The Guru

The Guru, aka Ricky Cadden, started Symbian-Guru.com in November 2006, out of his excitement for the S60 3rd Edition version of Symella. The Guru has used Symbian devices since the Nokia 6620, and is known for his perspective as a power user. You can follow The Guru on Twitter at @Rcadden

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  • HuguHugo

    Id like to see how much times it will take to fully recharge my battery.

  • HuguHugo

    Id like to see how much times it will take to fully recharge my battery.

  • Dhruv Bhutani

    Feature Request : Ability to switch the actual battery bar to a %age representation. This specially because i use Handy Shell and i cant view it in the standby plugin.

  • haritia

    One feature (or set thereof) that can be added would be actions at certain point: for example, turn off bluetooth at x%, turn off WLAN scanning at x%, lower display brightness at x% and so on.

  • Dhruv Bhutani

    Feature Request : Ability to switch the actual battery bar to a %age representation. This specially because i use Handy Shell and i cant view it in the standby plugin.

  • haritia

    One feature (or set thereof) that can be added would be actions at certain point: for example, turn off bluetooth at x%, turn off WLAN scanning at x%, lower display brightness at x% and so on.

  • alfredo

    i think it would be great if it had an alarm that lets you know when you have like 10 minutes of battery life left

  • alfredo

    i think it would be great if it had an alarm that lets you know when you have like 10 minutes of battery life left

  • Andrew Rakauskas

    A nice feature would be some power management– should the battery level drop below a user-set percentage, turn wi-fi on or off, change brightness, etc. I think it would be a great unified app for not only reporting, but management as well.

  • Andrew Rakauskas

    A nice feature would be some power management– should the battery level drop below a user-set percentage, turn wi-fi on or off, change brightness, etc. I think it would be a great unified app for not only reporting, but management as well.

  • Deathbrin

    I’d like to see it actually representing the battery indicator, not the time left, and be visible everywhere the original battery indicator is.
    The point is, switching to it just to view the battery is pointless. It’s the same as you would have to run a clock application to view time.
    [would do as a feature request]

  • Deathbrin

    I’d like to see it actually representing the battery indicator, not the time left, and be visible everywhere the original battery indicator is.
    The point is, switching to it just to view the battery is pointless. It’s the same as you would have to run a clock application to view time.
    [would do as a feature request]

  • sergey

    Hope to see version for 5800 really soon!

  • sergey

    Hope to see version for 5800 really soon!

  • juanmateo

    Could be useful if it could show the voltage usage as for instance Nokia Energy Profiler, even in the home screen plug in must be great.

  • juanmateo

    Could be useful if it could show the voltage usage as for instance Nokia Energy Profiler, even in the home screen plug in must be great.

  • hooray

    Tool sounds good, would be interessting to see which programms use the most power, for example: running gravitiy or profimail in the background,….

  • hooray

    Tool sounds good, would be interessting to see which programms use the most power, for example: running gravitiy or profimail in the background,….

  • http://PT.posterous.com/ PT

    A Screensaver showing the battery status (% charged, time left until empty & a icon with a battery like the charging screen)

  • kiyo21

    It would be neat if it somehow summarized your activity and phone usage so you get an idea of what you did that made your battery last however long it did. for example, how long you talked on the phone, had wi-fi on, used a particular app and so on.

  • http://PT.posterous.com PT

    A Screensaver showing the battery status (% charged, time left until empty & a icon with a battery like the charging screen)

  • kiyo21

    It would be neat if it somehow summarized your activity and phone usage so you get an idea of what you did that made your battery last however long it did. for example, how long you talked on the phone, had wi-fi on, used a particular app and so on.

  • http://PT.posterous.com/ PT

    forgot to mention… it was for S60v5 as I think S60v3 has this

  • http://PT.posterous.com PT

    forgot to mention… it was for S60v5 as I think S60v3 has this

  • juanmateo

    Could be nice to see the voltage usage like Nokia Energy Profiler, even on the home screen.

  • juanmateo

    Could be nice to see the voltage usage like Nokia Energy Profiler, even on the home screen.

  • SMR

    Power management options similar to laptop battery options will make sense to have such applications. With this a user can configure as per his needs. Not sure how Symbian OS can support this application to develop such features.

