[App] Battery Core Live Wallpaper

[App] Battery Core Live Wallpaper - Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III

Released a few days ago but there were some bugs for the Spring GS3 versions so I didn't post it here. I think I have the bugs have been worked out and should worked pretty good on the GS3 for sprint. This wallpaper tells you battery information. At full charge the core will spin the fastest, as your battery depletes, the core will spin slower. There are some particle effects but can be turned off. Its just a simple live wallpaper, nothing too flashy. Download and check it out.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.qk.batterycorelwfree
Screen shots are from nexus 4, but should look pretty similar. I didn't get a chance to do a screen shot on the GS3 due to it not being mine and only had a certain amount of time with it.
8-16-2013: Updated. Now users can get all the features of the paid version by completing some simple free offers.

That is rad. Going to try it out now.
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installed and using now! i usually dont go for live wallpapers as they drain your battery, but this is (as the previous post very adeptly stated) pretty damn rad!

Published another update. This time I think the 2 new cores, Core Type3 and Core Type 4 are pretty cool. Also added in some more particle shapes.

I like it, I'll roll the free verison to get a idea about battery life, if all is good I'll be purchasing the paid app.
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I added another update. Somehow, in my last update I got Core 2 mixed up with the Arc Reactor. Dont know it anyone noticed. There's been a lot of complaints about home screen lagging. So with this update, I hope to fix some of it.

This looks sweet. Downloading it now
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I love it!
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Speedin07si said:
I like it, I'll roll the free verison to get a idea about battery life, if all is good I'll be purchasing the paid app.
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What ROM are you running for those Icons I love them. if you could link me to them please?

App updated.

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On 4th OneX should I give up and get an S3

I really like 95% of this phone but I can't get one with no major issues. These are the things that are making me considering switching to an S3
- battery life still isn't great on the latest update. S3 should be much better
- inconsistent wifi - I don't have the hardware problem on this one (previous ones have) but staying in the same spot, I still a signal which fluctuates alot, where other devices recieve a consistent strong signal
- Chrome browser - really like this most of the time but I frequently just get a blank white screen and no amount of reloading works - it affects any website and all open tabs.
- overheating..especially when on charge (playing games) it flashes red/green or even just browsing (on low brightness) it gets very warm to touch (high 40's degrees C shown on Batter Monitor Widget)
I'm on stock BTW and am not a root-er so I'm not considering other ROMs. Had an S2 previously, liked it but not too keen the gingerbread look which the S3 seems to have stuck with on their ICS touchwizz) Any advice appreciated.

The S3s wifi is awful I have both. The S3 also gets very warm when playing games and charging. The issue with chrome is the app not the phone. Mine does it on the s3. The battery life would be better of you had more than one battery. As far as a single charge goes they are about the same.
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Chrome is like this because it's beta man. It's not because of the phone. I have this problem too.
Use Opera, it's perfect and damn fast.
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ste1164 said:
The S3s wifi is awful I have both. The S3 also gets very warm when playing games and charging. The issue with chrome is the app not the phone. Mine does it on the s3. The battery life would be better of you had more than one battery. As far as a single charge goes they are about the same.
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Fair enough on the Chrome thing. I thought the s3 battery is meant to be a fair bit longer lasting (it's more powerful for starters). Guess these phones will run hot, just didn't expect it to stop charging as it's overheating when just browsing etc.
Which of the two handsets do you prefer?

