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Default Battery gauge

I think it'd be great if somebody could come up with a new battery gauge to replace the current icon with just a percentage being shown. Seems like that'd be simple??
 
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Actually, I think the gauge is not correct. I looked at the status and it indicated the battery are about 40% left while the gauge shown over 50% ~ 60%. Very inaccurate.
 
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I also noticed this issue. The visual display of the battery icon looks like there is more battery left. The percentages are always lower. I also would love to get the percent of battery left instead of the icon.

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Sign me up if we can figure this out! there are apps in rhetorically marketplace that add this to the notification bar but a complete replacement would be nice.

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My battery gauge is wayy off too. It shows like 75% and I have like 40% remaining.
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There are several apps on the marketplace for that: Gauge Battery Widget, Battery Monitor......
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There are several apps on the marketplace for that: Gauge Battery Widget, Battery Monitor......
I use a free app called "battery Idicator." works perfect.
 
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I think the battery icon is only showing 4 or 5 stages of battery life, and it's very underhanded because it shows more than what it actually has.

a full battery is > 75%
slight sliver is 74% - 50%
orange is 49% - 25%
red is < 25%

I would love to have the icon replaced with something more accurate.
 
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I use a free app called "battery Idicator." works perfect.
I agree, battery indicator is great but I would prefer an icon replacing the actual incon instead of having two battery icon

 
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