Battery life indicator?

Is there a more 'in depth' battery life indicator anywhere?
The battery icon top left isn't that accurate- i'd like to be able to see how much in terms of time i have left- is that do-able?
Can't find anything in settings...
Also- is there a 'home' shortcut for Safari do you know?

There are utilities for other phones that do this. Yes, it's useful.
Some are pretty simple: just look at the current average discharge rate and level, then figure out the remaining time. Pretty much like your car's computer telling you how many miles of gas are left at your current rate of consumption.
Pretty neat to watch the remaining time change as you turn on/off features.
One thing that surprises me is that no iPhone tech site has yet put a meter in line with the battery to find out once and for all how much power the different radios / features actually use. I've done calculations, but they're pretty rough. I mean, I've seen people claiming that WiFi uses more power than EDGE, and I don't believe it, unless they simply do more surfing because the WiFi is faster.

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My battery life indicator is frozen at full after update to version 3.0 - its not moving and will just randomly die...it says its full when charging too - does anyone else have this problem/any ideas? Thanks

I have this problem also since V3 - but it is just a display problem, the actual battery life is fine. It most commonly fails to recharge (on the display menubar) though the display on full-screen is fine. A reset restores it but the problem will recur.
More seriously the same problem affects phone connection; we are near the edge of coverage and the menubar will show 'no coverage' even in a strong signal until the phone is reset (it never changes on its own). Sometimes it seems this is true (that is the phone does not connect) other times it seems just the display.

Apple Bluetooth headset battery life indicator drops VERY rapidly

hi all. Just bought the apple Bluetooth headset yesterday. After it is fully charged the battery life indicator drops to half after only being on stanby for about 15 minutes. I tried fully draining it and recharging but no difference. Is this normal? Thanks.

Same issue on two "old" (with dock) Apple BT Headsets purchased on 3G release day. Returned and exchanged for 2 "new" ones (no dock, $30 refund) two weeks later. The new headsets have the same abysmal battery life. Note, however, that the battery life indicator is not terribly accurate - after dropping into the red by the end of the day, if left on standby mine doesn't actually run out of power and shut down for almost 48 hours.
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E75 poor battery life indicator

Hello-
Has anyone experienced problems with the battery meter (and battery life in general) on the E75? I consistantly have half to 3/4 charge then the meter drops drastically to about 2 bars, then dies shortly after. This has become increasingly annoying as I never really know how long the phone has left, and have to constantly keep it on the charger.
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I have the same issue. The battery life indicator just isn't accurate at all.
However, my battery life so far so good, it lasts 2 days on average, sometimes 3 days if low number of calls/sms.
I found out it's 2 contributors that affect the battery life tremendously. 1 is if bluetooth is left constantly on, it drains battery quite fast. 2 is if I enable my Notes Traveler to auto-sync which utilize the 3.5G data connectivity, it drains battery extremely fast. Less than a day the battery life would be low and requires charging.
Looks like this phone isn't giving good battery life if running heavy data connnectivities.

Battery life indicator stuck!

Others have posted about a problem similar to mine but I haven't found a solution yet...The indicator of my battery life always says 81% and has the symbol of being plugged in even when it's not. Plugging it in doesn't help, and I've also tried changing the energy settings. It's unsettling not knowing how much battery power I have left and I'm reluctant to mess with the computer by actually taking the battery out. Any suggestions?
MacBook Mac OS X (10.4.7)

If the indicator is "stuck" like this even when the magsafe adapter is not plugged in then there's only one or two things you could try.
First off, rest your PMU, it has to do with a lot of hardware recognition, and does have influence of battery recognition.
PMU reset: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303319
Beyond that, if the issue is still unresolved I'd recommend taking the computer to a local apple retail store or service provider to try popping in a different battery. Obviously if this resolves the issue you can just call applecare and have them send you a new battery. If the issue remains with a new battery then you're looking at a hardware issue with the machine and it'd have to be sent in for service...unless its been 14 days or less since you bought it and you can return it.
Either way, if the issue persists with a new battery then call applecare and explain the entire situation and you'll get fixed up one way or another.

Bluetooth Keyboard Battery Life Indicator Not Working

I have a wireless Apple BT aluminum keyboard and have been having horrendous difficulty with it lately. Last time I changed out the batteries was last month, so I thought I would check and see what the battery life was on the current set. Seems that the keyboard is not correctly reporting battery life, because the Keyboard section in the Control Panel is displaying 100% green. I know that can't be true because I use the keyboard frequently and these batteries are at least a month old.
I have also been having severe disconnect problems as of late - to the point where I need to keep a USB keyboard handy. My keyboard connection drops every 5 minutes, usually for 2-3 minutes (and sometimes requiring a re-pair), then it will come back and repeat every keypress once it is reconnected.
Is this keyboard defective? Is there any way of finding out short of hauling my entire iMac & keyboard the 1 hr. North to the closest Genius Bar?
Thanks.

