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I promised in one of the threads here that I would look into our (EU !) Rhodiums only reporting battery in 10% increments. As I received my Rhodiums today I did look into this. However, I didn't figure it out. I did see the structure of the battery driver and recalled no2chem mentioned a similar structure for the CDMA Touch Pro (1) - not like the GSM Touch Pro (1). So I hooked up with him on IRC and he pretty much held my hand making a 1% increment battery driver for the TP2.

So I learned a new trick and made this, all of the credit is to no2chem. I just extracted the files, sent them to him, had him walk me through the changes (and have him explain how and why), packaged it up, and this is the result. Tested on my own TP2!

no2chem's donation link is here: http://www.nuerom.com/BlogEngine/page/Donate.aspx.

Obviously, for the 1% incremental battery icons on the taskbar you will still need an icon pack and the registry entries. Refer to your favorite taskbar mod for this.

By the way, keep an eye out for no2chem's improved battery drivers - he also showed me how to do USB fastcharge and the likes. I will not mess with this, but I'm sure one day he will :)

EDIT: As further credit, no2chem was partially shown this trick by cmonex, whom we all know, respect and love ;)

EDIT#2: If this driver does not work right for you (it should, though), you can also try Quentin-'s new driver: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=556318. This uses a different battery driver version as source, this one from a US device (the one I used is from an EU device).
 

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Chainfire said:
I promised in one of the threads here that I would look into our (EU !) Rhodiums only reporting battery in 10% increments. As I received my Rhodiums today I did look into this. However, I didn't figure it out. I did see the structure of the battery driver and recalled no2chem mentioned a similar structure for the CDMA Touch Pro (1) - not like the GSM Touch Pro (1). So I hooked up with him on IRC and he pretty much held my hand making a 1% increment battery driver for the TP2.

So I learned a new trick and made this, all of the credit is to no2chem. I just extracted the files, sent them to him, had him walk me through the changes (and have him explain how and why), packaged it up, and this is the result. Tested on my own TP2!

no2chem's donation link is here: http://www.nuerom.com/BlogEngine/page/Donate.aspx.

Obviously, for the 1% incremental battery icons on the taskbar you will still need an icon pack and the registry entries. Refer to your favorite taskbar mod for this.

By the way, keep an eye out for no2chem's improved battery drivers - he also showed me how to do USB fastcharge and the likes. I will not mess with this, but I'm sure one day he will :)

EDIT: As further credit, no2chem was partially shown this trick by cmonex, whom we all know, respect and love ;)
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Thanks so much, it work great!!!
 
Pimmr

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Great work man! Any idea where I can get some 1% increment icons for taskbar?
 
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Dude, you're great!!!

It works perfectly! now i have a realy horny taskbar, with 1% battery! super!



(dutch: Echt super man, hier hoopte ik al op, die 10% was echt bagger)
 
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Thank you both very much :). But I have one question. Does this new driver wil cause more battery drain cause it has to check more intensive or often?

Just for understanding.

Btw I am very happy to see the real numbers again.
 
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Planet X said:
Thank you both very much :). But I have one question. Does this new driver wil cause more battery drain cause it has to check more intensive or often?

Just for understanding.

Btw I am very happy to see the real numbers again.
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No it does use more power... Actually battery always reports in 1%, but for some reason the battery driver rounds it to 10%. We just disabled the rounding function.
 
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Thanks for the app, but I've had no joy with it on my Voda branded one.

Having said that there are no figures on my battery indicator at all! Just the plain white icon with 4 bands

Oh, and Batti 2.4 doesn't work properly either (which was the reason I wanted to try this)
 
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Chainfire said:
Can you post your battdrvr.dll and battery.dll ?

You may need to use ROMExtract to get them.
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It doesnt work very well for me either. Taskbar icon is always full. I've tried even several icon sets (including the original one). Now my device is like 1/2 of batery and taskbar icon is full. I include my battdrvr.dll extracted from my ROM. I dont have there battery.dll at all.

Anyway I think Batti 2.4 shows it right.
 

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    I promised in one of the threads here that I would look into our (EU !) Rhodiums only reporting battery in 10% increments. As I received my Rhodiums today I did look into this. However, I didn't figure it out. I did see the structure of the battery driver and recalled no2chem mentioned a similar structure for the CDMA Touch Pro (1) - not like the GSM Touch Pro (1). So I hooked up with him on IRC and he pretty much held my hand making a 1% increment battery driver for the TP2.

    So I learned a new trick and made this, all of the credit is to no2chem. I just extracted the files, sent them to him, had him walk me through the changes (and have him explain how and why), packaged it up, and this is the result. Tested on my own TP2!

    no2chem's donation link is here: http://www.nuerom.com/BlogEngine/page/Donate.aspx.

    Obviously, for the 1% incremental battery icons on the taskbar you will still need an icon pack and the registry entries. Refer to your favorite taskbar mod for this.

    By the way, keep an eye out for no2chem's improved battery drivers - he also showed me how to do USB fastcharge and the likes. I will not mess with this, but I'm sure one day he will :)

    EDIT: As further credit, no2chem was partially shown this trick by cmonex, whom we all know, respect and love ;)

    EDIT#2: If this driver does not work right for you (it should, though), you can also try Quentin-'s new driver: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=556318. This uses a different battery driver version as source, this one from a US device (the one I used is from an EU device).
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