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I was wondering if anyone has a CRT effect for switching the screen off but without a battery mod?
I know there's plenty mods which contain the CRT effect but they usually include other mods as well. I like the original simple battery symbol, never been a fan of the circle or percentage mods
I'm running VillainRom1.1 and i know VillainTweaks has the CRT effect but it also installs a circle battery with percentage.
i am also interested in this.....any help....
I'm guessing due to the lack of response that it is not possible. I thought it would be easy for someone with development experience to just be able to remove the battery mod and leave the CRT effect.
Suppose i'll just have to put up with a cheap tacky battery mod!
harjybarjy said:
I'm guessing due to the lack of response that it is not possible...
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Give people a chance to read your post. A more laidback approach might even motivate people to provide you with a solution.
The battery mod is just the battery icons replaced. If you download a CRT + Batt mod, just edit it yourself and replace the 'modded' battery icons for the original. Its quite easy
Or better yet run it through the kitchen and pick what you desire
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There is that way as well
I'm a new ace user here, this is my second phone. Is it that ace was never intended to show battery percentage so it never shows unless the user finds a way to open battery info screen?
I have noticed that the percentage is very inaccurate, it doesn't drain 1% by 1% but skips as much as 10%. Is it a universal problem?
like you said, original rom was never intended to show more exact percentage but that is only original framework "issue" there is solution how to make it better:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1091389
So replacing a framework-res apk is the solution?
And if my battery charged to 100 percent but the status bar doesn't show a fully charged notification, it's not 100 percent?
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it is not that simple. if phone shows 100 percent then it is actually 96-98 percent. it is so to protect battery from overcharging and for simple user not to get confused, it shows 100 percent. AFAIK if you want even more exact figures you need some kernel modifications but ace custom development is not there yet.
and more, if you phone is new, it needs to calibrate itself against the battery to give right figures. to do so is to fully charge and empty it 2-3 times then percentage is much more accurate.
Recalibrating..
Had a 5% battery jump again sigh.
Edit: had a thought. Maybe it's the refresh time for the system on the battery percentage being too long so when it updates itself there is a big jump? Which system file can be edited to change refresh times?
AFAIK mobile phone is not made by rocket scientists, some inaccuracy still may occur depends on usage variations. for example if you go over from stand-by to voice calling or web surfing then power consumption varies greatly and phone calculates different result for battery leftover juice. so, there is nothing much to do about it. i am old PDA user and for me, that kind of behaviour is nothing new.
Yup i'll learn to ignore small flaws.
Anyways, have a problem: flashed European 2.3.4 (on singapore network) and 3g doesn't work. Messaging works fine though. Any solutions?
Sorry to go off topic!
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do you have APN configured ? if not then you have to do it manually or order right settings from your mobile operator.
Now I do and it works fine, thanks! (Pushing thanks button when I get on a computer)
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I'm incredibly happy with Gingerbread (even though I admittedly only had Froyo for a day, REALLY good timing ), except for one small, minor, insignificant problem: the battery readings jump by 10%.
I scoured the topic on the Dev forum, and tried wiping the battery stats (with both the "Battery Calibration" app on the marketplace AND the instruction Kenneth gave using CWM Recovery) but it's still not reading right. I didn't install a battery percent mod, which I read could mess with the readings.
Does anybody have any other ideas? Like I said, everything else is working great, and if I didn't get the point across in the first paragraph, it's really not a HUGE deal or anything like that, just an annoyance.
Thanks!
Don't think it's Kenn's mod. The OTA 2.3.4 has similar battery jumping stats. Every time I reboot I get an extra 5-10% lol but it drains down quicker.
When you say they jump by % 10, do you mean it jumps up and down or that it only registers the charge loss in% 10 increments? If its the former then its a known issue where battery calibration is your best shot at fixing it. If its the latter, this is normal for the atrix. It only registers % 10 increments by default.
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I don't think we're having the same problem. The READINGS are jumping on mine, so it'll go from 100% to 90% to 80% etc. I never see anything in between. The battery seems to be lasting as long as I could expect, considering how much I've been using it. I'm having a hard time figuring out which side of the reading it's actually on, even. Like, if it's reading 90% is it 90-100 or 80-90.
