How to get the data off of an old and brokenish phone

[Gonic576]

My mom had a galaxy s3 and the charging port broke so we couldnt charge it. Even though she has a new phone she'd like to get the data off, any ideas?

[NoRomanBatmansAllowed]

If there's an SD card and there's stuff on it, you should start there.

 

Otherwise you're down to going to a legit repair shop and paying money for data recovery.

[TetraSky]

Find a way to charge the battery without using the port. Otherwise, there really isn't any other way, unless the phone has a microSD and everything is stored onto it.
Like this thing
https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Battery-Included-Discontinued-Manufacturer/dp/B0089VO7QU

(or of course getting it repaired)

[Canada EH]

1 hour ago, Gonic576 said:

My mom had a galaxy s3 and the charging port broke so we couldnt charge it. Even though she has a new phone she'd like to get the data off, any ideas?

take it to a fixit store, or open it up yourself and take a look

youtube is your friend

and small fingers is a plus

[DarkEnergy]

Find someone else who has the same phone, put the other phone's charged battery in the phone. 

[Himommies]

6 minutes ago, DarkEnergy said:

Find someone else who has the same phone, put the other phone's charged battery in the phone. 

A s3 should be around 50 USD so that's not too bad

[piemadd]

33 minutes ago, Gonic576 said:

My mom had a galaxy s3 and the charging port broke so we couldnt charge it. Even though she has a new phone she'd like to get the data off, any ideas?

1. buy a soldering iron

2. buy a micro usb connector

3. solder it on

 

might take some time, but you could even desolder all of the charging port, cut off and stip the end of a micro usb cable, and then just solder those cables directly.