Power Usage Widget

[andyandroid]

Anyone know a god widget to see what is using how much power? How much power does the OLED screen "sip"? I'm used to cranking my backlight way down on my Storm 1, is this something that will have a profound effect on battery life?

~Andrew

 

[ecksit]

menu >> add >> shortcut >> settings >> battery use

the OLED's are pretty energy efficient, so I wouldn't worry about it too much. Most of your power is going to the Inc's hardware. On mine android system is using 45%, display uses 12% since last charge.

 

[Adiliyo]

i haven't noticed a huge difference in power draw b/t manually managing the backlight and leaving the auto on.

i leave it on auto now because sometimes in the sun if i have it low i can't see the screen well enough to hit the brightness button to make the screen readable.