Also, just to clarify, I wasn't outright blaming Kenneth's ROM for anything, as far as I know his release is stock, and just repacked so it can be installed with CWM (maybe deodexed? Or maybe that was a different thing altogether? There's been so much coming out I can't keep track). I just didn't know if it made a difference or not, so I was as specific as possible.
Thanks for your reply though! Maybe someone can shed some light for both of us
Edit: goscrewsir, I used to get single percent readings. Since it's by default, is there a setting somewhere that I'm missing? Thanks for the info!
The last person to answer is right, the 10% incrementing is normal. It shows 90% for all the values between 80 and 90...there is a mod available to show 1% increments however, which you should be able to find in the themes and apps board.
OK, I guess I didn't notice since I installed GingerBlur almost immediately, and maybe GingerBlur had a half version of that mod built in (the system read single %, but the icon was normal)?
Thanks again to everyone for the explanations!
[MOD] StatusBar Fix for 2.3.4 - 1% Battery!! - CWM (6/28) by Nottach
Thanks neotekz, I knew where to find it. Plus the one you linked to is for HKTW.
I wonder if Nottach would be kind enough to leave out the custom battery icon. He seemed to be doing a lot of single requests in that topic, haha.
So what does the battery graph look like in 2.3.4? The stock graph that shows usage, does it look chunky and not smooth? Or does it look correct?
I seem to have a problem with the battery reading. Also if I reboot the battery goes from 85% to 99% . When I hit 70% it drops to 50% immediately. Clearing battery stats doesn't work.
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Thanks neotekz, I knew where to find it. Plus the one you linked to is for HKTW.
I wonder if Nottach would be kind enough to leave out the custom battery icon. He seemed to be doing a lot of single requests in that topic, haha.
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he updated the mod when ken released 2.3.4. it works for both versions.
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so does the 2.3.4 battery graph work normally on the atrix? on other phones the new battery graph shows 1% battery, so the graph is smooth and accurate.
does the atrix 2.3.4 version of this graph work the same way? or does it only show the graph in 10% chunks?
I know we can use widgets or change the status bar one with UOT, but it seems ludicrous to imagine such a simple feature hasn't become standard. Is there some patent troll that is keeping devices from having the battery percentage in the system bar? I see no other legitimate reason.
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I know we can use widgets or change the status bar one with UOT, but it seems ludicrous to imagine such a simple feature hasn't become standard. Is there some patent troll that is keeping devices from having the battery percentage in the system bar? I see no other legitimate reason.
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That is a really good question actually. You have me wondering the same thing now. I know on my girlfriend's iPhone 4s she can set her battery display to show a percentage. I wonder if Apple has a patent on that for smart phones ...ridiculous if they do.
wellll guys....its android and not a****ing iphone
so accept it or install cyanogenmod as far as i know it supports what u want
I have an answer which you might find interesting...
I was testing a custom rom, which had a lot of users complaining and incessantly whining about "battery drain"...
But I never felt any such drain...
We were actually surprised that, users had their battery percentages "drain" from 100 to 60 in 4 hours (they used batt %), after which they charged their phone...
I, on the other hand, didn't take notice of the battery step (present in the stock icon)...
I used to charge my phone after 10 hours with around 10% batt left...
I then asked another fellow user to use stock batt icon, rather than the % icon...
And miraculously, his battery drain was minimized...(by just changing a damned icon)...same confirmed with a few others...
So we could conclude that, the battery drain was happening due to the % icon, and used to vanish/minimize when using the stock icon...
Hence, it was attributed to a placebo effect...
You thought that battery was draining because the numbers between 1 - 100 are going down...while the stock icon ignores battery movement lesser than 10%...
It isn't anything other than your mind telling you that battery is going down...
I do not know the "official" reason why it never made it to stock android...
But if you are willing, just try it out...
Without changing your daily usage and apps, spend a few days with the stock icon, and then a few days with the % icon...
