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Does anybody know if there is a Today Screen plugin which monitors the charging uptime?
History for my question:
I changed my car and the new Board Computer (BC) doesn't show the time from starting the engine (my previous car BC did it). It was a nice feature and so I thought this could be done by my PocketPC (MDAc) starting the uptime clock when I put it into my active Brodit holder in my car....
You could try this
You could try this software.
Looks good. Will try it. Thanx for your quick response.
I could find any setting in this application to start the clock when charging. Only reset the counter to zero when charging.
Any other apps?
No software available for my request?
sounds like a pretty specific program you want
maybe you should have somebody custom make it for you
seemed to be so.
but is a today screen which displays the charging time such a special thing?
donno never heard about it before
nor have i ever wanted for it before
Contactor-E - it could be written easily enough, but I'm afraid I have no time right now, setting up my website and finishing off another ton of stuff for you guys.
I assume that someone's written one, but I really can't think of one...
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I will try to start programming my application...
I'll report here about my success.
Some of what you want may be displayed with Beemer's TodayWarrior:
http://personales.ya.com/beemer/todaywarrior1.htm
There are various toggle icons that show: battery %, elapsed time from last charge, charging, estimated remaining battery time, time to 100% charge, battery volts, current (mA), consumption (mW), temperature. There are also icons for power off, always on, etc.
However, I had problems with its WiFi monitoring side (this can be disabled). It would detect the WLAN, but then hang the application and Xda Exec. The extra WiFiKnife utility didn't work, however, my problems may have been because I ran it from SD-card - haven't had time to test further.
Thank you, but TodayWarrior does not support showing the charging time. Only "Charging" is displayed when connected on power.
here's one
it shows the charging time as well as the time running on batteries. also shows battery indicator and device active time (time the device is turned ON and not sleeping).
it can hide or change its size when running on batteries/charging to save screen space.
you can customize it separately for charging/batteries
see screen shorts
have fun.
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CAB file removed, get the newer one below
Re: here's one
Slight slip up here, this file is actually a RAR-archive and NOT a ZIP-archive. After downloading it, rename the extension from .zip to .rar.
Re: here's one
astage said:
Slight slip up here, this file is actually a RAR-archive and NOT a ZIP-archive. After downloading it, rename the extension from .zip to .rar.
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thanks, RAR did what I told it to do and not what I wanted it to do
Tried this on Windows Mobile 5, on the O2 Exec (Universal), and couldn't get it to do anything at all.
Hi zfiser!
Works GREAT !!!!!!!!!!! on my MDA compact !!!!
Wow!!!!!!!
Just installed but seems that this is the application I looked for!!!!!!!
Whrer did you find this app? Did you program it?
Do you know what the plugin number is for?
Thanks again!!!
Yes Works great on my Qtek 9100 under WM 5.0
Thanks for this app
The plugin number is to indicate the height you want for the plugin on the today page.
UPDATE
all right guys, since actually 3 people got it and 2 even got it working, I decided to spent some more hours on it. it's quite fun actually.
so, what is new?
1) AUTOSIZE - the plugin automatically decides its height based on your setting. You can still manually override it.
2) ACTUAL CHARGING TIME - now showing time it's plugged in to outlet and also time the battery was charged for. when the battery is fully charged the time stops and you can see how long it took to charge it.
3) ICONS! yea! I think that's pretty cool, saving you a lot of space on the screen while showing everything, plus it looks freaking awesome!
4) more options - the plug can turn itself to color red when the battery level falls under a certain percentage, set by you. now you can't overlook that your battery is almost dead
5) BUGFIXES, yea, that nasty bug not showing minutes, I noticed too, some minor tweaks
Checkout the screenshots! And have fun. And if you still miss something in this plugin (tetris, nude women, etc), let me know
IMPORTANT NOTICE: You MUST disable the plugin in TODAY screen setting (uncheck the checkbox) BEFORE upgrading. Make sure the plugin does not show on the Today screen before you upgrade!
I made the upgrade this morning => no problem
I just want to say that I had to make a soft reset after installation otherwise the plugin didn't show on today screen.
