Sept 2012: Phone somehow gets sand under the power button at volleyball game in Dallas. Power button can no longer turn phone on or off.
November 2012: Justin finds app so phone can be unlocked by tilting it – makes it usable for a while.
April 2013: Old phone too frustrating and buggy. Use Russell’s upgrade to get a new rugged phone, it’s great!
May 2013: New phone stolen. Switch back to the old one.
June 2013: Pay too much for complicated parts swap and repair of the old phone at the mall – when all that was needed (as confirmed by the tech afterwards) was to get the sand out from under the power button. Discover repair completely broke sound and vibrate. Tim fixes sound and vibrate.
July 2013: Have to leave bag by entrance to embassy, so put phone in Ben’s pocket so it doesn’t get stolen. Wasn’t all the way in his pocket, so it fell out. Power button doesn’t work again. Back to frustrating program it is…