ste1164 said:
The S3s wifi is awful I have both. The S3 also gets very warm when playing games and charging. The issue with chrome is the app not the phone. Mine does it on the s3. The battery life would be better of you had more than one battery. As far as a single charge goes they are about the same.
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Flash siyah kernel, it.has.excellent battery life.and.extended wifi.range and you can undervolt or.overclock with.the.built.in.app. on average i.get just over 4 hours screen on time, some report even.five hours, i guess it depends how much you.under volt. Longest battery lasted with moderate use was 36 hours
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I prefer the one x myself & I know you can mod it but I was basing this as if it was stock no mods. & the s3 lasts a bit longer but not a major difference. I was plugging them in the same time.
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Have both s3 and hox. I use the hox over s3. The pros far outweigh the cons. Especially if you dont intend to root and use custom roms. Stock cheezwiz on sgs3 is just pathetic. Sense is miles ahead and with the latest update it rocks. Stay with the hox.
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I have the htx one x my colleague has the s3 we don't notice any significant difference in the battery life. The HTC does not last playing sonic for the tigra. Also if wifi is intermittent the battery drains fast.
I get a day easily under normal use though.
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Stop worrying about these chidlren toys .. Buy a note 2 when it comes out...

I think the One X is better with the new base(2.17), and with Jelly Bean it's gonna be awesome, so don't get an S3!

I'm on my 3rd hox now, WiFi is really bad have to be in the same room as router, not acceptable if you ask me.
Yes this is a great phone but I can't keep hanging around for getting a phone works as it should.
Shame on HTC
I've just ordered gs3 from Asda online for 450 coming Tuesday.
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HOX beats s3 already with new update and with andro 4.1 it gonna be awesome.

Amazing and awesome ness won't fix my last three phones that had **** WiFi, neither will jelly bean or 4.1
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Amazing and awesome ness won't fix my last three phones that had **** WiFi, neither will jelly bean or 4.1
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Why are you still here? Move on.
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apallohadas said:
Why are you still here? Move on.
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Because he has an HOX so of course he's entitled to be here. And enough with defending HTC and bashing the disgruntled customers. They're entitled to voice their dissatisfaction. Just because you dont have to change many times to get a defect free handset doesnt mean you can rely on that to claim that HTC has done a good job w the manufacturing process. You're HTC's customers, not their employees. NO need to get worked up when somebody complains about a real issue.

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Amazing and awesome ness won't fix my last three phones that had **** WiFi, neither will jelly bean or 4.1
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Withe the last 2.17 released no WiFi issue at all if you already on this release and still have this problem you should check your router.
In other hand don't believe that the S3 is better than the one X , the first thing you gonna miss is the one X brilliant display.
Wish you the best
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Because he has an HOX so of course he's entitled to be here. And enough with defending HTC and bashing the disgruntled customers. They're entitled to voice their dissatisfaction. Just because you dont have to change many times to get a defect free handset doesnt mean you can rely on that to claim that HTC has done a good job w the manufacturing process. You're HTC's customers, not their employees. NO need to get worked up when somebody complains about a real issue.
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You're the only person that sounds worked up. If you or he hate the product, move on. Why is that so hard?
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Good to hear that people have also problems with the Chrome Page loading and I am not the only one. Hope they will fix it soon since it actually lost the Beta status few weeks ago.
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Kickasskev said:
I'm on my 3rd hox now, WiFi is really bad have to be in the same room as router, not acceptable if you ask me.
Yes this is a great phone but I can't keep hanging around for getting a phone works as it should.
Shame on HTC
I've just ordered gs3 from Asda online for 450 coming Tuesday.
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Make sure it's not a WiFi antenna disconnection, make sure that your router is not on a channel where there's loads of interference, make sure that your phone is on 2.17.
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pingu01 said:
I really like 95% of this phone but I can't get one with no major issues. These are the things that are making me considering switching to an S3
- battery life still isn't great on the latest update. S3 should be much better
- inconsistent wifi - I don't have the hardware problem on this one (previous ones have) but staying in the same spot, I still a signal which fluctuates alot, where other devices recieve a consistent strong signal
- Chrome browser - really like this most of the time but I frequently just get a blank white screen and no amount of reloading works - it affects any website and all open tabs.
- overheating..especially when on charge (playing games) it flashes red/green or even just browsing (on low brightness) it gets very warm to touch (high 40's degrees C shown on Batter Monitor Widget)
I'm on stock BTW and am not a root-er so I'm not considering other ROMs. Had an S2 previously, liked it but not too keen the gingerbread look which the S3 seems to have stuck with on their ICS touchwizz) Any advice appreciated.
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1. S3 isn't, AMOLED EATS battery compared to S-LCD2. Unless you get another battery, in which case you'll blow the One X away.
2. Make sure there isn't any interference on your router, and make sure that the fluctuations are not affecting actual use of WiFi.
3. Chrome does this for everything.
4. Overheating will happen if you charge while playing games. Don't do it on these phones unless you really want to destroy it early from overheating. If you're going to charge it, leave it alone and stick with light use. Undervolting can also help with these issues, but if you go too far you will cause the phone to randomly go into bootloops that require a power button hold down to fix, or having the phone fall into a sleep of death.
WiFi signal fluctuations may also just be the phone's signal indicator actually being more representative of true signal. The only way to really know is to look at something like WiFi Analyzer and compare the dBm.