The result, still might be really subjective, but well, this is what I could find...
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I have an answer which you might find interesting...
I was testing a custom rom, which had a lot of users complaining and incessantly whining about "battery drain"...
But I never felt any such drain...
We were actually surprised that, users had their battery percentages "drain" from 100 to 60 in 4 hours (they used batt %), after which they charged their phone...
I, on the other hand, didn't take notice of the battery step (present in the stock icon)...
I used to charge my phone after 10 hours with around 10% batt left...
I then asked another fellow user to use stock batt icon, rather than the % icon...
And miraculously, his battery drain was minimized...(by just changing a damned icon)...same confirmed with a few others...
So we could conclude that, the battery drain was happening due to the % icon, and used to vanish/minimize when using the stock icon...
Hence, it was attributed to a placebo effect...
You thought that battery was draining because the numbers between 1 - 100 are going down...while the stock icon ignores battery movement lesser than 10%...
It isn't anything other than your mind telling you that battery is going down...
I do not know the "official" reason why it never made it to stock android...
But if you are willing, just try it out...
Without changing your daily usage and apps, spend a few days with the stock icon, and then a few days with the % icon...
The result, still might be really subjective, but well, this is what I could find...
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Yap... some months ago eard something quiet similar to this state...
a guy postet that he installed an battery widget from the play store
after a while he had big problems because his battery was gettin empty very fast
so one other guy told him to look under settings in the battery context menu wich were his biggest battery drainers
and who could have imagined this on top was the battery widget
after he unsinstalled the widget his problems were vanished
so guys
accept that u have a battery without percentage but a battery drain in a size where u cant watch the amount of battery power percentage falling from one second to the other
so please accept it
No, I never used a batt widget...
There was option to have either % icon, or the stock one, baked into the rom itself...
So there wasn't any battery drain related to rogue apps...
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a.cid said:
No, I never used a batt widget...
There was option to have either % icon, or the stock one, baked into the rom itself...
So there wasn't any battery drain related to rogue apps...
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i know.....i just thought i would fit to the topic
It's a standard feature in ICS to display battery percentage.
Settings > Display > Display Battery Percentage
ingenious247 said:
It's a standard feature in ICS to display battery percentage.
Settings > Display > Display Battery Percentage
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im only using cm9 my phone does not have any stock ics rom
nevertheless...if ure battery drain starts incresing after u changed to percentag view u know why
Saito Forte said:
I know we can use widgets or change the status bar one with UOT, but it seems ludicrous to imagine such a simple feature hasn't become standard. Is there some patent troll that is keeping devices from having the battery percentage in the system bar? I see no other legitimate reason.
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Take a look at this,
jiffer1991 said:
wellll guys....its android and not a****ing iphone
so accept it or install cyanogenmod as far as i know it supports what u want
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Hehe, cm's the best!
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jiffer1991 said:
im only using cm9 my phone does not have any stock ics rom
nevertheless...if ure battery drain starts incresing after u changed to percentag view u know why
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I've always displayed percentage and I get about 12-16 hours of battery life depending on how I use my phone that day
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my man its pretty simple
the people at android dont like puttin percentages and i think it would look pretty small and unreadable
Looks readable to me
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First Beta Release on Lollipop BioShock
Alright guys, I have shaped this mod up to the best of my abilities and I present to you the Bravo version of it. I will get other kernel versions of this mod out but in the mean time I am sticking with the Original work space one based off of the Lollipop BioShock 3.10.40. I know this is the older version, but I will mass update ALL the kernels really soon. Basically everything (even the app) are enclosed into 1 ZIP file so all you have to do is flash the Kernel and you are ready to go. A couple of things I would like to get out there:
1. You should have a Fully charged ZL Battery. I wouldn't say before flashing this as you can re-calibrate the app, but I would recommend that you do so to avoid any confusion.
2. When you charge the battery with this mod, yes the percentage does charge fast and it will most likely show 100% BEFORE the battery reaches 100%. There is a issue with the current/mA flow readings IN the app and that will be fixed in the near future. Please understand that TRUE 100% is when the phone says "Fully Charged 100%, Unplug Charger" not when the Fuel gauge (next to the clock) says 100%.
