The downside to great apps like Circular Battery Indicator and other battery indicators that set up camp in the notifications area on your HTC EVO is that they leave you with having two battery icons in the taskbar/status bar: the stock one and the new one.
But if the only reason you installed an indicator in the first place was because you wanted to be able to see the battery percentage, then why not just add the percentage to the existing icon? If your EVO is rooted and you're running any 2.2 custom ROM based on the HTC build, then you can do it in a matter of minutes.
Important: Anything you do to your rooted EVO is done at your own risk. Make sure you have a current Nandroid backup (tutorial here) before flashing a .zip on your EVO in case you run into problems and need to roll back to your previous setup.
1. Download this Smooth-Sense Battery Only .zip (for Sense ROMs only; CM6 ROM users need this .zip instead) and put it on your SD card.
2. Flash the .zip you just downloaded (tutorial here).
When your EVO reboots, the new and improved battery icon will already be in place. Now you can go back to using that space on your taskbar for real notifications, rather than ongoing tasks.
[xda-developers] Thanks, Man!
You can also remove the stock battery icon completely. I don’t have a link right now, but it is the same method as this except you remove the battery.
Yeah, I have a tutorial on that coming out later this week.
Wow. This was the last thing that finally made me root and install cm6 and now its in a nice little zip…
HELP!!! My phone is 2.2 rooted (With UnRevoked)and now my phone will not stop rebooting (Since I flashed this Zip). I have a Nanodriod Back up from two weeks ago. What do i do?
Was 2.2 rooted with UnRevoked too and non-stop process force closes after flashing this. (Battery icon looked pretty though) Nandroid restored.
I’m running Myn’s Warm twopointtwo Rom and it comes with this battery indicator standard and I hate it. Watching the percentage drop every few minutes really bothers me. lol. The battery isn’t draining faster, but actually seeing the percentage drop point by point makes it feel that way.
2.2 OTA ROM Rooted with UnRevoked. I flashed this zip and it took FOREVER to reboot. Once it came back up I had the same old battery – no change.
Tried it again to make sure, still nothing. Bad tutorial.
Same here. Rooted Stock 2.2 and constant reboot. Looked so simple but maybe I missed something. Nandroid restore.
rooted 2.2 ota, DO NOT INSTALL THIS. will force close a bunch of apps (endless loop), make sure you have a backup before trying this.
* Are you guys sure you’re flashing the correct file? The first two listed for download are for CM6 ONLY. Flashing those if you don’t have Cyanogen will surely give you problems.
The battery only file you would want from that page is: (copied and pasted link here) http://filevo.com/33gaowkaoihr.html
I haven’t flashed the “battery only” file but I used the general Smooth Sense package with almost every ROM I install. I wonder if it has something to do with the battery only one?
If you’d still like to give it a shot, I would try the full Smooth Sense mod (all the icons are better and more smoothly animated) and their file download link is: http://filevo.com/up4kiticgj2c.html
As always, before flashing ANYTHING it’s wisest to do a Nandroid backup. I know that doesn’t help some of you now that it may be too late – but perhaps you can recover by flashing the above “Smooth Sense with white sync icon” file? Let us know if that gets you out of trouble. Best of luck…
Hmmm – you may have pointed out the problem. Is this now incompatible with the newest EVO update from yesterday? If so that’s just very, very unfortunate timing. Jenn could not have known this when she intended to share this.
running CM6, got stuck in perpetual booting loop (just replaying the CM boot animation over and over). Had to battery pull and restore Nandroid.
note to those considering: even though they say to nandroid backup before you do anything, this time – actually do it.
haha, i can do this as a setting in CM6. I didn’t need the zip in the first place.
Man, it sucks to be this stupid.
Being rooted is not enough. You need to be running some sort of custom rom (Myn’s, CM6, etc.). For those of you having problems, are you just running the stock rom after you rooted with unrevoked? That could be why it’s not working.
yeah, i’m running unrevoked root and stock rom. getting the endless loop.
Yes,
I am on the stock 2.2 rom rooted with unrevoked. I guess you had to decipher, “If your EVO is rooted and you’re running any 2.2 ROM based on the HTC build…..”, to not include the stock HTC rom.
Soooo
What Do Us “Endless Loopers” Do? How Do We Get Our Phones Back To Normal?
Restore the nandroid backup. Pull the battery and boot into recovery first.
Yeah…. No Nandroid Backup Here (On Purpose)
I Was Going To Do A Complete Wipe Anyways, Which I Alreadly Did, So What Now?
Sorry about the confusion. I thought “based on the HTC build” already made it clear, but I just added “custom” to hopefully make it even clearer.
I think people experiencing problems are running the stock ROM, rather than the required custom ROM.
