Battery status in %

[rob205gti]

Hello,

since battery life of the S730 is not very long, i would like to see a more detailed battery information, that is available by just pressing one button.
I searched the internet for some application or tweak that does the trick, but no success.
I was thinking about a replacement for the normal battery icon that shows the status in percentage, also when recharging.
Another idea is to add the battery status in percentage in the information screen that you see when you unlock the keypad of the S730.

Does anybody know of an application or tweak for this?

Greetz,

Rob

[el_lo]

Just install SmartMonitor plugin and a cool homescreen that uses it (here are a few : Cool Homescreens for S730 (http://www.nectun.com/galerie.php?langue=fr&id_type_tel=15&id_type_skin=-1))
I had to use SmartMonitor 0.9.5.1, because the latest (0.9.6.0) was giving me some input lag :confused:

[moneytoo]

I recommend bLifePlugin. Its a plugin for homescreen that displays battery %, battery life (number of hours until the batteries run out), and few other statistics. Its free and small.

[10332007]

I just use start>8(settings)>9(Power management). quick and easy enough.

[rob205gti]

Thanks guys, I'll check those apps and see what i'm going to use!

gr. Rob

[madferret]

I've been using SmartMonitor with a modified HTC Home screen - the attached homescreen puts the battery % below the bar icon, with the free RAM next to it. (I've also tweaked the calendar plugin and added Profile and MRU details)

[rob205gti]

I've been using SmartMonitor with a modified HTC Home screen - the attached homescreen puts the battery % below the bar icon, with the free RAM next to it. (I've also tweaked the calendar plugin and added Profile and MRU details)

Hi Madferret,

sounds great! I see there is a xml file in the zip. What do I have to do with that, to get it working?

gr. Rob

[rob205gti]

I already found out where to put the xml file, but it doesn't show battery status. I guess that is because I don't have smartmonitor. Could anyone post the cab file for smartmonitor?

gr. Rob

[sat_ana]

Et voilà

Regards

[rob205gti]

Thanks a lot! It works.

All this new functionality asks for a lot of tweaking!

I already tried to modify madferret's xml file to get rid of the 'profile' section of his home screen, but the s730 doesn't recognise the new xml file. I named it Rob.01.xml.
How do I get it to work?

[sat_ana]

Use crimson editor to edit your .xml file
http://www.crimsoneditor.com/

Regards

[rob205gti]

Still doesn't work. I opened the file from madferret with crimsoneditor and just modified the author and title and did save as "Rob.02.xml".
Then copied to \application data\home and tried to select it in the settings for the home screen. But it was nowhere to be found!

Anyone knows why?

Please help! Rob

[sat_ana]

Try this :)

Regards

[rob205gti]

I don't know what happened, but the things I did this afternoon and didn't work, do work now.
I guess it has to do with the computer at work.

I'm going to tweak the home screen I have now and I'm sure it's going to be a neat home screen for me. Maybe I'll post it some day!

thanks guys!

[madferret]

Sorry for the delay, I've been out of touch for the past week or so!

For a homescreen file to work the filename MUST end in .home.xml - you can put anything you like before that. Change your file to Rob.02.Home.xml and it should work. Also make sure it's in Application Data/Home. See http://tinyurl.com/47o4 for some info on homescreens (pre WM5 but still relevant).

I should also have mentioned that as well as the SmartMonitor plugin I also have the PtkslApptPlugIn running in place of the default calendar (it gives a scrolling display and always shows the next appt if you have nothing for the present day) - http://www.patricktrentsullivan.com/products.htm. All you need to do to revert is copy the original calendar plugin XML code from the default HTC.Home.xml to your file in place of my code.

[rob205gti]

@madferret:

the information from this thread helped me to tweak the homescreen, and now i'm quite pleased with the result. Thanks for the help. I am at my work now, and it is not possible to upload a screen shot. But now i have a battery meter at the top of the screen. It is the battery/memory meter I found in batt.htc.home.xml. Then the htc clock, without the message notification bar. Then comes the bar with small icons from the last used applications (rmu), which I also found in one of the homescreens posted here. Then comes the agenda from the homescreen from smartmonitor, which shows upcoming appointments better then the standard htc homescreen does.
All of this fills the complete 2.4" screen and I'm very pleased with it. A wysiwyg homescreen editor would have been helpfull, because I don't have a lot of time to spend on these things.

gr. Rob

[madferret]

Pleased to be of help :D

I thought the SmartMonitor home screen just uses the standard calendar plugin?

If you're looking for a WYSIWYG home screen editor there are a few out there but a lot are based on the 2003 version. I found a free one at www.madbeetle.com, useful for getting the basics covered.

[pcmann2004]

is this with wm6 or what os? maybe at the wrong thread point me the rite way please>>>themes for wm6 or a very good generator>>>i have ms theme gen 2002