3. Some people ask "Will the app Accurately calculate the battery to avoid shutting down at lets say 15% or still running 1% for days like normal"? And the answer to that is most likely Yes, and Possibly no. I say yes to the first part because you can put in the different drain values of each component in the Note 4 so that the app can detect the draining and calculate accordingly. Now, I will warn you that I have never used this mod to do a full complete drain. So I will say I wouldn't recommend letting the battery go all the way down to 15% (just as a safety net if you plan on going out, etc) in-case the battery does hit 3.4 volts which is the Note 4's 0% Shutdown target. And the 1% mod is almost unlikely.
4. Finally, I have received your messages and Emotion Kernel seems to be the popular Kernel at this time (I will be using it in the coming days also) so I will get to that next once I get the source code loaded. (KitKat users, you are not forgotten) I will also be posting the Kernel files so that Kernel devs can make different variants once I hear from you guys on how this mod is working. To me, I think its great. From the way it was before I can say its a Improvement from the drain calculation side. The charging side needs work, but hey, you hardly have to charge the dang thing anyways lol.
Now to the Installation
Of course, I would recommend that you do a backup of course and that you have a backup kernel with you. Basically, if you can use this kernel http://forum.xda-developers.com/note...-2014-t2962744 It should work.
Once you have flashed the file below "BioShock_N910T_TW_LP_Extended_Battery_Mod_OFFICIA L_BRAVO.zip", you should also wipe delvik and cache just to make sure everything goes smoothly. If the mod was successfully installed, your battery level should read "101%". It will read 101% every time you reboot just to keep things clean and then go back to the App's fuel gauge level 1 minute after boot.
If it shows 101%, go into your Apps and you should see a App called "Fuel Gauge Extended..." Open that app up and wait about 3-5 seconds for everything to populate (Done to keep battery usage down). Make sure to check Start on Boot if you want the service to start with the phone (which I think EVERYONE should do) and then tap start monitor. You might get a SuperSU permission screen which you want to grant permissions to. Once you see the Status saying "Running" go down to the debug area to the "Patch Status" string and it should report "ok/[success]]" and your real battery gauge should read whatever the Software Status says.
This app also doesn't have the on screen dedicated 3-dot menu buttons so you have to go old fashioned and how down the left menu soft-key for a second until a menu pops up at the bottom which shoes Start Full Charge, Set full battery, and configuration. This is where you can calibrate your battery so that once you fully charged your battery, you go into the app and select "Set full battery" to set the app and battery capacity to 100%. Please note that this will take anywhere from 30 seconds to 1 minute to update the battery meter globally. You don't want to press either one of these when you already have calibrated the battery before and you are at half a charge as you will lose your capacity remaining level and accuracy until you fully charge again.
Under configuration, you can make the app calibrate to 100% every time your phone displays "Fully charged, disconnect charger". You can also disable the notification under Notification Icon.
Hardware current is where you can change the different consumption values of each component. I wouldn't mess around here too much as you could create a imbalance within the app calculations.
And basically that's pretty much it. IF and SHOULD you have any problems, just reply here or shoot me a PM and I will help you to the best of my abilities.
Thank you guys for your patience and I hope you enjoy this beta mod.
About the values that you input, this would lead to inconsistencies wouldn't it? Like how would we be able to know the exact values? Is it possible to use the values in the Fuel Gage chip?
e.g. It still says there is charge in the battery, but there is none, and the phone just switches off in the middle of use?
jayden485 said:
About the values that you input, this would lead to inconsistencies wouldn't it? Like how would we be able to know the exact values? Is it possible to use the values in the Fuel Gage chip?
e.g. It still says there is charge in the battery, but there is none, and the phone just switches off in the middle of use?
