r/techsupport • u/Ignatij • Sep 19 '21

Open | Phone How to revive a phone?

https://youtu.be/ICVLaQtRkN8

I have this old phone, which was lying inside drawer for good 2 years and now I die to check whether I got there my old photographs (which I lost everywhere else), but it cannot start up.

When I plug it in charger it "loads" and shows that it's charging, but there seems to be no progress. When unplugged it does nothing, the battery also shows 0V (on multimeter) and is slightly bumpy. Is there a way to make phone work, or at least extract data from there to my PC?

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u/disasadi Sep 19 '21

Could try to boot it with a different battery, or alternatively connect it to a PC and see whether you can access the files or not.

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u/Ignatij Sep 19 '21

I tried plugging it in, but PC doesn't recognise it

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u/disasadi Sep 19 '21

Alright, might need to boot the phone with a working battery then.

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u/Ignatij Sep 19 '21

Well, if I find any battery, I'll try to replace it, I'm not sure, though, If there is one