You've done big improvments since the first version
- good idea the icons to save place
- thanks for the autosize
- I'm going to test it this wee-end but no bug at this time
- what about a log file to keep trace of every data that zfTCT record ? Could be useful I think.
EDIT: All thanks shaggy-h, for making this possible (see post 22 below). This mod is now included in CM6 RC2 and the nightlies under the CM settings.
Having never owned an Iphone, I never knew or thought about this. But while reading about the iphone's antenna issues, I found out that older iphones have an option to display the dBm in place of the signal bars when going into the Field Test of the phone.
After this whole iphone4 debacle, I realize that signal bars means nothing, but I do think dBm is an accurate representation of true signal strength. It would be awesome that can be done on the N1 as well. I know it's already in the settings, but it would be awesome to have it toggle-able on the notification bar, or even take the place entirely of the bars icon.
Looking at the code it's certainly doable. Canadiancow's battery percentage mod could be used as a guide on the changes required. As far as I can tell with my (virtually non-existent) Android hacking skills, here are the relevant bits of code:
Signal strength calculation (see eg around line 1000):
http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=pl...c436bf9b9cb71b1f057b4904c660318e20eff;hb=HEAD
Canadiancow's battery percentage patch:
http://github.com/cyanogen/android_frameworks_base/commit/cc79426a30cc6e6748c5ebcdbd89aaac4036f257
I don't have a dev environment set up to work on this and I'm not really even sure how to go about doing so, but hopefully the above is enough to motivate someone who's more familiar with this sort of dev work to make the required changes.
Very good idea!
OK I managed to get a dev environment set up and had a quick go at implementing this. I've got it working, but there are a couple of problems. The biggest is that dBm values of -100 and below don't fit in the icon and so they wrap. I'm not sure what the best fix is for that. Another problem is that it looks a bit cluttered and the number obscures the bars, so maybe it would be cleaner looking if I took away the bars completely?
Also, I need to set the text to a colour other than the default white. I was thinking green/yellow/orange/red depending on the signal strength. What do you think?
Here's a couple of screenshots so you can see what I'm talking about:
-95dBm: http://redyeti.net/Nexus/dbm.png
-101dBm: http://redyeti.net/Nexus/wrap.png
I'll try and find some time to address these remaining issues over the next couple of days.
This is a very cool idea!!! I am anxious to see where this goes.
this would be great. hope you get something worked out.
This is great. Maybe get this added to cyanogen eventually
This should help. (from romainguy's twitter feed)
RT @timbray: Interested in signal-bar calculations? Android is open source, check updateSignalStrength() in http://is.gd/dd2Kh
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edit: same info as posted by shaggy-h
I've tried a different approach that works better. I'm now writing the dBm value as a separate piece of text, much like the clock. The downside is that it takes up a bit more real estate in the already crowded status bar.
I plan on adding an option to allow turning the dBm or bar icon on or off:
1. Show bars only
2. Show dBm value only
3. Show bars and dBm value
Here's a couple of screenshots of my progress:
http://redyeti.net/Nexus/dbm2.png
http://redyeti.net/Nexus/dbm3.png
The only other thing is it looks like the text alignment is a bit out and needs to be a pixel or two further left. I think that might be a little tricky to fix without it affecting the clock too, but I'm sure I can figure something out.
How about having the dbm value on the notification pull down next to the mobile network name?
This looks great so far, shaggy. Thanks for volunteering to take this on. Let me know if you want any testing done.
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How about having the dbm value on the notification pull down next to the mobile network name?
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Not a bad idea - there's certainly plenty of room for it there. I'm not sure how much work is involved in putting it there and I suspect it'll be harder to continually update it there like it does on the status bar, but I'll take a look. I still like the idea of having the dBm value visible at all times on the status bar though.
search for the tricorder app on the marketplace.. it can display a whole bunch of stuff about the phone.. one is carrier and wifi signal strength. sound level. number of gps satelites. etc.
Maybe this will help, I've added the gsm signal to Netmeter+LED's (now CPUStatusLED) graph
Just a quick update on this... I've only had a small amount of time to work on it, however it wasn't difficult - the code changes are basically done and work against the CM6 codebase (including settings in CMParts to enable/disable and change the text color). The big problem I'm still having is that I'm new to Git and still need to figure out if I've got my repo set up properly (currently there's some wierd stuff going on...) and how to push my changes back to the CM codebase. Hopefully I'll have time to figure that out over the weekend.
