On 07/07/2015 15:55, Andy Wilkes wrote:
On 07/07/2015 13:15, Charlie Pridham wrote:

Its Photos that she wants back.

You've probably tried it - but it can be worth leaving it on charge for
a day or so before trying to turn it on. It just might trickle enough
charge in to get started.

There are a couple of net sites that crack open devices to show you what
is inside and how to get at it.

I think I still have my daughter's 800 which died down a toilet. Seems
like this happens a lot with girls, keeping the phone in a back pocket.

I don't know about that particular model but there is usually some
quirky. Hold this button in for two minutes whilst whistling "Rule
Britannia" and crossing your toes that will force a hard system reset.

You need to look up the exact description of which buttons and for how
long on the internet. It won't work with the phone on charge so if the
battery is stone dead you are out of luck. It will blink its LED at you
after about 10s if it is willing to play.

I have done it for friends generic dead Android devices with mixed
results. One went into native Chinese mode! Another (my own personal
phone) refused to do anything and was returned under warrantee to the
maker for a swap. I found out about the magic key chords for hard system
reset from their helpline. I don't know if doing this will trash any
user memory storage in the phone - it might well!

I suspect everything on the dead phone is now lost forever unless you
are prepared to take it to an expensive data recovery service.

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Regards,
Martin Brown