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Old 10-22-2008, 10:10 PM
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Re: Using phone while charging
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Originally Posted by lmv7777 View Post
you shoulnd't use the phone while on the charger period. however if you charge using the wall plug it will charge a lot quicker than car or USB charger. charging the phone with the charger and using it at the same time will kill your battery and make the phone extremely hot gathering heat from the radio and the charging unit.
Do you have a source for your claim that using the phone while it is charging will kill the battery quicker?

Also does anyone know if it is bad to use a charger with higher AMPS. e.g. I have another mini usb charger for a GPS unit that does 5v 2amp, the HTC wall charger is 5v 1amp