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Hi,
I'd like to replace the stock battery indicator in the status bar with one that would indicate the remaining % of available battery.
I've looked into the Market without finding such simple tool (I'm not looking for any other fancy battery widget/tool).
So far, I found "Battery Notif", an app that does almost what I'm looking for: Battery Notif adds another icon in the tool bar with a battery % indicator but it does not remove the stock battery icon. So I end-up with 2 battery icons in the status bar, one with percentage, one without.
Does anyone know an app that would fit my needs (free preferably), or could create such app?
Altenatively, could anyone tell me how to remove the stock battery indicator because I'd be happy to keep with Battery Notif?
Thanks in advance
Surfinette
PS: I have a rooted HTC Desire with custom ROM 2.1
Would be interesting for me too!!!
There are two such Apps available that both show a figure in percentage in the notification bar which are very good.
1. Battery Alarm
2. Battery Minder.
Both have notifications and both show different types of info in the drop down notification window.
I've installed them both and am currently using the second one Battery Minder.
1. Battery Alarm
2. Battery Minder.
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I've just tried both apps you suggested, but they don't really solve my problem:
1. Battery alarm doesn't seem to show % in the status bar and does not remove the stock alarm indicator from the status bar
2. Battery Minder indicates battery level in % (so does Battery Notif which I'm using) but does not remove the stock battery icon
What I'm really looking for is how to remove the stock battery icon from the status bar (so that I can use a more useful battery indicator such as Battery Notif)
Thank you anyway for your help
Surfinette said:
I've just tried both apps you suggested, but they don't really solve my problem:
1. Battery alarm doesn't seem to show % in the status bar and does not remove the stock alarm indicator from the status bar
2. Battery Minder indicates battery level in % (so does Battery Notif which I'm using) but does not remove the stock battery icon
What I'm really looking for is how to remove the stock battery icon from the status bar (so that I can use a more useful battery indicator such as Battery Notif)
Thank you anyway for your help
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No problem... sorry they weren't suitable.
Strange though that you say Battery Alarm does not show the percentage as on my Galaxy S it did.
Go into spare parts if your rom includes it or download it. In that app, there is an option for displaying battery percentage which will display a number over the stock battery indicator except when it is at 100. I recommend making the color of text white
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twiztid907 said:
Go into spare parts if your rom includes it or download it. In that app, there is an option for displaying battery percentage which will display a number over the stock battery indicator except when it is at 100. I recommend making the color of text white
Sent from my Epic myTouch 3G using XDA app.
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Are you sure, I just can't find it? Can you guide me?
Beards said:
There are two such Apps available that both show a figure in percentage in the notification bar which are very good.
1. Battery Alarm
2. Battery Minder.
Both have notifications and both show different types of info in the drop down notification window.
I've installed them both and am currently using the second one Battery Minder.
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Have you noticed any battery draining after installing them?
Laban said:
Have you noticed any battery draining after installing them?
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With Battery Alarm yes.... but with BatteryMinder no.
Laban said:
Are you sure, I just can't find it? Can you guide me?
Have you noticed any battery draining after installing them?
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Spare parts>general>check battery status display then change battery percentage color to white and reboot
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Must be outdated
Sent from my Epic myTouch 3G using XDA app.
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Must be outdated
Sent from my Epic myTouch 3G using XDA app.
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I re-downloaded Spare Parts from the market and, similarly, there is no option for this... Did you download from somewhere else?
sblum said:
I re-downloaded Spare Parts from the market and, similarly, there is no option for this... Did you download from somewhere else?
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came in cyanogenmod 5.0.8-DS
twiztid907 said:
came in cyanogenmod 5.0.8-DS
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the spare parts for the custom roms is different than market downloaded as the roms can be customized more etc.
I too am looking for a complete solution for the two conditions from the OP:
I used Battery Indicator Pro while on stock, and now that I am rooted I am looking to remove the stock battery indicator because it doesn't display the same information in the notifications as:
Unplugged since xx:xx Time
Discharging from xx%
Temperature
**The battery indicator itself does not drain so there is no need to have white text and the battery indicator can change color at customized levels
I am using CM-6 and I know how to enable the battery %. There is an option to disable the clock from being displayed, but I don't know of any way to keep the battery indicator from being displayed.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advanced...
