10%? / Should I stay or should I go?

[astralweeks]

I was just wondering if the Bionic is going to be another moto device that reads the battery in 10% increments. I have had the og droid since day one and frankly I am tired of it.

Also!! I have lately heard a lot of talk about the galaxy II on verizon (it's called the function I believe) should I be swayed or get the phone that everyone has been waiting forever for.

 

[Cvballa3g0]

Just get the "battery left" widget in the app store. You can calibrate it to estimate remaining time and more. I use it on the og droid.

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[astralweeks]

Thanks, I have tried that before and found it to be not that accurate. I want it to be baked in.

 

[Hand_O_Death]

I like the Circle Battery one on my DX very simple and even color coded

https://market.android.com/details?...oid.CircleBatteryWidget&feature=search_result


Oh and the SGS2 seems like a really good phone, but it seems it will not be LTE on VZW which is a deal breaker for me.

 

[mjforte]

It's weird that the Xoom is the only Motorola device that shows battery percentage in 1% increments but the 10% wouldn't bother me too much.

 

[astralweeks]

Thanks for the apps guys but I'm not looking for a way to bail out a boat, I want to know if the boat i'm shopping for will leak.

 

[Hand_O_Death]

Well I hope that your not just using this one easily rectifiable setting decide your next purchase either way. But since we do not even know what kind of Processor it has yet, little things like the pre installed battery app will not be known until it is just about released.

 

[astralweeks]

It is by no means a deal breaker, i'm just kind of tired of it and felt like quasi-venting. Thanks hand o death i forgot the galaxy was not 4g.

 

[Hand_O_Death]

anytime and i understand what you mean. never understood WHY they did that and think it is kind of dumb, but at lease Android being what it is, you have a large amount of choices to rectify just about any gripe, and most do not even require hacking.

 

[shipwrestler125]

I would hope that it wouldnt be a deal breaker just because the battery only shows in 10% increments lol.

 

[akhi216]

I was just wondering if the Bionic is going to be another moto device that reads the battery in 10% increments. I have had the og droid since day one and frankly I am tired of it.

Also!! I have lately heard a lot of talk about the galaxy II on verizon (it's called the function I believe) should I be swayed or get the phone that everyone has been waiting forever for.

Hey, sooner or later it'll be rooted and you'll be able to use a ROM that allows you to toggle on a display with a numerical value of the percentage of juice left.

 

[csimme01]

Just a guess her based on my line of work. (Vehicle development) To work out a battery meter that displayed in 1% and was accurate would be hard-think gas gauge. As you have seen in the app world they have them but they want you to calibrate to your phone and even then it may not be accurate. IMHO

 

[bworley50]

I was just wondering if the Bionic is going to be another moto device that reads the battery in 10% increments. I have had the og droid since day one and frankly I am tired of it.

Also!! I have lately heard a lot of talk about the galaxy II on verizon (it's called the function I believe) should I be swayed or get the phone that everyone has been waiting forever for.

Really? Here's an idea. When you see it around 10%, plug it in.

 

[astralweeks]

I have just found the accuracy to be not that great to say the least. It jumps from 20 to 5 almost instantly.

 

[Castor Troy]

It is by no means a deal breaker, i'm just kind of tired of it and felt like quasi-venting. Thanks hand o death i forgot the galaxy was not 4g.

The SG2 should be dropping as an LTE device. Problem is nobody knows when the release date is. If you can't wait pick up the Bionic if you can wait a couple months I'd hold off for the Galaxy S 2.

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[shipwrestler125]

The SG2 should be dropping as an LTE device. Problem is nobody knows when the release date is. If you can't wait pick up the Bionic if you can wait a couple months I'd hold off for the Galaxy S 2.

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By that time you might as well just wait for what will be out around blacl friday and I wouldnt get your hopes up on it having lte. All the testers are saying it won't.

 

[astralweeks]

I can wait but my droid is on it's last leg. It's been a great phone to tinker around with.

 

[wseyller]

That type of precision on these phones just isn't going to happen. Even when using a third party app or rom that displays in 1% increments and even when battery stats are properly clear it isn't going to be truly accurate. The accuracy will also vary over time

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[astralweeks]

thanks wseyller. I thought as much.

 

[astralweeks]

Lol it feels like i am going to have this droid forever but I don't want to settle.