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Well, sort of. Over the weekend, we had some pretty nasty thunderstorms here. With them came some pretty pretty lightning. I went outside and watched for a bit, but the view from my apartment building sucks. That's beside the point. Anyways, moving on.
when the thunder started, I shut down my computer, and unplugged stuff. During the last set of storms of this magnitude, my modem/router got FRIED because I forgot to unplug it. I didn't want it to happen again to any of my other electronics, so, yeah.
I forgot to unplug my cell phone, which was sitting on the charger. I didn't think anything of it. Just woke up on Sunday and realized , hey, we lost power! Joy... Couldn't shower, or cook breakfast, or open the fridge to pack a lunch, so I was all kinds of cranky. No joke. Still managed to make it to work on time, though! I threw my phone in my bag, and took off.
Well, I noticed it'd been quiet. My manager emailed my work account this morning and asked why I didn't respond to her text about something or other. So I pull my phone out and turn it on. Say rather, I TRIED to turn it on. Black screen. Gulp... I take the battery out, take the SIM card out, put it all back in, try to turn it on. Still nothing. Got a blip when I plugged it into the charger, but nothing again when I take it off the charger.
I called support on my lunch hour, and was told to bring it into a nearby store, because it sounds like it may just be the battery that's fried, and that can be replaced, though replacing the charger cord is probably a good idea too. Thank goodness for insurance, because I cannot afford to buy anything new. But, it looks like I've been without a phone for about 2 days, and will be without one for who knows how long.
Kind of sad that I didn't realize I'd been without it. I do that a lot. I guess that speaks to just how isolated I really am, though.
Blech.
Stupid phone.
when the thunder started, I shut down my computer, and unplugged stuff. During the last set of storms of this magnitude, my modem/router got FRIED because I forgot to unplug it. I didn't want it to happen again to any of my other electronics, so, yeah.
I forgot to unplug my cell phone, which was sitting on the charger. I didn't think anything of it. Just woke up on Sunday and realized , hey, we lost power! Joy... Couldn't shower, or cook breakfast, or open the fridge to pack a lunch, so I was all kinds of cranky. No joke. Still managed to make it to work on time, though! I threw my phone in my bag, and took off.
Well, I noticed it'd been quiet. My manager emailed my work account this morning and asked why I didn't respond to her text about something or other. So I pull my phone out and turn it on. Say rather, I TRIED to turn it on. Black screen. Gulp... I take the battery out, take the SIM card out, put it all back in, try to turn it on. Still nothing. Got a blip when I plugged it into the charger, but nothing again when I take it off the charger.
I called support on my lunch hour, and was told to bring it into a nearby store, because it sounds like it may just be the battery that's fried, and that can be replaced, though replacing the charger cord is probably a good idea too. Thank goodness for insurance, because I cannot afford to buy anything new. But, it looks like I've been without a phone for about 2 days, and will be without one for who knows how long.
Kind of sad that I didn't realize I'd been without it. I do that a lot. I guess that speaks to just how isolated I really am, though.
Blech.
Stupid phone.
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