phone uses more battery then it charges?

[murso74]

i made about a 3 1/2 hour trip this weekend using the epic as my GPS. i drove up there using navigate, some pandora and the music player. the phone was charged in the whole time. when i reached my location, i unplugged the phone and it was almost dead. on the drive home i used sprint navi without playing movies and my battery was more then 1/2 way done.. again plugged in and charging the whole way. is this normal? i know its not the same thing but my old blackberries would never drain while i did the same thing. what happens if the batter gets to low while its charging and using GPS?

 

[vtective]

Yeah, I've noticed this. I will charge the phone, it will say its fully charged and unplug, but if I use it while its on the charger after fully charged, it does not continue to charge. My Pre never did this.

 

[Geek Girl]

I'm glad to see this, cuz same thing happened to me today, too. I was simply talking on the phone (with no other programs on or in use) while it was on the charger. When I got off the phone, it was either same charge or even less than it was when first plugged it in?? Idk. I did charge it all night last night and it was full this morning and only a few hours later it was down to half a battery. Hmmm. ?

 

[murso74]

the red light comes on the phone and the charging indicator battery meter is doing its charging thing too...

 

[Cory Streater]

Get yourself one of these chargers. You need a charger that can output enough power to charge the battery while you're using the energy sucking GPS and display. Lower output chargers can't keep up.