Battery App/Widget
 

hi folks!

i used to have a green battery status widget/app on my desktop, i downloaded it from the app manager when i bought my n900. its the one with the fat horizontal green battery icon that displays the remaining power in %.

my n900 crashed a few weeks ago. whilst i am able to find pictures of the app/widget online, i cant find it in the app manager although its one of the very standard ones.

can anyone tell me the name and where i can find it?

Re: Battery App/Widget
 

Hi, it look like it is 'battery', and you can install it as root with :

The obligatory screenshot :

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OAAEzje2Sn...00/battery.jpg

A++

Re: Battery App/Widget
 

Thanks for sharing this.

Re: Battery App/Widget
 

is there any similar widget but with more features closer to nokia battery monitor for symbian devices?

http://store.ovi.com/content/132519

not only percentage value, but also estimate time remaining using current load (texting, listening to music, view map with gps on)
and it also shows time estimate until fully charged when charging

http://i1-news.softpedia-static.com/...-Devices-2.jpg

edit
okay my apology for this huge pic. is there any way to show only thumbnail in this forum without have to resize it manually or upload it to another image hosting site?

Re: Battery App/Widget
 

you can also try my widget, it's in my battery thread post #3 (link in my signature)

Re: Battery App/Widget
 

thanks! but being a amateurish and a noob i dont know how to install it that way!

where do i find it in the app manager??

Re: Battery App/Widget
 

It is so nice , is there a way I can put this on " swipe to unlock" screen? Any thoughts ?

Re: Battery App/Widget
 

yes , i use imagebucket .
just upload your pic there and copy the image code and paste it here in your post .

Re: Battery App/Widget
 

Now battery widget is in extras-testing. You can test it and vote for moving to extras on:

http://maemo.org/packages/package_in...l/battery/0.4/

Re: Battery App/Widget
 

the advanced power status menu plugin will give you time remaining as will batteryeye

Re: Battery App/Widget
 

not with battery eye AFAIK, but will give advanced power status menu a try. thanks

Re: Battery App/Widget
 

If you dont find it in AppManager, here are the steps to install it

1) Open X Terminal ( either press Ctrl+Shift+X or go to Menu->System->X Terminal
2) type sudo gainroot (to login as root)
3) type apt-get install battery
This will install the battery application
4) type exit to close the X Terminal window

you are all set !

Re: Battery App/Widget
 

I see that this widget uses the standard %, is it not possible to use % by titan kernel? with bq27x00 module?

Re: Battery App/Widget
 

If you have loaded bq27x00_battery module, battery widget (battery package) will show % from power kernel.

Re: Battery App/Widget
 

now it is ok, thanks, very very usefull widget

Re: Battery App/Widget
 

Nokia's Battery monitor is now rewriiten in QT so i guess its poosible to get it ported to Maemo too...

Anyone willing to port it??

http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/...ebuts-rewr.php

Re: Battery App/Widget
 

but in your opinion is it more corrected % by nokia or % by bq27x00 module? because now I have empty battery, the first % is 0% and the second is 24%

Re: Battery App/Widget
 

unless its source code is publicly released then there's no chance for regular user to port it. we can only hope for nokia to release it for maemo then
anyhow thanks for the info

Re: Battery App/Widget
 

I found announce thread about maemo5 battery widget: http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=57975

And do not forget to vote for this widget:
http://maemo.org/packages/package_in...l/battery/0.4/

Re: Battery App/Widget
 

is it possible to have a new release with the possibility to resize the image to 0,5 or 0,4? thanks

Re: Battery App/Widget
 

It is really needed? Now size 0.6 is very small and I think 0.4 will be unreadable.

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this is my screenshot, as you can see I'd like a small battery widget

Re: Battery App/Widget
 

Ok. Here is untested recompiled battery widget with configurable size from 0.4 to 1.5

Unpack it and replace in /usr/lib/hildon-desktop/

Note: It is really untested!

Re: Battery App/Widget
 

perfect!!!! thank you very much

Re: Battery App/Widget
 

battery-widget needs 3 votes for moving to extras:
http://maemo.org/packages/package_in...l/battery/0.4/

Re: Battery App/Widget
 

voted for moving to extras pali

Re: Battery App/Widget
 

nice widgets...hope you have put an option to make the battery in potrait & landscape mode...

Re: Battery App/Widget
 

could you check the use of cpu? I have a problem and other italian users have the same...if I open conky I have hildon-home 99%. I am not sure that is this widget but I think so

Re: Battery App/Widget
 

I have no problem with hildon-home and CPU. But try to removing widget from desktop if it help

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I removed the widget and now cpu is ok....

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Can you try to reinstall battery widget and reboot phone?

Has somebody else same problem?

Re: Battery App/Widget
 

ok, I'll do some tests...thank you

Re: Battery App/Widget
 

I found there is a new qtbatterywidget in repository

Re: Battery App/Widget
 

Nice, we have alternative widget :) But I like this old - it is simple.

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haha
Please make a portrait mode battery widget, sir.
many thanks!

Re: Battery App/Widget
 

qtbattery widget is by an italian user

Re: Battery App/Widget
 

still missing 1 vote!
http://maemo.org/packages/package_in...l/battery/0.4/

Re: Battery App/Widget
 

Thanks! Now this widget is in Extras and has downlaod page on maemo.org:
http://maemo.org/downloads/product/Maemo5/battery/

Re: Battery App/Widget
 

missing 1 vote for promoting new version 0.5:
http://maemo.org/packages/package_in...l/battery/0.5/

Re: Battery App/Widget
 

still missing one vote!
http://maemo.org/packages/package_in...l/battery/0.5/