good battery meter that I can configure to show on my Today screen.
I don't need lots of extra's with it, just a nice display which shows the % left etc.
What's available?
TIA

nikbedwell said:
Hello, i'm in need of a *free* but good battery meter that I can configure to show on my Today screen.
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I use BatMemTime. I guess it does exactly what you want, once you configured it not to show various memory and storage related info.
Cheers
Daniel

I use InlineCredit Battery Bar. http://www.insertcredit.co.uk/batterybar.htm

I was using Lou's Todayinfo during my Ipaq3800 days.
http://www.louterrailloune.com/index.php?page=todaysinfo
Best of all, its free and skinable...
Nowadays i see there are many of the same version from other ppl.
but none beats Luo.

Try this
http://sourceforge.net/projects/kbattery/
Cool subj. :!: :!: :!:

Related

So you want to hide your system tray?

Why? Because it useless and it ocupies a line of space that could be used by a today plugin!!!
TrayDisplay is what you need!!! Built with ATL C++, it comes in two files:
HideTray: that makes tour system tray invisible;
DisplayTray: that makes tour system tray visible!!
It makes a shortcut on your \Windows\StartUp folder so that everytime you reset your PPC, it will hide the tray!
When the file is run, it makes it's job and then end's so that it doesn't stay in memory.
This file is not a patch, but an application!
Only tested with Windows Mobile 2005, don't know if will work with WM2003...
OK,
nice idea but doesn't work on W2003 SE, at least not on mine. Also no effect after soft-reset.
M
I doesn't work on my 2003se device (Imate jam) either
can anyone post a link to this program? i cant seem to find it anywhere at all ;-(
ok n/m found it lol, just had to sign in lol
ei99070 said:
Only tested with Windows Mobile 2005, don't know if will work with WM2003...
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well, please tell me, where you are running WM5 on Magician, when it doesn't exists?
or is this just posted in wrong forum?
;o)))
buzz
I know I've seen another tool for hiding top-&bottom bars somewhere on the web. Cannot remember where, but it had to do with 'xx% larger screen'. As I don't mind having the bars I didn't pay much attention to it. I specially like the top bar with date/time & spb gprs icon. But taste is personally. So you'll have to search yourself when you really want this.
M
OK found it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=27331&highlight=screen
buzz_lightyear said:
ei99070 said:
Only tested with Windows Mobile 2005, don't know if will work with WM2003...
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well, please tell me, where you are running WM5 on Magician, when it doesn't exists?
or is this just posted in wrong forum?
;o)))
buzz
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Yep, wrong forum Should have been the universal (posted there after)...
use WISBAR ADVANCE DESKTOP. works with WM2003SE, guarantee. and the latest version can hide to top bar aswell~!!!! so, 100% of your screen can be filled up with your favourite wallapaper :lol: :lol:
the application is ok, never crash.
erwinsie said:
use WISBAR ADVANCE DESKTOP. works with WM2003SE, guarantee. and the latest version can hide to top bar aswell~!!!! so, 100% of your screen can be filled up with your favourite wallapaper :lol: :lol:
the application is ok, never crash.
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He he...that's mildly spoken :lol: With WA2 & WAD ( WAD is WA2 dependent ) you have total, and I do mean total control of your today-screen(s) and yes. you can have more than one... :shock: Now you can have all your favorite today plug-ins in each their own screen, full screen ! You can make your own short-cuts to any application, and place it anywhere, and that's only the beginning. The possibilities are endless, please do take a look :wink:
Flipside said:
erwinsie said:
use WISBAR ADVANCE DESKTOP. works with WM2003SE, guarantee. and the latest version can hide to top bar aswell~!!!! so, 100% of your screen can be filled up with your favourite wallapaper :lol: :lol:
the application is ok, never crash.
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He he...that's mildly spoken :lol: With WA2 & WAD ( WAD is WA2 dependent ) you have total, and I do mean total control of your today-screen(s) and yes. you can have more than one... :shock: Now you can have all your favorite today plug-ins in each their own screen, full screen ! You can make your own short-cuts to any application, and place it anywhere, and that's only the beginning. The possibilities are endless, please do take a look :wink:
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WAD and WA2 are two master pieces that will breath new life into your Pocket PC. The UI will look stunning if you get good skins and graphics .
Definetly agree with you, Flipside. Endless posibilities
Problem
The problem with these tools is they consume a lot of system resources and slow your machine down.
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littld said:
The problem with these tools is they consume a lot of system resources and slow your machine down.
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That's not entirely true anymore... Naturally the more you "fill" in, the more memory you lose, but it's def. not the program itself...But if you look at what you actually get here, the little memory you lose is a very small price to pay... ( I have like 16 different pages running, with dock and icons, plug-ins and text-objects, and the memory loss I can measure is app. 6 mb ) In my book that's nothing compared to what this program has to offer, my magician is almost stylus-free, and that's really neat when I'm in my car etc...
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Flipside said:
littld said:
The problem with these tools is they consume a lot of system resources and slow your machine down.
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That's not entirely true anymore... Naturally the more you "fill" in, the more memory you lose, but it's def. not the program itself...But if you look at what you actually get here, the little memory you lose is a very small price to pay... ( I have like 16 different pages running, with dock and icons, plug-ins and text-objects, and the memory loss I can measure is app. 6 mb ) In my book that's nothing compared to what this program has to offer, my magician is almost stylus-free, and that's really neat when I'm in my car etc...
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Can you show us a screenshot please? I like the idea of "stylus free". Anyways, here's mine.
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kta said:
Can you show us a screenshot please? I like the idea of "stylus free". Anyways, here's mine.
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Sure you've shown me yours, so here is mine, almost stylusfree :wink:
BTW I've kept a couple of pages to myself, you know, private stuff
Don't know why the gif looks weird when I upload I preview, and things are good, but something is definitely wrong....have tried numerous times now... :?:
I can post single screenshots if anyone wants a closer look or an explanation ....
I installed traydisplayinstall.cab , Tray disappeared -- but space can not be used :-(
[HTC Uni, WM5]
Nice program.
I just found it, and it works fine on WM6.5.

