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  1. 10th June 2009, 05:07 PM #1
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    Default Battery Percentage Indicator iPhone 3G S Only

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  2. 10th June 2009, 05:10 PM #2
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    Sure, let's go with that. Sounds way better than "because it's just one more tiny little thing we're going to withhold to punish you for not upgrading".
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    Quote Originally Posted by tcn33 View Post
    Sure, let's go with that. Sounds way better than "because it's just one more tiny little thing we're going to withhold to punish you for not upgrading".
    ... and addressed with "just one more reason to keep jailbreaking".
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    Well - that explains why it isn't in the 3.0 GM for the iPhone 3G.

    That's also a fucking joke - there's no reasoning behind it, apart from "sorry, need to buy the shiny new one".
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    can you install the 3GS Gold Master on a 3G to get this feature?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Aaron View Post
    That's also a fucking joke - there's no reasoning behind it, apart from "sorry, need to buy the shiny new one".
    Apple (and countless other companies) have done this for years, nothing new here.

    See also: 80Gb classic lacking Genius feature. For absolutely no reason.
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  7. 10th June 2009, 06:01 PM #7
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    Grrrr... I can understand if there's hardware related reasons as to why it can't be done on the 3G but if it's just software then boo to them!
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    Yeah and I think Voice Command and Video could easily work with current hardware.

    I can't afford to upgrade until my bloody Telstra contract is up. QQ

    And I have the 160GB iPod with no genius feature. Balls considering the highest capacity is now 120GB.
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    Who cares about a percentage? The graphical indicator is plenty accurate for me. First of all you don't know the exact amount of charge in your fully charged battery, hence you get a precise percentage of something you don't know. Secondly, the percentage of charge left correlates very loosely with the remaining time left to use the phone, since that hugely depends on what you're doing with it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by watters View Post
    Would you be happy if a laptop you bought didn't show what percent of battery life was left and just showed a small indicator?
    I can see the point behind your post, however I raise your post the following comment:

    Most people have had a year or so (in my case 2 years) without a % indicator. I don't mind.

    I'm going to buy a new one - but not because of this.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lutze View Post

    I'm going to buy a new one - but not because of this.
    Because I've been told I'm a vindictive asshole, I'm going to buy an iPhone 3G S only because of this.
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    I've got the battery percentage on mine running 3GM
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    Quote Originally Posted by watters View Post
    Would you be happy if a laptop you bought didn't show what percent of battery life was left and just showed a small indicator?
    As opposed to what? A remaining time prediction that fluctuates wildly between 2 hours and 20 minutes, depending on what I'm doing?

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    That's the biggest load of bullshite I've ever heard. Apple sometimes I really hate you.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bacco007 View Post
    I've got the battery percentage on mine running 3GM
    HOW??
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    I had it via jailbreak and just upgraded to 3 (not a DFU restore) - maybe that has something to do with it
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    Quote Originally Posted by bacco007 View Post
    I had it via jailbreak and just upgraded to 3 (not a DFU restore) - maybe that has something to do with it
    ...and that's exactly whay I'm going to do.

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    This is unbelievable.
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    Meh that's Apple.

    Could be said that they didn't have to offer 3.0 to 3G owners but they did.
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