I have an old phone that got retired years ago due to the charging port slowly breaking. Had been sitting uncharged for years when I tried to see if I could charge it like I used to by jiggling the charger prong because I wanted to recover bits and pieces of creative writing I had saved on it.

However it doesn't charge at all, gives a yellow warning sign if I manage to squeeze any charge into it to turn it on. Almost got it to boot once but it has since gone completely dead. Was wondering if there is any way to get at the data. There's no internal sd card from what I looked up so I can't just crack it open and read it.

It's a prep 2020 Motorola, forgot exact model.

>>1531015 (OP)
Induction charging pad?

yes

>>1531017
Maybe, but the problem is that the yellow warning symbol generally means the whole battery is fucked, probably a combo of shitty charging port and not being powered on for years. The backing isn't swollen or anything though.
>>1531019
Please elaborate.

>>1531030
Ok, bring it to a cellphone repair shop

>>1531030
just open it up and hotwire a battery or power source

>>1531042
That's a last resort, trying to do it myself first.
>>1531063
I'm afraid of mangling it, phones aren't easy to disassemble. That's an idea though, I just need it alive long enough to copy paste some things.