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While this maybe true, you also have to take into consideration that the battery already does this without this mod when it stays at 1% for extended periods of time. Also, there is a file in the framework-res.apk that has all the power profiles of each component in its mAH values. But I am pretty sure with this mod, I wouldn't think you would drain the battery all the way to 2 or 5% expecting to go another day or to go to work with it. When you get down to 5%, the screen dims automatically so that alone would force people to charge the phone. But that is a good question. Now the ONLY Time the percent values would be off is when you use the phone in recovery mode for extended periods of time or when you charge the phone when the phone is off, you have to go into the app and reset to 100%. I am working on a code which makes the percent automatically go to 100% when voltages hit fully charged.
7 Hours off battery.
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While this maybe true, you also have to take into consideration that the battery already does this without this mod when it stays at 1% for extended periods of time. Also, there is a file in the framework-res.apk that has all the power profiles of each component in its mAH values. But I am pretty sure with this mod, I wouldn't think you would drain the battery all the way to 2 or 5% expecting to go another day or to go to work with it. When you get down to 5%, the screen dims automatically so that alone would force people to charge the phone. But that is a good question.
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So we don't have to find values? Is that how the Fuel Gage chip does it? How confident are you in how accurate this will be?
jayden485 said:
So we don't have to find values? Is that how the Fuel Gage chip does it? How confident are you in how accurate this will be?
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The fuel chip uses voltage levels as well as values stored in the kernel to come up with a near accurate reading. What I can do is put the stock battery in and set the app to the stock capacity and see if the app capacity matches up with the Fuel gauge capacity. But I am pretty confident that it will be accurate. Again, even if we get to 5 or 3% battery before shut down, its MUCH better than getting to 1% and still have 55% battery left. And that can be fixed.
The app can tell the different brightness levels from 0 to 255, Rather bluetooth, wifi, gps is on or off, talking on phone, etc. and it auto adjusts accordingly.
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Now we are cooking with gasoline
It couldn't be any worse than not doing anything so.
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following this thread to see results, as my zerolemon is yet to arrive later this month so can't really test anything
Warnahly said:
following this thread to see results, as my zerolemon is yet to arrive later this month so can't really test anything
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Alright no problem. I didn't release anything yet until I make sure everything is super stable.
I'm waiting for the release
I had to delay releasing the beta because I found a major issue with the current polling fix which shut down charging prematurely because it didn't poll any Temperature and Voltage levels form the Thermistors. But I have found the string I was looking for all along and I will begin going the back door way. Once I can get that done, I will have no problem releasing the beta for testing. Before I officially post it on here, I want to give it to a select people first to let them try it out and report back to me any issues they encounter so if you are interested in Testing it, please send me a PM. I have a couple of people already down. ALSO, Please put down what kernel you are using, The Source Code link of the kernel and the Variant of your Note 4. I am working with the BioShock Kernel right now and I am planning to do a Emotion version as well. For those who are on AOSP or AOKP kernels / ROMS shoot me a PM and I can see what I can do. Once again, I want to thank you guys for your continued patience.
One more thing, It also helps to charge your ZL Battery all the way to 100%
Congrats! Persistence pays off.
Emotion kernel for me
I finally got the polling redirected so that the phone still reads the Temp, Voltage, Current, and other values which makes sure that the battery remains safe. Only the calculated capacity from the App will go through the system. I could release it right now, but I want to fix one more value before it passes me.
Running more test before I pass it on to some of you guys for your testing. I have the Temperature, Current and Voltage sensors working now I just need to make the current percent value stick with the file so when I do a restart, it doesn't jump up.
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First Beta Release on Lollipop BioShock
Alright guys, I have shaped this mod up to the best of my abilities and I present to you the Bravo version of it. I will get other kernel versions of this mod out but in the mean time I am sticking with the Original work space one based off of the Lollipop BioShock 3.10.40. I know this is the older version, but I will mass update ALL the kernels really soon. Basically everything (even the app) are enclosed into 1 ZIP file so all you have to do is flash the Kernel and you are ready to go. A couple of things I would like to get out there:
1. You should have a Fully charged ZL Battery. I wouldn't say before flashing this as you can re-calibrate the app, but I would recommend that you do so to avoid any confusion.
