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Battery Left
- Thread starter shugknight
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Has anyone else had a problem with this program?
I dowloaded it and it seemed to be working great, but when I got a new extended battery it seemed confused. I decided to uninstall and re-install...but now I can't get it again. It isn't in my phone, but the market says that I have it installed...even though it will not let me uninstall. I've tried everything to get it back.
I dowloaded it and it seemed to be working great, but when I got a new extended battery it seemed confused. I decided to uninstall and re-install...but now I can't get it again. It isn't in my phone, but the market says that I have it installed...even though it will not let me uninstall. I've tried everything to get it back.
I've had this app for about a week now. Noticed that when I get up in the morning it always reads about 1-3 % life left. It really has way more life then that. In reality there is about 50-60%. It does seem to correct itself. Anyone else noticed that?
By the way, I don't have it docked or plugged in over night.
Brian
By the way, I don't have it docked or plugged in over night.
Brian
I've had this app for about a week now. Noticed that when I get up in the morning it always reads about 1-3 % life left. It really has way more life then that. In reality there is about 50-60%. It does seem to correct itself. Anyone else noticed that?
By the way, I don't have it docked or plugged in over night.
Brian
If you're new to this program then you need to know how it works.
The app used to have an "accurate %" indicator that would tell you how accurately the battery left program was working, not the battery %. Basically it was telling you how calibrated the program was at any moment.
There was alot of confusion as to how to read that and what was going on, so the developer took out that stat. Now you just have "accuracy:". It used to take 2-3 weeks to get almost to 100% accuracy so i would give yours some more time.
What does it say next to "accuracy:" for yours? Mine says Accurate.
Long story short, give it some time. The program is pulling 3-5 readings for every 10% of battery lost on your phone to establish accurate results; just takes time.
I'd report back in a week if it still seems wonky.
Also, in addition to likely not being even close to calibrated yet, the other thing to note is the app guesses your battery life left based on normal usage. If your phone sits asleep for 8 straight hours, the estimated percent left should be off, because your normal usage likely isn't to never use your phone (who would buy a phnoe in that case, lol). The extremes of the spectrum (not using the phone for a long period, using it non-stop for a long period) will lead to the estimation being off for the simple fact that it calibrates to normal usage, not the extremes. Extremes make any guessing application less accurate.
Read back over the posts in this thread by "preinvent" or visit the website to get a better idea of how the app works.
ETA: I posted before I saw your reply. Since it does read accurate, I believe it will read 'accurate' once it is like 50% accurate, so even though it is 'accurate' it may still be just barely accurate. Even still, I think your situtation is more like what I have described, then a case of it being accurate. It probably needs to collect more data points for the percentage decades 10-20%, 20-30%, etc. I'm not sure about what percent your phone is at normally when you sleep at night, but the app needs to collect data for those ranges too, even though it is reading 'accurate' it may not have enough data points for those ranges. It goes with what I said first, it needs to adapt to your normal usage, and if you normally go to sleep with your phone at 40% and go 8 hours and it stays at 40%, after a few days it will become more accurate, but only in that decade. If your usage deviates from what is normal for that decade, it will be off. and the more you deviate, the more off it gets.
and that makes sense, the application can't tell the future.
I don't know if you have noticed, but one nice thing is if it is giving a really inaccurate reading, give it a few minutes and it will readjust.
Read back over the posts in this thread by "preinvent" or visit the website to get a better idea of how the app works.
ETA: I posted before I saw your reply. Since it does read accurate, I believe it will read 'accurate' once it is like 50% accurate, so even though it is 'accurate' it may still be just barely accurate. Even still, I think your situtation is more like what I have described, then a case of it being accurate. It probably needs to collect more data points for the percentage decades 10-20%, 20-30%, etc. I'm not sure about what percent your phone is at normally when you sleep at night, but the app needs to collect data for those ranges too, even though it is reading 'accurate' it may not have enough data points for those ranges. It goes with what I said first, it needs to adapt to your normal usage, and if you normally go to sleep with your phone at 40% and go 8 hours and it stays at 40%, after a few days it will become more accurate, but only in that decade. If your usage deviates from what is normal for that decade, it will be off. and the more you deviate, the more off it gets.
and that makes sense, the application can't tell the future.
I don't know if you have noticed, but one nice thing is if it is giving a really inaccurate reading, give it a few minutes and it will readjust.
