Battery status?

defwhig · 03-08-06, 11:00 AM

Hi,

First post, and I hope it's in the correct forum. I got my X51 a few days ago.

I was wondering if there is a way to have the batteries life bar on the main screen?

Thanks

kpc1 · 03-08-06, 11:42 AM

Welcome.

If you go to PocketPCFreewares, here

http://www.pocketpcfreewares.com/en/index.php

and search System Tools, you should find a few free apps which will do what you want.

Kevin

rickh57 · 03-08-06, 11:50 AM

I use Battery Pack Lite (available on the X51 system CD).

03-08-06, 12:30 PM

SPB Pocket Plus does the trick for me.

crawil · 03-08-06, 12:35 PM

Magic Button does double duty as a Switcher replacement and battery level indicator for me, for free!

defwhig · 03-08-06, 12:48 PM

Thanks for all the options!

03-08-06, 12:52 PM

Over the years I have used many freeware programs for this.

1 - Magic button (free)
2 - iLauncher - cheap, Efficient, the best software developer support I have ever seen
3 - SPB -cool software. It takes up a far amount of storage. works well.
4 - Battery Pack Pro. Cool graphics. I have had no issue with it.

I rotate between these programs every few months. #1 and #2 are the best choices in my mind.

heidger · 03-08-06, 11:24 PM

How do you get the battery level indicator with magic button????
I can't seem to find it anywhere!
If I hold down on the "Home" icon and go to settings, I've selected
the "Battery Status" box, but nothing shows up on the home screen.
I tried holding down on various areas of the screen and still can't find
any sort of battery indicator.

03-08-06, 11:30 PM

Iuse spb pocket plus also and it works great for me too.:yeah:

Mokubai · 03-09-06, 03:54 AM

Dogfood registry tweak:

http://www.aximsite.com/boards/showthread.php?t=96798

That thread has a nice little utility that displays a power bar at the top of the screen, and optionally a cpu speed and usage meter at the bottom. They can be seen in most progrmas and it is very useful when watching films and things.

Wollombi · 03-09-06, 04:18 AM

Originally Posted by heidger

How do you get the battery level indicator with magic button????
I can't seem to find it anywhere!
If I hold down on the "Home" icon and go to settings, I've selected
the "Battery Status" box, but nothing shows up on the home screen.
I tried holding down on various areas of the screen and still can't find
any sort of battery indicator.

Tap and hold the "Home" icon until the menu shows up, select settings, and put a check in the box labeled "Battery Status".