Detailed battery widgets and such

[sk8trix]

I have tried many battery widgets for the Atrix and its annoying that all display battery in sections of 10%.Is it a motorola thing or are there any widgets that can give me detailed battery life?
For example 37% or 62%

 

[JusticeCalibur]

have you tried "Circle Battery" ? Its a free battery app that does what you want.

 

[sk8trix]

no i havent will go look for it now thank you weill post if it doesn't work

 

[wanderer82680]

I use elixir, has multiple options and one is a battery percentage

 

[JusticeCalibur]

forgot to mention that the dev is : C?DRIC DEPOORT?RE :

i just realized there are some apps that has the name "circle battery"

it should be the first one. the one i use.

 

[gvndeb60]

I have tried many battery widgets for the Atrix and its annoying that all display battery in sections of 10%.Is it a motorola thing or are there any widgets that can give me detailed battery life?
For example 37% or 62%

I am pretty sure I read on XDA a while back that the 10% battery increments is a Motorola limitation. This was a back at initial release so it might have changed since....

 

[sk8trix]

Ok i got it but is that number really accurate?

Edit*got the one by C?DRIC DEPOORT?RE looks ok and hope the number is accurate my phone says 60% but the widget says 66%

Also going to try elixir,but does that one show in 10% decrease or one by one?

 

[jsntrenkler]

Good find, I hate the 10% increment thing.

 

[JusticeCalibur]

im not sure as to how accurate it is, since i kept the app for the circle design only. i removed the number and kept the circle to match my theme.

 

[nyc_rock]

I use battery monitor widget. Works in 1% increments and comes with a ton of features.

Highly recommend.

 

[jsntrenkler]

I use battery monitor widget. Works in 1% increments and comes with a ton of features.

Highly recommend.

Downloading now, $2.86 for a battery widget ... Really hope it's good.

 

[jsntrenkler]

Wow, great find! ... Works very well.

 

[sk8trix]

Found that free circle battery widget really helpful thanx guys elixir also amazing

 

[gvndeb60]

Found that free circle battery widget really helpful thanx guys elixir also amazing

So my next question would be is there any sort of drain that you notice?

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[sk8trix]

withe the circle battery widget there is none in my opinion or it must be so minimal that the user doesnt notice,as for elixir,if you turn it into a widget and set the refresh rate to 10 seconds to get accurate readings at all times it WILL kick your battery's a**.
Therefore use it to check up on your stuff but dont use the widget unless you charge your atrix often.When i ahd the widget running for an hour (Elixir) I went from 55 to 48% which wasnt all that cool.

 

[attweco]

I use "Battery Left" widget, by Preinvent. Very configurable, very accurate and includes special settings to minimise battery drain by the widget.

 

[jason.hamilton]

Breakthrough on XDA. They have come up w/ a mod to bring real percentage to the notification bar, not dependent on an app. Here is a link to just one of the threads. Most of the themes being rolled out as of today have the % mod in it:

[THEMES] GingerBlur +1% Battery(2 Versions) and GalaxyBlur + 1% Battery - xda-developers

 

[sk8trix]

yea you gotta be rooted for this right?

 

[jason.hamilton]

yes you do, you can use gingerbreak. You can also look that up on the forums there. The % mod just came out today so im sure there will be some easy ways to get it out there. Mostly they are rolling it out w/ themes. I havent found a easy flashable CWM .zip file to just alter the % yet.

 

[sk8trix]

you see im not really that excited to root,im missing out on alot of features but I hear too many ppl complaining that they cant root back or things get funky afterwards and what not not sure i want to become part of that group.