I find that using Battery Indicator Pro actually boggs down the process and drains the battery. Try this next time.
Turn on on the battery indicator and access your OEM task manager and see how long the installed apps take to load.
Next, turn off the battery indicator and do it again and see how long will it take. You will see a definite improvement.
Try this one
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=809588
If you're rooted - use this - it replaces the battery with circle battery.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=724778#
If you're unrooted - use the prior post to add a notification bar circle battery icon. Your stock battery will still appear however.
ok...
Go to Settings / CyanogenMod settings / User Interface / Status bar --> here enable the battery percentage a make the color WHITE... so you will see it better.
Have Fun
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You can also try out zdbox
It shows exactly what you need.
You can find it here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=963199&highlight=zdbox
If you want to see it on the lock screen, try simply lockscreen:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=958530&highlight=simple+lockscreen
I know this may sound odd, but I'd really like an app that shows time in notification bar BESIDES the original time showing on the right side od notification bar. I'd like it showing on the left. I have some sort of vision problem, I can see better things on the left, strange I know.... So is there one please?
xperiaforme said:
I know this may sound odd, but I'd really like an app that shows time in notification bar BESIDES the original time showing on the right side od notification bar. I'd like it showing on the left. I have some sort of vision problem, I can see better things on the left, strange I know.... So is there one please?
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I dont know of one, but how about using a clock widget?
I know its not exactly what you asked for, but could a widget to the left of the screen help?
thefunkaygibbon said:
I dont know of one, but how about using a clock widget?
I know its not exactly what you asked for, but could a widget to the left of the screen help?
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It would except I usually find widgets very battery consuming...
I am using Sky's ICS for the Skyrocket SG2. Ive flashed the latest update for the ROM and have a second, what seems to be, a status bar underneath the regular status bar, with just a battery icon. I can't seem to find whatever program is running that app to turn it off. Anyone know what or how to shut off that status bar?
Its battery status bar. TO remove it dload the battery bar.apk and you can remove it using the app.
Siguun said:
I am using Sky's ICS for the Skyrocket SG2. Ive flashed the latest update for the ROM and have a second, what seems to be, a status bar underneath the regular status bar, with just a battery icon. I can't seem to find whatever program is running that app to turn it off. Anyone know what or how to shut off that status bar?
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I installed the battery bar.apk and went into the app. All it had was to hide the white battery bar at the top. I went through all the settings in the app and can't seem to find an option to remove the battery status bar =\.
it s the first option on the app where it says show battery bar just uncheck the box.
Siguun said:
I installed the battery bar.apk and went into the app. All it had was to hide the white battery bar at the top. I went through all the settings in the app and can't seem to find an option to remove the battery status bar =\.
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Yah that The "show battery bar" check box just hides the white bar at the very top of my phone. I'd post a picture but the forum won't let me =\. But yah its a battery bar UNDER the regular status bar.
So you got rid of it rite and the solution worked if it did hit that thnx button it helps to know someone appreciate the info.
Siguun said:
Yah that The "show battery bar" check box just hides the white bar at the very top of my phone. I'd post a picture but the forum won't let me =\. But yah its a battery bar UNDER the regular status bar.
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Uh no it didn't fix the problem. I think there is a slight miscommunication somewhere here. I am having issues with the battery under my original status bar. It doesn't seem to be related with the battery bar mod. The battery bar mod seems to control the white bar up top which I already knew how to alter. It's this one that is right under my regular status bar. I'd post a pic but it requires that I not suck and have more than 8 post lol.
What is the problem with that battery icon?
Siguun said:
Uh no it didn't fix the problem. I think there is a slight miscommunication somewhere here. I am having issues with the battery under my original status bar. It doesn't seem to be related with the battery bar mod. The battery bar mod seems to control the white bar up top which I already knew how to alter. It's this one that is right under my regular status bar. I'd post a pic but it requires that I not suck and have more than 8 post lol.
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I want it to go away. It's kinda redundant. I have the circle battery already I don't need a second battery icon underneath is =\
if your using sky ics rom with ics launcher then go hit menu then launcher settings then launcher status bar settings and uncheck show status bar (launcher)
Should take care of it.
