My phone was on.

It wasn't on the internet since the internet is down.

When I went outside it was dark.

I pulled out my phone, which still had power stored and turned it on.

Usually it turns on, but the internet doesn't come up.

This time, the internet came up and the time updated and that's when I knew it wasn't just a reset with a bad time and date ... when the internet came up, I knew it had to be a time before the internet went down.

Then, I used up the remaining battery reading on the internet and lost charge due to it being night and my solar charger not charging and I fell asleep.

When I woke up, my phone was charging on my solar charger and I booted it up.

I hope that was clearer.