is there a way to check the amount of battery remaining, either in percent or time left. when i go to settings->about phone->status, it just says not charging, i can also go to battery use under about phone but that doesnt tell me the remaining percent or time left. if i need an app from the market recommend any?
also, is there a quick way to toggle between having sound on w/ no vibrate and sound off with vibration of calls AND text messages? again if i need an app recommend any?
thats all i have so far, just trialing this out, only had it for 3 days now, gps is spotty so far but other than that its a beast
Battery Indicator for battery
AudioManager for audio in general. I thought I remembered seeing a setting that lets you tie both call volume and notification volume to the same slider. But I don't see it right now.
On a related note though, while battery indicator is great, can you get rid of the default battery indicator so there isn't 2 of them?
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Battery Indicator for battery
AudioManager for audio in general. I thought I remembered seeing a setting that lets you tie both call volume and notification volume to the same slider. But I don't see it right now.
On a related note though, while battery indicator is great, can you get rid of the default battery indicator so there isn't 2 of them?
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Getting rid of the default battery icon involves changing the framework. This is the link to a mod that will change the default battery icon to a percentage.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=793805
But you have to be using a de-odexed ROM for it to work. If you ask some of the Theme'rs, they might be able to explain how to get rid of the default battery icon.
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On the XDA2i, I've been having the small problem of running out of battey since i use it for phone calls.
But, unlike normal mobile phones, the XDA2i doesn't give audio warnings when low on battery, so i find that i end up with a dead phone when i need to make a call.
Is there any settings to enable audio warnings on low battery, or any good utilities which will allow this?
Thanks.
Have you tried Spb Pocket Plus?
It shows a battery meter on screen all the time.
You are also supposed to be able to change the settings in your phone at Alerts to warn you of low battery.
To answer the subject of this post: KBattery is a good, free battery charge monitor, I use it all the time. It sits in the menu bar at the top, where the clock is. Though if you have O2 Active installed, it has a battery monitor on the Today screen. But you've removed that already, haven't you?
As for audible alerts, I don't know how you would configure those. I tend to get a warning (text bubble tooltip style dialog and a two tone noise) from the phone when I reach 20% battery, and a bit later (I'm not sure what percentage of battery left triggers it) I am also warned when the battery is really low, I believe it's around 5%, and it cuts power to the SD card.
I've noticed that various functions shut down when battery runs low, but i dont seem to get any audio alerts. Now and then, the XDA can sit in my pocket for a few days so i might not open it up just to check on the battery level. Therefore, the battery gets drained and i would need to restore a backup.
If anyone knows how to access the setting to turn the audio warning on and off, please can you let me know.
Thanks
Here is a niceone indicator.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=364278
Should do the job.
When the battery of my TyTN gets at 20%, I start getting system notifications warning me about a low level battery and others telling me to charge the battery like the manual says so.
The issue is that at 20% the TyTN still has a lot of life time, and meanwhile until the battery gets completely drained, I get MANY of these notifications that keep disturbing, it really isn't handy.
Does anyone know any solution for this? Maybe some way to start this notification only at 10% and maybe making them fewer.
It's only needed one or two notifications to remember us we are getting low on battery power, no need to keep reminding it all the time...
Thank you.
It's anoying me aswell...
I hope they fix this in the new ROM.
On the same general topic, anyone else find the battery status to be inaccurate?
I've re-enabled the small, four-bar battery indicator at the bottom of the home screen with a hack from MoDaCo.
Thing is, it's full most of the time - then wack! it goes to one-bar red and I start getting notifications. It doesn't seem very dependable. Anyone else get this?
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It's only needed one or two notifications to remember us we are getting low on battery power, no need to keep reminding it all the time...
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same problem with me. looks like there is some serious bug with low level battery notification. in my case, i have Magic Button installed and i'm using its feature, which shows thin battery bar at top 2 pixels of screen (something like Batti). each time when i wake up my Vario II, this indicator always shows 100% battery for 2-3 seconds, after which it refreshes back to current state.
so this thing brings the idea, that these multiple notifications are caused because device 'thinks' that battery is full after each wake up, but after few seconds it turns out that it isn't, so system is generating notification - again and again after each wake up.
I've been having similar issues except in my case the battery is actually full.
The device powers up after being in 'sleep' mode (or sometimes during normal usage) and generates low battery notifications, even though the battery has been on charge all night and is actually full or at nearly full charge.
A soft re-set doesn't seem to help but physically switching the device off and on again seems to fix the problem (the battery showing 100% afterwards) but theres a definate bug with the power monitoring software
I really want to know how to modify registry of Hermes to avoid low battery notification too
Just a thought, on other devices such as the universal and breeze etc... (i see ive mentioned smartphones aswell as ppc) ... is the battery indicator shown in 10% blocks like the hermes or are they in steps of 1%?????
Anyone know of a reg hack or possibility that this will be changeable to 1% steps???????? (ROM change or the like?)