  • SMR

    Power management options similar to laptop battery options will make sense to have such applications. With this a user can configure as per his needs. Not sure how Symbian OS can support this application to develop such features.

  • Casey

    Power management as well as a low battery alarm setting. It’d be awesome to have it alert you when your battery reaches a certain user defined level.

  • Casey

    Power management as well as a low battery alarm setting. It’d be awesome to have it alert you when your battery reaches a certain user defined level.

  • Steve Robertson

    The ability to log the usage, from fully-charged would be great. Seems like a great app!

  • Steve Robertson

    The ability to log the usage, from fully-charged would be great. Seems like a great app!

  • Rwishi

    Would love to have an updated version which would display a list(talk time, web on 3G, web on edge, web on wifi, music over earphones) and estimate how more time we can do each of these tasks with the current remaining battery.

  • Rwishi

    Would love to have an updated version which would display a list(talk time, web on 3G, web on edge, web on wifi, music over earphones) and estimate how more time we can do each of these tasks with the current remaining battery.

  • CYPHERC

    Will be nice if this has an option to drain the battery, sometimes i need the battery to empty and it takes like 4ever…

  • CYPHERC

    Will be nice if this has an option to drain the battery, sometimes i need the battery to empty and it takes like 4ever…

  • http://claudioebola.wordpress.com/ Claudio Silveira

    Could be nice to see one mix of iON BatteryTimer & Nokia Energy Profiler…

  • http://claudioebola.wordpress.com/ Claudio Silveira

    Could be nice to see one mix of iON BatteryTimer & Nokia Energy Profiler…

  • Frederico

    Usage statistic with graphs so i can keep track of my usage during the day and make a weely log of something.

    I had something like that on my palm tx, it was very cool, because i could track even how fast it charged

  • Frederico

    Usage statistic with graphs so i can keep track of my usage during the day and make a weely log of something.

    I had something like that on my palm tx, it was very cool, because i could track even how fast it charged

  • Julio Benavides

    It seems like a pretty cool device. I like the fact it also displays the time on the power saver.

  • Julio Benavides

    It seems like a pretty cool device. I like the fact it also displays the time on the power saver.

  • Airton Alves Medina

    The voice speaking the battery energy level for the blind user.

  • itsall2good4me

    An email when the battery is getting low would be nice, so even if I’m not by my phone I know it needs a charging.

  • Airton Alves Medina

    The voice speaking the battery energy level for the blind user.

  • itsall2good4me

    An email when the battery is getting low would be nice, so even if I’m not by my phone I know it needs a charging.

  • Lekovodolaz

    I am trying out the application right now and I really love it. I have a small problem as the homescreen plugin does not work on my E71. Anyway it is still very usefull.

    From what I understand the program keeps track of battery usage and shows average values for time remaining based on some statistics. I would like to be able to see the power drain over time in a graph for the last 24h. Also daily average usage history.

  • Lekovodolaz

    I am trying out the application right now and I really love it. I have a small problem as the homescreen plugin does not work on my E71. Anyway it is still very usefull.

    From what I understand the program keeps track of battery usage and shows average values for time remaining based on some statistics. I would like to be able to see the power drain over time in a graph for the last 24h. Also daily average usage history.

  • LT

    I’d like to see the screensaver be a bit more detailed.

  • LT

    I’d like to see the screensaver be a bit more detailed.

  • pete

    Feature Proposal: It would be great it it could track the highest power draw application. Then if I install a new program and notice that my battery life really starts to take a nosedive I’d know right away what was the cause. I know this can be tracked using the Nokia Profiler, but if the tracking were automated (and not as detailed) it could be helpful.

  • pete

    Feature Proposal: It would be great it it could track the highest power draw application. Then if I install a new program and notice that my battery life really starts to take a nosedive I’d know right away what was the cause. I know this can be tracked using the Nokia Profiler, but if the tracking were automated (and not as detailed) it could be helpful.

  • Payaxy

    Hmmm, advanced battery life tracking – more CPU load which ironically leads to less battery life ;_D

  • Payaxy

    Hmmm, advanced battery life tracking – more CPU load which ironically leads to less battery life ;_D

  • Jaclu

    It would be great if remaining time altered betweeen remaining standby time and remainnig talk time in the standby plugin.

