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Battery percentage on or off

Do you have you battery percentage on or off?

  • On

    Votes: 158 77.1%

  • Off

    Votes: 47 22.9%
  • Total voters
    205
gim said:
It is accurate. My phone shuts down a few minutes (depending on usage) after it reached 1%. It stops charging at 100%. It does fall from 80% to 70% in about the same time it falls from 30% to 20%. I don't see your argument there, except your iPhone isn't calibrated properly and shuts off at 7% or something like that. But wait, you don't even know when it is at 7%, my bad.
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It bases the percentage on an estimate of the remaining mAh vs an estimate of the total mAh capacity. Measuring remains charge is not accurate.

You're absolutely right, I am not qualified to diagnose anything. Thing is, people diagnosed it for themselves. There are several replies here in which people claim that they are indeed obsessed with the percentage and look at it all the time or are bothered by every single percentage that drops.
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The people saying those things aren't qualified to diagnose themselves either. You have no argument here.

I don't care how you use your phone. If you got this little quirk and feel better with the percentage off, go for it. But please just stop with these far-fetched arguments like "cleaner look", "excess information" and so on...
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It is excess information based on how I use my phone. Maybe it's required to you to effectively use your phone. It isn't for me. I prefer a cleaner look.

You're saying that nobody should turn it off. I'm saying that people should be able to choose(and they can). If people don't agree with you, does that mean there is something wrong with them?
 
I have it on....wish I could get the image off. That would be awesome if we could select one or the other or both
 
On, and if it was up to me, the battery icon would be gone. And the %number would just turn orange when it's in low power mode.

The top bar is getting cluttered. I do not understand why 25% of the bar has to say ' ***** t-mobile 4g+ '
I already know it's t-mobile, its not like I will change for 2 years.. i already pay the bill, no need to 'advertise' it to me.

We need bartender 2 for ios :p
 
Floris said:
On, and if it was up to me, the battery icon would be gone. And the %number would just turn orange when it's in low power mode.

The top bar is getting cluttered. I do not understand why 25% of the bar has to say ' ***** t-mobile 4g+ '
I already know it's t-mobile, its not like I will change for 2 years.. i already pay the bill, no need to 'advertise' it to me.

We need bartender 2 for ios :p
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I guess the alternative is to have carrier branding on the phone itself.
 
Floris said:
Maybe it's the lack of coffee, but how do you mean that?
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Many phones in US at least have carrier branding on them (as in physically). With Apple not allowing for something like that, one potential explanation behind the carrier appearing in the status bar has been that it was essentially in place of that physical branding.
 
C DM said:
Many phones in US at least have carrier branding on them (as in physically). With Apple not allowing for something like that, one potential explanation behind the carrier appearing in the status bar has been that it was essentially in place of that physical branding.
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Oh, I understand what you mean now. Thanks.
Yeah, if that is the way to go, then I rather have the bar cluttered, than a shell on top of the OS, etc.
It IS advertising then :)
 
I keep mine ON. Im the type that doesnt like to charge my phone unless I need to. I also prefer to charge it all the way to 100% in a single charge. I use the percentage indicator to tell me if I can make it back home without needing to charge first. I see so many conflicting reports on how to maintain a battery. I usually have iPhones for 2 years and never have an issue with battery drain within those two years. I try charge anywhere from 1-20% all the way to 100% when I can. I know 3 people close to me that would basically keep it plugged in all day at 100% (at work) and keep it plugged in all night. eventually their battery couldnt hold the charge anymore (usually within a year)
 
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