"I do text message all day long, but that what phones are FOR!" sorry, but that just doesn't sit right with me for some reason.. haha and i think it's generally a bad idea to charge your phon...

That matters for nickel-cadmium batteries, but I don't think it matters if you have a lithium ion battery which I assume she has since very few people still use nicad batteries.

yeah.. but why does it seem so that many phone batteries go to crap after a few months?

usually batteries last about 300 charge cycles - approx. 1 year. usually they last longer if they are only charged once per day w/the phone turned OFF (melody) and not talked on while charging (mel...