Ah yes, pretty irritating, guess we'll have to wait for the rom updates?
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Anyone know of a reg hack or possibility that this will be changeable to 1% steps???????? (ROM change or the like?)
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There is still no way to change the battery monitor to 1% steps.
From what I've checked, there is still no fix for this massive flood of low battery notifications. If anyone have any other idea... please share it.
My WM6 ROM show low battery warning at 40% - really annoying. I really just want to get of these notifications altogether!!
One possible cause of the battery showing that it is full only to have it drop 50-80% after a few minutes is that you are using a trickle-charger such as the USB cable to charge it.
When charging with one of these devices, when the battery says it's fully charged it usually isn't. You will want to take it off of the charger for a minute or two after it says it is full and then put the charger back on if you want to get a consistent full charge with a trickle charger.
Any news about the annoying low battery notifications?
I hate it and I would like to kill it forever...
Thanks
SaRo
In s-k software's sktools there an option to allow it to show the low battery notification in the sounds and notifications. I find this very useful as i disable the message on the screen which gets in the way when it pops up to tell you battery is low. You can even change the sound or just disable the notification completely! Theres got to be a reg setting for it so people can use this little hack without buying the program.
what i mean is, i'll see the battery logo up on the status bar at 75% (3/4 bar) and think that i have ~75% amount of battery usage left.
i'll then check the battery numbers in the settings and my battery is at ~40% lol.
well i'm running a jm5 stock rom, rooted. anyone having that issue?
i'll try to run the battery low till it offs and monitor the values again.
Jup, I also noticed this, but no biggie, I think this is Android standard.
Definitely NOT defective IMHO.
If you feel frustrated by this use this little app: Battery Indicator
ye i'm using that, i was just wondering which numbers are at fault there. lol. oh well. such paradox in my status bar. thanks for the quick reply.
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what i mean is, i'll see the battery logo up on the status bar at 75% (3/4 bar) and think that i have ~75% amount of battery usage left.
i'll then check the battery numbers in the settings and my battery is at ~40% lol.
well i'm running a jm5 stock rom, rooted. anyone having that issue?
i'll try to run the battery low till it offs and monitor the values again.
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The way I believe it works, and I might have the percentages slightly wrong is, especially the way they get rounded:
Actual/Graph
>79%/100%
50-79%/75%
25-49%/50%
>25%/25%
So, yes, you are always getting a readout that isn't very telling and is a step-gradual reading. The time you have the most information is right around, if/when you see a change. Other than that it can be barely more telling than a sundial .
Wrong info is in the notification bar (graphic battery). I've noticed the change upgrading to JM5 from JG5. Downgrading back to JG5 reverses the situation, which means the change is in framework-res.apk.
It is a change Samsung obviously did on purpose, but I wouldn't know why they settled for the worse...
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well imma try flashing to jpjg8 after my songs are done transferring. gonna check that firmware out...
5.24 hours of display with it on. 7.54 with it off. Explain? These were the only changes I made from yesterday to today. I calculated these times via percentages and battery used. If everything remains relatively constant, power saving mode is worse on the battery for me.
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5.24 hours of display with it on. 7.54 with it off. Explain? These were the only changes I made from yesterday to today. I calculated these times via percentages and battery used. If everything remains relatively constant, power saving mode is worse on the battery for me.
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battery saving mode - you mean in the display options? Yeah, I disabled mine. I would think that constantly checking images to determine brightness would use more battery imo.
how is this different from auto-adjusted brightness? i assume auto-adjusted brightness uses the sensor, whereas this battery saving mode will change the brightness by determining the content shown on the screen?
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how is this different from auto-adjusted brightness? i assume auto-adjusted brightness uses the sensor, whereas this battery saving mode will change the brightness by determining the content shown on the screen?
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Ya so it needs power to keep the sensors awake. I always disable such functions together with auto sync. Just do it manually if you want to conserve battery.
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Ya so it needs power to keep the sensors awake. I always disable such functions together with auto sync. Just do it manually if you want to conserve battery.
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going further with that, what all does auto-sync entail? is gmail pushed, or auto-synced? i don't really use any widgets or apps that would require it (maybe google voice? i guess calendar and contacts...)
Either way, I wish I would have known about this considering it added two hours to my battery life.
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Either way, I wish I would have known about this considering it added two hours to my battery life.
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Ya it's good to know. I think a lot of people may get tricked by the descriptions. It probably only saves battery if the screen brightness is set to maximum all the time.
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going further with that, what all does auto-sync entail? is gmail pushed, or auto-synced? i don't really use any widgets or apps that would require it (maybe google voice? i guess calendar and contacts...)
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It's auto synced by default with or without the widget. (Things may be different in 2.2) If you want to sync them manually, you need to go to setting>accounts and sync and choose it yourself.
