[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] MT4GS:
Something woke up my doggie around 4AM and then he woke me up :rolleyes: so after I chased away whatever it was on my backyard I saw the green light on my phone and I turn it on.

Data (wifi/4G) and bluetooth are ON since I left them like this yesterday. However I didn't use any bluetooth device, so I'm guess it is "sleeping", right? Or is it really ON all this time? I still can't figure out so many aspects of Android OS and this phone... i.e. in all my Windows Mobile phones if I left bluetooth on and nothing connected to it within set time (I had it set to 2min) then bluetooth would automatically turn off. Apparently it works differently on Android :confused: since bluetooth icon is still present.

Anyways, here are the pics.

BATT. CHARGE #2:

Cool. I think the small price differences come from exchange rate (of USD to GBP, seller's currency)

Exactly. That's why I was searching specifically for Li-Po battery.

Understood.

What I meant is that if the batteries are for the same phone manufacturer models, if they have same shape and measurements, they usually fit many devices (from the same manufacturer).

AFAIK only Sony and Motorola still continue making a "one time use" battery designs that would fit only one particular model (very wasteful).

Yes, the only problem might be the notches/groves as you have pointed out, but more often than not that's not the case. However, if the manufacturer decided to use completely different notches to the extent that it would not go into another phone, I always assume in such cases they must have had valid reasons for doing so and I wouldn't even try to force it in.

That's it, you are right, it has to be wifi. It's the only thing that I usually have always on too, hence the solid line probably matching the times when I was indoors, and the gaps when I was outdoors (and data autoswitched to 4G).

I'm glad someone appreciates my pics n description, thanks! Certainly I will post more (when I have something to post).

Yes, I too think this "Gold" battery might be excellent (and so cheap! lol) replacement for our sh***y standard batteries; pardon my language, but I would throw a PooPie in the face of the HTC person responsible for our original batteries without any hesitation if I had the opportunity and knew who he is :mad:

Regarding replication of my "setup" - even if someone flashes same stock ROM I don't think it's possible to replicate one's usage. Heck, I doubt if even I could repeat same usage pattern on the same phone again.

But I think there is easy solution: LEDs! :)

Since our phones have the "flash" LEDs, we can use the stock ROM's "Flashlight" app to test it, using i.e. middle brightness setting to speed it up (I wouldn't go for the highest as it could shorten LED's lifespan).

Think: the LEDs should drain battery fast enough for the test not to last for hours, and since LED manufacturing technology has matured years ago I'm rather certain that 99.99% of the LEDs in our phones are exactly the same.

Yeah... this "Gold" battery is Li-Po too :D

IIRC the Lithium Ion - Polymer batteries have 1 major drawback (unless it was the Ni-MH batteries?) :

they loose charge in cold temperatures and radioactive environments faster than your Geiger Counter can click... I don't expect the latter to apply to any of us :rolleyes: but cold temperatures certainly are problem here in Canada (ya know, we have 2 seasons only: Winter and Sunny Winter, and yes: polar bears roam all the cities, and - since they outnumber us humans - they have recently acquired voting rights too, so don't you dare poke fun at'em, ehh? :p )