Robin, glad to hear you got home safely; now is the time for a little R&R (yes/no ?)
RJ & Calve, also glad you two got things ironed out. I think it's pretty kewl that you met hear too.
On the home front:
Bummer! My iPhone went teats up yesterday after Mama Chak used it to chat with her sister in the US (for an hour). It acts like the battery is dead - the display is blank and unresponsive. I'm thinking that it (the battery) is truly dead and won't accept a charge any more (they can only be charged so many times before they go completely dead). With other phones you could just open it up and swap out the old for a new one - there's no way to open up the iPhone that way. Now I have to find a shop that will service iPhones.
Chak, have you tried simultaneously holding down the Home button and the power button for at least 15 seconds? I've had an iPod seem to die (several times) when all it needed was that type of reset. It didn't even lose its data. One time I had to try that a few times over several days before it woke up.
Edit to add - be sure to wait for the Apple logo to appear. Ignore the power slider if it appears. If it still doesn't work, you can put it on the charger for an hour and try again. There's also a way to use iTunes to force a restart. Here's the link to the steps:
If your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch doesn't respond or doesn't turn on - Apple Support
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