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Mengels7

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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?
 
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.
 
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.
 
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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.
 
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!
 
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?
 

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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.
 
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.
 
do u guys think that if i restore from a old 2.2 jailbroken backup i have i might get the percentage?
 
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.
 
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. :(
 
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!
 
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!
 
ok, this is freaking wierd.. I have the battery % on my 3G. It was there before I jailbreak it earlier today.
 
This is pure idiocy, who wants to bet they will add it for 3g and 2g once the 3gs sells a million or whatever.
 
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