OMG thank you! that fixed it! +1 thanks really appreciate it
omg Appdroid, qballxx totally stole your thanks! Don't worry though, I think I maxed my daily ration of thanking the other day reading through all your posts. So helpful...life saver
to be honest i dont run ics launcher so did not know the main problem plus i was just tryin to help. Thnx is just require so that i feel good about helping others out otherwise there will be no motivation.
dpos21 said:
omg Appdroid, qballxx totally stole your thanks! Don't worry though, I think I maxed my daily ration of thanking the other day reading through all your posts. So helpful...life saver
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appdroid said:
to be honest i dont run ics launcher so did not know the main problem plus i was just tryin to help. Thnx is just require so that i feel good about helping others out otherwise there will be no motivation.
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Lol you were just so quick to try n help prolly missed where op said with battery percent icon and not just a line
What is the point of the battery status bar, anyway?
where to download
Sorry for the really noob like question, but where can I download batter bar.apk?
Thank you
ysoliman said:
Sorry for the really noob like question, but where can I download batter bar.apk?
Thank you
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Its also an app in play store
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pvy.batterybar&hl=en
I have gravitybox[jb], and set the statusbar clock to be in the center. It works great for the first few weeks, then it wont update. If i check the clock app, and the lockscreen clock, its dead on, just the statusbar clock is wrong and not updating. I tried setting clock settings to default and that didnt help. Anything i can do? Its quite annoying looking at the wrong time. Its been like this for about 2 months. And im having updating issues too with xposed module too. I cant upload or update anything. telling me im out of space. 12GB on internal left, and 10GB left on sd card. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks!
hi guys
I have successfully updated my phone, yota3 to yota3+. but on e ink screen always show notification bar, it doesn't look god, and when i downloading somethings, it show download icon. it always refresh, always moving. i think that It will waste battery power.
how do i can hide notification bar on eink screen?
thanks.
Lukhach123 said:
hi guys
I have successfully updated my phone, yota3 to yota3+. but on e ink screen always show notification bar, it doesn't look god, and when i downloading somethings, it show download icon. it always refresh, always moving. i think that It will waste battery power.
how do i can hide notification bar on eink screen?
thanks.
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That's a widget thing only. Remove it in back-screen-setting.
nnlife82 said:
That's a widget thing only. Remove it in back-screen-setting.
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i want to say , its Status bar ( download icon, wifi, clock, gsm,...) not is widget notification.
I fully second this. Also after like an hour of inactivity, clocks on the EPD stop updating properly. For example its 01:21, but the clocks on my Y3+ (updated from Y3) still show 01:03. Only the clock on the status bar are correct, but first of all, I don't want the status bar on my EPD, and secondly they are too small to consider them convenient at that point anyway.
Would really, really love to hear about solutions to both of those issues :-| The status bar has no reason to exist on the back of the phone. I just wish Y3+ was just a Y2 in regards to the EPD.
workaround for me is to enable the lockscreen with the second screen app but just leave it empty - so I just get a blank white screen with the locked icon and nothing else - most importantly: no statusbar.
most of the apps I use on the e-ink side have fullscreen support, so it doesnt annoy me during actual use.
but yeah, bit of a weird thing to not give us any settings for.
Ye, for me, the "actual use" for a phone with always on screen is seeing a nic clock (and other info) on its back. Thats the most important, seeing clock/weather/notifications/potentially other widget thingies (I inda liked the step countner on the chinese version). But the status bar is something that's not usable "at a glance", its too small for that so it has no place there.
But lately, I'm most annoyed by the clocks not updating properly when the phone is in sleep mode for a few hours, I can't trust the clock anymore, f*ck I hate that about it so much.
LadTy said:
Ye, for me, the "actual use" for a phone with always on screen is seeing a nic clock (and other info) on its back. Thats the most important, seeing clock/weather/notifications/potentially other widget thingies (I inda liked the step countner on the chinese version). But the status bar is something that's not usable "at a glance", its too small for that so it has no place there.
But lately, I'm most annoyed by the clocks not updating properly when the phone is in sleep mode for a few hours, I can't trust the clock anymore, f*ck I hate that about it so much.
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It's a late response, but I'm glad I'm not the only one with the time sync problem. I miss the YotatHub clock and battery widgets :-(
I finally discovered how to fix it:
Go to Settings -> Battery -> Click upper right 3 dots -> Choose 'Battery optimization' -> Choose clock app -> Click 'Don't optimize' -> Click 'Done' and you're done! Now your clock will always update