Try deleting the Bluetooth preference file.
com.apple.Bluetooth.plist /Users/YourName/Library/Preferences. Drag that file from the Preferences folder to the Trash, empty the Trash and reboot.
As for the disconnect issue. Do you have your computer anywhere near a microwave oven? They can cause interference.
Also, try resetting the System Management Controller, instructions here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1806
Since you are an hour from the nearest Apple store, you might be able to get help from an Apple Macintosh User Group. Check here for locations: http://www.apple.com/usergroups/find/
Carolyn

The Battery life indicator on N96

to start i must say i'm very happy with my N96..it's prob one of the best phones i've had...i just noticed that the batt. indicator on the main screen does not go down as and when...it shows full batt and then all of a sudden when i'm on a call or doin sth else it tells me low batt. the batt life it self is not the prob just the indication...ne one else have this prob...all help is appreciated.
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This is very common on Nokia phones. The battery indicator is not linear.
While in a call or using WiFi or 3G data the phone is draining the battery at a very high rate, so the battery voltage will drop faster than in standby mode, this causes the bars to drop faster.
Anyways, it's like your car fuel gage or if you have a trip computer in your car it gives a prediction based on the current power consumption, if the rate of consumption changes dramatically (like making a phone call) the indicator will need to catch up to this new rate of usage and hence it would seem like it went to 5-6 bars to 1-2 very shortly.
I don't know if this makes sense but this is how I understand it.
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Battery life "%" indicator missing

Just got my wife's new 16 GB iPhone up and running. No functional issues, but there is no battery % indicator in the upper right corner like mine has.
Any ideas?

Have you set it to show this in the settings?
http://manuals.info.apple.com/enUS/iPhone_UserGuide.pdf

Lumia 710 Remaining Battery Life % Not Correct

I've had my Lumia 710 for a few months now and over the past week the remaining battery life percentage is way wrong. For instance, one day I noticed my battery icon was really low so I went to check the % and it said it was -4%. I was even able to make a 10 minute call and it never died on me. A few days ago I had about 70% but when I checked the phone a few minutes later it was around 10%. A few times I've even had it die on me and it never gives me the critical battery warning.
This morning it was dead when I woke up so I brought my charger to work. After charging only 30 minutes it said I had 57% battery. But now 4 hours later I'm sitting at 98% and it looks like it won't go past that. Is something wrong with my battery or could the battery life indicator just be way off? It was accurate the first few months after I got the phone so I don't know what is going on.

Hi stephwin,
Welcome to Nokia Support Discussions!
Sounds like they may be something wrong with the battery, especially the sudden battery "deaths" without any prior warning indicate that. We would advise you to visit your local Nokia Care point and let them have a look. Nokia Lumia 710 has a removable battery, so changing it should not be too much of a hassle if it comes to that.
Let us know how you get on,
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Mid-2013 Macbook Air Battery Life has become awful-Not Mavericks related

I have a Mid-2013 Macbook Air that I bought in July. i5, 1.3 GHz, 8GB RAM, 500 GB SSD. I honestly thought that my horrible battery life was due to the recent upgrade to Mavericks (many MBAir users are having problems with 10.9), so I downgraded to 10.8.5 this AM. With my backlit keyboard off and the screen at a mid-level of brightness, I am barely getting 2hrs of battery life. Before I go make an appointment with the Apple Genius, I was wondering whether anyone has any suggestions. I saw other threads on this issue, but none of them seem to really help. Below is the EtreCheck file (there seems to be a lot of Symantec traffic, but I am not sure that is the cause). Also, I am also running "hidden" so I wonder if the constant location services are draining the battery. Again, any help would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks.
Hardware Information:
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Audio Plug-ins:
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          SMC - Path: /Library/StartupItems/SMC
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System Software:
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Disk Information:
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USB Information:
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FireWire Information:
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Kernel Extensions:
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Yes,
After Mavericks install, your "time remaining" WILL BE INACCURATE until you do a SMC reset in many case
SMC reset
Shut down the computer.
Plug in the MagSafe power adapter to a power source, connecting it to the Mac if its not already connected.
On the built-in keyboard, press the (left side) Shift-Control-Option keys and the power button at the same time.
Release all the keys and the power button at the same time.
Press the power button to turn on the computer.
There is a HUGE distinction here about someone getting less batt. life in actuality .......or are they just reading the "time remaining" and using that as a true indicator which is certainly is not.
Ive seen 3 notebooks after SMC reset jump 4+ hours in "time remaining" and slowly climb after 3+ full charge cycles.
Until things settle down, nobody should trust what the 'time remaining' says.