I won't have an apk/jar that you can install in the meantime sorry, I don't trust my ability to create a stable/reliable one yet, and spending the time to do so will only delay things further. The code itself however I'm happy with and confident in!
shaggy-h said:
I've tried a different approach that works better. I'm now writing the dBm value as a separate piece of text, much like the clock. The downside is that it takes up a bit more real estate in the already crowded status bar.
I plan on adding an option to allow turning the dBm or bar icon on or off:
1. Show bars only
2. Show dBm value only
3. Show bars and dBm value
Here's a couple of screenshots of my progress:
http://redyeti.net/Nexus/dbm2.png
http://redyeti.net/Nexus/dbm3.png
The only other thing is it looks like the text alignment is a bit out and needs to be a pixel or two further left. I think that might be a little tricky to fix without it affecting the clock too, but I'm sure I can figure something out.
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How about an option which shows the dB value on top of a colored background like the battery meter? The background can be in broken into 4 sections to correspond to the 4 bars.
Nighthound said:
How about an option which shows the dB value on top of a colored background like the battery meter? The background can be in broken into 4 sections to correspond to the 4 bars.
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The problem is that the text would have to be very small. As it is the current battery meter text is restricted to 99 max because displaying 100 on some phones causes the text to wrap. The dBm signal needs to handle numbers down to -113 or so (ie 4 characters) which makes the problem even worse.
Anyway, today I found enough time to figure out how to submit my changes as a patch to CyanogenMod. Assuming I haven't completely botched it, hopefully you'll be seeing it in a CM build soon. There's definitely more that could be done with this, but for now I'm just happy to have made it this far
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The problem is that the text would have to be very small. As it is the current battery meter text is restricted to 99 max because displaying 100 on some phones causes the text to wrap. The dBm signal needs to handle numbers down to -113 or so (ie 4 characters) which makes the problem even worse.
Anyway, today I found enough time to figure out how to submit my changes as a patch to CyanogenMod. Assuming I haven't completely botched it, hopefully you'll be seeing it in a CM build soon. There's definitely more that could be done with this, but for now I'm just happy to have made it this far
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I'm really looking forward to your results. Thanks again, shaggy.
shaggy-h, remove the - and replace it with a color to the dBm number.. black means minus and red means +.. although you will never see the +
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shaggy-h, remove the - and replace it with a color to the dBm number.. black means minus and red means +.. although you will never see the +
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There's not much point spending time implementing red for positive since it'll never happen! Personally I'm not convinced it's a great idea to leave off the - sign anyway, it'll only confuse people into thinking higher equals better. Also, it still doesn't solve the wrapping problem since 3 characters is still too many.
For what it's worth, here's some screenshots of the same dBm levels on an iPhone (from Anandtech's iPhone4 antenna investigation):
http://images.anandtech.com/reviews/gadgets/apple/iPhone4/dd3v33sr_183cch83wsd_b.jpg
http://images.anandtech.com/reviews/gadgets/apple/iPhone4/dd3v33sr_171dbtdxcc3_b.jpg
http://images.anandtech.com/reviews/gadgets/apple/iPhone4/dd3v33sr_172jh7xbn2m_b.jpg
Looks fine to me.
I have a Verizon W Droid Incredible rooted. I installed the ROM from one of the developers on this site:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1260994#
My phone works great and I'm very happy... kudos to Jermaine151
Only two questions,
1) i'm not a heavy user and my phone stay on my desk all the time and I check e-mail 4-5 times a day and the battery last only 5-6 hours,
I read on this site and others that my radio (baseband) might help improve this issue. How do I change and how do I know I need to update it?
2) Speech to Text does not work all the time. I talk "loud" and it does not do anything... I know the mic works cuz I cam make phone calls - also, I enable spanish and the speech to text does not recognize spanish words. how do I enable and fix this?
