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I'm Shy
Mar 27, 2010
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Phoenix, AZ
Can charging my Droid X off of a charger that isn't designed for my phone damage my battery/phone?

I have 2 Blackberry chargers left over from my old phone and would like to be able to use those to charge my Droid X instead of the one that came with it. I keep one in my bedroom and one in the tv room, and keep the supplied Droid X charger in my backpack so I can charge it at school off my laptop via usb or from a wall outlet. (yeah, I'm lazy like that. Too lazy to take the charger from one room to the next. LoL :D )

Since the v & mA output is different, will it hurt my phone or battery if I use the BB charger to charge it?

It's not much of a difference, but I just want to be sure. I'm sooo happy to be rid of my Storm 1 and want prolong the life of my Droid X as much as possible. Maybe I'm being over protective. :p

Output of the blackberry charger is: 5v - 700mA
Output of the stock Droid X charger is: 5.1v - 850mA
 

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