    Remaining talk time shouldnt be too hard to calculate, just use the average drain during calls, that would over time auto adjust to the users average call style – distance from tower are a important factor during calls….

  • Jaclu

    It would be great if remaining time altered betweeen remaining standby time and remainnig talk time in the standby plugin.

    Remaining talk time shouldnt be too hard to calculate, just use the average drain during calls, that would over time auto adjust to the users average call style – distance from tower are a important factor during calls….

  • Merlin

    Feature proposal:
    Let the user define some (low) battery levels at which alert are sent to notify him.
    Example: If the battery have only 15min of time left then alert me with a popup, and a bip sound if I’m on a call.
    I know S60 already does that when you’re almost out of juice, but with such a feature the user is given the ability to redefine the original threshold at which the phone start to notify you.

  • Merlin

    Feature proposal:
    Let the user define some (low) battery levels at which alert are sent to notify him.
    Example: If the battery have only 15min of time left then alert me with a popup, and a bip sound if I’m on a call.
    I know S60 already does that when you’re almost out of juice, but with such a feature the user is given the ability to redefine the original threshold at which the phone start to notify you.

  • dan johnson

    i’d like to see separate talk time and data/processing (ie music player) usage/time meters

  • dan johnson

    i’d like to see separate talk time and data/processing (ie music player) usage/time meters

  • Dion

    This appears to have installed properly, and be compatible with, my nokia 5800….any comments on this?

  • Dion

    This appears to have installed properly, and be compatible with, my nokia 5800….any comments on this?

  • http://nokia-betalabs.blogspot.com/ Fakhre fak

    Hello Guru – its Fakhre from S60 Betalabs.

    This what which I requested S60.com through my Ambassador report on S60 Ambassador program. I am happy that my dream comes true. This type of app is very important now days for smartphone, as much more power hungry apps are now installed on smartphone and the user dose’t know the execrate battery capacity of device.

    The Problem-

    “Well we all know, when we charge our S60 Nokia device- after some time it goes to sleep mode i.e – it display only Time, date and missed call or new message-

    And if we want to know charging status of device we have to press some key to light up the screen and make device come to standby screen so that we can look the battery status.”

    “And there is a predefine function in nokia device – If some one try to check the Charging status of device repeatedly – The device show Full charge up after certain battery level (without charging up the device fully))- This is because Nokia device scenes that user is in hurry and thats why he is checking up the device status repeatedly so it show full charged after charging status reaches certain level.This is why Nokia device shows up false charging status.

    My Idea – “Make iON BatteryTimer apss such that it shows the battery charging status while charging and all the time without powering up the display- Just like Nokia default Timer and Date standby scrren.”

    Hope you understand what I am saying.

  • http://nokia-betalabs.blogspot.com/ Fakhre fak

    Hello Guru – its Fakhre from S60 Betalabs.

    This what which I requested S60.com through my Ambassador report on S60 Ambassador program. I am happy that my dream comes true. This type of app is very important now days for smartphone, as much more power hungry apps are now installed on smartphone and the user dose’t know the execrate battery capacity of device.

    The Problem-

    “Well we all know, when we charge our S60 Nokia device- after some time it goes to sleep mode i.e – it display only Time, date and missed call or new message-

    And if we want to know charging status of device we have to press some key to light up the screen and make device come to standby screen so that we can look the battery status.”

    “And there is a predefine function in nokia device – If some one try to check the Charging status of device repeatedly – The device show Full charge up after certain battery level (without charging up the device fully))- This is because Nokia device scenes that user is in hurry and thats why he is checking up the device status repeatedly so it show full charged after charging status reaches certain level.This is why Nokia device shows up false charging status.

    My Idea – “Make iON BatteryTimer apss such that it shows the battery charging status while charging and all the time without powering up the display- Just like Nokia default Timer and Date standby scrren.”

    Hope you understand what I am saying.

