I Thought Frying Watch Irritating...Got A New One

[mmecurie68]

You guys are going to love this one!

Had kind of an up and down day at work today. At the end of the day had a really stressful time trying to make a personal phone call.

Some people's cell phones where I work get spotty reception, I usually get so-so reception at my desk, but crap everywhere else in my building.

Of course, the phone call I'm expecting doesn't come through, but the voice mail does. So this makes me really stressed out and I decide, screw it, I'm leaving a little early so I can get on the highway and make the darn phone call.

For a variety of reasons, my stress level at this point is hugely high.

Suddenly, my cell phone just stops dialing out properly as I'm holding it in "Speakerphone" mode trying to get my message (not a battery issue - it's plugged into the car at this point) - it then degrades further from that point - I put it up to my head off speaker and not only does it refuse to dial out but then the display on the outside of the phone DIES. I try to shut the phone off and turn it back on again. I CAN'T SHUT THE PHONE OFF!!!

Next I try to "reboot" the phone by taking the battery/SIM card out and putting it back in, it starts to reboot okay, but stops and won't go into diagnostic mode and it is basically fried.

Techo-hubby examined intensively to make sure I didn't actually secretly drop it in a toilet or some such and could not revive either.

I swear on a stack of bibles that I have not dropped the phone, exposed it to anything unusual as far as magnetic fields, etc. I used it yesterday and it worked just fine.

It worked just fine today up until I tried to use it on the way home.

So, I have graduated from watch-stopping to cell-phone destruction. If anyone wants to get their phone upgraded early, you can sent it to me and I'll just duct tape it on somewhere on a stressful day and your wish will come true - LOL!

Not sure how to present this at cell phone store, but I have the phone replacement plan, so I think I'll just go with "Dumb" and say, "Gee, it just stopped working..." [puzzled, cross-eyed, kind of look].

[aneaglesangel]

I find in cases like that, the puzzled cross eyed look works well!! I'd love to find out exactly what you're pumping out when you're stressed, that's for sure! And I'll make sure I keep my cell phone away from ya, especially if you're looking a bit tense, LOL!!

[lildebcc]

Well to see if your cell phone failure actually had something to do with your stress level, you have to do it again, maybe even a couple of more times. Get a new cell phone and try to recreate the atmosphere.

Would be a good idea to write down everything that happened the day your cell phone died too.

Experimenting and investigating to find the answer would be the best thing to do. You would also have to rule out defective equipment, sun spots, a magnetic disturbance that could have been in the area at that time, or something your cell phone may have come into contact with that could have caused a problem. It will take some time and effort, but then you will know for sure if it is you that caused the problem or not. Good luck.

Amazing how the basics of ghost hunting can show up in everyday life. ;D

>^o.o^<

[mmecurie68]

Well, Techno-Hubby HATES to be defeated by any type of electronic gadget, so what he ended up doing was taking apart my phone completely and taking apart HIS phone completely (he has the same model), yanked his SIM card (which in our phones sit in a separate compartment below the battery compartment) replaced it with my SIM card and THAT managed to unscramble my SIM card.

Then he disassembled everything again, and put my card back in my phone, put it all back together, and now it is working perfectly again. Outer display is fine, power button is fine, dials in and out fine, etc. I will note this "episode" and see what happens in the future!

[aneaglesangel]

Wicked cool!! Pat on the back for gadget savvy hubby!! Good luck, I hope this does the trick for you!!