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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] iKelvin:
320x320 display problem

Hi. Does not display well on 320x320 device. Only able to see 3/4 of percentage numbers as bottom of numbers are cut off - font size looks too big. Is it possible to add option for font size and/or ability to reposition up/down?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] MRTRIPOD:
bump PLEASE
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] u.b.o.o.t:
Your tool is nice, but using SKTools to monitor CPU usage, Batti 2.4 proved to be less cpu consuming (shows 0.00% all the time whereas Ariel Battery Monitor 2009 v2.1 has spikes up to 2.00%):

http://code.google.com/p/batti/

I'm running a FSC Loox 718, WM2003, 520MHz PXA272
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] MRTRIPOD:
can you please give this 320x320 menu support (add a scroll bar?).

Also, can you add a vertical height adjustment.

THANKS
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] assbest777:
Hello Frends !!! I am Rasha Piple ,Wo The sait??Whot The Continent, shtat?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] limestone:
Hi:

I have this problem where the background of the ariel battery is not refreshed when being launched in startup folder, thus causing the "windows mobile 6.1" lime green screen to get stuck behind ariel battery, making the background lime green as well. can you fix it?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dhatch93:
Background color?

Hello-

I really like this app! Thank you for making it. I was wondering what the "background" color does. No matter what color I put there I don't notice any change. It seems to take whatever the default start bar color is for the background. I was on a dark blue skin and just changed to green, but the square area for this app is still dark blue. And I also have the problem limestone just mentioned - if I enter my PIN & SIM code too quickly after a reboot, this app takes the bright green WM6.1 for the background even if I have a blue skin. So I'm not sure if the "background" color isn't working. I'm running v2.1 so I have the latest version installed. Thanks for checking into this. :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sunny127:
In "Fill" option choose "custom", to enable custom fill.:cool:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dhatch93:
thanks!

Ah - didn't know what that was for. Thanks!! :) :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sonojo007:
I installed batti 2.4 in my Omnia wm6.5 624mhz and sktools monitor shows up to 11.3 cpu consuming and ariel battery 1.7
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] MRTRIPOD:
How do I fix this cut off issue?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sunny127:
Ariel Battery does not currently support square screens ....
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] MRTRIPOD:
TY!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Rstyle98:
Important Request

I have an important request. This is a really great little application. I am using a Samsung Saga, and as many owners of newer Samsung devices have found, they use a different means for reporting battery life which renders ALL 3rd party tools (including yours) inaccurate.

I have found what I believe is the registry value their built in tools reports, but lack the programming skill to write an app that read it. Would it be possible to easily modify your app to read from the following key based on some option setting?

HKLM\System\State\Hardware\MITs\BatteryPercentage.

If this were do-able you would make A LOT of Samsung device owners happy!!!

Thanks!!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] joyride76:
Ariel crash or it's closed after "sleep or may be stanby"

I don't know how to approch the problem, If I leave the mobile sometimes when I press the hw button to resume Ariel is not present anymore...

I've checked with task manager and the process isn't running.

Any suggestion?

Stefano

after a while I've tried batti but I've the same problem :confused:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] MRTRIPOD:
bump 320 x 320 support!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sunny127:
It's not too difficult to alter Ariel Battery to read the battery percentage from the registry, but I find it hard to belive that the value found in the registry will be more accurate than the API functionused to read battery power.

What exactly do you mean by inacurate ?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] fedal:
agree with you!!!

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sunny127:
Could it be that the system restarts itself and by that closes all running programs?

Did you put Ariel battery in the startup folder?

What kind of a device you have?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] defry:
you're pitcure is so funy like your child
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] IceGothic:
ArielBattery 2.1 background issue

When the OS theme is changed, the back color of ArielBattery is'nt! Can it be fixed?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dhatch93:
This was already answered (because I had the same issue & didn't know how to change it). When you go into setup, the line under "Estimated battery lifetime" says "Fill" - choose the 'Custom' radio button. That will allow the 'Background' color to be applied. :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Rstyle98:
The value exposed by the API is literally incorrect. Not sure why, but Samsung did something to end run around the normal Windows method. There are a couple different forums that touch on this subject (http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=49435) but the bottom line is any battery meter app is way off from what Samsung's built in today app or power control panel page indicate.

But really, if you could do this it would ABSOLUTELY ROCK.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] orgshooter:
@sunny127:

can you show in a new version the current power consumption in your program when i doubleclick the button?

wbr

Orgshooter
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] myrax:
May I know when the new version will be released as well?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mk3:
very cool program, thanks! :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] geoponer:
It looks really neat and it already replaced the SEX1 Battery Enhancer I was using on my Polaris!