  • Lex

    Cool application! Give me the license! PLEASE! ^^

  • Lex

    Cool application! Give me the license! PLEASE! ^^

  • Grimsight

    I think in future, the app should show what is the best charging pattern to maximize the lifetime of the battery and also, what is the most efficient charge time (charge 20mins gets you 80% of life, maybe after that I decide to unplug)

  • Grimsight

    I think in future, the app should show what is the best charging pattern to maximize the lifetime of the battery and also, what is the most efficient charge time (charge 20mins gets you 80% of life, maybe after that I decide to unplug)

  • http://mobilpresse.com/ Modser

    Would be cool if the app could display a warning if i have a heavy power consuming app running in the background. Even better if i could blacklist or whitelist apps for that. For example if i have a mail app open in the background and it consumes power a lot, i could whitelist it to not get the alert. Though best would be if non-whitelist apps would be closed automatically after a specified time. Would be really helpful as i often run into the problem having 5 apps open that i dont want to be running. And THAT is useless power consumption.

  • http://mobilpresse.com Modser

    Would be cool if the app could display a warning if i have a heavy power consuming app running in the background. Even better if i could blacklist or whitelist apps for that. For example if i have a mail app open in the background and it consumes power a lot, i could whitelist it to not get the alert. Though best would be if non-whitelist apps would be closed automatically after a specified time. Would be really helpful as i often run into the problem having 5 apps open that i dont want to be running. And THAT is useless power consumption.

  • Amir

    It would be great if it could show the power usage of all the applications currently running

  • Anonymous

    SOUNDS like a killer application, though it still shows ‘Calculation in progress’ after half a day.
    i want GRAPHS. Energy Profiler was too complicated for most. there should be a middle path.

  • Amir

    It would be great if it could show the power usage of all the applications currently running

  • Aatif Sumar

    SOUNDS like a killer application, though it still shows ‘Calculation in progress’ after half a day.
    i want GRAPHS. Energy Profiler was too complicated for most. there should be a middle path.

  • PrinceM

    Nice app..Here’s what could change in the coming versions…
    1. Would be gr8 to see battery life stats.. As in laptop battery care programs show u the orginal designed charge capacity, the present charge capacity and then based on the difference calculates the wear of a battery.. It’s really imp to statistically calculate when a battery needs replacement and the feature shouldn’t b too hard to implement..

    2. Power usage stats.. Extrapolated since last 24hours, last restart, last full charge etc.. Would b gr8 to find out power draining applications.

    3. A full discharge aid would be appreciated.. One that helps to quickly fully discharge the battery..

  • PrinceM

    Nice app..Here’s what could change in the coming versions…
    1. Would be gr8 to see battery life stats.. As in laptop battery care programs show u the orginal designed charge capacity, the present charge capacity and then based on the difference calculates the wear of a battery.. It’s really imp to statistically calculate when a battery needs replacement and the feature shouldn’t b too hard to implement..

    2. Power usage stats.. Extrapolated since last 24hours, last restart, last full charge etc.. Would b gr8 to find out power draining applications.

    3. A full discharge aid would be appreciated.. One that helps to quickly fully discharge the battery..

  • karan1402

    I would like to see the % on all the menus and not just stanby. Plus it would be nice to have alerts when the battery goes below a user specified level. I have been testing it for 2 days and have found a flaw. For eg:when it shows 19% battery remaining I put it on charge for 10 mins, when I took it off charge it showed 57% and that is wacky. After a bit of use I was back to 16%. And also instead of showing charging in the screensaver it could show real time battery % left and let it increase as it charges because just to see the % you have to unplug the charger.
    My 2 cents.
    Cheers.

  • karan1402

    I would like to see the % on all the menus and not just stanby. Plus it would be nice to have alerts when the battery goes below a user specified level. I have been testing it for 2 days and have found a flaw. For eg:when it shows 19% battery remaining I put it on charge for 10 mins, when I took it off charge it showed 57% and that is wacky. After a bit of use I was back to 16%. And also instead of showing charging in the screensaver it could show real time battery % left and let it increase as it charges because just to see the % you have to unplug the charger.
    My 2 cents.
    Cheers.

