The beginning took too long, way longer than it needed to be.

That's my only complaint.

Have you tried opening it up yet?

You could call Nintendo and ask what's wrong with it, or you could send it to Nintendo and have them try to fix it.

Well, I never dropped my DS. My friend did, and now the top screen's hinge is broken and won't work anymore. A few months ago, the screen would've worked, but I guess I was messing around with it too much.

But I have cracked one of my DS's screens before. On purpose.