The Elderberries by Corey Pandolph and Phil Frank and Joe Troise for October 22, 2023
Transcript:
Dusty: Hello? Miss Overdunne: Oh, this devilish phone! Dusty: What's all th' hub-bub, Miss O? Miss Overdunne: My wireless carrier convinced me to upgrade to this "smart phone," but I can't get it to do anything! Dusty: Mind if Ah take a look? Ah'm a bit technologically savvy... Miss Overdunne: Uh, I guess... Boone: You're not savvy at anything. Dusty: Hush! Okay! What happened was yer key lock was on and yer minibrowser wasn't formatted, so access to your SIM card was blocked. Miss Overdunne: Wow! Thank you, Mr. Winters! Boone: How'd you know all that, really? Dusty: Ah just repeated lines from a cell phone commercial and hit buttons till things lit up.
“back in the day” the most common way to fix a phone was to pop the battery and put it back in.