show battery status on Today screen?

Hi guys first post! Just got O2 XDA mini S and used hard reset to go to corporate settings but have now lost battery status which shows %age power left (I found it quite useful). Any ideas how to get it back?
commuter said:
Hi guys first post! Just got O2 XDA mini S and used hard reset to go to corporate settings but have now lost battery status which shows %age power left (I found it quite useful). Any ideas how to get it back?
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Use some Today plugin, ie. iLauncher from SBSH.
And: does anyone know the program that will be able to show the estimated 'time to live' on the battery or ltime left to the next charging? I had something like this on my old motorola MPx200. It wasn't too acurate, but also quite useful.
Thanks in advance,
Radek
In the Windows folder on your phone, find a file called PowerTray and copy it to the StartUp folder in the Windows folder.
Voila!
Thanks bsterngillet I'd just found that elsewhere on the forum. It's not quite what I was looking for as I found the %age charge left useful - I know I can just click on it but I really am lazy :lol:
If you do find any more info please let me know.
You can use Batti, a small application shows ajustable bar
on top of screen and it is free...
http://pda.jasnapaka.com/batti/
Thanks bsterngillet I'd just found that elsewhere on the forum. It's not quite what I was looking for as I found the %age charge left useful - I know I can just click on it but I really am lazy :lol:
If you do find any more info please let me know.
I don't understand why people can't get the one that was there... back.
I mean, it was there!
Why use Corporate?
Why not use Basic, then you get the battery bar, all the GPRS/MMS settings, etc. and performance is good.
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davebo said:
Why not use Basic, then you get the battery bar, all the GPRS/MMS settings, etc. and performance is good.
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But not as good as corporate! Plus, it's just nice not to have ANY O2 rubbish on the phone ... except the splash screen (still working on it) and the logo on the casing (guess I'll have to live with that one)!

Battery and Storage meters

I wonder what today plugin do you use to check your battery, free storage and memory available. What are the advantages and disadvantages of your plugin?
P.S. The aim is to speed up the Wizard, because using Resco Today Plug-in really makes in slow.
check this out
Check out ILauncher... its pretty good shows good meters and everything and also has a quick launch.. so it pretty good check it out... But one thing is that it isnt free
to Juicy J
Yeah, I`ve tried this one. I'm looking for smth with lage icons like Resco!
You Can
you can put large icons! under options it put large icons, for the Meters and shortcuts
I've seen it by enable "real VGA mode" but it looks not so good
OoOOh
tuff luck.. have you found one you like yet?
I use spb pocket plus. Has some goot meters and you can launch programs right from the today screen.
Dweller said:
I wonder what today plugin do you use to check your battery,
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I use batteryStatus.
Very cute little program
Works fine on a Wizard aka Vario.
Here is a link http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=55782&highlight=batterystatus
try it!
Dweller said:
I wonder what today plugin do you use to check your battery,
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I use batteryStatus.
Very cute little program
Works fine on a Wizard aka Vario.
Here is a link http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=55782&highlight=batterystatus
try it!
Soory for this second post
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Juicy J said:
tuff luck.. have you found one you like yet?
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Well, I decided to continue to use Resco Today Plugin, it's more useful for me indeed.
Sorry for my ignorance, what does 'tuff luck' mean?
It means
It means {too bad}... Well i hope that one works fine for you

