Any app that will show percentage of battery in top notification bar?

[Malchore]

Does anybody know of an app or widget that will display the percentage of battery remaining, and display it in the very very top notification status bar next to the battery indicator? I'd really like to get rid of my Battery Solo Widget that I'm currently using. The widget itself is fine, but I'd like to use that 1x1 screen slot for another widget, and get rid of Battery Solo Widget.



In the picture, I inserted a little red arrow pointing at the battery indicator icon. I've seen other phones from other manufacturers that display a numeric percentage next to it. Anyone find anything like that for the Moto RAZR HD line?

 

[swany1970]

In the notification bar yes. But I don't know of one that will be in that location unless you're rooted. HD widgets have that option in the settings. Also you can take a look at GSam battery monitor. There's an option in that as well.

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[Ichi_Bear]

Swany1970 is right about HD Widgets. It shows the percentage in the top left hand side of the notification bar. Is there no option in the display settings that gives you the same option. I have it on my Samsung Galaxy S3. Maybe it depends on the version of Android running........

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[Malchore]

Ichi - I don't think it's the Android version. (I'm on Android 4.1.2 if it matters, 9.18.79.XT926 Verizon for the specific carrier version) I don't think I've ever seen it on any Motorola device before. So I think it's a manufacturer thing. All the Samsungs I've seen have it. And all the iPhones I've seen have it. And I don't have any options in my display settings for it. (In fact, I have very few options in my display settings.)

Ok I'll look into HD Widgets. thanks.

 

[Eclipse2K]

Ichi - I don't think it's the Android version. (I'm on Android 4.1.2 if it matters, 9.18.79.XT926 Verizon for the specific carrier version) I don't think I've ever seen it on any Motorola device before. So I think it's a manufacturer thing. All the Samsungs I've seen have it. And all the iPhones I've seen have it. And I don't have any options in my display settings for it. (In fact, I have very few options in my display settings.)

Ok I'll look into HD Widgets. thanks.

Motorola doesn't support it. Samsung does support it. I use GSAM Battery Indicator and it does have an option to overlay the standard icon but it overlaps the clock. I use it in the top left corner.

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[blg923]

Kind of ridiculous that at this stage they haven't allowed us the option of the % beside the battery from stock. Maybe Apple has some sort of rights to it?

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[Ichi_Bear]

Hmmmm...... Yeah. You're right. Probably just a TouchWiz thing. It should be a stock Android feature though.

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[Eclipse2K]

Hmmmm...... Yeah. You're right. Probably just a TouchWiz thing. It should be a stock Android feature though.

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I've actually heard others say it is a stock Android feature but Motorola removes it. Don't hold me to that though. Anyone with a Nexus that can confirm or deny this?

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[Ichi_Bear]

That just doesn't make any sense! :-/

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[Eclipse2K]

That just doesn't make any sense! :-/

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Tell me about it but I heard it about a year ago on this forum.

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[JJ Jones]

As mentioned, GSam battery will put it in the notification panel. Notification Toggles has the option as well and adds useful tools to the notification shade.

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[blg923]

It isn't a stock OS feature as I have a Nexus 7.

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[Snareman]

This super annoys me too. It was one of the things I liked better about the G2 (small of a thing as it is). The phone can obviously calculate it so why don't they enable it???? Even though I'm sure 3rd party battery apps don't take up that much memory, CPU power, it would have to be more efficient for the phone to just natively display it. I use Battery Notifier Pro and like it because it puts nice large numbers up there.

 

[Snareman]

Here is what it looks like.

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[TofuTwit]

My Nexus4 does NOT have this as a factory option. I am using Battery Widget Reborn for my status bar percentage.

 

[Malchore]

Thanks everyone for you suggestions. I downloaded GSam and like it a lot. I used one of the battery notifications in the upper left of the status bar, but it was tiny. I finally got rid of it. I can easily pull down the notification bar from the lock screen and take a peek at the percentage. Works well for me.

But I may have to take a closer look at HD Widgets. I noticed they have a power control bar in the notification pull-down. I can get rid of that power bar across the top of my home screen and have more room for widgets!