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My phone was broken (I thought so) All my life I have been very careful about electronic devices, including to smartphones, which I had. However, last Friday nasty incident has happened with me. Usually I always put the smartphone into the back pocket of my jeans by force of habit. When I was going up the stairs, the phone has dropped out of my pocket. In total, the phone fell from a height of about 4 meters. I was very lucky, because when it fell, it landed on the back and the front glass did not break. However, during the inspection it was clear that the phone case, which is made of aluminum, was bent by an arc. At the same time the phone worked properly and did not send any malfunction signals. After several attempts I managed to gently bend it back. But if you checked it carefully, you would notice that it still has a small dent and scratches on the case next to the power button. I already forgot about it, but suddenly last Saturday my phone turned off, then it has stopped responding to the buttons. I was very upset about this, because I did not want to go to the smartphone workshop. But I feel bad without my phone, so in the next morning I went to this place. When I arrived, I was met by a pretty girl who turned out to be a repairman. I was surprised when she turned on my phone on the first attempt. Later she explained to me that in such situations, first of all, you need to try to perform a hard reset, while holding the power button for about forty seconds. If you can't restart the phone in this way, then you should contact the service center. In the end I wasted half a day on a visit to the service center, but I didn't have to spend money on a new smartphone and I am very happy about it.

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My phone was broken (I thought so)

All my life I have been very careful about with electronic devices, including to smartphones, which I had.
However, last Friday a nasty incident has happened [past simple - definite time] with to me.
Usually I always [Usually or always?] put the my smartphone into the back pocket of my jeans by force of habit.
When I was going up the stairs, the phone has dropped [narrating a story, past simple] out of my pocket.
In total, the phone fell from a height of about 4 meters.
I was very lucky, because when it fell, it landed on the back and the front glass did not break.
However, during the inspection, it was clear that the phone case, which is made of aluminum, was bent by an arc [bent by an arc?].
At the same time the phone worked properly and did not send any malfunction signals.
After several attempts I managed to gently bend it back.
But if you checked it carefully, you would notice that it still has a small dent and scratches on the case next to the power button.
I already forgot about it, but suddenly last Saturday my phone turned off, then it has stopped responding to the buttons.
I was very upset about this, because I did not want to go to the smartphone workshop service center/repair shop.
But I feel bad without my phone, so in the next morning I went to this place there.
When I arrived, I was met by a pretty girl who turned out to be a repairman.
I was surprised when she turned on my phone on the first attempt.
Later she explained to me that in such situations, first of all, you need to try to perform a hard reset, while holding the power button for about forty seconds.
If you can't restart the phone in this way, then you should contact the service center.
In the end I wasted half a day on a visit to the service center, but I didn't have to spend money on a new smartphone and I am very happy about it.

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