Windows Phone Thoughts: The Smartphone Operation Game - Don't Try This at Home

"A little over a month ago, my Orange SPV Smartphone fell onto my keyboard on my desk. It happened to strike the direction pad, and ever since that happened, the action button hasn't functioned properly. A Smartphone without an action button is practically useless, so I was very relieved when a friend of mine sent me his Tanager Smartphone to use. What a world of difference! The screen on the Tanager is 1000% better than the screen on the SPV. So now I had a phone to use, but an SPV that was practically useless. Today I decided to see if I could fix it.

Now, it's important to understand that I'm not an electrical engineer, so I really had no clue what I was doing. Some of you who ARE engineers can probably do a better job of explaining what I was seeing so feel free to jump in..."