I'm looking for a specific Battery app (Android)

[XacTactX]

So this is what I want to do, I have some USB ports, and I want to see how much current each different device can give to charge my phone (Droid Incredible). Is there any Android app that tells you how fast the battery is charging when it is plugged in, or something along these lines (so I can see how much output different sources are giving)?

I want to do this because I want to find out how much current the USB ports on a PlayStation2 can give.

Thanks!

 

[NoxTek]

The PS2 USB ports are barely capable of delivering 500ma through the USB ports.

Anyway, If I remember correctly there is an app called CurrentWidget that does what you want.

 

[T4rd]

The phone only charges at 2 speeds: USB (~550mA) and AC (~1A) speeds. You can see which you're charging at by checking the native battery stats in the menu settings (not sure where it's at on your phone, but it should be buried somewhere in the settings, on ICS it's on the main menu). When you look at the little line graph for battery usage, it will tell you at the top what the charging status is; either "Charging (USB)" or "Charging (AC). That said, I will guarantee you that any PC or console will probably only charge your phone at USB speeds.

Not sure if the Inc supports it, but I have a custom kernel/ROM on my Gnex that forces whatever type of connection it has to charge at AC speeds, even if it's plugged into a PC, USB hub, laptop or anything else. Which is pretty nifty at work where I only have my monitors USB ports to charge my phone and normally it would only charge at USB speeds without that kernel mod. it basically just disables the two data pins on the micro USB port so whatever you plug your phone into, it doesn't think it's a host device, it it just allows it to pull Max power from the port. So you have to disable that feature if you want to transfer data (which is as easy as flipping a toggle in my status bar ).

That was fun typing out on my phone, hah.

 

[Neb]

So this is what I want to do, I have some USB ports, and I want to see how much current each different device can give to charge my phone (Droid Incredible). Is there any Android app that tells you how fast the battery is charging when it is plugged in, or something along these lines (so I can see how much output different sources are giving)?

I want to do this because I want to find out how much current the USB ports on a PlayStation2 can give.

Thanks!

Battery monitor widget will do that:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ccc71.bmw&hl=en

 

[XacTactX]

Battery monitor widget will do that:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ccc71.bmw&hl=en

Thanks, I downloaded this app, and I'm looking at it, and while my phone is plugged into a wall charger (5 V, 1 A) the app says: Charging, plugged in, +225 mA. The amount in +mA is changing once every few minutes, but it's always in a low range, between the high 100s and the low 200s. Shouldn't it be +1,000 mA since I'm using a wall charger?

Basically if any of you guys have already used an app like this to find out how much current the phone is receiving from a charger, could you please gimme an explanation of how to do it?

 

[NoxTek]

Thanks, I downloaded this app, and I'm looking at it, and while my phone is plugged into a wall charger (5 V, 1 A) the app says: Charging, plugged in, +225 mA. The amount in +mA is changing once every few minutes, but it's always in a low range, between the high 100s and the low 200s. Shouldn't it be +1,000 mA since I'm using a wall charger?

The phone doesn't always draw a full amp, in fact it hardly ever will. And the closer the battery is to being fully charged the less amperage will be drawn to charge the battery. Especially in the last ten percent or so... at 90% on most phones the charging circuitry switches to a trickle charge mode to keep from overheating and shortening the life of the battery. Lithium Ion cells are very tricksy... (...hobbitses...)...

When plugged into a charger and the phone is powered on, a good portion of the power is used to actually power the handset itself, not all of it goes into charging the battery.