Thanks for the tip!
just curious - are you sure battery was totally drained?
that other post about the batteries having more life than indicated (and i'm not referring to the icon up in the notification bar) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=770207
i've been wondering how accurate the battery remaining indication is, the one in "settings > about phone > status" actually is
after the battery had settled in (used for 2 weeks) mine demos a 1-2% drain overnite consistently, except for the blue moon occasion it demos 11-12% - and the issue i have is, every nite when i take it off the charger, i check Flight mode, and kill any syncing as well as kill the GPS. I know an errant app could be trying to run, but i don't think so - i've got Startup Auditor, and all settings have remained the same - there's no reason i can see for the odd jump in battery drain
i know the radio's signals strength in the same settings > about phone > status is way off - even when showing 0 signal strength & 0 asus, i can still make calls with no issue. It's just got me wondering how off all those indicators are, whether battery, radio, radio signal strength, system useage numbers, etc
did you run movies etc after battery notification came up to see if battery was truly close to 0%?
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just curious - are you sure battery was totally drained?
that other post about the batteries having more life than indicated (and i'm not referring to the icon up in the notification bar) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=770207
i've been wondering how accurate the battery remaining indication is, the one in "settings > about phone > status" actually is
after the battery had settled in (used for 2 weeks) mine demos a 1-2% drain overnite consistently, except for the blue moon occasion it demos 11-12% - and the issue i have is, every nite when i take it off the charger, i check Flight mode, and kill any syncing as well as kill the GPS. I know an errant app could be trying to run, but i don't think so - i've got Startup Auditor, and all settings have remained the same - there's no reason i can see for the odd jump in battery drain
i know the radio's signals strength in the same settings > about phone > status is way off - even when showing 0 signal strength & 0 asus, i can still make calls with no issue. It's just got me wondering how off all those indicators are, whether battery, radio, radio signal strength, system useage numbers, etc
did you run movies etc after battery notification came up to see if battery was truly close to 0%?
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I'm using battery indicator. It has been dead accurate for three weeks. I'm getting two more hours of display which translate to considerable more overall battery life.
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the "power saving" mode is annoying, if only for the fact that i had already disabled auto-brightness, only to realize the brightness would change depending on what was being displayed on screen at the time. i left it on the absolute minimum brightness, because that is more than enough for me, and the fluctuations were making me scratch my head for awhile there (thinking, "hey, i thought i turned that off!")
makes sense now
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the "power saving" mode is annoying, if only for the fact that i had already disabled auto-brightness, only to realize the brightness would change depending on what was being displayed on screen at the time. i left it on the absolute minimum brightness, because that is more than enough for me, and the fluctuations were making me scratch my head for awhile there (thinking, "hey, i thought i turned that off!")
makes sense now
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I'm surprised I'm the first one to show and really point out the difference. But oh well hopefully this goes in the sticky.
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Thanks for this mate, i was searching a confirm!
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just curious - are you sure battery was totally drained?
that other post about the batteries having more life than indicated (and i'm not referring to the icon up in the notification bar) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=770207
i've been wondering how accurate the battery remaining indication is, the one in "settings > about phone > status" actually is
after the battery had settled in (used for 2 weeks) mine demos a 1-2% drain overnite consistently, except for the blue moon occasion it demos 11-12% - and the issue i have is, every nite when i take it off the charger, i check Flight mode, and kill any syncing as well as kill the GPS. I know an errant app could be trying to run, but i don't think so - i've got Startup Auditor, and all settings have remained the same - there's no reason i can see for the odd jump in battery drain
i know the radio's signals strength in the same settings > about phone > status is way off - even when showing 0 signal strength & 0 asus, i can still make calls with no issue. It's just got me wondering how off all those indicators are, whether battery, radio, radio signal strength, system useage numbers, etc
did you run movies etc after battery notification came up to see if battery was truly close to 0%?
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The battery indicator for me is pretty inaccurate, I've had Youtube playing with the speakers on, i.e. headphones unplugged a good 10-15 mins after the battery indicator was flashing at 0%. Another weird thing is I get more battery life out of Bionix 1.91 than Fusion 1.1, but Fusion 1.1 supposedly has the leaking battery while idle fixed. I dunno what's going on with the battery indicator but I can't believe it to be very accurate.
QFJEUXM 11.0.4.0
I get a notification when battery comes down to 10%. However, it can still run an hour or two
But then, when the battery really empties down, phone immediately turns of without any warning
This is totally inconvenient, on Huawei I was accustomed to get a another notification like "Your phone is empty, it will turn off in 30 seconds" which is enough to click Send or to find a charger or something
Looking around the Settings in MIUI, I cannot find any option to enable such notification
you don't see % of battery? that's sad that you can't plug in on time.
you can download app and set warning levels - search for low battery alert in store
yaro666 said:
you don't see % of battery? that's sad that you can't plug in on time.
you can download app and set warning levels - search for low battery alert in store
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Not looking all the time to the small top-rigjt battery percentage status
But ok, will search for apos on Store.
Sad that MUII is dtill missing a number of built-in usability features