Baterry Life and Spb Pocket Plus and Spb GPRS Monitor

Hi Friends
i have a problem with My Athena battery life and SPB's Porgrams
i install Spb GPRS Monitor from orginall athena CD, and for first time after install it show battery life correct. (in time) (for example: 8:00 hours for 100%)
and after fewtime, it not show the time correct and for example show 00:52 for 100% and goto 00:01 and still there or change to aournd 00:10
yesterday i install Spb Pocket Plus and i be very happy to see battery time is correct
but unfortunatly after some minutes it go wrong tooo
if any one has this problem please help me how to see correct battery life time
tanX
So So So So So Sorry for my bad English Friends
61 view and no reply!!!:-(
Do anyone install these software?
Hi, firstly, your English is a lot better than my Iranian! Just looked up Zahedan on Google maps and you get a big blank map unless you zoom right out!
Spb products do seem to have problems with WM6 - which ROM are you using? I have stopped using them as I had to many problems. Have you tried the spb support site? I doubt if you'll have much luck but might be worth a try.
Good luck.
Confucious said:
Hi, firstly, your English is a lot better than my Iranian! Just looked up Zahedan on Google maps and you get a big blank map unless you zoom right out!
Spb products do seem to have problems with WM6 - which ROM are you using? I have stopped using them as I had to many problems. Have you tried the spb support site? I doubt if you'll have much luck but might be worth a try.
Good luck.
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aooooooo
you learn iranian:O
salam rafigh. khoobi? felan bye
yes. i haven't any map for GPS on my athena:-(
i search very much, but i can't find anything!!! can you find for me?
my ROM is default HTC ROM(WM5).
i like SPB Pocket Plus:-( and i like battery life's time
is any program like thease to show battery life's time?
tanX and sorry
mæn beh Batti ala:gheh da:ræm
I think that says I am interested in Batti - what I meant to say was you might be. It's a battery meter for the PPC.
Good luck
Confucious said:
mæn beh Batti ala:gheh da:ræm
I think that says I am interested in Batti - what I meant to say was you might be. It's a battery meter for the PPC.
Good luck
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bæle dorosteh (yes, it's correct)
what is the Batti?!!! i dont know!!
is any programe for battery mater like thease to show battery life's time?

