iPhone 3.0 Battery Percentage Reading?

Mengels7 · Mar 18, 2009, 08:12 PM

My first 3.0 restore showed me a battery percentage next to the battery icon, something I had only enjoyed on my previously jailbroken phone. I figured this was a new feature. I had "restored from backup" on that load and my 3.0 software was glitchy, so I just restored again, but not from backup. I no longer have the percentage. What's up with that?

Vonswanko · Mar 18, 2009, 08:13 PM

Left over remnants from the JB device.

Mengels7 · Mar 18, 2009, 08:20 PM

I began to think that, but how does that even make sense if I'm doing a complete firmware restore? It was different than the jailbreak because on that, the percentage replaced the battery icon. On 3.0, it was next to it in a different font and actually had a percentage sign after the number.

Vazzyb · Mar 18, 2009, 08:24 PM

Exactly the same thing for me, from a previous JB.

Looks quite nice, have to admit.

lostfan916 · Mar 18, 2009, 08:26 PM

If you have the battery icon enables when you restore/upgrade it will stay with you. I restored my JB when I was taking it in and it was still switching between icon and %. I JB it again, turned it off and was good to go. It's something that is backed up with the phone that's why it disappeared when you did a restore and didn't restore backup.

Lexoticstylez02 · Mar 18, 2009, 08:29 PM

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I wish apple would add this, just tap the battery to see the percentage. It's way more accurate on seeing how much battery is truly left.

Mengels7 · Mar 18, 2009, 08:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lostfan916

If you have the battery icon enables when you restore/upgrade it will stay with you. I restored my JB when I was taking it in and it was still switching between icon and %. I JB it again, turned it off and was good to go. It's something that is backed up with the phone that's why it disappeared when you did a restore and didn't restore backup.

Hmm alrighty, thanks for clearing that up guys!

sallythemac · Mar 18, 2009, 08:46 PM

There is some hope. At the keynote, the slide with some of the new APIs on it had "Battery API" on it. Maybe access to battery levels and therefore percentages?

Lexoticstylez02 · Mar 18, 2009, 08:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sallythemac

There is some hope. At the keynote, the slide with some of the new APIs on it had "Battery API" on it. Maybe access to battery levels and therefore percentages?

Good find! I can only hope.

11800506 · Mar 18, 2009, 08:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sallythemac

There is some hope. At the keynote, the slide with some of the new APIs on it had "Battery API" on it. Maybe access to battery levels and therefore percentages?

The app Free Memory already shows the Battery percentage (in the app of course) so it certainly is already possible.

DreamPod · Mar 19, 2009, 02:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sallythemac

There is some hope. At the keynote, the slide with some of the new APIs on it had "Battery API" on it. Maybe access to battery levels and therefore percentages?

That's for developers, it means a developer can write their app to show currently battery life. But of course as third-party apps can't run in the background, you'd have to run that app to show it. There are a couple apps out there that already do it, but they could be pulled at any time for using an illegal API.

spank2223 · Jun 11, 2009, 02:47 PM

does 3.0 have the battery % or no?

DiamondGCoupe · Jun 11, 2009, 02:53 PM

No.

joeshell383 · Jun 11, 2009, 02:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spank2223

does 3.0 have the battery % or no?

Per Apple, only the 3G S will.

The battery icon in the upper-right corner shows the battery level or charging status. You can also display the percentage of the battery charge (iPhone 3G S only).

http://www.apple.com/iphone/how-to/#...ng-the-battery

jman240 · Jun 11, 2009, 02:58 PM

Doesn't mean the 3G never will. It may have just not made it into the 3G OS code branch yet.

Even the iPod Touch is lagging in some features. Future 3.0.1 update. I think so.

fpsphil · Jun 11, 2009, 03:23 PM

do u guys think that if i restore from a old 2.2 jailbroken backup i have i might get the percentage?

cellocello · Jun 11, 2009, 04:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jman240

Doesn't mean the 3G never will. It may have just not made it into the 3G OS code branch yet.

Even the iPod Touch is lagging in some features. Future 3.0.1 update. I think so.

I'm starting to doubt that.

It seems that Apple's modus operandi with this phone is "small differences":

- Nike+ for it, but not 3G
- volume headphones for it, but not 3G
- voice control for it, but not 3G
- battery % for it, but not 3G

And it seems to go on like that.

razorianfly · Jun 11, 2009, 04:28 PM

Battery Percentage will ONLY be available to iPhone 3G S⃣ Customers.
Straight from Apple > http://twitpic.com/72yrx.

R-Fly

Mengels7 · Jun 11, 2009, 04:29 PM

After keeping up with my backup and upgrading the OS all the way to 3.0 GM, I still have the percentage. I am dreading that my 3GS won't have it.

SheepNutz · Jun 15, 2009, 04:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mengels7

After keeping up with my backup and upgrading the OS all the way to 3.0 GM, I still have the percentage. I am dreading that my 3GS won't have it.

But everyone above just said that the 3G S will have it. I just updated my jailbroken 2.2.1 phone to 3.0 and kept the percentage, yay!

steveken · Jun 18, 2009, 01:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SheepNutz

But everyone above just said that the 3G S will have it. I just updated my jailbroken 2.2.1 phone to 3.0 and kept the percentage, yay!

Did it keep it where you touch the battery icon to switch between the icon and the percentage just like on the 2.2.1? Or is it next to it just like in the pictures that apple showed?

