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

[jerman00]

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]

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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]

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]

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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]

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]

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

[UrbanBounca]

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You're probably out of luck, honestly.

[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?

[UrbanBounca]

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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]

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]

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

[chesbak]

there must be a Motorolla shop near you...

[dozzy1972]

My razor flip phone is broke in half the key pad lights up but the screen want come on how to i get my contacts from the phone.. Please email me back or send me a text at 1-606-224-4157.
If you can this would help me out alot... THANKS

[zapjb]

If it has a SIM sometimes contacts are on the SIMs.

Btw what'd you do lol?