Thank you man!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ishanISCOOOL:
Great app!!

thanks:D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ishanISCOOOL:
In WM 6.5 it runs gr8 the only glitch is that when u change the screen it takes time to adjust the background, can you please fix it in the new version:p
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Rstyle98:
Any progress on the change to read from that registry key?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] rb1953:
Hi,

I installed Ariel on my HTC Diamond.

When I try to change colours, the screen is much to big for my display.

And I cant move it to the right or left, so I can confirm the colour I choose.

Please help??
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sunny127:
According to what I’ve read in the forums, the battery value exposed to the WM API is always 10% more than the actual battery.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but if this difference is consistent, I guess one could live with that problem.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sunny127:
Power consumtion ( mA ) is not supported by many devices, including my XDA II :eek:

Therefore try using other power consumption monitoring proggies.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sunny127:
Ariel battery is pretty much a hack to the operating system, alowing to draw where can't be drawn.

Sometimes, there is a delay in background color detection mechanism.

I couldn't find a resolution for this one yet.

If it bothers you, just set a user defined background color in Ariel Battery's settings.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sunny127:
You try to edit Ariel Battery colors in the registry.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Rstyle98:
I can tell you from experience that that isn't the case. it is not simply 10% off. I am at 86% according to the reading in HKLM\system\State\hardware\MITs\BatteryPercentage, but any third party battery app I am using (including Ariel) still reports 100%.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Sisqo:
can you replace the x from the right top (to close the app) with "ok"? and leave the quit option only from the menu...because i keep closing the app by mistake, and i don't think i'm the only one:)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jcmm:
Hi,

Very good application, possibly the most functional, and the least resource consumption of the CPU. How often recycled consumption values this application?.

Greetings,
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sunny127:
It finally happened.

My XDA II Himalaya got broken.

The USB connector has broke off, and I somehow destroyed the device's Radio and Bluetooth functionality while trying welding the connector back :(

I’m going out of town today to buy another used Himalaya.

Everybody tell me to get a new device like HTC Touch HD, but I am so used to my Himalaya ( from 2003 ) that I don’t want anything else :)

Wish me luck :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jcmm:
Hi,

I hope you have luck with the purchase of the new device, and we can continue to offer new versions increasingly optimized implementation of this excellent "Ariel Battery".

Greetings,
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sumitkr1037:
Battery bar is not there!

I am using HTC TD (Old version). In the home screen there used to be battery meter next to volume meter. However, for past a few days the battery meter has been replaced by time. When I touch the time then a pop up appears showing the battery level. I want to get my battery meter back to the same place. Even when I put the cell to charge the battery meter does not appear.

In this image as you can see the charging meter (Batter meter) is there, however the meter has been replaced by the time. Even I have disabled to display the clock to show on the title bar in all programs does not bring back the battery meter. Please help me on this. If it is something to do with settings, please advise. I would not prefer to install any software (like additional clock software etc.) however if there is a patch for the same please let me know.

Thanks in advance.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sunny127:
1) You can use Ariel Batter meter to replace the start icon

2) To play with time/battery display, try using SKTools. It can configure options for time display.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Dennis®:
congrats on your baby boy. and thanks for the apps.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] agentmikeyd:
to save power, etc, how do i turn off the old battery icon. and CONGRATS TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY! I have a HTC Touch (Vogue).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sunny127:
Every device type has it's own instructions to turn off the old battery icon.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] MSRRRRR:
thaaaaaaaaaaaanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] vaxick:
Well holy crap, somebody finally made a battery monitor I actually like. Great work and congrats on the baby!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] shadowreader:
I like ariel battery but I find the font doesn't stand out well and is hard to read on all built in themes. Just my opinion. I assume the graph will work but won't be as accurate as the number percentage. Nice work though, maybe a choice of text font size and color or ability to change both the text and background around it might help. Just my $.02
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] eyecrispy:
very nice. thanks for this!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kjason:
Fantastic application sunny127! Any chance of making an all white color version?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sunny127:
I am working on a new version already. In the new version, all colors will be customizible :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] benscso:
It is a great piece of software, thanks a lot
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] speechman:
Ditto for me too!! Baby crawling pretty quickly now??

By the way, any chance that we could get a similar little app to show the free running program memory in the taskbar? I have tried many battery meters and this is fantastic. I love the idea that I can put it anywhere on the taskbar..beautiful!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sunny127:
New Release

Due to all of your requests regarding WM6 and theme support, here is the newest (v2.0) Ariel Battery version known to mankind!

