Sorry in advance for the long post
. My trusty 2.5 year old Pearl 8120 fell from over 6 feet to a tile floor at work (which has happened many, many times before without consequence) but this time I picked it up and saw a blank white screen, so I took the battery out and when I put it back in all I got was a red light for a few seconds- nothing else lit up. I came home and tried charging it, but all I got was the red flash, then slow yellow flashes.
After a couple of hours that did nothing, so I decided to take it apart for the first time. After a 'now what?' moment, I fiddled with the motherboard and put BB back together. While it was plugged in via USB I tried to muscle the screws back into place with a drill but my phone slipped and SNAP! There goes my usb/charging port, free from the motherboard, dropping metal pieces from the side of my phone
At this point i'm sure it's toast, since I can't connect it to the computer, and I can't turn the phone on to connect via bluetooth to try and flash the OS. My last resort seems to be getting a wireless charger but even then that wouldn't guarantee I could turn the phone back on, since charging it through the wall didn't even work. If you have any suggestions on salvaging my phone I would appreciate it, but in its current state i'm treating it as permanently broken.
Is there a way to retrieve video/picture/contacts/audio from a phone that can't be turned on? In a feasible, non-hassle way? I have most data backed-up but there is some I hope to get back. I apologize again, I'm just out of ideas at this point. Thanks guys
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Doomed Blackberry, Can any data be salvaged? 
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