A 20-year-old woman from Waynesburg, PA was sentenced to jail time after an accident in which her cell phone use caused her to collide with another vehicle in the spring of 2007. The driver of the other vehicle, a 16-year-old young lady, was killed in the crash.

1. Accident For People Use The Mobile Phone While Charging On Iphone

Story:

Please read this it is important!

Read This!!!! Important From The University Of Miami Hospital….Very Serious Warning…
I do this all the time! I guess I won’t be doing it ANY more !
A few days ago, a person was recharging his mobile phone at home. Just at that time a call came in and he answered it with the charging Instrument still connected to the outlet. After a few seconds electricity flowed into the cell phone unrestrained and the young man was thrown to the floor with a heavy thud. As you can see, the phone actually exploded. His parents rushed to the room only to find him unconscious, with a weak heartbeat and burnt fingers. He was rushed to the nearby hospital, but was pronounced dead on arrival. Cell phones are a very useful modern invention. However, we must be aware that it can also be an instrument of death.

Never use the cell phone while it is hooked to the electrical outlet! If you are charging the cell phone and a call comes in, unplug it from the charger and outlet.

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PLS. SHARE THIS TO ALL RELATIVES & FRIENDS!!!

Today another boy died because of attending a call while his mobile was still charging. That time he had a sudden vibration to his heart and then his hands got burned.

So please don’t answer calls or call out while charging your cell phone. When the phone’s battery is low to the last bar don’t make a call or answer any incoming calls because the radiation is 1000 times stronger. This can happen to any brand of mobile phones out there.

Please pass this info to all whom you care and don’t forget to share this to your love ones for their own safety.

Analysis:

The message, claiming to be from the University of Miami hospital says that it is very dangerous to answer a mobile phone call while it is charging, quoting one such incident of electrocution as the mobile phone exploded and one person dead as a result. The message is a mixture of hoax and facts.

It is a fact that mobile phones when answered while charging can ‘sometimes’ lead to electrocution of the person and other fire and explosion hazards, but it is important to note that such accidents happen rarely and that too because of faulty mobile phone manufaturing, battery problem and low quality chargers. The above message most probably refers to a death incident in 2004, when K. Viswajith, an Indian, aged 31, was electrocuted while using his mobile phone instrument in Chavara, near Kollam. Post this incident, the warning message has been circulating in various forms, but it is important to note that the message is NOT from the University of Miami hospital. Of course, there have been quite a few cell phone explosion accidents reported over the years, while charging, not all of which have happened only while talking, it can happen inside your pockets, and also when they come in contact with high-voltage. The key factor here is the quality of mobile phone, batteries and chargers used. Investigations in the past have proved that most of these accidents reported have happened because of third party and low quality batteries that are not manufactured as per safety guidelines.

The conclusion is that the above warning is an exaggerated one, the standard phones are safe to use while charging. But as a matter of safety, it is also important to follow some precautions.

• Never use fake batteries.
• Do not use fake mobile chargers.
• Make sure the Battery and charger are of the same brand as mobile phone.
• Don’t talk on phone while charging.
• Don’t charge a wet phone.
• Replace damaged battery immediately.
• Don’t tamper with the battery or bring it into contact with other metal objects outside the phone.
• Plug off as soon as mobile is fully charged.
• Don’t let you battery overheat.
• Do not place your mobile phone in very hot areas, like a cooking surface, cooking appliance, iron, or radiator.
• Follow the instructions of manufacturer for battery usage, storage, and recharging.

Update: 03 Feb 2014

In early Jan 2014, another incident started circulating online. The claim is that another boy died because his mobile phone exploded when he was talking on it while charging. Further, the message also warns users not to make any call or answer their mobile phone when the battery is low to the last bar. This they say is dangerous because the radiation from mobile phone in such cases will be 1000 times stronger. Let’s analyze these claims.