Enjoy !:)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] phamhien:
Thanks! The great one! And ur Son look is very lovely!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sh4d0w-pl4y:
Nice util... Super son :cool:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] slavik:
Thanx man, this is great battery monitor,

and what a sweet little guy.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] catch-22:
Cool! Confirmed working well in WM6.1 mwang (DFT) Universal VGA device. Suits well SnapVUE users who practically doesn't have the Today Screen occupied by SnapVUE.

Color selection screen on setup expands outside the screen preventing selection of other colors or adjusting the hue slider (if there's any, just guessing coz I don't see it). But, that's no big deal just would like you to know. Probably coz Universal is a VGA device.

Thanks a lot, Ariel would be proud to have a cool parent like you!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sunny127:
VGA screens

On VGA screens, the color choosing window is very large. The window however can be dragged (by the titlebar), and moved, so every part of it is accessible .
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bluemetalaxe:
Nice program because i dont need and use the startbar.

But 3 Problems on my htc touchcruise (wm6):

1. i cant move the battery icon

2. if i close your setup with ok, your software stops an the windows icon is still there.

3. the default windows battery icon is still there ?

is all this normal ?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dkarr:
Where to download it from?

Is it silly to ask where you download the actual application from? The attachment on this note is the only place I could find to download the application, and this only has version 1.6.2. I noticed the download link on pocketpcfreeware, but that just goes to a page on xda-developers that says this:

"In order to accept POST request originating from this domain, the admin must add this domain to the whitelist."
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sunny127:
The download is at the buttom of the first thread at the first page... In any case, here is the direct link to it:

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=70372&d=1202899803
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sumitkr1037:
Can any one let me know how to configure using SKTools?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sunny127:
In SKTools, goto "Tune Up" category -> "System" tab -> "Date and Time on Topbar"
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Techvir:
Has any one found a way to do this ?:)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] formoto:
moto q9c

I have been looking all over a just this kind of app. I copied the exe. file to my storage card. But I am unable to get the program to work. Would you please help me. I am using a Moto q9c. What do I need to make this work. Thank you so much.Very new to this sort of thing, but willing to learn.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sunny127:
Ariel battery works on touch screen devices only.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] MRTRIPOD:
are you working on any planned updates?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sunny127:
There are no enough non touchscreen users to make Ariel battery support such kind of phone.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Techvir:
Is there a way to click on the icon and take me to another link, like start menu or open another application , instead of going to the setting option ?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] MRTRIPOD:
I meant updates to better support 320 x 320 or an option to adjust the size of the battery or font size so it doesn't cut off of my Treo Pro.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Rstyle98:
Any chance Ariel will support Samsung devices using that registry value I mentioned earlier?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] umeetbabu:
thanks

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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] XxDrAg0nxX:
On my omnia 2 it seems a tiny little bit higher than it should :(

Is it possible to manually adjust the Y axis (up/down) position? :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Dribbly:
Thank you!

Hi Sunny,

I just joined xda-developers because Ariel looked exactly like what Ihave been wanting for my PDA, and I'm not disappointed! Thank you so much for developing it, and for sharing the cute pics of it's namesake!

Keep up the good work,

Dribbly
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] solox:
It's very nice, but it ends up covering some other icon.

WISH: Make it a "real" icon, that autochange place according to other icons, not a "skin". I believe this can be done, have seen other programs have custom icons.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Mozolemirach:
thanks for the app
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ingridseynhaeve:
Hi arashmordad,

Oh It's great. I have it. I watched it many times(about 8 times).

Currently, I am working from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. So, i haven't time to search for Iranian movies.

If you have any link to download it, please give the list.

Have you any other free site link from which I can get Iranian actress photos?

Hope, you will reply. :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ingridseynhaeve:
Hi sunny127,

Hey congratulation.

You have done extremely good work.

Your son is looking so sweet. I have seen your battery monitor's features and they are so useful to everyone.

I will definitely put it into my menu space. :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] yatinpurohit:
Super utility! Good use of screen real estate. Excatly what I was looking for as battery meter dissappeared after I enabled clock on taskbar and this app makes it possible to feature both.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] DancinDirk:
I like it but I can't see the whole setting screen. Any Help?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] arnelm2002:
yes, same here,any tweak to move it up a little??
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] UncleLore:
Works great on my device, thank you.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] nitin_ko:
its an exe file and when I perform a soft reset , the programme tends to get closed.

then again i need to search for the file and click it to make it work.

how to make the Battery monitor stay permanently on my cell. ????
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Techvir:
copy to windows/startup folder.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] nitin_ko:
yup, it worked

thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Techvir:
Is there any plans to bring compatibility to the new WM 6.5 ?

