I use an app called Battery Monitor by SIMMO Publications. It shows in the notificaion bar.
meaning the DXNote: All 1% level changes are estimates on phones that return battery levels in 10% increments.
When the stock battery shows 15% the 1% battery app I use also shows the same at 15%. So I think its accurate.
I use Circle Battery Widget and it is very accurate in 1% increments.
I like this one because it is on the screen and not in the notification pull-down. Would like to be able to replace the standard battery icon in the main notification bar with a 1% incrementing version though.
you do realize that it is just guessing right? something inside the code with motorola phones does not allow 1% accuracy of the battery level. however, it is fairly easy to guess where it is at in between the %10 increments. of course it shows %15 when it is at %15, thats because it can actually READ that percentage. everything in between is a guess.
and i would use this if it replaced the acutal battery, but that wont ever happen, i hate having any notification icon in my status bar other than the time,3g, wifi, ect.
you do realize that it is just guessing right? something inside the code with motorola phones does not allow 1% accuracy of the battery level.
You also do realize that when its in 10% increments its just an average/guess as to battery level right? Its more accurate at 1% increments/closer than the stock battery level. It also shows accurate at 10 and 5 percent, right down to zero, shuts off. Whats the difference if their is another small icon in the notification bar? Its got alot of room in it.
I only just registered on this forum, so this is my first post.
Thanks for starting this thread Rick, I'm the developer that wrote this application, so if anyone has any questions then feel free to ask me. I wrote it initially for my DROID X because I wanted a simple tasteful 1% level change icon in the notification bar, even if the 1% values are just estimates. I just recently added a 1x1 widget to it as well.
It's only been on the market for a few months, but so far 7500+ people have downloaded it, so I can't be the only one that wanted it.
Nice app. Thanks! How much battery does it draw too run?
Battery Monitor
I'm interested to know if anyone has used this that doesn't have a Droid X (I realize this is in the Droid X section so I may repost this question elsewhere). The application has code that checks if the device returns battery levels more accurately than every 10%. I would appreciate knowing what devices (like HTC) actually return more accurate levels and if the app works on them. I have no test device, and the SDK emulator only ever shows 50%. Can anyone help ? Thanks.
Thanks for the in-depth reply, it's always good to talk to fellow developers. I haven't even approached the idea of producing a paid version with more features, since my free app does exactly what I wanted and nothing more.
I wasn't aware of the charge_counter file but I'll take a look as soon as I get some time, thank you. My 1% updates are code-based and done in a specific way during the battery broadcast events, which seems to do very well on the DX. But the actual event has always just returned the values 100, 90, 80, 70, 60, 50, 40, 30, 20, 15, 5 during my testing on the DX. Which is why I'm interested to know how it performs on an HTC since my code tries to identify a device returning more accurate levels. So thank you for taking the time to have a look, it would be nice to know how it works on other devices.
I also have a voltage-based calculation that can be used for after-market batteries that aren't directly compatible with the device. Voltage behavior is quite erratic in these cases, but it seems accurate enough from the reports I get back.
Anyway, thanks for taking the time to reply. I'll take a look at your app too, and maybe even leave you a scathing 1-star comment, lol. Not really. Don't you hate it when people leave 1-star comments without even attempting to email you to resolve the issue ?
e.g. Doesn't Work. Uninstall.
Thanks muchly, I really appreciate it, I have no idea why the icon wouldn't be visible on a rooted build, don't forget it does have a white/black icon option, just in case you missed it . I think I'll get the circle widget too and do the same thing, a battle of the battery apps, lol. Thanks again. Cheers !
Also, it's interesting to note you said they were 4% different on the DX (not that 4% is a big deal), but since I know how mine was coded, I'm wondering if they'll sync up after a while. Can you let me know if they do ?
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