Thanks!

⟐ Answered March 11, 2026 at 14:25 MST

My main concern is the first four months of my daughter's life in video and photo stored on the phone's internal storage (android "phone memory"). I know, I should have backed it up, but I have two in diapers so best practice sometimes falls by the wayside. I did not have automatic upload set up via dropbox or google.

The phone is under warranty, sprint offered a refurbished for $35 - so I know I can get a working phone back, but I'll gladly opt to pay for a new phone and rip this one apart to get my data back.

Questions for the pros:

1. Is there any hope of recovering the data by recovering the phone? I'm not much of a hardware hacker so this would be easiest for me.

. 1a. Could it just be the battery is trashed? Is it possible to get/replace just the battery?

. 1b. Since USB doesn't bring power, could it be part of the power "subsystem," something that I could independently replace?

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2. Alternatively, does anyone out there know how to get to and read this phone's internal storage?

. 2a. Is it a card or chip that can be removed and accessed outside of a phone?

. 2b. A card or chip that I could remove an put into another Evo 4g LTE, or that I could put into a replacement "motherboard" for the same phone?

. 2c. Can I solder some wires somewhere on the phone to try to access the data from another UI (this would be running in the tall grass for me, but I'll certainly try anything)?

For any solution, links to video or written narrative / instructions would be great, but even tips in the right direction or things that have worked on other phones could be helpful.

Thanks!

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I need a Battery replacement for the HTC U11 Life. However, I can’t find it anywhere.

Does anybody know where to find a battery replacement for this device?

If I can’t find a battery replacement, is there a way to start the device without the battery to recover the data?

Thanks,

Alex

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1. I cant even power on the phone with the power button. It seems like the button might not be working at all.
2. When I connect the phone with USB cable, it shows the battery charging image, and then the percentage at what level the battery is. So that seems to be working.
3. Then I plugged the phone in the USB cable so that it powers on, and I held the volume up button, and it gets to the android screen and it says "No command".
4. Then I tried the same, but holding the volume down button this time. It gets to the factory mode, where I only have 4 options. Item test, cleat test report, version, and shut down. I have tried playing around the item test, I tried the touch panel, and when it opens the test, nothing happens. No matter where I press on the screen, or even if I hold and drag across the scree, it doesnt seem to do anything, the test fails.

So that is pretty much where I am at with the phone right now. It seems it doesnt get far enough for the computer to detect it, however it makes the sound when I connect it to the USB cable.

Any ideas what would be the best steps to take to get to the end of this problem?

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My question is , is it at all possible to remove the internal memory itself and replace it on my new phone to recover the lost data?

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I’ve seen some reviews on best glues to attach LCDs to Digitizers, but I couldn’t find any for attaching LCD to body.

I used double sided adhesive tape and it did fine for some time but after a while it loses it’s stickiness and so the LCD gets lifted up from the body and dust sticks to the tapes and so the process repeats again.

I’d appreciate if you could share your skills.

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