Retrieving Photos From Semi-Dead Cell Phone

Any chance the photos are on the memory card (if there is one)?

Any chance the pictures are stored on a removable flash memory card? Most of the newer phones have a memory card slot (example, my Motorola takes a Micro-SD card). On my phone, photos, music, etc. can be stored on "built-in" memory, or on the flash card. There are settings on the phone to determine which storage medium is used.

If the phone has a flash card, and the photos are on that, a simple card reader is all that is needed.

If the photos are stored on the phones built-in memory, it will obviously not be so easy. It might be worth it to hook the phone up to a computer via USB to see if it's recognized that way. Probably doubtful, considering how it fails at power up, but worth a try.

After all that, taking it to the service provider would be what I would try next. There's probably a way to "dump" the contents of phone with the right software, provided the think is "alive" enough to do so.

Just some thoughts.............. hope they help.

Tom

P.S. John beat me while I was composing! :)

Just checked. The two brains before me are correct in that it, at least, has a card slot.

So, if there's a card there, she's good. If not then tdesmit is right. Take it to the man.

Good luck.

Thanks!

Pretty sure there isn't a memory card, but a must have with the next Phone.

The USB idea is interesting. The cover for the recharging port has the usb symble on it.

After that it's the service provider.

Lew

photos are most often stored on the SIM card.

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