Charging Indicator

edap

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You could try the app noled in the play store. I have used it for other notifications but it says it has a charging notification too.

NoLED is an application designed to show notifications on a smartphone's screen. It was developed initially for Samsung phones that lack a physical dedicated LED and indeed supports charging indicator notification. However, users' comments indicate that it tends to be a battery hog, which would make it a nonstarter for me.
 

tpaine

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I like the idea used in the latest moto-x phone. Only a small part of the screen comes on for notifications. This could be used when charging to give a constant, but lower power usage charge indication.
 

Spider

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I'm trying NoLED out and it looks pretty good. It seems all the battery hog stuff can be turned off, if all you want is a charging indicator.

Under "Miscellaneous", I unchecked "Auto-start", and put the widget on my home screen. Now I can tap the wiget before charging to turn it on, and tap after charging to turn it off.

Under "Notifications' Settings" I unchecked all except "Charging Indicator". If it's checking everything in sight, I can understand the battery hog complaint.

Under "Charging Indicator", you have two choices. I chose #1 because I always wait till it's fully charged.
1.) "Only on 100%" gives you a blank screen until fully charged and then a box that has "100%" in it.
2.) "Dismiss on 100%" is a box that updates your % of charge until fully charged and then a blank screen.

NOTE: You cannot use your tablet while charging if the app is running. It keeps your screen blanked out.
 

edap

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NOTE: You cannot use your tablet while charging if the app is running. It keeps your screen blanked out.

I, also wait to get a full charge before unplugging. However, sometimes I need to use my tablet while it's charging, so this app wouldn't work for me. Unless, of course, I had a second, backup tab.
 

Douvie

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Same on the A500. Acer seems to have adopted the same regimine for all the A series tablets.

on the NOTE 10.1, when tablet is OFF the screen comes up with a big battery icon which is animated.
 
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Spider

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I usually charge my N7 with the tablet turned off, so I just discovered this today. If you tap the power button while it's charging, and bring up the "Lock" screen a message scrolls across the screen saying it's charging and gives you the percent of charge in the tablet. Once the tablet is fully charged, the message says "Charged".
 
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