It's the same problem I've had with all three phones, when I squeeze the top right of the phone the reception goes full, but the first few weeks of using the phone the WiFi is perfect.
I'm pretty gutted that I'm movin on because I really like this phone, I'm not the biggest fan of Samsung but its the only other equivalent at the moment, I've had the hox from day 1 and its been great while the WiFi works, that's the only reason I'm changing, other wise I'd be HTC all the way
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So, who's satisfied overall?

I personally am a little let down with my S3. It may be fast but has some minor issues.. My power button gets stuck if I press it at the wrong angle in the lower area and the power button squeaks sometimes. Then some keyboard lag randomly isn't the best. The quadrant scores vary from time to time. But it does work well besides that and I feel is one of the best phones out there. Anyone having some similar issues? and What do you guys think about the s3?
And I'm sorry if there is a post for this already. I'm using the xda app and the search doesn't work well.

You may want to have sprint check out your phone and either fix it for you or replace. I've had zero issues with the power button. As nice as the phone is, you shouldn't have to deal with the button squeaking or sticking.

My home button has been solid since I got it. Has a nice click to it. As for keyboard lag and varying quadrant scores, those may be attributed to the same problem. When I was running stock I'd get the same problems too. Once I rooted and installed NoFrillsCPU Control I enabled "prevent changes from other apps" and haven't had any lag since. I think it still clocks down the CPU when it runs too hot though.

Wouldnt i be charged? and its my power button. not home.

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Wouldnt i be charged? and its my power button. not home.
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You shouldn't be if you have TEP. But if anything it should be covered under the manufacturers warranty, as long as they can replicate it.
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I'm dissatisfied in the same way that I'm dissatisfied that my car doesn't get 200 mpg and fly.
In other words, it's an awesome phone, best I've ever had, but I still want the next great innovation. ......

poit said:
I'm dissatisfied in the same way that I'm dissatisfied that my car doesn't get 200 mpg and fly.
In other words, it's an awesome phone, best I've ever had, but I still want the next great innovation. ......
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Agreed. This is the first phone I haven't felt compelled to root. It's been great right out of the box.

By far, the best phone I've ever had. I've had it for over a month now and I still have trouble putting it down.

i have 2..my 1st(white1) works very well...my 2nd works very well however it has a power button issue..it is almost flush to the phone..it works and is responsive but sometimes i have to hit it twice and pull it back out..(the 2nd is blue)

I haven't been able to get the greatest battery life out of it. Seems to drain a few percent while idle. On my EVO LTE that things battery life was ridiculous good! I see some reloading too if I am in an app and then back out; more like a quick flash like a quarter of a second where everything disappears then reappears real fast. LI13 stock rooted is my best battery life so far - 58% right now 14 hrs - 1hr16min screen on. I get some 3G reload too at times where it'll say preparing network while loading a webpage or app etc. Looking forward to LTE cause 3G is pathetic and Jellybean, and Myn's Warm Rom!

