Comments on: Enable Battery Percentage on iPhone 3GS without Jailbreaking

By: Artful Dodger

Artful Dodger — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:31:59 +0000

If your 3GS is jailbroken then install sbsettings and turn the battery percentage off in there then back up with itunes. Your back up should now not include the jailbreak percentage. Then from now on use the stock option as described above. Havent tested this yet but should work.

By: skrijd

skrijd — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:55:10 +0000

If the settings carried over and don’t want to have the percentage anymore, I think you can do the same thing as you do to get the hidden apps from categories back.

SSH into the iPhone. In /var/mobile/Library/Preferences, delete com.apple.springboard.plist. Respring … and the carried-over settings (e.g. battery percentage, make-it-mine settings) will be gone.

By: DeftOne

DeftOne — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:54:11 +0000

I stand corrected then. I thought I had this enabled before I jailbroke, but I guess not. Thanks for setting me straight.

By: Douglas

Douglas — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:59:02 +0000

That’s correct, if it carried over from a backup of a jailbroken iPhone, it’s stuck on

By: Douglas

Douglas — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:58:19 +0000

It is only a feature of the 3GS without jailbreaking. You have to jailbreak to get it on previous devices.

By: DeftOne

DeftOne — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:15:27 +0000

I think the point he was trying to make is that it’s not just a feature for the 3GS — it’s part of OS 3.0. The article makes it sound like it’s a 3GS feature only.

By: mattyb123

mattyb123 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:05:59 +0000

I can’t turn the battery % off on my 3GS because the settings carried over from my 3G backup and its constantly there. Good job I like the % on

By: Luis

Luis — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:48:07 +0000

I know you’ve been able to get it for a while. I just prefer though the image along with the percentage on my iPhone

By: Brooke

Brooke — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:33:39 +0000

You can install the Invisible Status Bar mod and then turn on the Numeric Battery feature in SBSettings but, it gets rid of all the statusbar images; WiFi, Signal and Battery. I’m not I have seen a mod that gets rid of only the battery image.

By: Brooke

Brooke — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:29:20 +0000

The battery percentage feature has always been in the software, Apple has just never enabled it themselves until the iPhone 3GS. You have been able to get it through jailbreaking for quite some time now.