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Battery % in the status bar

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jcorbin

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How many people keep the battery % in the status bar? When I had android it would have it turned off and just check intermittently. I could see what was using battery and graph usage.

There is no option like this ok iphone so I have left Olathe option turned on.
 
jcorbin said:
How many people keep the battery % in the status bar? When I had android it would have it turned off and just check intermittently. I could see what was using battery and graph usage.

There is no option like this ok iphone so I have left Olathe option turned on.
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yea I like to know how much battery I have left
 
I might get yelled at, but if you go to settings>general>usage below manage usage you may see an option to show the battery percentage.
 
Battery % in the status bar

At first I had to have it off because I'd always look at the percentage then hop into settings/general/usage and look at the stats then try to calculate, from the current stats, when my battery would hit 20%. Now, I have it on but I never go into settings/general/usage and I'm as happy as can be.

To sum it up, I like to know the number of my percentage exactly as opposed to an approximation based on the level that the meter is filled to.
 
I'd have it in all the time... If I could! Apple has it disabled on the iPod touch. It would be so helpful; my iPod ends up dieing everyday because I don't know how far from death it is.

I have it enabled on my iPad.
 
I think for me the best way to think of it is do I have battery or not. Thinking of it in a binary fashion relieves me from the worry. I don't need to think about if it's at 50% vs 70%. I have a charger at my desk at work, in my car, next to my night stand, and one on the main floor. Plus I have a 4000mAh battery pack that I can take with me. So at this point there isn't a time or place I can't charge the phone should I need to.
 
I can definitely understand both perspectives and I've been in both camps! There's plenty to be said for us even having that choice!
 
I used to keep it on, but I recently turned it off to keep my status bar minimalistic and simple! :) It's not that big of a deal to me though. I'd be fine with it turned on as well.
 
iF34R said:
I'd rather know how much is left compared to guessing by the icon.
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It becomes that much more useful in that respect when you are below 20% or 10% and pretty much would have to guess are you at 8% and can pretty easily still make a few calls and/or send some messages/emails or if you are at 1% and will likely have the phone turn off a minute into the next call or a few minutes into the next email/message exchange.
 
stiligFox said:
I'd have it in all the time... If I could! Apple has it disabled on the iPod touch. It would be so helpful; my iPod ends up dieing everyday because I don't know how far from death it is.

I have it enabled on my iPad.
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Thats got to be one of the most arbitrary and senseless decisions to disable a feature like that pretty much for no reason for one type of iOS device. Gotta love Apple.
 
The % reading actually cured my issue with worrying about battery use.

I turned it off.

Now no worrying !

I just enjoy using the phone now.

:D
 
I have a % battery too on because I always like to know how many battery is left in detail on my iOS device.
 
C DM said:
Thats got to be one of the most arbitrary and senseless decisions to disable a feature like that pretty much for no reason for one type of iOS device. Gotta love Apple.
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My only explanation, is that it doesn't work quite properly. I used to enable it via .plist hack, and both on my 2nd gen and 5th gen iPod touch, the number would go up and down wildly depending on my usage.

It was close enough though, to know when it was going to die....
 
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