Battery % without bringing down quick settings?

[garrim85]

I know the Google devs talked about not having it for battery reasons but I really do miss being able to glance up top and seeing the battery %. Any way to bring this back?

 

[klau25]

you can if you install an app, or rooted

I didn't know they don't put it for battery reason. just thought they were stumbled. like how they have to make such a big phone, or qhd screen, or take away my led. haha yes I'm bitter

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[anon(5600632)]

Not without a new app. There's a million of em in the play store, many of them super light with no troublesome permissions. Power toggles includes it or you could just go with a single purpose battery indicator.

 

[XSSIVE]

The same "Battery Percent for KitKat / L" app I used on my nexus 5 worked on my 6 and it shows your percentage in black text right over the stock battery icon. It's free in the play store.

 

[garrim85]

The same "Battery Percent for KitKat / L" app I used on my nexus 5 worked on my 6 and it shows your percentage in black text right over the stock battery icon. It's free in the play store.

This one is perfect, thanks!

 

[klau25]

The same "Battery Percent for KitKat / L" app I used on my nexus 5 worked on my 6 and it shows your percentage in black text right over the stock battery icon. It's free in the play store.

how do you get it to display black text?

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[Hasbrobot]

how do you get it to display black text?

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I'll second that

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[klau25]

just realized, it's no longer white text over white, it's black over white now. just need to reset it first!

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[N4Newbie]

I don't feel the need to know the exact percentage; the icon is enough for me.

Having said that, I use HD Widgets for many of its features and one of them is a battery widget which shows the current percentage and, when tapped, takes you directly to the battery settings page.

 

[Storm24]

I use the circle battery widget on my home screen. Nice, neat, and accurate.

 

[Hasbrobot]

just realized, it's no longer white text over white, it's black over white now. just need to reset it first!

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Reset it first?

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[klau25]

Reset it first?

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I meant reboot. also. if it's at 100% it won't show the percentage in number, just full battery. the percentage in number will only show if it's at 99% or lower.
I included a screen shot to show you.

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[Hasbrobot]

Thank you!

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