Sorry if this is a dull topic as opposed to butt-dialing, texting character limits, or a run-away charge on my first bill (which was almost 2 months worth, but not out of line...
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Verizon seems to love the $30.00 mark for accesories. I don't. I see a lot of generic phone chargers that use the micro-USB plug and all are at or between the 5-volt and 5.5-volt figure. However, the HTC-supplied home charger (yup, $30.00) is capable of supplying 1A of current while the generics are in the 500mA all the way up to the 1A figure. I was wondering if the phone's charging suffers due to the 1A not being available from the generic chargers. I've checked the generic chargers while charging my phone and they don't seem to run any hotter than the HTC-supplied charger (and I've let the smoke out of a few wall-wart chargers trying to power devices that wanted more current that the charger would supply!). The phone seems to charge normally with the generics. I like to keep several chargers in travel bags and locations that I work.
Anyone (EE, or similar) see issues with using the generic chargers? Heck, the USB port of a computer doesn't supply more than what, 500mA?
Thanx, Geri O
gerio wrote:Sorry if this is a dull topic as opposed to butt-dialing, texting character limits, or a run-away charge on my first bill (which was almost 2 months worth, but not out of line...
Verizon seems to love the $30.00 mark for accesories. I don't. I see a lot of generic phone chargers that use the micro-USB plug and all are at or between the 5-volt and 5.5-volt figure. However, the HTC-supplied home charger (yup, $30.00) is capable of supplying 1A of current while the generics are in the 500mA all the way up to the 1A figure. I was wondering if the phone's charging suffers due to the 1A not being available from the generic chargers. I've checked the generic chargers while charging my phone and they don't seem to run any hotter than the HTC-supplied charger (and I've let the smoke out of a few wall-wart chargers trying to power devices that wanted more current that the charger would supply!). The phone seems to charge normally with the generics. I like to keep several chargers in travel bags and locations that I work.
Anyone (EE, or similar) see issues with using the generic chargers? Heck, the USB port of a computer doesn't supply more than what, 500mA?
Thanx, Geri O
most will say that you need to check ebay. there are deals there. for me though, i prefer rocket fish from best buy. not cheap, around $24 dollars but i dont have to pay shipping and handling.
Reading the specs on the wall plug portion of the charger (hard to do) says the output voltage is 5.1v. at 850mA. The user guide 
says that you can charge the phone with a usb connection to a computer. As I recall the output of usb is 3.3v, but I may be wrong. Motorola says using the usb plug to charge from a computer will take longer. I guess it's the 3.3v vs. 5.1v.
I have gotten some "unauthorized charger" messages on phones before and I assume the Droid would give you one also if the charger would not work. The charging times may change depending on the voltage and current. Try it and we wish you good luck.
As far as generic chargers go, I heve used ones that cost anywhere from $.99 to $30. Not one of them performed any different than the OEM ones I had from Verizon, Moto, LG, Samsung, whatever.
I've never had battery problems, with one exception on a Moto razor, and that was bad from day one.
Never had any wall or car chargers cause problems on any phone I've had over the years.
Various Verizon representatives have told me everything from "the generics will ruin your phone", " the OEM car chargers will ruin your phone", "Never use a car charger", "Any charger will be fine, since the phone controls the voltage cutoff".
Obviously, from what I've read and been told, nothing and everything is safe. Fun, huh!
Personally, I buy from Ebay or Amazon to get prices 1/10 of what the carriers sell. Never had an issue. Not in 15 years and 10 or 12 different phones.
YMMV.
So There. 
GreySeal wrote:As far as generic chargers go, I heve used ones that cost anywhere from $.99 to $30. Not one of them performed any different than the OEM ones I had from Verizon, Moto, LG, Samsung, whatever.
I've never had battery problems, with one exception on a Moto razor, and that was bad from day one.
Never had any wall or car chargers cause problems on any phone I've had over the years.
Various Verizon representatives have told me everything from "the generics will ruin your phone", " the OEM car chargers will ruin your phone", "Never use a car charger", "Any charger will be fine, since the phone controls the voltage cutoff".
Obviously, from what I've read and been told, nothing and everything is safe. Fun, huh!
Personally, I buy from Ebay or Amazon to get prices 1/10 of what the carriers sell. Never had an issue. Not in 15 years and 10 or 12 different phones.
YMMV.
So There.
+1. I've been buying "extra" chargers and batteries off Ebay for a decade and not a problem yet. For less than $30 (including shipping), I bought a car charger, an extra USB cable, a spare battery, a travel wall charger that will charge the extra battery and the phone via the USB cable simultaneously, a silicone skin case, and a screen protector. All are working fine thus far and my phone always makes it through a full day on a full charge.
@ Gerio; The Eris has a charge indicator that changes from orange to green when the phone is fully charged. I would think that would solve your question about whether the generic is fully charging the phone or not. Charge on!!
D Dave
