No... not the box. The phone itself. 2 years before I came to PNG I decided to buy a Mac to learn how to support Mac's because this place was predominantly Windows driven. Before that, I learned in my job how to be a Unix guy.
So when smartphones hit the U.S. only a short year or so after the second iPhone was released, we started seeing them here too. I tried to become an expert on them.
And, I did a fair job of helping people who needed help. Yes I learned to jailbreak them to make them work in PNG. I've done my fair share of hacking around the iPhone for people. EVERY time I was nervous I might destroy it.
But today was a first.
Someone came to me and said 'my power button is jammed'. I asked if it was under warranty, and it wasn't because a friend had given them the phone.
So, I decided to Google it. I found a quick youtube video of a guy who fixed this problem with a piece of paper. I remember fixing my 3Com palm pilot a decade ago, with a 3m Post it Note, so I decided to give it a try.
2 screws opened the phone. That was easy.
Inside I saw the issue, there was a bit of gunk around the button. I took a piece of paper, cut it, folded it, and got it in there with my screwdriver, using it like a sort of squeegee, getting the gunk off.
And now it works.
PHEW!.... nothing like working the first time on a $600 phone and having NO idea what you are doing.... and then having it work fine when you're done!
