Help, wife threw Motorola Razr V8 Flip Phone - Now in 2 pieces

**jerman00** · 10-01-2010, 11:24 AM

Yea, my wife threw my Razr Flip Phone and now there is no flip, just 2 pieces. Any chance this is repairable and I can recover the 300 contacts? Anyone know of a repair shop?

Phone doesn't turn on even if plugged into socket.

Please Help!

**UrbanBounca** · 10-01-2010, 12:17 PM

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You can retrieve the contacts via Motorola Phone Tools, as long as the phone will hold a battery and power on. (You don't need the upper-flip for the phone to power on.)

**jerman00** · 10-01-2010, 07:01 PM

The phone won't power up. It will hold the battery and I can get the back cover on. Do you actually need the back cover on a phone to power it up?

Is it possible that the battery is damaged and a replacement battery a solution?

Internal circuitry a more likely cause?

I can't really find any repair shops online either. Yea, I know the phone is 3 years old and was going to be replaced. I have Motorola Phone Tools but need power first.

Thanks for your help.

**UrbanBounca** · 10-01-2010, 08:16 PM

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No, you don't need the battery cover. When you hold power, you don't see the keypad light flash? Typically, when a flip phone is broken in half, it only rips the flex cable, which shouldn't affect phone power.

**jerman00** · 10-01-2010, 10:00 PM

From the first time that I put the phone back together (flip came apart, battery was out) and then tried to turn it on, I've seen no light, flash, nothing. Thinking maybe the charge was affected, I plugged it in. No change. Holding down the off key doesn't generate any change.

If the phone is really dead, my question is what is the likelihood it is a battery issue (it was 3 years old - could the impact have damaged it?) or it is an internal circuitry issue. Replacing batter easy and cheap. The other, well, not so easy.

**GeXX** · 10-01-2010, 11:24 PM

You could always get spare parts and try rebuilding the phone yourself..

**UrbanBounca** · 10-02-2010, 12:05 AM

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You're probably out of luck, honestly.

**jerman00** · 10-02-2010, 10:36 AM

Where do the contacts get stored on the phone anyway? Let's say the battery is the problem. Is there a backup battery source or is the battery failure enough to cause the contacts to disappear anyway?

**UrbanBounca** · 10-02-2010, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by jerman00

Where do the contacts get stored on the phone anyway? Let's say the battery is the problem. Is there a backup battery source or is the battery failure enough to cause the contacts to disappear anyway?

You can buy a new battery, but I wouldn't expect it to work.

**Joe7dust** · 10-13-2010, 05:04 PM

Try a local phone store, they have special tools for syncing and retrieving contacts. No promised if its possible without power but that is honestly your best bet.

**alexdv75** · 10-22-2010, 11:43 AM

Google and try to rebuild the cell if not give it for repairing, the local stores sometime do a neat job and doesn't cost too much either. If the problem still shows after that, I think you'll have to go for a new one and this time tell the wife it's her's too