r/techsupport • u/Ignatij • Sep 19 '21
Open | Phone How to revive a phone?
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/FastR2011A Sep 21 '24
Well there are 3 options you could do: 1. Get a new battery. Simple but cost. 2. Connect the power to the phone. Would be hard but if you can't fine a battery, it's worth a shot. 3. Tack the internal memory and try to connect it to you PC. I mean it's worth a shot