An alternative approach
I have witnessed remarkable recoveries from the 10 second button holding practice outlined above but suspect that the desired effect materialises not from the physical act so much as from the simultaneous verbal servings that, depending on one’s faith or lack of it, may include pleas or promises to assorted deities or hugely violent and anti social threats combining extremely bad language with myriad descriptive effects that might be bought to bear upon malfunctioning silicon based gizmos through the application of large boots, hammers, high voltages, flaming infernos, buckets of acid etc etc.
My most personal outstanding achievement in this respect was repeatedly convincing an HP laser printer to function when it clearly had other ideas.
Needless to say, the day eventually came when, having failed me for the umpteenth time - and as usual at a somewhat critical moment - I found myself overwhelmed by an obligation to prove to the combined electronic equipment present and slyly observing that my words were not just bluff.
Throwing said printer to the floor, I proceeded to jump up and down on it a few times before dragging its much misaligned and toner stained carcass by its cables out of my apartment and down the stairs while giving it a very stern talking to indeed, finally dropping it in the bin like a large dead rat with a dusting off of hands and a most pointed ‘Thanks for nothing’ goodbye.
I never had a single bit of trouble from any of the equipment that witnessed this act from that day on until it was all finally retired from use.
Somewhat surprisingly I can also report that the printer itself has functioned perfectly thereafter and I am certain will continue to do so for some years yet.
But this is in its later life purpose; as a splodge of toxic landfill rather than as a device for leaving meaningful black marks on sheets of crisp white paper….