Getting the battery current values for the Android Phone

You could just look at the source code for the Current Widget. It has hard coded path’s to where certain platforms store the current values.

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*/

package com.manor.currentwidget.library;

import java.io.File;

import android.os.Build;
import android.util.Log;

public class CurrentReaderFactory {

    static public Long getValue() {

        File f = null;      

        // htc desire hd / desire z / inspire?
        if (Build.MODEL.toLowerCase().contains("desire hd") ||
                Build.MODEL.toLowerCase().contains("desire z") ||
                Build.MODEL.toLowerCase().contains("inspire")) {

            f = new File("/sys/class/power_supply/battery/batt_current");
            if (f.exists()) {
                return OneLineReader.getValue(f, false);
            }
        }

        // nexus one cyangoenmod
        f = new File("/sys/devices/platform/ds2784-battery/getcurrent");
        if (f.exists()) {
            return OneLineReader.getValue(f, true);
        }

        // sony ericsson xperia x1
        f = new File("/sys/devices/platform/i2c-adapter/i2c-0/0-0036/power_supply/ds2746-battery/current_now");
        if (f.exists()) {
            return OneLineReader.getValue(f, false);
        }

        // xdandroid
        /*if (Build.MODEL.equalsIgnoreCase("MSM")) {*/
            f = new File("/sys/devices/platform/i2c-adapter/i2c-0/0-0036/power_supply/battery/current_now");
            if (f.exists()) {
                return OneLineReader.getValue(f, false);
            }
        /*}*/

        // droid eris
        f = new File("/sys/class/power_supply/battery/smem_text");      
        if (f.exists()) {
            Long value = SMemTextReader.getValue();
            if (value != null)
                return value;
        }

        // htc sensation / evo 3d
        f = new File("/sys/class/power_supply/battery/batt_attr_text");
        if (f.exists())
        {
            Long value = BattAttrTextReader.getValue();
            if (value != null)
                return value;
        }

        // some htc devices
        f = new File("/sys/class/power_supply/battery/batt_current");
        if (f.exists())
            return OneLineReader.getValue(f, false);

        // nexus one
        f = new File("/sys/class/power_supply/battery/current_now");
        if (f.exists())
            return OneLineReader.getValue(f, true);

        // samsung galaxy vibrant       
        f = new File("/sys/class/power_supply/battery/batt_chg_current");
        if (f.exists())
            return OneLineReader.getValue(f, false);

        // sony ericsson x10
        f = new File("/sys/class/power_supply/battery/charger_current");
        if (f.exists())
            return OneLineReader.getValue(f, false);

        // Nook Color
        f = new File("/sys/class/power_supply/max17042-0/current_now");
        if (f.exists())
            return OneLineReader.getValue(f, false);

        return null;
    }
}