The picture (shown above) that comes with the story does show a real incident when a Micromax Canvas 2.2 Smartphone exploded in India, and the victim was injured – not dead though. As reported by GadgetsToUse.com:

We have just confirmed from the Victim that the phone was on charging with the original Micromax charger, He was talking on the phone and after some voltage fluctuation in current from power port, this happened and phone busted in his hands and caused injuries to his hand and face.

As explained in our article above, the sole reason for such incidents is not using a mobile phone while charging. Such accidents of electrocution can occur in case of low quality mobile phones, batteries and chargers that are not manufactured as per safety guidelines. Nonetheless, as a matter of safety, mobile users are advised to follow the aforementioned precautions.

Radiation from a Low Battery Mobile Phone

The claim that radiation from a mobile phone will be 1000 times stronger when its battery is low to the last bar is a hoax that perhaps surfaced from a misinterpretation. The radiation level from a mobile phone does not really depend on the charging levels of the battery. Radiation from a phone would be stronger when the reception is extremely weak, i.e. the weaker the signal of the cell phone is, the more intense the radiation will be. May be the claim is a misinterpreted version of this particular fact, mixing up “one bar of battery power” with “one bar of signal”.

From a related article on CNN:

A weak signal will also cause your phone to work harder, giving off more radiation.

Why is the scientific method important. And from a related article on WHO:

Using the phone in areas of good reception also decreases exposure as it allows the phone to transmit at reduced power.

They are conclusive of the fact that there is no direct causal link between handset battery charge level and handset transmit power level. The radiation of mobile phone depends on the phone design and the network technology, and varies with the signal intensity of the cell phone, which is controlled by the base stations that constantly receive signals from cell phones. Therefore the basic claims in the story are misleading and sharing them can be counterproductive. Having said that, it is better to follow the precautionary measures mentioned above.

Hoax or Fact:

Mixture of hoax and facts.

References:

Man died of cell phone electrocution while charging
Cell phone fire accident
Man killed as mobile phone explodes
Ways to prevent mobile phone explosion
Cell Phone Radiation Depends On Wireless Carrier

Nowadays, we all use cell phones, but not many of us use it properly, which is why many unfortunate accidents happen. In this article, we will present you a story about a 13-year-old girl Gabbie Fedro who got serious burns as a result of the overheated phone charger. It may sound unbelievable, but she got second-degree burns from her charger.

She received a T-Mobile LG d500 as a gift for Christmas. One minute, her father heard screaming from her bedroom and the next moment he saw her running downstairs holding her neck. Her mother explains: “She was in so much pain she was screaming hysterically.”

Unfortunately, this is just one more case among all others which is yet another proof that phone chargers can be harmful. In most of the cases, people get burns due to overheated lithium-ion battery which can even explode.

Accident For People Use The Mobile Phone While Charging On Iphone

In 2014, there was another accident recorded, where one woman from Australia, Sheryl Anne Aldeguer, a mother of two was wearing headphones and talking on the phone which was plugged into a wall socket. Sadly, in this case, the women died. Due to this unfortunate accident which cost this woman her life, the public was alerted about these inexpensive electronics and forced Fair Trading to issue a warning over the sale of unapproved USB chargers in New South Wales.

As we already mentioned, these cases are not the only ones, so take a look of the following one:

• Two years ago, another woman from Australia died due to a USB charger. The newspaper Sydney Morning Herald reported that the woman had been electrocuted while talking on the phone and the charger was a knock-off.
• In 2013, as Apple reports, one woman from China was also killed by electrocution while using a faulty charger. This case was investigated by Apple itself and they also posted a warning on their Chinese website warning people and asking them to avoid using third-party chargers.
• Yet another unfortunate accident happened in Colorado in 2010, when a toddler got third-degree burns after she was shocked by putting an Apple USB cable into her mouth. The Denver Channel reported that the cable was plugged into the laptop at that moment.

However, it has been proven that there is no danger to use a properly working mobile phone while being charged with the adequate and properly working charging device. Many people worldwide have this habit and there are no cases like the above mentioned.