Wacky Battery Readings

[tam5070]

So I put the phone through about maybe 6 hours of heavy browsing and texting and it eventually whittled itself down step by step 60% - 50% 40% 30 20 10 and shut off. I plug it in for about 5 minutes after it had died and power it back up. THe battery is reading at 60% even though I just plugged it in.

Is the battery reading faulty now or was it faulty when it died? I'm thinking maybe this is just a case of the phone being confused as to how much charge it actually has?

And can someone tell me why the phone is incapable of percentage readings like 84% or 67%? why the even numbers Moto?

[carpenter_22]

you will get a OTA update for your battery issue

[tam5070]

I'm assuming the update will fix the readings and not lengthen my battery life? If only it were the other way... Ha

[carpenter_22]

not sure i know after a few updates on the droid my battery life seemed to do much better so there may be some software issues that is causing the x to drain faster than it should. we will just have to wait and see.

[tam5070]

Thanks, much appreciated.

[Takenumbrage]

Has anyone actually gotten the OTA update yet? Does it tell you when it's loaded something new?

[big007hed]

This is going to sound stupid but how do you view the battery percentage? I can't find that anywhere.....

[grundei]

This is the exact question that caused me to join this forum - How can I find out the percentage of battery life remaining on Dorid X??

[tam5070]

There are several apps you can use, I prefer the "Battery Life" app. Has a nice widget that displays battery, temperature and mV in a 1 x 2 spot on your screen.

[grundei]

There are two with names like that - one from Curvefish and one from James N - Which one is it?? Thanks