Adroid Version 2.3.4
Baseband 2.15.00.09.01
Kernel 2.6.35.15-g55a06e5
build number 4.06.605.3 Stock+ jermine151
Software 4.06.605.3
Browser WebKit/533.1
PRI 1.28_002
PRL 52501
ERI 5
Thank you
- First of all check the battery drain using Current Widget and check how many mA it drains. Remember to enable logging, and let the phone alone for about 1 hour with WiFi/GPS and so on OFF.
- If the phone uses more then 10++ mA in standby, a new kernel can fix it.
- If you have bad reception then a new radio will fix that, and possibly use less battery.
But first use Current Widget before you do something else.
Please use the Q&A Forum for questions Thanks
Moving to Q&A
thank you BazzokaAce
I already change my radio... still checking to see if this makes it better...
on the mA usage, i'm a noob on this, how do I check this part, I installed the app you recommended and I added the widget to my home screen, I turn everything off GPS, wifi, how about the network?
how do I see if I used more than 10 mA
I appreciate your support
After you've added the widget on the homescreen just let the phone alone. Don't use it for a while. After 30min - 1 hour wake the phone, go to the Current Widget menu (just press the app icon) and press "Read Log" (or something like that). Now you'll see the time and battery drain (mA = Milliamps).
The thing you want to see is the lowest number possible.
Ty BazzokaAce
I did that I the log says...
-54mA, 30%, 3.689V
what do I do now?
You think I should try another ROM?
what ROM do you recommend?
I just want the battery to last at least till the end of the day... mine runs out at mid day and without using it...
still have the speech to text problem as well
Ooops! Sorry for the late reply I recommend CM7 or MIUI.
Charge Monitor shows graphs of the charging current, battery temperature, capacity and voltage.
Gives you the possibility to compare the charging current of different chargers and cables.
A picture is worth a thousand words.
Change log
Version 1.6.3
- Bug RemoteServiceException
+ Tablet improvements
Version 1.6.2
- Bug
Version 1.6.0
+ Manual calibration
+ Change minimum battery alarm temperature to 35°C
+ Splash background
+ Adaptive launcher icon
+ Updated libraries
Version 1.5.2
- Bug fix
- ClassCastException HorizontalScrollView
- NameNotFoundException PackageManager
+ Fix Fahrenheit
Older changelog
Version 1.5.1
- bugs
- set alarm permission
Version 1.5.0
+ Tablet layout
Version 1.4.1
if you're updating from the previous version delete app data!!
Graphs
+ More precise temperature & voltage (mV) in graph
+ Battery current graph smoothing
+ Move graph settings to graph window(swipe up)
+ Calibrate so that current is positive while charging, negative while discharging
History
+ 'New' icon in history
+ Fast scroller in history
+ Compare 2 or more graphs (select graphs to compare them)
Other
+ Help dialogs
+ Improve logging for unsupported devices
+ Android O support
Version 1.2.2
+ Implement SQLite database
+ History sorting & cleaning
+ Send data as csv file
+ Option to delete notification after charging
+ Battery temperature alarm
+ Graph settings & improvements
+ ExceptionHandler if side loaded
+ Alternative current calibration (experimental)
Version 1.1.1 bugfix
Graph updates when it shouldn't
Graph not hiding navigation bar
Version 1.1.0
Fixed bugs
Add log, to make it easier to send feedback
Refresh graph while charging
Show time to full in graph
Power supply in alphabetical order
Hide Power supply from settings if it isn't readable (Before installing the new version, disable show power supply if it isn't readable because it won't be in the settings anymore!!)
For automatic updates:
Will test it today. Report tomorrow.
Works. No error. But quit useless, i don't know how i could use these data ^^ can i export them into xls file ? Can't remove notification.
Thanks for this. Any chance to measure battery cycles?
billubakra said:
Thanks for this. Any chance to measure battery cycles?
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Yes, enable Show sys/class/power_supply in the app settings.
And have a look at sys/class/power_supply/battery, there you'll see battery_cycle.
I don't know why but I can't seem to add a screenshot to this post, see the first post for the screenshots.
Gazatus said:
Works. No error. But quit useless, i don't know how i could use these data ^^ can i export them into xls file ? Can't remove notification.
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Thanks for your response.
While the app is gathering data you'll see a notification so you know that it's working in the background and yes you can't dismiss that notification.