Best phone I ever had. Solid and fast. I only miss my slide out keyboard from my Epic.

My best phone ever. No hardware issues at all, great battery life, good response, design, etc. Now just hoping we get JB in timely fashion and should make the device even better.

Personally, can't stand touchwiz, but love Samsung hardware and how much easier it is to root and put stock on. Unlike HTC, Sammy actually releases source. Haven't had any issues with this device, I do like it. I gotta say though, I did like new sense on the evo 4g LTE, but sold the phone due to such horrible multitasking and development being a step behind.
I would end up selling this one if cm10 wasn't out though. Just wouldn't be able to use touchwiz lol. Not to say that touchwiz sucks, I just do not like it, personal preference.
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I've been thinking hard and long about this the past could of weeks since the Note 2 rumors/announcement. I believe I'll be getting the S3 as I don't need a screen as large as the Note 2 will have and from my comparisons of the original Note vs the S3, I feel that the S3 feels better in the hand. Well, that and I have my Nexus 7 with me everywhere.

I am really enjoying my phone. Best one yet on android. It was funny comparing my s3 to iPhone 5. Oh they try so hard yet cant come close to our coolness. Its like that one cousin or distant family member thats always showing off Lol. Only issue i found when upgrading to latest sprint built, my battery doesn't hold as much. Anyone else have an issue?
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ReapersDeath said:
I personally am a little let down with my S3. It may be fast but has some minor issues.. My power button gets stuck if I press it at the wrong angle in the lower area and the power button squeaks sometimes. Then some keyboard lag randomly isn't the best. The quadrant scores vary from time to time. But it does work well besides that and I feel is one of the best phones out there. Anyone having some similar issues? and What do you guys think about the s3?
And I'm sorry if there is a post for this already. I'm using the xda app and the search doesn't work well.
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Yeah i can say im very satisfied overall, other then 1 minor issue which i can live with by rooting is that u cant transfer any of ure files to ext sd because of that darn ics sammy crap they pulled. Button works great no problems there with getting stuck or any squeaks. as ufor ure quadrant scores, scores arent always accurate plus score level doesnt mean a thing at all nor should it matter, it doesnt tell u anything nor its gonna prove anything....now why do u get random socres, its because ure GS3 is throttling back and forth. why is it doing that, all GS3 phones do that even the GS2 phone did that as well, is something that sammy did in order to prevent the phone from overheating because of the extra power its packing and to give u a better battery life without loosing much of the speed its giving u. now there are ways u can stop the throttling and have full power but i havent found it yet. the lag even if the phone where to throttle u should experience any lag, i havent atleast so yeah u might wanna take it in for inspection. i rooted only because of increase battery life and ofcourse to make my 64 gb ultra mobile class 10 microsd into an internal memory for my phone it worked like a charm. i believe the galaxy S3 is the best thing ever happen since the galaxy S came out.
TAKE THAT APPLE URE PHONE SUCKS. LOL

I am completely satisfied with the Gs3 and have had no problems after rooting it. Had a few minor complaints with the stock ROM but the phone itself was awesome.
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I'm VERY satisfied with my phone. I love it like the first day I layed eyes on it lol I still can't put it down :thumbup:

DroidBabe said:
I'm VERY satisfied with my phone. I love it like the first day I layed eyes on it lol I still can't put it down :thumbup:
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agreed, i cant either, if i could marry it i would, i love this phone. make sweet sweet love to it...lolz:laugh:

jellybean with lte perfect. camera in low light isn't the greatest but I'm not complaining daylight pictures more than make up for this minor imperfection Samsung finally nailed it. quad core would have been good but after seeing the comparisons between the international version and ours i think we came out on top a s4 chip faster then tegra3, 2 gigs of ram + Lte. If there's any lag custom roms solve everything.
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Just released another live wallpaper. This wallpaper is tells how much battery you have left, voltage, temp and status. The spinning core will spin faster when you have full battery and slow down when your battery level gets lower. Also included are some particle effects. There's a few customization on the free version and more in the paid version. Its been optimized to use as little ram as possible and update cycles were slowed down to drain less battery. Tested on nexus 4, nexus 7, galaxy s2, galaxy s3 and lg g2x. Nexus 4 and Nexus 7 were my primary test devices so it should work pretty good on them. Check it out.
8-16-2013: Updated to allow users on the free version to get all features of the paid version by completing simple free offers. Download it for more info. Also, some bug fixes.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.qk.batterycorelwfree

