Although our smartphones are becoming more and more powerful, there is one point where mobile phones are less and less powerful, the battery. Indeed, the Samsung Galaxy S5 are equipped with so many sensors, larger and larger screens, more and more powerful processors, that however the battery is not always up to par. In the event that you want to effectively monitor the battery level on your smartphone, you will need a visual cue in your top bar. In this tutorial, we are going to explain to you how to display the battery percentage on your Samsung Galaxy S5?
To do this, we will first show you how to do it directly from the settings of your Samsung Galaxy S5, and, secondly, how to display the battery percentage on your Samsung Galaxy S5 using an application.
How do I display the battery percentage on the screen of my Samsung Galaxy S5?
The use of smartphones involves impressive energy consumption. As we told you, even if the brands try to improve the performance of the batteries, among other things with software optimizations or to increase their capacity, they still find it difficult to keep up. Generally, a new Samsung Galaxy S5 will last 1 to 1 days in average use and will quickly after a few months last less than a day. It is therefore essential, in order not to end up with a mobile phone without a battery display the battery percentage on the screen of your Samsung Galaxy S5 in order to precisely manage the energy of the latter.
We will explain it to you now, you will be happy to discover that it is very easy to implement:
- Go to the " Settings »Of your Samsung Galaxy S5
- Then in the submenu » Battery »
- Finally, all you have to do is activate the feature » Percentage of battery »To see it appear on the top notification bar of your Samsung Galaxy S5
- It may happen that the path to reach this function varies depending on the Android version installed on your smartphone, anyway, you will have to arrive in the battery settings to activate this option.
In the event that even with the activation of this feature you notice that your battery is draining too quickly, you probably have battery problems. and you want to check the battery status of your Samsung Galaxy S5, do not hesitate to look at our article on this subject to discover the origin of the problem.
How do I use an application to put the battery percentage on my Samsung Galaxy S5?
In the event that you were unable to find the feature in your settings, or you want to display the battery percentage on your home screen or another location on your Samsung Galaxy S5 . Note that there are specific applications for this type of function. You will therefore be able to know the status of your battery at any time. Follow these steps to use Big Battery Indicator to display the battery percentage on your smartphone:
- Go to the Google Play Store
- Download and install Big Battery Indicator
- Open the application
- Choose the size of the Widget you want to integrate into one or more of your home screens
- You can even set the font colors and calligraphy of the Widget
- Finally, if you click on the Widget you will be able to have the details of the energy consumption of your Samsung Galaxy S5
In the event that you want a maximum of tutorials to become the king of the Samsung Galaxy S5, we invite you to watch the other tutorials in the category: Samsung Galaxy S5.