The new task bar is smaller and part of the icon is getting cut off in wm6.5
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sasiskas:
am I the only one with this problem?

every time I'm trying to launch it I get this Alert:

"Can't find 'Ariel Battery2.1' (or one of its components).Make sure the path and filename are correct and that all the required libraries are available. "

Im using WM 6.1 on htc s740 (rose) non-touch screen

any help anyone?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Biker1:
I just saw this thread.

Nice dedication to your cute little guy :)

You gotta get him a little

t shirt to advertise lol!

For the past year, I have been using the discontinued app, "batt2.4." Works really nicely.

I was thinking to also download your app. Any conflicts with batti 2.4 or would it have to replace batti?

Any advantages of one over the other?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jcmm:
Hi,

Batti consumes more resources and battery Ariel Battery.

I'm also testing "iss Battery Monitor" (http://www.implicitsoftware.com/mobile_battery.html), very interesting.

Greetings,
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Biker1:
Thanks for your reply.

Much appreciated.

I notice Ariel would give me a digital readout of the battery power management while batti gives me a linear readout.

S2U2 also gives me a digital readout when my device is locked.

I also downloaded the 1% battery power increment cab by nuerom a few months ago.

Batti 2.4 looks nice though along the top :)

Btw, there is a charge of $5.95 for the application (iss battery manager) that you posted in your link.

Ariel is freeware, and seems to offer at least as many options as the payware.

batti 2.4 is also freeware.

I figured I would point that out, as that may be a consideration for some :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] erickjr_88:
Sweet!

Hey thanks for this app! It works extremely well! I like it! :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kasim1:
Yeah,

any considerations for 6.5?

Can't wait
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Cricri:
I won't admit that Ariel Battery is not a nice app, but I think that credits are not going where they are due.

1 - Ariel Battery is very heavily based on KBattery. The vast majority of the code was written by Kuchin, and if he got the credits he deserves, the original project might still be alive.

2 - As pointed by Allelimo in post 317 (conveniently ignored), since this is based on an open source project, the source code should be made available as per the licence.

3 - I cannot see how Ariel Battery is lighter on resources than KBattery, or is it simply because some of the options of KBattery are gone? For instance, KBattery can display both time and battery, thus overlay time+battery on the standard time, and retain more screen estate (which is why I keep on using KBattery myself).

To conclude, some good work from sunny127, but let us remind that the bulk of the work (and thus credits) should go to Kuchin for making KBattery available as open source in the first place, and that as a result the source code for Ariel Battery should be made available (not that I want the source code myself, but because that's what drives the philosophy behind open source, and why Kuchin was kind enough to publish is project on SourceForge in the first place).

I'm sure that my post is going to be largely ignored, censored or even deleted, but deontologically, I had to point this out.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Cricri:
I was really curious about the resources claims, so tried KBattery v1.0.3 and Ariel Battery v2.1 in turn, both running from my memory card, with nothing else running except for FdcSoft Task Manager v3.1 to check resources consumption:

Ariel Battery v2.1, all default options:

CPU used=0.3% to 1.3%, memory used=11KB

KBattery v1.0.3, default options, except displaying both battery AND time instead of just battery:

CPU used=0.1% to 0.3%, memory used=1KB

These results don't concur with sunny127 claims. These results are on a Toshiba e800 running WM2003SE, so your experience may vary. Another reason for me to stick to the original KBattery, albeit that's only me and everyone is free to use whatever they see fit.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Techvir:
Thanks for throwing light
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Biker1:
KBattery is using less CPU and less memory, even though it is displaying battery AND time, compared to Ariel. Impressive.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] MRTRIPOD:
whwere can I get kbattery?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Techvir:
None of these fit well with the wm6.5.1 task bar. They get cutoff partially
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] vasy48:
How do I install this?

I am sorry - I am new to this. how do I install this? I extractedthe .exe file and what do I do next? Thank you.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Techvir:
put the exe file in ur phone and run it.

If u want autostart after soft reset. Make a copy and put it in windows/startup folder

have fun
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] -B1g-:
Thank you so much :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bmw2320:
Get it here. I've tried Ariel battery & kbattery on my Kaiser with WM6.5 and so far I vote for kbattery.

Btw, does anyone know what is the use of registry file on the kbattery zip file? Thx b4
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bigbelly:
The registry file is the location of the configuration settings.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Tanker Bob:
I tried them both. Ended up sticking with kbattery. I used its setup screen to size the icon to fit perfectly over the time display on my Tilt 2 w/WM 6.5. kbattery is an excellent companion to the 1%-increment battery display modification at: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=527006.