HELP PLEASE! Car Charge

Question

Hello,
Today I wasn't at home and was using my phone until the battery ran out and it switched off automatically. So I waited until I get into the car to charge it with the car charger. The car was in I think the mode where radio and lights working without engine on and I plugged the pin into my phone. I waited until the screen lights up then put it in a corner without paying attention to charge indicator. But after 5minutes after my dad switched on the engine and drove, I checked my phone and noticed no 'charging indicator'. I re-plugged but in vain, the screen remained white with NOKIA on it, so I removed battery and tried charging again but with same result. The phone didn't turn off when pressing the power button. So I removed battery again but now use the power button to try turning it on, there's the vibrate, then the white screen with NOKIA on it even after 5minutes. When the phone was off and put the plug in, there's the white screen with NOKIA and when I remove plug, it takes like 2-3 minutes for phone to turn off, horizontal colored lines appeared while the screen lights were fading away.
I have been using the car charger before on same day with no defects.
Is it because of the engine switch-on? What should I do? Was the battery damaged or my phone is doomed? Help please!!!

Answer 1

When you plug your car charger into the cigarette lighter socket or accessory charger point, the cars ignition key needs to be turned to the accessory position for the charger to work. If you are using a nokia charger it should have a light on the portion that goes into the cars socket, that lights up when it is receiving power from the cars battery. Usually this light will not come on until the ignition key is in the accessory position or the engine running.
It is not advisable to have the charger in the cars socket and connected to the phone when starting the cars engine. I never insert my charger into the cars socket until I have started the engine. In 99 out of 100 times you can start the engine with the charger connected to the cars socket without causing damage. But there is always that possibility. You always have to allow for the Murphy factor (I presume you understand what I mean by that).