Hi all... I'm still here, not gone or forgotten (hopefully). Will get to replying to everyone soon, with a new version out later this week.
I've seen a pretty big increase in downloads over the last 6 weeks or so. I'm not sure if this is because the app is getting better and more well known, or if Android usage is rocketing with people getting new phones over Xmas and with the advent of the Nexus One. hopefully both!
I've seen a pretty big increase in downloads over the last 6 weeks or so. I'm not sure if this is because the app is getting better and more well known, or if Android usage is rocketing with people getting new phones over Xmas and with the advent of the Nexus One. hopefully both!
My thing with the dullness is just colors like orange and yellow, but still, no biggie. The only other aesthetic thing is is it possible to remove the text bubble in the 1x1 widget when user doesn't want text there?
But there's something else, similar to what jbsangel said. I understand that it can't be totally accurate all the time, but when I use it intensively for a while until the battery gets to 20-25% or so and stop, it doesn't seem to adjust afterwards. I've picked it up later to find it with -13 or so percent and 0:00 time left, when the system battery still says 15%.
Other than that last thing, its been great!
But there's something else, similar to what jbsangel said. I understand that it can't be totally accurate all the time, but when I use it intensively for a while until the battery gets to 20-25% or so and stop, it doesn't seem to adjust afterwards. I've picked it up later to find it with -13 or so percent and 0:00 time left, when the system battery still says 15%.
Other than that last thing, its been great!
You do realize you can change the colors right? You can pick any color you like for the the three stages of the battery.My thing with the dullness is just colors like orange and yellow, but still, no biggie.
Ghostwheel
Member
I just found and read through this entire thread thanks to a search on "battery left." First, it's good to see the developer posting here - hi, preinvent. Kudos on Battery Left; I've been using it for almost the entire time I've had my Droid.
Now, to my issue. What does a negative percentage mean? I initially had an accuracy of "Accurate," and noticed one day that my percentage was listed as -2%, even though the color bar was mostly to the right and sill in the green. So I tried a recalibrate. Now I'm up to "Moderate" accuracy, but I've had percentages as low as -68%.
My theory, given my understanding of how it works from your posts in this thread, is that my erratic use may cause this. For instance, my Droid sits idle (or even turned off) for most of my work day, and then I go home and play 45 minutes of Tower Raiders. From the sound of it, I may be seriously messing up the calibration with that kind of use, leading to the negative numbers. Plausible?
Now, to my issue. What does a negative percentage mean? I initially had an accuracy of "Accurate," and noticed one day that my percentage was listed as -2%, even though the color bar was mostly to the right and sill in the green. So I tried a recalibrate. Now I'm up to "Moderate" accuracy, but I've had percentages as low as -68%.
My theory, given my understanding of how it works from your posts in this thread, is that my erratic use may cause this. For instance, my Droid sits idle (or even turned off) for most of my work day, and then I go home and play 45 minutes of Tower Raiders. From the sound of it, I may be seriously messing up the calibration with that kind of use, leading to the negative numbers. Plausible?
Hi GhostWheel...
Thanks for the praise!
Negative percentage means there's a bug! Somehow the app occasionally gets negative time readings which messes things up. I'm not 100% sure how it gets them but I need to add some code to find and ignore them. I suspect it happens when the phone is turned off/on, which would seem likely based on your usage.
I've been really busy recently so am a bit late getting a new version out, hopefully I can get a bug fix out soon!
Thanks for the praise!
Negative percentage means there's a bug! Somehow the app occasionally gets negative time readings which messes things up. I'm not 100% sure how it gets them but I need to add some code to find and ignore them. I suspect it happens when the phone is turned off/on, which would seem likely based on your usage.
I've been really busy recently so am a bit late getting a new version out, hopefully I can get a bug fix out soon!
Ghostwheel
Member
Hi GhostWheel...
Thanks for the praise!
Negative percentage means there's a bug! Somehow the app occasionally gets negative time readings which messes things up. I'm not 100% sure how it gets them but I need to add some code to find and ignore them. I suspect it happens when the phone is turned off/on, which would seem likely based on your usage.
I've been really busy recently so am a bit late getting a new version out, hopefully I can get a bug fix out soon!
Heh, I wasn't expecting that I'd actually discovered a bug. Just to be sure, I'll try an uninstall and then make sure I have your latest version. Thanks for replying so quickly!
MotorolaDroid
Member
looking forward to a new version! !
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