And, I have my phone at 2.2 still with it jailbroken. I am wondering if there is anything tricky I might need to worry about when I put it up to 3.0. I know you have to get any stuff out of categories before hand, and I have read something about how you want to do a restore with the 3.0 software and not an upgrade because it won't work right. If you could, can you please tell me what you did so I know what to do? And, if its no bother, be as explicit as you can. Thanks!

Blaunerts · Jun 18, 2009, 01:48 PM

Lets start a Petition!

Im down to sign first

ziggie216 · Jun 19, 2009, 04:42 PM

ok, this is freaking wierd.. I have the battery % on my 3G. It was there before I jailbreak it earlier today.

ziggie216 · Jun 19, 2009, 04:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SheepNutz

But everyone above just said that the 3G S will have it. I just updated my jailbroken 2.2.1 phone to 3.0 and kept the percentage, yay!

ah nm.. didnt see this post... ok same situation

deimos256 · Jun 19, 2009, 05:02 PM

This is pure idiocy, who wants to bet they will add it for 3g and 2g once the 3gs sells a million or whatever.

Mar 18, 2009, 08:12 PM	#1
Mengels7 macrumors member Join Date: Mar 2009	iPhone 3.0 Battery Percentage Reading? My first 3.0 restore showed me a battery percentage next to the battery icon, something I had only enjoyed on my previously jailbroken phone. I figured this was a new feature. I had "restored from backup" on that load and my 3.0 software was glitchy, so I just restored again, but not from backup. I no longer have the percentage. What's up with that?

Mar 18, 2009, 08:13 PM	#2
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Mar 18, 2009, 08:26 PM	#5
lostfan916 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: NorCal	If you have the battery icon enables when you restore/upgrade it will stay with you. I restored my JB when I was taking it in and it was still switching between icon and %. I JB it again, turned it off and was good to go. It's something that is backed up with the phone that's why it disappeared when you did a restore and didn't restore backup. __________________ Santa Rosa Macbook - iPhone 3G White - 500GB Time Capsule Flickr - Twitter

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Lexoticstylez02 macrumors 6502 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Orlando, Florida	Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 2_2_1 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/525.18.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/3.1.1 Mobile/5H11 Safari/525.20) I wish apple would add this, just tap the battery to see the percentage. It's way more accurate on seeing how much battery is truly left. __________________ MacBook 2.4GHz Aluminum, 2GB RAM \| iMac 20" 2.4GHz, 4GB RAM \| iPhone 3G[S] Black 32GB \| iPhone 3G White 16GB \| Apple TV 40GB \| iPod Photo 40GB

Mar 18, 2009, 08:46 PM	#8
sallythemac Guest Join Date: Jun 2008	There is some hope. At the keynote, the slide with some of the new APIs on it had "Battery API" on it. Maybe access to battery levels and therefore percentages? Attached Thumbnails

Mar 18, 2009, 08:20 PM	#3
Mengels7 Thread Starter macrumors member Join Date: Mar 2009	I began to think that, but how does that even make sense if I'm doing a complete firmware restore? It was different than the jailbreak because on that, the percentage replaced the battery icon. On 3.0, it was next to it in a different font and actually had a percentage sign after the number.

Mar 18, 2009, 08:24 PM	#4
Vazzyb macrumors newbie Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Cambridge, U.K.	Exactly the same thing for me, from a previous JB. Looks quite nice, have to admit.

Jun 11, 2009, 02:47 PM	#12
spank2223 macrumors member Join Date: Aug 2007	does 3.0 have the battery % or no?

Jun 11, 2009, 02:53 PM	#13
DiamondGCoupe macrumors member Join Date: Nov 2007	No.

Jun 11, 2009, 02:58 PM	#15
jman240 macrumors regular Join Date: May 2009	Doesn't mean the 3G never will. It may have just not made it into the 3G OS code branch yet. Even the iPod Touch is lagging in some features. Future 3.0.1 update. I think so.

Jun 11, 2009, 03:23 PM	#16
fpsphil macrumors member Join Date: Nov 2008	do u guys think that if i restore from a old 2.2 jailbroken backup i have i might get the percentage? __________________ 27 inch Core i7 Imac Unibody Macbook Pro 2.53ghz real macbook pro White 32gb iPhone 3GS 2.16 c2d mbp

Jun 11, 2009, 04:28 PM	#18
razorianfly macrumors 65816 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Cheshire, United Kingdom	Battery Percentage will ONLY be available to iPhone 3G S⃣ Customers. Straight from Apple > http://twitpic.com/72yrx. R-Fly __________________ Founder of RazorianFly.com • Co-Founder of RFly.Me. Shorten URLs on your iPhone • Contact Me • Twitter @razorianfly •

Jun 11, 2009, 04:29 PM	#19
Mengels7 Thread Starter macrumors member Join Date: Mar 2009	After keeping up with my backup and upgrading the OS all the way to 3.0 GM, I still have the percentage. I am dreading that my 3GS won't have it.

Jun 18, 2009, 01:48 PM	#22
Blaunerts macrumors regular Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Miami	Lets start a Petition! Im down to sign first __________________ iPhone 3G 16G

Jun 19, 2009, 04:42 PM	#23
ziggie216 macrumors member Join Date: Jul 2008	ok, this is freaking wierd.. I have the battery % on my 3G. It was there before I jailbreak it earlier today.

Jun 19, 2009, 05:02 PM	#25
deimos256 macrumors 6502 Join Date: Sep 2008	This is pure idiocy, who wants to bet they will add it for 3g and 2g once the 3gs sells a million or whatever. __________________ I'm a PC, and I'm not an elitist who assumes you must be beneath me for owning anything else but.

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