N70 v5.0638.3.0.1 battery life reduced issue

I updated to v5.0638.3.0.1, and it seems like a BIG ISSUE of this FW release is that the battery drains a lot faster.
for example, fully charged my phone saturday morning, used it for 4-5 SMS, 4-5 minutes of 3G Mobile Internet, maybe 5 minutes of calls, and on sunday morning, the phone battery indicator had 2 lines...
also, other N70 users with last FW have complained that the battery life has been reduced since they updated to v5.0638.3.0.1 . So please, Nokia, do something about this issue, it's very important.
Users with N70 v5.0638.3.0.1, please report here if you feel like your battery life has been reduced.
Previous phones: 3330, 3410, 3510i, 3200, 6230, Nokia N70, Nokia N73, Nokia N82, Nokia 5500 Sport & Nokia N97
Current: Nokia N900

is this not an important issue ?
Previous phones: 3330, 3410, 3510i, 3200, 6230, Nokia N70, Nokia N73, Nokia N82, Nokia 5500 Sport & Nokia N97
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Power Manager Setting To Preserve Battery Life When Using A Docking Station

I have a Lenovo Thinkpad X220 which is about 19 months old. When at work, the computer is in a Lenovo docking station. At the end of the day, it is removed and any further evening use is typically on the battery.
Yesterday, the battery symbol in the tray at the bottom of the screen displayed a red X on it and indicated that there was an "error". I presume from this that that battery is dead and needs to be replaced. I am surprised by the comparatively short life of this battery.
I was thinking that perhaps the use of the powered docking station played some role in shortening the battery's life. For example, it may have repeatedly overcharged the battery.
Is there a Power Manager setting that will reduce the likelihood that the battery is being overcharged while in the docking station? In the future, is it feasible to simply remove the battery before inserting it into the docking station so that this won't continue to occur?
Thank you.
(I did a search of the community's knowledgebase, but didn't find anything on point.)

Hi,
Welcome to Lenovo Community Forums!
I’m sorry to hear that battery of your Lenovo ThinkPad X220 had undergone wear and tear and has to be replaced.
Capacity of a battery declines as the battery ages, with the number of charge cycles and time at high temperature. Under average usage patterns your battery maintains approximately 70% of its power capacity after the first year of operation.
Most laptops today use lithium Ion (Li-ion) batteries. Overcharging Li-ion batteries is not a problem and does not affect the battery life span. These batteries have an internal circuit to stop the charging process at full charge. This is why the Li-ion batteries are more expensive. The only way for the Li-ion battery to overcharge is if the charging system malfunctions, and then the battery will heat up while in the charger. Older laptops use Nickel-cadmium (Ni-Cd) and Nickel Metal Hydride (Ni-MH) batteries. They require more maintenance than Lithium Ion batteries. They must be fully discharged and then fully recharged so that they don't lose battery life.
Refer this document to see the tips on how to increase the battery life.
Hope this provided enough clarity for your query!
Best regards,
Mithun.
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Ipod touch 5g battery life problem?

Hi everyone, i just got thenew ipod touch 5g 32gb blue about 3 weeks ago and it runs ios 7.0.4. Now i have been thinking that i might have a bad battery because when i play games the battery runs out in labout 2 hours. i play games like wipeout and clash of clans. Also the ipod touch charges in about 45 mins from about 20 percent to 100 percent. On the apple website it said that it should take 4 hours. I use toua abelkins wall charger. Plz help me because i do not want to retuurn this ipod touch and there is no apple store near where i live. P.S. I have already tried restoring it but to no use. Also i would to know why the battery indicator goes up a lttle when i lock my ipod. Is this a ios 7 issue? I have also tried calibrating the ipod touch by letting the batery fully drain and then charging it up to 100 percent but to no avail. My freinds said that you have to completely drain your battery til auto shutdown when you first get it out of the box but i did not do that so could that bethe problem? And when the ipod auto shuts itself down the i plug in the chargers and it boots up right away, i thoutgh it was supposed to take 10 mins??? Plz help me because i love my ipod very much???!!!

