Did you use an american charger over here or over there?

At first guess I would say that it is something to do with the difference in voltages in plugs etc.

I used an Ameican charger over there. I'm gonna have to go and see Vodafone on Saturday! thanks

Lizzie, as Ethan says its probably voltage related. I remember the time we plugged the wrong adapter into our scanner and even though the voltage difference was hardly worth mentioning it actually fried the main scanner chip thus rendering the scanner useless

I guess the american adaptor has overloaded something within the phone