If you already did a full wipe and are starting from scratch, then you may as well flash the new RUU (or a new ROM via recovery).
believe me it does i actually get decent battery life but watching go down i feel as if i just bought my EVO back in June lol
Jenn as always, you are the best and I love your website, But for this one … I could kill….. I haven’t done a full back up since 10/2/2010. I lost a lot of apps, SMS and contacts just recently added this month. BUt i guess it was a Good lesson to learn…. BACK UP your Phone at least twice a week (Dont worry, im over it now. And i still think Good and Evo is a great web site)
I wish there were a way to put the percentage in the battery icon withOUT rooting. Strange an app for this has not been created for the rest of us…
I had a bad experience with bricking at one point on the EVO, so until I can better my skills with recovery (which I have none)without having to deal with waiting for a refurbished phone (or no phone due to warranty violations) I will refrain.
Why would you “kill” when the instructions said to do a backup first? With Titanium and nandroid, you never have to worry about losing anything.
This is not for stock ROMs, it’s for ROMs based on the stock.
I think it’s bad reading on your part. This is not for the stock ROM.
You’re probably going to have flash another ROM on your device. Download a flashable zip ROM, put it on your SD card and flash it from there. I’m running the clockword recovery, not sure if that process varies if you’re using a different custom recovery.
Because, I read the original post “If your EVO is rooted and you’re running any 2.2 ROM based on the HTC build” So i thought I was all good. And I also expressed it was a “Lesson Learned”
And to be quite honest ..I’m more mad at the fact that I have to do all of my Angry Birds AGAIN!!! UHHH!
I’m running SteelROM Rev H (based on the latest update) and it works with no problems.
Sorry about that, Shaun. I thought “based on the HTC build” would’ve made it clear that I wasn’t referring to the stock ROM.
I’m glad you’re okay about it and hey, at least now you have a reason to play Angry Birds again, right?
This works but it took about 5 minutes at the “4G” screen. I thought it had locked up.
Other than scaring me to death with the long reboot, worked like a charm.
i am guessing you need a deodexed rom to do this. i am stock and did some reading and i couldnt remove the battery indicator b/c i am still running a rooted stock rom. it will not allow the changes to the services.jar file that need to be made…
so you need a deodexed ROM for this to work!
i am guessing you need a deodexed rom to do this. i am stock and did some reading and i couldnt remove the battery indicator b/c i am still running a rooted stock rom. it will not allow the changes to the services.jar file that need to be made…
so you need a deodexed ROM for this to work!
i reposted here so this was closer to the top of the list.
Just saying anyone with cm6 can do this without a flashable zip. It’s in cyanogen settings and you can mess with the color!
Are you running the stock kernel that came with it? I put kings #9 on mine and reset battery stats. I am now getting about 15+ hours a day. Not awesome but much better.
Can we get it for unrooted phones please!!!???
Anybody Have Or Know Where I Can Get Original (STOCK) HTC ROM, So I Can Truly Start From Scratch?
“Common Sense Works For Me! But I Guess It Was Its Day Off Yesterday”
Ok so I am stuck in the continuous loop since I tried this with a non custom rom. I made a titanium back up a while back. How would I go about recovering from titanium or is there a simpler way. Possibly undo the flash somehow? Lesson learned, thanks in advance!
Titanium doesnt backup the whole ROM. It just does the apps and some system settings. You need a Nandroid backup to go back to your previous state.
Well so much for that option, I never quite got to making a nandroid. I guess its factory reset for me!
I need to pick your minds one more time. I tried clear storage from the hboot menu and it still went into the loop. I then tried going into clockwork and tried to factory reset from there. Same loop. Any other ideas?
I think your only option now is to flash a new ROM.
any idea how to remove this? not sure how to uninstall a zip. i found one like this that is JUST the battery icon change. i wasnt too crazy about the new theme (seemed kinda cheap?) but i love the battery icon! i was ok with the old icons too.
here is where i found it. and Jenn, you get a nice shout out there!!! nice!!! (it’s the first link under the “What It Does” section)
http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/10/31/modders-column-prettying-up-that-status-bar/
You need to restore your Nandroid backup, reflash your existing ROM, or flash a new ROM.
gotcha. thanks jenn!
OK, I cannot get this site to come up on either my phone or any of my computers:
http://filevo.com/33gaowkaoihr.html
Does anyone know of another site or mirror?
I’m looking for a working link as well. filevo.com seems to be permanently down.
Man, I wish this was made clear that this was meant for roms based on the stock rom, not the stock itself. Luckilly I have a NANDROID backup from a few minutes prior, but I really hope it works. I JUST rooted today.
It IS clear. It’s right there in the second paragraph.
Man, there are way too many people who comment before reading. These must be the same guys who speak before they think!
Looks like this .zip file isn’t supported. Something about edify scripting now depreciated. What’s the best way to get the battery percentage display now-a-days? I switched from Cyanogen to Fresh and I miss seeing the battery life in percent terms. thx.
How can I change the battery icon if I don’t know a damn thing about what you guys are talking about. My phone isn’t rooted, whatever that is and all I want to do is get some of the cool changes that I see on this site. Can you explain to me in plain english and in very simple terms how to do this?