Battery life on the iPod 5 running IOS 7 is well ... poor for gaming. To fully charge it takes around 4 hours +/-. The battery meter jumping around is normal, the metering system on this iPod is at best an estimate and will vary up and down depending on how hard your working your iPod. Run games or anything with high res. video the meter jumps down, listen to music from you library or put it to sleep and the meter will go up-- And will drive you "NUTS" if you spend to much time watching it. Your game time seems a bit short, but the more stuff going on, higher graphics, using Wi-Fi etc. will drain your iPod in short order. Most seem to get about 3 - 4 hours of gaming, 4 - 6 hours of video, more if watched on lower resolution. 6 - 9 surfing the web, something around 18 - 20 hours listening to your library with the screen mostly off and about 36 - 40 hours on standby from a fully charged battery. Don't bother with getting the meter replaced with %. It will not work any better, just make you nuts. As for the theory of drain the battery then fully charge it, Bogus! These things use Li-ion batteries, they don't have memory issues like Ni-CAD batteries. Just watch your 20% warning with the battery, thing of it as a low fuel light on your car, when it comes up charge your iPod. You never want to completely drain a Li-ion battery if you ever do it will never charge again, but they have charge protections to prevent you from doing that. Long story short; If your getting something around the use times listed above, it's normal. Goggle C-net about extending battery life many good things to try. Hope this helps, Good luck.

My iPad mini3's battery life is short... Really short...

My ipad drains fast like playing clash of clans for a couple of minutes (15 -20) already depletes 23-25% of my battery life... ANd everytime i update to the lastest os, it just keeps on getting slower

Hello francis lawrence alexander,
I'm sorry to hear you are having these issues with your iPad. If you are experiencing unusual battery drain and general slowness/unresponsiveness, you may want to see if any of your apps (particularly background apps) are consuming a disproportionte amount of usage (which equates to both battery power and processor power). You may find the following article helpful, in particular this portion:
iOS 8 is designed to be the most battery-efficient iOS ever. And it gives you more precise ways to manage your device’s battery life, because you can see the proportion of your battery used by each app (unless the device is charging). To view your usage, go to Settings > General > Usage > Battery Usage.
Here are the messages you may see listed below the apps you’ve been using:
Background Activity. This indicates that the battery was used by the app while it was in the background — that is, while you were using another app.
To improve battery life, you can turn off the feature that allows apps to refresh in the background. Go to Settings > General > Background App Refresh and set the switch to Off.
If the Mail app lists Background Activity, you can choose to fetch data manually or increase the fetch interval. Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Fetch New Data.
Location and Background Location. This indicates that the app is using location services.
You can optimize your battery life by turning off Location Services for the app. Turn off in Settings > Privacy > Location Services.
In Location Services, you can see each app listed with its permission setting. Apps that recently used location services have an indicator next to the on/off switch.
Home & Lock Screen. This indicates that the Home screen or Lock screen was displayed on your device. For example, the display was awakened by pressing the Home button or by a notification.
If an app frequently wakes your display with notifications, you can turn off push notifications for the app in Settings > Notifications. Tap App and set Allow Notifications to Off.
No Cell Coverage and Low Signal. This indicates that either you are in a poor cell coverage area and your iOS device is searching for a better signal or that you’ve used your device in low-signal conditions, which has affected your battery life.
You can optimize your battery life by turning on Airplane mode. Swipe up to open Control Center and tap the Airplane mode icon. Note that you cannot make or receive calls while in Airplane mode.
Apple - Batteries - Maximizing Performance
Sincerely,
- Brenden

Forum Mods, Please make this a sticky: BlackBerry PlayBook battery power charge, discharge characteristics, and guidance on extending battery life

