[geeks] Looking for a Mobile Phone

[Nadine Miller]

On Aug 21, 2009, at 1:13 PM, Michael Parson wrote:

> On Aug 21, 2009, at 12:35 PM, Shannon Hendrix wrote:
>
>> On Aug 19, 2009, at 15:36 , Michael Parson wrote:
>>
>>> I also found out, on a recent trip, that if you have the screen  
>>> set to never time out and screen brightness set to full, with the  
>>> GPS on while using the Google Map app, the car-charger doesn't  
>>> supply enough juice to keep it going...  4 hours down the road,  
>>> the batter was running out, even though it had been plugged in the  
>>> entire time.
>>
>> Wow.  That's just amazing that they would release a device with a  
>> serious design flaw like that.
>
>> You sure it isn't a bad charger?
>
> It might have just been the car-charger I use.  It's not a real HTC  
> one, it was some generic mini-USB charger they had in the store.

Likely as not.  HTC's are quite sensitive to chargers.  If you drain  
the battery all the way, only the OEM charger or one rated for the  
exact same charge spec will bring it back.  99% of the aftermarkets  
are generic mini-USB and don't meet the HTC's specs.

=Nadine=