Battery life app that does 1% increments? (Droid X)

[Zumi]

Does such a thing exist? I've only come across ones that show the remaining battery life as 10% increments and was looking for something more accurate/exact. My Evo had this ability, but my Droid X doesnt.

 

[treborcj]

I use BatteryLife from the market.

 

[Bswartz95]

Does such a thing exist? I've only come across ones that show the remaining battery life as 10% increments and was looking for something more accurate/exact. My Evo had this ability, but my Droid X doesnt.

There's a Battery Life widget from CurveFish that does 1% increments. It's not an app to launch; just a widget. I use it without any problems.

BatteryLife - Android app on AppBrain

 

[treborcj]

There's a Battery Life widget from CurveFish that does 1% increments. It's not an app to launch; just a widget. I use it without any problems.

BatteryLife - Android app on AppBrain

That's the one.

 

[TheBiles]

I think that's a Droid thing. It only reports batter in 10% increments.

 

[Szadzik]

I think that's a Droid thing. It only reports batter in 10% increments.

It is the phone's driver that only allows 10% increments. I have had this in many phones. In Windows Mobile I even changed the driver for a different one that allowed 1% increments, but I doubt it can be done in Android.

 

[lilsaphyre]

Batteryminder will do exactly what you want. I have been using the free version for over a month and haven't looked back.

Batteryminder by Rollerbush 10,000 downloads, 818 ratings (4.4 avg)

Free

 

[Szadzik]

Batteryminder will do exactly what you want. I have been using the free version for over a month and haven't looked back.

Batteryminder by Rollerbush 10,000 downloads, 818 ratings (4.4 avg)

Free

If the phone odes not support smaller than 10% increments no application will show them.

 

[rcrott1]

battstatt does it. and looks good doing it.

 

[mrgolfrider]

battstatt does it. and looks good doing it.

+1 for battstatt! Very sexy widget for telling your battery percentage.

 

[CriticalCritic]

All of these battery widgets get their readings from some core source within the phone. Meaning, all they do is read the info that is already there.

So the only accurate reading you are ever going to get is in 10% increments because that's how the droid core reports it (because that's how motorola programmed it). And that's why the HTC phones report in 1% increments.

 

[droidx_fan]

What does it matter? Worrying about whether the remaining battery is 18% or 13% is like a 30 handicap golfer being concerned over not knowing if they have 190 or 187 yards to the pin.

 

[rcrott1]

What does it matter? Worrying about whether the remaining battery is 18% or 13% is like a 30 handicap golfer being concerned over not knowing if they have 190 or 187 yards to the pin.

those 3 yards can make the difference between club selection.....

 

[DebianDog]

The "fact" that it does it in 10% increments is BULL.

From the time it was new... till today it gave me an exact number. One battery app I downloaded changed something. I am searching for the fix.

 

[droidx_fan]

those 3 yards can make the difference between club selection.....

You apparently missed my point altogether. While a 30 handicap may think it changes his club selection, they could likely choose any one of 4 and end up with a similar result.

 

[CriticalCritic]

The "fact" that it does it in 10% increments is BULL.

Very cool. Then fix it.
Sounds similar to how the Samsung Moment was modded to allow it to report in 5s instead of 10s because the detailed scale was inaccessible to widgets. That might be a good place to start your search. Good luck

PS, very convenient that today it suddenly stopped working... again, good luck figuring out how a widget that simply mirrors info has apparently managed to change your phone's battery coding.

 

[DebianDog]

Maybe it is internal to the widget or app. See one (Battery Left) shows the exact number the others the 10% range.

 

[DebianDog]

What really boggles the mind... if you look at the data that was extracted from the battery history app it clearly shows a non 10% number up until yesterday.

<see attached compressed CSV file>

 

[dmbfan041]

Which one do you guys prefer, and any idea which eats up less battery? Battery Droid, BatteryLife, or BattStatt.

 

[lexluthor]

Maybe it is internal to the widget or app. See one (Battery Left) shows the exact number the others the 10% range.

Battery Left is estimating how much battery is left. It's not a true/actual reading. How accurate it really is, I don't know. Since the OS doesn't report the programs in 1% increments, there's no other way it could be doing it.

I guess you run the battery up and down a few times and it kind of figures out how much juice it takes and then extrapolates from there.

 

[heybk]

I really like the way BattStatt looks, shows the same percentage as battery life, makes it easier to see how quickly my battery is charging.

 

[DebianDog]

I guess you run the battery up and down a few times and it kind of figures out how much juice it takes and then extrapolates from there.

That is exactly how it works.

 

[Mc1]

Do these widgets eventually add on the % numbers? I just installed Battery Left and I'm not seeing anything yet. I read here it has to annalyze the battery up and down a few times, but does it then add a % number somewhere (like on the battery itself)?

Thanks!