i was testing out sim cards oin this motorola flip phone that i got..so i took the t-mobile out of my dad's ericcson T616

i tested everything and it worked, so i put the sim card and battery back into the ericsson and it wont power on now...i even put it into the charger and it still wont power on.

do you think i shorted the battery out or the phone?

 

it's prolly not the battery cause the phone should still work when plugged in, is the sim car perfectly in place?

 

yes, it was secure, still nuttin.

the battery had about 1/2 life b4 i took the battery out. maybe the contacts? power button?

 

lesson 1: don't screw around with electronics that are extremely sensitive to electrical surges.

 

nah, but i play around with the sim cards on all my nokia phones and even my sister's samsung one, they all still work

 

u sure it wasn't ESD?

:edit:
props to those who know what ESD is

 

so no props to me..whats esd?

 

electrical static discharge?

 

electro-static discharge, but close enough

 

whatev.