On, because I want information, not art.
Exactly.
I’d rather have the percentage on and with slightly larger digits, because at more than a feet away from the phone screen hard to tell how much battery charge is left without the percentage.
Because all I need to know is if my battery looks low enough to worry about, like the gas tank gauges on most cars. Nobody needs to see the exact number of gallons or liters of fuel they have left. “Close to F great, middle fine, close to E bad” has been doing the trick for well over a century. I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with people who like seeing an exact battery percentage, but it really isn’t necessary.
By seeing your battery percentage number displayed, you’re able to tell if your battery suddenly starts to drain faster than usual. This would be harder without the battery percentage. This indicator helps you to know if an app or process is significantly draining battery life so you can fix it. Although I guess most phone users aren’t bothered by this I’d imagine
I wish the number was clearly visible. That’s all I want. The numbers are usually too hard to see for me.
Change your display scaling in the Developer Options in Android. “Minimum width” or “Smallest width” is the number you want to adjust. Decrease number to increase scaling, increase to decrease until you’re happy and everything is legible.
I don’t want anything else bigger except that number. And when the percentage is on top of the battery symbol it’s really hard to see when the numbers and background are different colors. My brain finds it difficult to process.
The only advantage of “number off” is it comes with extra anxiety for free.
Agreeeeeee
Wow, I actually can’t stand the number. It gives me anxiety.
Please explain how?
see number go down -> body goes oh no! panic!
number, that icon can be anything from %60 to %90
I must know precisely how anxious to be.
Without the number on, i keep letting my phone die because i dont realize its on 1% and i should really charge it
my bar turns yellow at like 20% and red at less than 10%… I panic when it’s less than 50% though.
Then why doesn’t the phone time display seconds by default if we’re all so number anxious?
I wish it did. Getting seconds is not even easy. Like pressing the clock on the lock screen sometimes works (for the few seconds it shows the screen) but absolutely not consistently…
It’s mind-boggling the complexity we toss at our non-essential stuff but the simplest thing a dollar store wristwatch can manage is just too much.
I can’t stand looking at either but I prefer to have it with no number 😳
Ugh, I don’t understand why it usually defaults to no number. Then I have to go and change the setting, show me numbers - I actually want to know how much battery I’ve got left… I don’t understand why would anyone want it off, but to each their own.
I have out of because I don’t need to know exactly what my battery is on. I’m good with the graphics and if the indicator is amber or red, I really need to think about charging soon.
yeah, that’s fair. I can’t tell just by looking at the graphics and then I just feel anxious (especially in situations like when I need to be reachable or when navigating around a city). I understand everyone’s brain is different
I don’t mind the one without the number, what i do mind is that SOME FUCKING ASSHOLE decided that no number is bettter and forces his FUCKING DUMBASS decision on everyone else.
SO FUCK OFF WIHT YOUR NUMBERLESS SHIT AND TAKE ALL OF FUCKING MATERIAL DESIGN WITH YOU!
Sorry. i have strong feelings about this topic, don’t know if you noticed.
My personal rage at the moment is this square time format with the two digit hour over the two digit minute. Obviously designed for a smart watch but Android decided it needs to be on the phones as well. I keep turning it off but every few updates it comes back – because the designers know better than me what I actually want.
Try needing Julian day. If you’re coding then strftime() has supported it since 1989. All you need is “%j” and there it is, with leap year handling, etc.
The end goal isn’t a good/flexible/powerful user experience for the person who bought the device; it’s a larger user base that can be marketed to The Machine for more money out the back end.
This is true and real righteous anger. I love it.
Oh my god yes. Why the hell do I have to open the notification shade to see the number, especially when it gets low?
It shouldn’t be that hard to say, automatically show the number under a certain percentage. If it’s 10% I have around an hour left of medium usage. If it’s under 5% I have anywhere from 30 minutes to 5.
Just show me the number motherfucker, at least when it’s important!
I could have sworn mine does that - show the number when under 20% but I don’t see a relevant setting
Yeah it’s BS that you have to find detailed instructions online to turn of developer mode just so you could have the number
Number ON. Otherwise I have to guess the number.