  • utluna

    Ditto as for Aatif Sumar

    Been on calculating for about 6 hours on N95-1

  • utluna

    Ditto as for Aatif Sumar

    Been on calculating for about 6 hours on N95-1

  • 5800lover

    I’d like to see a list of which apps use the most battery…

  • 5800lover

    I’d like to see a list of which apps use the most battery…

  • http://udeste.net/ udeste

    My feature proposal could be the possibility to change the standby position of plugin. I don’t like the actual..
    However this program is a very must.. :-)

  • http://udeste.net udeste

    My feature proposal could be the possibility to change the standby position of plugin. I don’t like the actual..
    However this program is a very must.. :-)

  • Hemal

    It might be a long wishlist but nevertheless .. here it goes ..
    1] A “Battery Saver” Tips in REALTIME
    - e.g. ‘Turn Bluetooth Off’ to get 0.5 Hours extra.
    - e.g. ‘Turning WiFi On’ will cost 2.5 Hours.
    These can be in “Hint”, “Enforce” Mode.
    These can work as power-savers in Enforce mode.

    2] A graph to shows the battery usage.
    - Application wise
    - Hours Of day wise
    - Cell Tower wise

    3] REALTIME Alerts
    - % Level
    If battery drops below 80% play Alert
    - % Level / Hour
    If battery is draining at rate of 10% hour play alert.
    This feature would be super useful !

    4] Charging Alert
    A few users are very lazy to charge the phones and then end up having a dead batter.
    A nagging charging reminder to keep them on toes!

    Cheers,
    Hemal

  • Hemal

    It might be a long wishlist but nevertheless .. here it goes ..
    1] A “Battery Saver” Tips in REALTIME
    - e.g. ‘Turn Bluetooth Off’ to get 0.5 Hours extra.
    - e.g. ‘Turning WiFi On’ will cost 2.5 Hours.
    These can be in “Hint”, “Enforce” Mode.
    These can work as power-savers in Enforce mode.

    2] A graph to shows the battery usage.
    - Application wise
    - Hours Of day wise
    - Cell Tower wise

    3] REALTIME Alerts
    - % Level
    If battery drops below 80% play Alert
    - % Level / Hour
    If battery is draining at rate of 10% hour play alert.
    This feature would be super useful !

    4] Charging Alert
    A few users are very lazy to charge the phones and then end up having a dead batter.
    A nagging charging reminder to keep them on toes!

    Cheers,
    Hemal

  • Erric Laya

    I don’t know if this will be part of the S60v5 release but it would be great if it can be set as a widget on the homescreen of the N97. That would just be great…

  • Erric Laya

    I don’t know if this will be part of the S60v5 release but it would be great if it can be set as a widget on the homescreen of the N97. That would just be great…

  • http://ymb.jaiku.com Mike Bradshaw

    Graphs of the data that could be collected, using something similar to RRD (so you get “roll-up” graphs for days, weks, months etc).

    Also make an option to automatically save/export the data to something like CSV files for each charge or discharge cycle. This way, people who want more graphs can make them themselves, or if they want more accurate longer term graphs they could do that as well.

    Either as a pro version or a charagable option offer the gathering of *huge* amounts of data.
    Things like;
    – power usage over time of various hardware parts like; screen, Bluetooth, GPS, 3G, 2G, WiFi, Flash
    – power usage over time of applications

  • http://ymb.jaiku.com mike

    Graphs of the data that could be collected, using something similar to RRD (so you get “roll-up” graphs for days, weks, months etc).

    Also make an option to automatically save/export the data to something like CSV files for each charge or discharge cycle. This way, people who want more graphs can make them themselves, or if they want more accurate longer term graphs they could do that as well.

    Either as a pro version or a charagable option offer the gathering of *huge* amounts of data.
    Things like;
    – power usage over time of various hardware parts like; screen, Bluetooth, GPS, 3G, 2G, WiFi, Flash
    – power usage over time of applications

  • http://www.S60inside.at.tf/ S60inside

    Improvement – show details infos like: 53 min calls, 20 min data connection, etc. Thanks.

  • http://www.S60inside.at.tf S60inside

    Improvement – show details infos like: 53 min calls, 20 min data connection, etc. Thanks.

  • http://www.S60inside.at.tf/ S60inside

    Option to turn the app off and on direct in the app. At the moment I have to uninstall the app to turn it off!

  • http://www.S60inside.at.tf S60inside

    Option to turn the app off and on direct in the app. At the moment I have to uninstall the app to turn it off!

  • http://www.S60inside.at.tf/ S60inside

    Use smaller fonts at main screen, because info of discharge date/time is not fully displayed.

  • http://www.S60inside.at.tf S60inside

    Use smaller fonts at main screen, because info of discharge date/time is not fully displayed.