With the data you'll be able to keep track of your battery temperature, the lower, the better for the longevity of your battery. Or you could compare different ways of charging your device, fast/slow, plugged/wireless.
I'm putting exporting the data on my to-do list.
Could you tell me the model of your phone and post a screenshot of the graph?
Thanks again!
waterdaan said:
Yes, enable Show sys/class/power_supply in the app settings.
And have a look at sys/class/power_supply/battery, there you'll see battery_cycle.
I don't know why but I can't seem to add a screenshot to this post, see the first post for the screenshots.
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Will do and will get back to you.
i just installed it, will test soon. but at first sight, i see a minor visual mistake in the settings, where the top bar is too tall when it doesn't include tabs, not according to material design guidelines
Gazatus said:
Works. No error. But quit useless, i don't know how i could use these data ^^ can i export them into xls file ? Can't remove notification.
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lol...first of all this so rude to say something like this. And this app can be so useful to use while you are checking your chargers and charging cycles etc. If you can not contribute something then stop cluttering the app threads. Its like you can move on and please don't bother to reply
Gazatus said:
Works. No error. But quit useless, i don't know how i could use these data ^^ can i export them into xls file ? Can't remove notification.
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Hi, it wasn't an attack, i did a test and tell what i though. There no "tutorial" in the app so i was wondering what could i do. Don't judge too fast boy
PS: tested on Sony Z3 - marshmallow
Just installed on my Oneplus 2, running oxygenos 3.5.6
Everything seems to be ok, except that there are no units showing next to the numbers. Also, current shows too many numbers, seems to be showing μA instead of mA.
I can provide screenshots or anything else if needed for help
Thanks for the app of course!
Edit: Both aforementioned issues seem to be present on a friend's LG G2 as well.
Edit 2: After the 15% calibration passed and phone charged, everything is ok. Numbers are normal, units show up, so cheers again for the app!
Feedback!
Liked the interface! Lucid and simple to use. From the screenshot you can see battery charge cycle is something about 742. Can you tell me what can you determime from this?
Bdw tested on Samsung S6 Edge G925I having Alexis rom installed
Very good app, just what I was looking for long time ago. just one thing, if is possible to put an switch to invert the charging current, as some devices it appears an negative value when charging. My device is OnePlus 3
Working well
Hi I've just installed on my LG G4 with stock MM and everything seems ok but there's one bug, on history screen when I'll click on history of charging nothing happens, long press works as it should...
This looks like a really useful app, installed on all my devices that will report charging data, will offer feedback if/where I find it.
I know this is about charging, but in your to do list, is there discharging as well? I would love that so much, especially if you do build in export capability.
Excellent work, thank you for putting it out here.
Gazatus said:
Hi, it wasn't an attack, i did a test and tell what i though. There no "tutorial" in the app so i was wondering what could i do. Don't judge too fast boy
PS: tested on Sony Z3 - marshmallow
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Don't worry, I didn't take it as an attack, but as a genuine question. Yeah I should improve the fist post a bit.....
AndStuff said:
Just installed on my Oneplus 2, running oxygenos 3.5.6
Everything seems to be ok, except that there are no units showing next to the numbers. Also, current shows too many numbers, seems to be showing μA instead of mA.
Edit: Both aforementioned issues seem to be present on a friend's LG G2 as well.
Edit 2: After the 15% calibration passed and phone charged, everything is ok. Numbers are normal, units show up, so cheers again for the app!
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Thanks!! Yes different phones reporting the battery current in different units (μA or mA and hopefully no others) is one of the reasons why I'm asking for your help here.
oneplus 3 user here, running official resurrection remix, 7.1.1, stock kernel
so, i've been using it for a while now, and here's what i have to say:
good design, although the top bar in settings should be thinner, the black theme is awesome.
it does the job of monitoring the charging process very well, the data seems to be accurate and can surely be useful
the app is lightweight, drains no resources and has no noticeable impact on the phone's behavior or performance
here's what i suggest to make the app better:
when viewing the chart of the active charging cycle (opened from within the app, not from the notification), add autorefresh every few seconds so people don't have to exit and reopen it to refresh
make the line for charging current display the absolute value of the current and fix the 0-line on the bottom so it makes more sense
it would be awesome to display cpu load and cpu temperature as optional lines in the chart, so one can compare the impact of using the phone while charging
but i have to say, good job so far, if i were you, i'd do some polishing, slap a google ad to the bottom, add a donate option and post it to the play store .
