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Do you use the battery percentage feature?

  • Yes

    Votes: 138 80.2%
  • No

    Votes: 34 19.8%

  • Total voters
    172

jahoys

macrumors regular
Jul 6, 2011
149
0
Earth
i use it but just the number. got rid of the battery icon and the % sign using clean status from cydia.
 

PaulyD

macrumors 6502
Nov 16, 2010
343
13
UK
Always had this turned on myself.

Miss it when its turned off. Good to know exactly how much is left so can know whether you can still hammer the phone a bit or try hold off if you know you are going to be out a while with no access to a charger
 

Shrink

macrumors G3
Feb 26, 2011
8,929
1,727
New England, USA
I keep it on. I'm not overly intense about it, but it's nice to know if i'm running a little low so I can dial back on usage until I recharge
 

sneaky butcher

macrumors 6502
Nov 8, 2011
345
0
Battery Percentage!

One of the things I missed about iOS/iPhone 4S is the ability to see how much battery life you have left, in numbers.

Android phones don't have the option to do this. I guess they don't need to since many phones have terrible battery life.

yeah it annoys me android doesn't have the % in the battery icon, especially because on my phone the icon can look about 25% but the actual percentage is 40+% . But you can get battery widgets so its not too bad

(the quota usage widget is for 3G data)

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cambookpro

macrumors 604
Feb 3, 2010
7,189
3,321
United Kingdom
I use it. It's useful to know so you can judge whether or not to do frivolous things, or in my case whether or not to play FIFA all day...

To play or not to play, that is the question!
 

nburwell

macrumors 603
May 6, 2008
5,451
2,365
DE
I have the battery percentage enabled. I'm a bit OCD with my battery since I use my phone a lot at work. I guess that's why I have a USB cable to charge my phone at work and a car charger as well.
 

TWO2SEVEN

macrumors 68040
Original poster
Jun 27, 2010
3,531
741
Plano, TX
I have the battery percentage enabled. I'm a bit OCD with my battery since I use my phone a lot at work. I guess that's why I have a USB cable to charge my phone at work and a car charger as well.

I'm the same way. I have a USB charger at work, one in the car, and two at home (one for the iPad, one for the phone).

FWIW, I turned it on last night, it drove me crazy to see how fast it dropped so I turned it back off. :)
 

Shadowbech

macrumors G3
Oct 18, 2011
9,038
5,894
I normally have it on but don't usually care about it. As long as my phone goes throughout the day is what matters for me.
 
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