Permanent Battery Icon in Taskbar

Hi All,
Does anyone know how to keep the battery icon permanently displayed in the Taskbar?... Preferrably just with a Reg Key rather than additional app?...
In WM6.1 on my present device (and also WM5.x on my previous Trinity) the icon disappears as soon as any app is launched and seems only to be displayed in the Today screen.
Its a simple enough thing (I would have thought!) but all my searching has not yielded a viable solution yet!
Anyone help?
Many thanks,
LoopyLoo
I'm pretty sure HD tweak has that feature somewhere.
Jake
jake_tenfloors said:
I'm pretty sure HD tweak has that feature somewhere.
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Thanx for the suggestion. I think I know what you're referring to in that app... And I'm pretty sure it doesnt work as expected.
HD Tweak definatly has this option its the first battery option in Tweak you can show or hide It shows in most programs I tested, like Notes, Calculator, Word etc I didnt run Garmin Xt or Opera as I was confident it work why not give it a try you can always delete if not satisfied Right
ozmoran said:
HD Tweak definatly has this option its the first battery option in Tweak you can show or hide It shows in most programs I tested, like Notes, Calculator, Word etc I didnt run Garmin Xt or Opera as I was confident it work why not give it a try you can always delete if not satisfied Right
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Its been a while since I last used HDTweak (never been a big fan of it, as for me its always seemed to cause more problems than its solves) but I've reinstalled it anyway, based on what you both say...
It doesnt work for me - and pretty sure I've tried this before with same result!
As soon as I start up Calendar, Contacts, Calculator, Notes - any app! - the Taskbar battery icon disappears.
exactly the same problem
tried differents tricks but until now no good result
LoopyLoo said:
Its been a while since I last used HDTweak (never been a big fan of it, as for me its always seemed to cause more problems than its solves) but I've reinstalled it anyway, based on what you both say...
It doesnt work for me - and pretty sure I've tried this before with same result!
As soon as I start up Calendar, Contacts, Calculator, Notes - any app! - the Taskbar battery icon disappears.
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may have conflict with the Rom your on did you ask in the thread for your using?
ozmoran said:
may have conflict with the Rom your on did you ask in the thread for your using?
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That's a good suggestion... But its appeared on more than one WM6x ROM and by different Cooks...
I also had the problem on my previous Trinity using WM5.x...
I guess some things just werent meant to be!
bouya_k said:
exactly the same problem tried differents tricks but until now no good result
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Actually ozmoran that's interesting cos your both using the same ROM, Dutty2v9, and yet you say yours works whilst bouya_k says not.
I tried Dutty 3v5 and 3v7, and neither of those worked for me?...
LoopyLoo said:
Actually ozmoran that's interesting cos your both using the same ROM, Dutty2v9, and yet you say yours works whilst bouya_k says not.
I tried Dutty 3v5 and 3v7, and neither of those worked for me?...
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mmmm sure is strange when i get home tonight I will install software so i can take a pic of the screen with excel word calendar etc if you like maybe we can sort it from there
By the way I have Duttys 3.9 it is a wicked Rom a little heavy on battery but performance makes up for it
Oh yeah i noticed bouya_k has the Dusk theme maybe that interferes with it ???
Just looked at my phone again with battery selected to show in HD Tweak, it will show in calender sms etc which are in TF3d
however when i open excel, notes, etc the task does in fact drop the battery Icon and only shows sound, signal icons
So my appologies LoopyLoo you are indeed right.
Just looked at my phone again with battery selected to show in HD Tweak, it will show in calender sms etc which are in TF3d
however when i open excel, notes, etc the task does in fact drop the battery Icon and only shows sound, signal icons
So my appologies LoopyLoo you are indeed right.
ozmoran said:
Just looked at my phone again with battery selected to show in HD Tweak, it will show in calender sms etc which are in TF3d
however when i open excel, notes, etc the task does in fact drop the battery Icon and only shows sound, signal icons
So my appologies LoopyLoo you are indeed right.
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OK, mate, thanks for confirming that - thought I might be losing the plot a bit there for a while!
Off topic, but I note your liking of the Dutty3v9 ROM. The guy does indeed do some nice ROMs, but there always seemed to be little "features" in it that would be problematic for me. So I gave up after 3v7 and switched to Topix221. After a minimum of personal customisation I have found it very reliable, fast and good battery life.
LoopyLoo
You could use something like this:
http://sites.google.com/site/iappsdevteam/Home/applications/ibattery
or SBSH ILauncher, which also has a taskbar battery meter always displayed.
LoopyLoo said:
OK, mate, thanks for confirming that - thought I might be losing the plot a bit there for a while!
Off topic, but I note your liking of the Dutty3v9 ROM. The guy does indeed do some nice ROMs, but there always seemed to be little "features" in it that would be problematic for me. So I gave up after 3v7 and switched to Topix221. After a minimum of personal customisation I have found it very reliable, fast and good battery life.
LoopyLoo
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Actually I have tried a few roms even a 6.5 but didnt like that, I got on to Duttys after looking at what Crackwhore and Fallen sparten used these guys are pretty much on the ball so I wanted to see what they used.
I will Give topix a go to but I only just flashed from Duttys 3.6 which did have a few probs 3.9 has none for me so far although a little heavy on battery
tevike said:
You could use something like this:
http://sites.google.com/site/iappsdevteam/Home/applications/ibattery
or SBSH ILauncher, which also has a taskbar battery meter always displayed.
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I didnt really want to install an app to monitor the battery, but iBattery is quite dinky and very much like what you get in WDTask (I think).
Thanks for this "low resource" suggestion!
LoopyLoo
i came across this problem either. i have a kithchen which can keep the icon in any page. but not in others. i had tried to find clues but failed.
I hav the same problem.. can't get the battery meter back.. Hd Tweak doesn't work

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