2. When you charge the battery with this mod, yes the percentage does charge fast and it will most likely show 100% BEFORE the battery reaches 100%. There is a issue with the current/mA flow readings IN the app and that will be fixed in the near future. Please understand that TRUE 100% is when the phone says "Fully Charged 100%, Unplug Charger" not when the Fuel gauge (next to the clock) says 100%.
3. Some people ask "Will the app Accurately calculate the battery to avoid shutting down at lets say 15% or still running 1% for days like normal"? And the answer to that is most likely Yes, and Possibly no. I say yes to the first part because you can put in the different drain values of each component in the Note 4 so that the app can detect the draining and calculate accordingly. Now, I will warn you that I have never used this mod to do a full complete drain. So I will say I wouldn't recommend letting the battery go all the way down to 15% (just as a safety net if you plan on going out, etc) in-case the battery does hit 3.4 volts which is the Note 4's 0% Shutdown target. And the 1% mod is almost unlikely.
4. Finally, I have received your messages and Emotion Kernel seems to be the popular Kernel at this time (I will be using it in the coming days also) so I will get to that next once I get the source code loaded. (KitKat users, you are not forgotten) I will also be posting the Kernel files so that Kernel devs can make different variants once I hear from you guys on how this mod is working. To me, I think its great. From the way it was before I can say its a Improvement from the drain calculation side. The charging side needs work, but hey, you hardly have to charge the dang thing anyways lol.
Now to the Installation
Of course, I would recommend that you do a backup of course and that you have a backup kernel with you. Basically, if you can use this kernel http://forum.xda-developers.com/not...pment/kernel-bioshock-1-5-dec-4-2014-t2962744 It should work.
Once you have flashed the file below "BioShock_N910T_TW_LP_Extended_Battery_Mod_OFFICIAL_BRAVO.zip", you should also wipe delvik and cache just to make sure everything goes smoothly. If the mod was successfully installed, your battery level should read "101%". It will read 101% every time you reboot just to keep things clean and then go back to the App's fuel gauge level 1 minute after boot.
If it shows 101%, go into your Apps and you should see a App called "Fuel Gauge Extended..." Open that app up and wait about 3-5 seconds for everything to populate (Done to keep battery usage down). Make sure to check Start on Boot if you want the service to start with the phone (which I think EVERYONE should do) and then tap start monitor. You might get a SuperSU permission screen which you want to grant permissions to. Once you see the Status saying "Running" go down to the debug area to the "Patch Status" string and it should report "ok/[success]]" and your real battery gauge should read whatever the Software Status says.
This app also doesn't have the on screen dedicated 3-dot menu buttons so you have to go old fashioned and how down the left menu soft-key for a second until a menu pops up at the bottom which shoes Start Full Charge, Set full battery, and configuration. This is where you can calibrate your battery so that once you fully charged your battery, you go into the app and select "Set full battery" to set the app and battery capacity to 100%. Please note that this will take anywhere from 30 seconds to 1 minute to update the battery meter globally. You don't want to press either one of these when you already have calibrated the battery before and you are at half a charge as you will lose your capacity remaining level and accuracy until you fully charge again.
Under configuration, you can make the app calibrate to 100% every time your phone displays "Fully charged, disconnect charger". You can also disable the notification under Notification Icon.
Hardware current is where you can change the different consumption values of each component. I wouldn't mess around here too much as you could create a imbalance within the app calculations.
And basically that's pretty much it. IF and SHOULD you have any problems, just reply here or shoot me a PM and I will help you to the best of my abilities.
Thank you guys for your patience and I hope you enjoy this beta mod.
Awesome work man, I look forward to using this. On lollipop it seems my zL runs about a 15% battery difference from actual to estimated. This would be of great help.
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JDevil said:
Awesome work man, I look forward to using this. On lollipop it seems my zL runs about a 15% battery difference from actual to estimated. This would be of great help.
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No problem, I am happy it is working for you.
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No problem, I am happy it is working for you.
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Ah, I have yet to test the mod. Have to do a backup first because I'm not too sure bioshock will run Verizon without complications. I haven't tried any other kernels running Jasminerom with kexec.