Replacement Charger lead / USB Lead

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So I've had my Hero less than a month and the usb lead has deteriorated near the phone's connection end a fair bit.

My question is: Would a normal mini USB lead work in the charger? Also if I bought a standard mini usb as a replacement, does it have any dis-advantages to the official HTC cable / connection?

I've seen a few official HTC Hero connection cables on ebay but a standard mini usb would be a lot cheaper and if it doesn't have any dis-advantages, I might as well just get one of those.

Any help would be great!

i use any mini usb that comes to hand and i still get the same charging as the official usb
so, in short, no it doesnt make a difference

The socket on the Hero has extra pins for audio/video than a normal Mini USB. On the Hero this can be used for connecting a headset or a (second) pair of headphones.

Charging and data transfer do not need the extra pins and can use a normal Mini USB connector.

I don't know why the cable included by HTC has the extended plug with the extra pins, because they don't seem to be used (the other end is a regular USB plug, no headset/headphones). It just means you can't use that cable on any non-HTC device. I just use normal Mini USB cables for it anyhow.

Thanks for the help guys! Very much appreciate it.

Ha. I had no idea you could charge it with standard USB cables until I saw this thread, what great news! I hadn't tried plugging one in until now, just assumed the different shape socket would mean it couldn't work. Excellent.