Looks cool, installing now.

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Looks cool, installing now.
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Thanks.

Installing also, love how it is themed to match the AOSP visually!
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Paid version uses almost a third of the RAM per "Running Apps" section in Settings... awesome!

It's awesome.. But it uses too much of the cpu. I was surprised to see that after a few minutes of using the lwp, I suddenly saw it in the battery usage settings and it says that it's using about 7% of the battery.
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wtfshouldidonow said:
It's awesome.. But it uses too much of the cpu. I was surprised to see that after a few minutes of using the lwp, I suddenly saw it in the battery usage settings and it says that it's using about 7% of the battery.
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That's weird. I've never seen it on my battery usage, not even on my nexus test devices. I truly put my test devices to the test when I develop on them. The only time I've ever noticed live wallpapers showing up on the battery use percent is when I just fully charged and rebooted or something like that. It probably only shows up cause I haven't done much on the phone

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Installing also, love how it is themed to match the AOSP visually!
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Paid version uses almost a third of the RAM per "Running Apps" section in Settings... awesome!
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This might be a problem with the free version...I may have forgotten to change some code around. I know I had some last minute code changes...hmm...I'll need to look into it in a few days. Kinda burned out right now and I really dont want to look at any code for a few days.

AW: [APP] Battery Core Live Wallpaper
Looks pretty cool!
Just bought it!
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That's weird. I've never seen it on my battery usage, not even on my nexus test devices. I truly put my test devices to the test when I develop on them. The only time I've ever noticed live wallpapers showing up on the battery use percent is when I just fully charged and rebooted or something like that. It probably only shows up cause I haven't done much on the phone
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Update: After fully charging my phone again and set the live wallpaper, it doesn't appear anymore Guess it was just a bug or something, anyways, great wallpaper!
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I added the ability to change from Celsius to Fahrenheit. Just uploaded new apk files so it should be available in a couple of hours.

Loving it thanks
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I updated the app, thanks to some feedback. Should be available in a couple of hours. Heck, if anyone has any different core ideas, dont be afraid to tell me about. If its something I can create, I'll credit you with it.
New updated things:
* Move text to top of battery core
* Cleaned up settings menu
* Adjust glow effect color on battery core(paid version only)
* Glow effect of battery core changes color on low battery, user sets low battery point

Nice. It reminds me of iron man
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Cool wallpaper..:good:

the wallpapers looks a bit off to the right. if you can center it, then it'd be prefect.

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the wallpapers looks a bit off to the right. if you can center it, then it'd be prefect.
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I updated the app. Its should be more centered now. Also added in 2 new basic cores, nothing fancy. I'm hoping to get in much better look cores in the future.

awesome!! installing soon :good:

Published another update. This time I think the 2 new cores, Core Type3 and Core Type 4 are pretty cool. Also added in some more particle shapes.

It went up as my wallpaper the day you posted it and it never came down. Sweet!!

Added another update. I dont know if anyone noticed, but I managed to fudge cake Core 2 with the Arc Reactor in my last update. There's also been a slight design change. It was a difficult decision, but I think in the end its a better design. Plus, doing it this way, has increased performance on phones 1 year or older, not that the nexus 4 has any problems with it. Heck, I still think its pretty powerful...running 60 fps even when flipping through the home screen really fast...unlike the Nexus 7, drops a few frames.