So how about those cell phones? Lots of little parts, huh? Well, see for yourself:

I've at least got a working theory as to what happened. The battery (which still holds a charge) is connected to the system by a just-a-little-too-short ribbon cable. The last time I remember having a working SK in my hand, I was performing a stupid little trick where I toss it while it's opening, and the screen clicking into place sends it whirling into my other hand. In practice it probably just looks like I'm chucking it from one hand to another, but it feels cool -- lots of unexpecting torque and chunky noises and whatnot. Yeah, I'm a dork.

This ill-advised little maneuver probably rattles the insides quite a bit, and my best guess is that this nudged the poorly-designed ribbon cable out of position with the circuitry it's supposed to power. Whoops!

Well, it's great that I think I know what's wrong, but getting this thing back together is a whole other matter. There are five distinct layers going on, a magnet that fell out from god knows where, and I twisted the screen cable more than I should have while trying to disassemble it. With the odds of a successful reassembly plummeting, I think I'll bite the bullet and buy an SK2. Unfortunately, no store in the DC metro region appears to have any in stock.

Oh, and in case anyone stumbles in from google: this guy is who I should have been listening to for disassembly instructions.