6700 red light, won't turn on

**Perasite** · #1 (**permalink**) 03-05-2008, 12:57 PM

So, here's the story...
My friend and his girl got in a fight. She decided to break his heart and destroy his beloved 6700. She hurled the thing across the room at a wall and sent parts flying everywhere. He mostly put it back together, but it won't come on at all. When you plug it in to charge it, the power light comes on red, but nothing else. I put in a known good battery (mine) and still nothing. Not even a light when on battery only. When a good battery is in and powered by the charger, just the red light.

Well, obviously the relationship is over. I mean, she broke his 6700! Problem is, he has videos of his baby on there, and all his contacts. He had never sync'd the phone. He has a Mac and didn't know how to sync his phone to the Mac and never setup an Exchange mailbox. Does anyone have any idea how or if the data on the phone can be retrieved? He did not have a memory card, so it is all on internal storage.

Edit: I forgot to note that he does not have insurance, so the phone won't be replaced. Further reason to release the girlfriend...

Note: This was my 1000th post. Wanted to use it helping a friend out.

**weedahoe** · #2 (**permalink**) 03-05-2008, 01:11 PM

If you cannot power it on and he never synched and he has no card and it was in pieces and you know it isnt the battery (again, it wont power on) there is nothing to be done. It is a classic case of hardware malfunction/falure. Sry.

Congrats on the 1k mark.

psiphi · #3 (**permalink**) 03-05-2008, 01:40 PM

Not sure if it this works on the 6700, but he should take apart everything again, then just assemble the minimum pieces (outside the case if possible)needed to power up... He MIGHT be able to remote into it via a PC, but this is a nothing to lose project... Chances are it's gone for good... even getting another 6700 for parts via e-bay won't help if the main board is bad...

Sorry

**Perasite** · #4 (**permalink**) 03-05-2008, 01:43 PM

You don't think it would be possible to take the storage portion of this 6700 and "attach" it to another 6700 to retrieve the data? I know it would take some serious sodering skills, which I lack, but would it be possible? I know this means an ebay 6700. But I could get one with jacked up screen and bad ESN for cheap. Maybe Verizonguy has done something like that.

**blasphemous_prime** · #5 (**permalink**) 03-05-2008, 01:51 PM

I HAVE 2 MORE SPRINT 6700s AVAIALBLE FOR PARTS (1 WITH A BAD CHARGE/USB PORT AND THE OTHER WHICH IS IN THE BEST CONTITION WHICH HAS A PARTIAL TOUCHSCREEN ISSUE).

**Perasite** · #6 (**permalink**) 03-05-2008, 02:03 PM

If someone thinks moving the storage memory from one to another is even possible, I may hit you up for one of those. Of course, then I'd have to send yours and my friend's to that someone to attempt it. I know it wouldn't be possible for me to do it correctly.

**blasphemous_prime** · #7 (**permalink**) 03-05-2008, 02:32 PM

i'm no expert at sodering either, but that may be done at the ppc tech website. there's a risk either you or me trying to soder any kind of components in the motherboard would do us more harm than good. you can leave the sodering part to a professional chico, and the 6700 with the screen problem will be $30 w/o battery since it was an insurance claim from a friend of mine.

psiphi · #8 (**permalink**) 03-05-2008, 03:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 6700Yuma

You don't think it would be possible to take the storage portion of this 6700 and "attach" it to another 6700 to retrieve the data? I know it would take some serious sodering skills, which I lack, but would it be possible? I know this means an ebay 6700. But I could get one with jacked up screen and bad ESN for cheap. Maybe Verizonguy has done something like that.

You can try... It's just very hard to do without damaging the chips involved via heat, static, or physical breakage... Unless you can afford to throw away the cost of parts if it doesn't work, I wouldn't do it... There are recovery shops out there if the data is that important but even they won't be an option if you damage the chip(s) themselves... (I have no idea of the cost or who to recommend...)

Good Luck...