  • Vladimir

    It definitely needs support for 5th edition phones.

  • Vladimir

    It definitely needs support for 5th edition phones.

  • http://www.twitter.com/martin_j001 martin_j001

    Eagerly awaiting a version for S60 5th. Have to agree on a few points already made–being able to switch battery status to show %age left instead of just a number of bars would be nice, as would power management of some sort (bt, wifi off at certain %, screen dimming at certain %, etc). Also dislike the position of the battery status indicator as it is shown in the screencap as well.

  • http://www.twitter.com/martin_j001 martin_j001

    Eagerly awaiting a version for S60 5th. Have to agree on a few points already made–being able to switch battery status to show %age left instead of just a number of bars would be nice, as would power management of some sort (bt, wifi off at certain %, screen dimming at certain %, etc). Also dislike the position of the battery status indicator as it is shown in the screencap as well.

  • Darren McConachie

    I think the ability to second-guess when I tend to charge the phone (or even input the times manually) and for the phone/app to warn me (visually or sonically or even via email/sms) if it doesn’t predict I will reach the next charging time going by current usage would be very useful!

  • Darren McConachie

    I think the ability to second-guess when I tend to charge the phone (or even input the times manually) and for the phone/app to warn me (visually or sonically or even via email/sms) if it doesn’t predict I will reach the next charging time going by current usage would be very useful!

  • McWayne

    this looks to be an awesome application. But 10 dollars is a pretty hefty price to pay. For $10, i also want it to show the exact time when i should recharge my phone, not to mention that the meter should work even during recharging the phone. Secondly i will also want this application to be timer based. As u know that afterall its an application and is bound to consume battery itself. So,if i set the timer that i don’t want to see the status of my battery for a certain no. of hours at night, it should turn off and on by itself similar to profile scheduler. I also want the application to show the average battery usage for different purpose. For example, what amount of battery was consumed by calls, what amount by 3G, what amount by games. This can be the first step while an addition to it at a later stage could be still differentiating all the applications using GPRS/3G and present me with a fair idea as to what will be better to use for my battery: nokia messaging client or the stand alone java client for gmail. The list is endless.:-)

  • McWayne

    this looks to be an awesome application. But 10 dollars is a pretty hefty price to pay. For $10, i also want it to show the exact time when i should recharge my phone, not to mention that the meter should work even during recharging the phone. Secondly i will also want this application to be timer based. As u know that afterall its an application and is bound to consume battery itself. So,if i set the timer that i don’t want to see the status of my battery for a certain no. of hours at night, it should turn off and on by itself similar to profile scheduler. I also want the application to show the average battery usage for different purpose. For example, what amount of battery was consumed by calls, what amount by 3G, what amount by games. This can be the first step while an addition to it at a later stage could be still differentiating all the applications using GPRS/3G and present me with a fair idea as to what will be better to use for my battery: nokia messaging client or the stand alone java client for gmail. The list is endless.:-)

  • aamir

    nice app. But like in mConnection we should be able to adjust the font and position of the standby screen notification. Also i hope it will be actively developed like Gravity and lcg applications.

  • aamir

    nice app. But like in mConnection we should be able to adjust the font and position of the standby screen notification. Also i hope it will be actively developed like Gravity and lcg applications.

  • fazil

    It is a good thing if it shows battery status, Just like nokia E71 stand by mode clock, while pressing center button. Anyway it seems to be a very good app

  • fazil

    It is a good thing if it shows battery status, Just like nokia E71 stand by mode clock, while pressing center button. Anyway it seems to be a very good app

  • howzan

    -implement a feature whereby we can set alarm when the battery reaches certain level, say 30%.

    - probably have a statistics tool to see which application drains the most battery for that particular day, week etc.

  • howzan

    -implement a feature whereby we can set alarm when the battery reaches certain level, say 30%.

    - probably have a statistics tool to see which application drains the most battery for that particular day, week etc.

  • juanmateo

    Be aware that the current version will not show the plugin on your home screen if your phone is an E71.

  • juanmateo

    Be aware that the current version will not show the plugin on your home screen if your phone is an E71.

  • Aneesha

    This seems good,but wont it conflict with Battery Extender. I wish there was a way for you to compare battery life with other users having the same phone.