BlackBerry PlayBook battery power charge, discharge characteristics, and guidance on extending battery life
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Overview
The BlackBerry PlayBook may come to a power state where it is unable to power on; a Yellow LED may flash in a sequence of 5 flashes, the BlackBerry PlayBook may boot up to the BlackBerry PlayBook Logo and then power off, may not power on at all.
Discharge behavior under normal use:
Under normal active use, a battery drained to 10% will cause the device to prompt the BlackBerry PlayBook user (notification and audible beep)
Without connecting a charger the device will automatically shut down at 3.53V (0%)
Pressing the power button may allow successful boot, but it will turn off again very quickly
Discharge behavior under no use:
A device left unused but in ‘Stand By’ will warn the BlackBerry PlayBook user at 10% (notification and audible beep)
The warning may not be noticed and the device will go back to ‘Stand By’
Letting the device drain in standby mode drains the battery slower, but more completely
Device will still shut off at 3.53V (0%), but it less likely to successfully boot afterwards
Discharge behavior under 3.53V (0%):
If the device is left to shutoff, the battery will continue to drain below 3.53V due to quiescent current draw from the motherboard and the battery fuel gauge
With the battery between 2.7V-3.53V, pressing the power button causes the LED to flash a pattern (1 solid red light followed by 5 yellow blinks) to indicate low battery (PlayBook Tablet OS version 1.0.5, and above)
Below 2.7V there is no activity, or LED pattern displayed
Charge Behaviour:
The provided charger should be used to charge the device. The optional 12 volt rapid charger is may reduce charging times
to approximately 3 to 4 hrs. Standard Blackberry smartphone chargers, other AC adapter USB chargers, or computer USB ports
are not recommended for the sole purpose of charging the PlayBook as with these methods it may take more that 12 hours to
charge the BlackBerry Playbook.
If the battery voltage is below 3.53V(0%) then the charging behaviour is dependent on the software version. The charging code will limit the charging current to under 400 milliamps, during which time, it may take an hour to reach 3.53 Volts. Once the battery voltage rises past 3.53 volts, then "high-rate" charging will start. If, after charging the Tablet for 4 to 6 hours still does not result in LED activity, attempt to force power on the BlackBerry Playbook by pressing and holding only the Power Button for only 20 seconds.
Prior to BlackBerry Tablet OS 1.0.5:
A BlackBerry PlayBook will never charge while powered off in BlackBerry Tablet OS versions prior to 1.0.5.
The device will show a red light when the charger is connected and then nothing more
Repeated connection of the charger can recover the device in some instances.
Once the battery voltage rises above 3.53V the system will boot and the UI will show charging
Starting in BlackBerry Tablet OS 1.0.5:
The device will show a solid red LED, followed by a solid yellow LED as the device boots into charging mode. This is followed by a yellow pulsating LED indicating charging in progress.
The time span between the red and yellow lights can be as long as 45 seconds as the device boots into charging mode.
Once the yellow LED illuminates, the device can be started, but it is advisable to let it charge for at least 3.5 hours to achieve a sufficient charge.
The device will show a solid green LED once the device is fully charged.
Starting in BlackBerry Tablet OS 2.0.1:
Once the yellow LED begins pulsating indicating charging mode, if the BlackBerry PlayBook is disconnected from the charger, the following graphic will be displayed on the screen, indicating charging is not complete, and to reconnect the power source. The graphic will be displayed for 20 seconds before the BlackBerry® PlayBook powers off if the power source is not reconnected. The same graphic will also be displayed if the BlackBerry PlayBook is turned on and there is not sufficient power to perform the boot process.
If the BlackBerry PlayBook is plugged into a power source, and the power button is pressed to power on the device, the following graphic will be displayed if there is not sufficient power to perform the boot process. If this occurs, the BlackBerry PlayBook should be left plugged in to gain enough charge to boot.
Additional Information
Turning off the BlackBerry PlayBook and using standby mode.
Checking the battery power levelOn the status bar, tap the battery icon. When the battery power level is low, the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet will display a notification.
Enter standby modePress the Power button on the top of the BlackBerry PlayBook..
Exit standby modeSwipe down from the top frame to the bottom frame
Turn off the BlackBerry PlayBookPress and hold the Power button. Tap Shut Down.
To extend the BlackBerry PlayBook battery life, charge it regularly, close unused applications and keep the BlackBerry Playbook out of the sun and other hot places. The following may also be used to extend battery life:
Dim the screenOn the status bar, tap the Options icon (a gear), select the Screen tab and change the Brightness setting
Turn off the screen automaticallyOn the status bar, tap the Options icon, select the Screen tab and change the Backlight Time-out field
Enter standby mode automaticallyOn the status bar, tap the Options icon, select the Screen tab and change the Standby Time-out field
Turn off Wi-Fi when not in useOn the status bar, tap the Wireless icon and set the Wi-Fi switch to Off
Turn off Bluetooth connectivity when not in use
On the status bar, tap the Bluetooth icon and set the Bluetooth switch to Off
Pause apps when you show the home screen or switch between apps On the status bar, tap the Options icon, select the General tab and set the Application Behavior switch to Paused
With the upgrade to PlayBook OS 2.1.0.1032 the following message may be displayed when connecting the Playbook to a PC using the micro-USB cable:
Unable to charge battery with connected source
This message is displayed because the voltage provided is insufficient for charging. The USB voltage is limited to 384mA even if the maximum tolerance is 500mA. The voltage is limited to 384mA by design to avoid violating the USB specification which states USB devices cannot draw more than 500mA from the USB port.

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Yup! Glad you're here though. I appreciate your contributions in the forums myself.

Battery life indicator?

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