Battery Widget with just the phone percentage

[SuzieS]

Nice that they added widgets where you can display all of your galaxy device power levels. However I just want one for my phone. I can't alter the existing widgets to only show one icon for the phone. The reason I need the widget at all is because I find it hard to read the upper right icon now that the percentage is incorporated into the little battery instead of being displayed off to the side.

[realaud]

You can go to settings snd show only the phone, but you will not be able to adjust the size of the widget, so you will just have a blank space. If you want to use the blank space you will have to stack widgets. I don't know why they let you remove devices but not let you resize the widget, but at least you dont have to look at empty circles.

[realaud]

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[Tom6068]

Well, at least your device is more fleshed out than the UI 7.0  as it is showing only the battery icon and it charge level after making the appropriate changes. I do not know if this is a transparency issue or not (on the UI 7.0 widget transparency setting, there is only 3 steps), but the transparency does not take hold on my device. I only did this as a test, not that I need the widget. No matter the transparency setting, the undefined power icon level is still seen as opposed to your example as I have it set to it minimum size.

[realaud]

You would want the slider all the way to the left for total transparency.  

[Tom6068]

I stated that "no natter the transparency setting, ..." . I only gave one screenshot as the example not that it represented that I only used one settings

[realaud]

OK, but as I stated, do you really need to constantly see the battery percentage or only know when you need to charge it?  If you only need to know when it's going low enough to charge it, you can create a routine to tell you and it takes up no screen real estate whatsoever.

[Tom6068]

First off, I mentioned nothing about the percentages as the word cannot be found in my comment. I only addressed your image examples and tried to see if that actually works. It became obvious there is a difference between the UI 6.1 and the 7.0 in the transparency function working or not.

[realaud]

I didn't say you mentioned percentages, but why else would one need a widget if not to see the battery level and why would one need to constantly need to see the battery level?  Most people look at the battery level to determine if they need to charge, or if they are having battery issues and want to see how quickly it's discharging.  These comments were not necessarily meant for you but were in response to your posts. You posted about not being able to go completely transparent, so I assumed you also wanted to use the widget, not that you were attempting to see if it worked.  You don't have to be constantly striving to prove someone wrong, which is what you appear to be doing.  When you go on and on in someone else's post, as you have, the assumption is that you are having the same issue as the OP.

[Tom6068]

You stated, "OK, but as I stated, do you really need to constantly see the battery percentage", so why even bring that in reply to me. So, I have an earnest suggestion, please read what others comment, don't assume what you think other mean, ask if unsure. I know sometimes we think what is meant, but it does behoove us all to ask if unsure. I first replied to your images and suggestion, that is all. It does mean the comment should be locked by the two initial posts made regarding an issue.

I also stated in my reply that "I only did this as a test". It is not up to anyone to decide what is acceptable on what other users like to see or want and another to point out what is not possible with the current funciton of the system as it stand. It is totally another to pontificate over the what people want or experience with their devices.