  • Aneesha

    This seems good,but wont it conflict with Battery Extender. I wish there was a way for you to compare battery life with other users having the same phone.

  • Sean

    Nice useful app. Like others, I wish it had the alarm option for a %age of life. Been using it on my E75 for 2 days now, and unfortunately, it really highlights the poor performance of the battery on this phone. Predicts about 13 hours so far and really, only get about 13 hours. It’s accurate and bears bad news! But, I do like the app.

  • Sean

    Nice useful app. Like others, I wish it had the alarm option for a %age of life. Been using it on my E75 for 2 days now, and unfortunately, it really highlights the poor performance of the battery on this phone. Predicts about 13 hours so far and really, only get about 13 hours. It’s accurate and bears bad news! But, I do like the app.

  • Jago

    More analysis is always good –
    I think an easy but useful feature to include would be an extra screen or two of graphs or diagrams that show what apps are using what percentage of total power currently consumed. Users can then make more intelligent decisions about what to run or shut down to conserve battery power. Other graphs maybe show power consumption over time – to see when you use most power (possibly with a log of what apps were open to show to what you were using the phone for at the time)
    Cheers
    Jago

  • Jago

    More analysis is always good –
    I think an easy but useful feature to include would be an extra screen or two of graphs or diagrams that show what apps are using what percentage of total power currently consumed. Users can then make more intelligent decisions about what to run or shut down to conserve battery power. Other graphs maybe show power consumption over time – to see when you use most power (possibly with a log of what apps were open to show to what you were using the phone for at the time)
    Cheers
    Jago

  • Jago

    Added to the above! – If you could close the apps directly from the iOn Battery Timer app that would be even better – I realise this get into task manager areas (where memory usage etc could be included as well) but there is significant overlap in functional areas so would be good!

  • Jago

    Added to the above! – If you could close the apps directly from the iOn Battery Timer app that would be even better – I realise this get into task manager areas (where memory usage etc could be included as well) but there is significant overlap in functional areas so would be good!

  • aurel

    A good option will be a graphic wallpaper displaiyng for 6 or 7 seconds to show large how much calls you can do before drain.

  • aurel

    A good option will be a graphic wallpaper displaiyng for 6 or 7 seconds to show large how much calls you can do before drain.

  • Ed

    The Ion BatteryTimer can be use/replace the scrensaver for N95, n95 8gb, like pic battery charging showed above.

    I have a s60 3rd and a s60 5th.

    Nice app.

  • Ed

    The Ion BatteryTimer can be use/replace the scrensaver for N95, n95 8gb, like pic battery charging showed above.

    I have a s60 3rd and a s60 5th.

    Nice app.

  • 4roma

    Looks good, very promising.

    Please add call- and message notification to the standby plugin.

  • 4roma

    Looks good, very promising.

    Please add call- and message notification to the standby plugin.

  • cleochris08

    I would like to request for a feature wherein whenever a user opens a power hungry application (e.g. Wi-Fi, Bluetooth) that drains too much battery power, iON Battery Timer would show the user the estimated percentage of battery life that will be drained if ever he will proceed on using the application. It would be very informative and will make the user aware if his phone’s battery will drain fast.

  • cleochris08

    I would like to request for a feature wherein whenever a user opens a power hungry application (e.g. Wi-Fi, Bluetooth) that drains too much battery power, iON Battery Timer would show the user the estimated percentage of battery life that will be drained if ever he will proceed on using the application. It would be very informative and will make the user aware if his phone’s battery will drain fast.

  • cleochris08

    I would also like to request for a feature wherein iON Battery Timer will provide users with options if they want to activate the power saving mode of their phone or not whenever it reaches its ‘low battery’ state. Its because most Nokia devices, especially S60 3rd Edition phones (like my N79 and N85) doesn’t have this feature. Whenever the phone starts indicating ‘low battery’, it automatically activates the power saving mode.

  • cleochris08

    I would also like to request for a feature wherein iON Battery Timer will provide users with options if they want to activate the power saving mode of their phone or not whenever it reaches its ‘low battery’ state. Its because most Nokia devices, especially S60 3rd Edition phones (like my N79 and N85) doesn’t have this feature. Whenever the phone starts indicating ‘low battery’, it automatically activates the power saving mode.

