GTMax Black Rapid Retractable Car Charger for Sprint HTC Hero (CDMA) Cell Phone

To counter a prior review this works fine with the Sprint HTC Hero. Standard mini-USB looks a little different than HTC's "ExtUSB" jack, but it still plugs in. But this charger just doesn't supply enough juice for the job.

Most USB chargers will tell you how many milliamps (mA) they will supply to your phone. The standard HTC car and home chargers give out 1000mA; many generic chargers give out 500mA. Despite not knowing how strong this one was, I bought it anyway. Then, whenever I used my phone as a GPS with this charger, my battery still drained. A lot slower than if it wasn't plugged in but I still got to my destination with less juice in my phone than I started with. Occasionally, HTC Battery App would even pop-up to tell me the phone was losing its charge despite being plugged in, and suggested switching to a different charger.

Because this hasn't happened with either 1000mA or 500mA chargers, this angel-hair-wire device probably gives out significantly less, perhaps in the 200-300mA range. So, yes, it works -but consider this a "trickle charger" rather than a fast charger.

EDIT: To further clarify: the HTC battery app only pops up to tell me I'm losing battery charge despite being plugged in when I use this charger along with Google Maps Navigation. In my experience, this WILL charge a phone just fine, albeit slower than some other chargers -so long as you're not running something juice-munching like GPS navigation. Because I haven't had this problem with other no-name chargers, I still think this charger is too weak.

So I imagine the person who said it does not fit a Sprint Hero looked at the shape of the charger, maybe briefly tried to plug it in, and then gave up. It is the generic mini USB shape, which is slightly different than the hero's normal asymmetrical plug, but you can still use a generic mini USB adapter on the hero. The thing that's weird about this charger, and is the reason I give it 4 stars instead of 5, is that it just barely can be shoved into the socket. You have to push it pretty hard to plug it in, but after I did that, it worked fine, and my phone's socket doesn't seem to be getting stretched out or anything...other plugs work just fine, and aren't loose or anything.

On the positive side, the retraction is really nice for a car charger...you just press a button and the cord snaps back into the unit, which is great if you don't like sloppy-looking wires in your car.

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This item does in fact plug into the HTC hHro. HTC phones have an odd shaped plug, but a normal mini USB plug such as this works perfectly in it. Ignore the 1 star review. This product WILL work for your Hero.

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The recoil has not tangled up once and the reach is long so i can still use the phone if i needed to.

Solid product for the price

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I recieved my package everything was fine however after 3 days out on the road because I travel as a part of my job the charger automatically stopped working UNLESS, UNLESS,....YOU SIT there and hold it up in there and after 3 hours of riding with my coworker and holding this,, my phone still hadn't completely charged..It really sucks this is my last resort after sitting beside the road for three hours after a deer was struck by the vehicle we were in and no phone to call police. I suggest you do not purchase this unless it's only 2 days temporary charge until you get to a better and dependable car charger for your HTC hero!!!! thanks

MISS PISSED!!!!!

oan if use gps this is def not the charger to have because the gps sucks the battery faster than the chargeer will restore It....