I tried it. Asus ZenFone 2, running Android 5.0, stock and rooted.
I think it also showed some odd numbers when the app started, but I'll check again tomorrow to make sure.
P.S. Maybe you can add an option to cut the graph to show just the actual charging? I left my phone connected to the charger a while after it was fully charged, so the time is wrong, and I really want to know how long it takes my phone to be fully charged .
Oneplus 3 on Resurrection Remix 5.8.1 20170207
https://i.imgur.com/s89B8e3.jpg
Hi All,
Got my OP6 a few days ago, I've come back to android after having to endure iOS on an iPhone 6s+
Things seem to have changed since I had my last android phone (Oneplus One).
I can't seem to find much detail about what is actually using up my battery.
When looking at tips online for reducing battery usage I keep seeing this battery stats screen for oreo (presumably AOSP or some very unmodified version from google).
The battery stats screen has a sub menu inside by pressing on the 3 dots in the top right which displays "Batttery Optimisation" and "Show full device usage".
On the OP6 Its accessible via Settings>Battery. However there is no 3 dots button in the top right that i keep seeing everywhere.
Has this menu been removed from Oxygen OS or something?
What are you guys all doing to reduce battery usage?
(I would post screenshots to describe better but my post count limits me - can't remember my old login here!)
Tia
silent08 said:
Hi All,
Got my OP6 a few days ago, I've come back to android after having to endure iOS on an iPhone 6s+
Things seem to have changed since I had my last android phone (Oneplus One).
I can't seem to find much detail about what is actually using up my battery.
When looking at tips online for reducing battery usage I keep seeing this battery stats screen for oreo (presumably AOSP or some very unmodified version from google).
The battery stats screen has a sub menu inside by pressing on the 3 dots in the top right which displays "Batttery Optimisation" and "Show full device usage".
On the OP6 Its accessible via Settings>Battery. However there is no 3 dots button in the top right that i keep seeing everywhere.
Has this menu been removed from Oxygen OS or something?
What are you guys all doing to reduce battery usage?
(I would post screenshots to describe better but my post count limits me - can't remember my old login here!)
Tia
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The battery optimization section is the button right under the battery saver option
silent08 said:
Hi All,
Got my OP6 a few days ago, I've come back to android after having to endure iOS on an iPhone 6s+
Things seem to have changed since I had my last android phone (Oneplus One).
I can't seem to find much detail about what is actually using up my battery.
When looking at tips online for reducing battery usage I keep seeing this battery stats screen for oreo (presumably AOSP or some very unmodified version from google).
The battery stats screen has a sub menu inside by pressing on the 3 dots in the top right which displays "Batttery Optimisation" and "Show full device usage".
On the OP6 Its accessible via Settings>Battery. However there is no 3 dots button in the top right that i keep seeing everywhere.
Has this menu been removed from Oxygen OS or something?
What are you guys all doing to reduce battery usage?
(I would post screenshots to describe better but my post count limits me - can't remember my old login here!)
Tia
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You can also get to this by tapping the battery/battery percent in the settings
Thanks,
I did find the battery optimisation setting - However the one im more intereted in finding is "Show full device usage".
If you google this:
"Android Oreo feature spotlight: More traditional battery stats make a return with 'Show full device usage' setting"
The first article shows a screenshot of the exact menu I'm trying to find.
silent08 said:
Thanks,
I did find the battery optimisation setting - However the one im more intereted in finding is "Show full device usage".
If you google this:
"Android Oreo feature spotlight: More traditional battery stats make a return with 'Show full device usage' setting"
The first article shows a screenshot of the exact menu I'm trying to find.
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That screen shot is stock Android we aren't on stock Android so obviously you won't find the exact same menu
I don't expect to find the same menu.
My question was does this menu exist somewhere on our devicea?
It looks like my battery stats only show user applications rather than the whole system.