  • http://capree.com/ Capree Mobile Team

    Thanx telling us ideas you have for iON BatteryTimer to implement in the future. Let us make feasibility matrix… and then plan iON features roadmap… definitely S60 5th support will be the first :)

  • http://capree.com Capree Mobile Team

    Thanx telling us ideas you have for iON BatteryTimer to implement in the future. Let us make feasibility matrix… and then plan iON features roadmap… definitely S60 5th support will be the first :)

  • taffi

    i think if this works out it’ll be a life saver specially for pple like hu usually tend to forget that we NEED to recharge every now and then :p…neways..looking forward to the S60 5th generation ones to come out.

    cheers!

  • taffi

    i think if this works out it’ll be a life saver specially for pple like hu usually tend to forget that we NEED to recharge every now and then :p…neways..looking forward to the S60 5th generation ones to come out.

    cheers!

  • http://www.S60inside.at.tf/ S60inside

    Option to see time since and of last recharge. Better will be a log view.

  • http://www.S60inside.at.tf S60inside

    Option to see time since and of last recharge. Better will be a log view.

  • Chris Schofield

    Make use of nokias built in divices like, voice alert warnings, or sensor shake to hear power level,or phone left on program that uses to much power alert close program.
    Hope this helps.
    Regards Chris

  • Chris Schofield

    Make use of nokias built in divices like, voice alert warnings, or sensor shake to hear power level,or phone left on program that uses to much power alert close program.
    Hope this helps.
    Regards Chris

  • Kevin

    This is a great application, though, the Power Saver doesn’t seem to be working properly on my N85. It appears for a brief second then disappears into darkness, then seems to pop up again randomly for like another brief second and there it goes again. It just keeps doing this rather than staying on the screen. Has anyone else tried this on their N85? Or at least know how to fix this?

    Regards,
    Kevin

  • Kevin

    This is a great application, though, the Power Saver doesn’t seem to be working properly on my N85. It appears for a brief second then disappears into darkness, then seems to pop up again randomly for like another brief second and there it goes again. It just keeps doing this rather than staying on the screen. Has anyone else tried this on their N85? Or at least know how to fix this?

    Regards,
    Kevin

  • Roberto

    Great application!!

  • Roberto

    Great application!!

  • David

    screensaver on n85 only lasts a second before screen goes black

  • David

    screensaver on n85 only lasts a second before screen goes black

  • utluna

    Ran the full 9 days on N95-1, still calculating.

    Very dissapointing as would definately pay for this app if it worked

  • utluna

    Ran the full 9 days on N95-1, still calculating.

    Very dissapointing as would definately pay for this app if it worked

  • David

    three days, still calculating…re what utluna said, if it works, i’d pay for it, but nothing yet :(

  • David

    three days, still calculating…re what utluna said, if it works, i’d pay for it, but nothing yet :(

  • mobydick

    New version 1.02 is now available. Standby plug-in now works stable on Nokia e71 and e63.

  • mobydick

    New version 1.02 is now available. Standby plug-in now works stable on Nokia e71 and e63.

  • mobydick

    utluna… my N95-1 showed remaining time after 2 hours… do not reset or charge battery… let it drop two bars :)

  • mobydick

    utluna… my N95-1 showed remaining time after 2 hours… do not reset or charge battery… let it drop two bars :)

  • utluna

    mobydick: Thanks. I have downloaded the new version and will post what happens

  • utluna

    mobydick: Thanks. I have downloaded the new version and will post what happens

  • David

    download newest version, gives 9 day trail regardless of how long u used initial trail, and it begins showing remaining time after dropping two bars. they promise to have screensaver fixed for n85 with next version. like it alot

  • David

    download newest version, gives 9 day trail regardless of how long u used initial trail, and it begins showing remaining time after dropping two bars. they promise to have screensaver fixed for n85 with next version. like it alot

  • utluna

    Indeed new version worked a charm. Started working within a few hours

  • utluna

    Indeed new version worked a charm. Started working within a few hours

  • http://www.symbian-guru.com/welcome/2009/09/boingo-proporta-and-ion-nokia-world-2009-lifesavers.html Boingo, Proporta, And iON: Nokia World 2009 Lifesavers | Symbian-Guru.com

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  • sudhir286

    can send me the key for this software iON BatteryTimer for n73

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