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Need Help! smashed mobile phone, can I retrieve data?

My wife's mobile phone was run over by a car. It still works, but the screen is cracked. Verizon says they cannot retrieve the information on the phone without the screen working. Anyone know a way around this? Any help would be appreciated! Thanks.

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Sep 4, 2008. 8:43 AMNachoMahma says:
. Depending on the phone, you might be able to use a USB cable and a PIM client to grab the data.
Sep 4, 2008. 5:34 AMLithium Rain says:
Is there perchance a way to fix the screen?

>googles<

There is!

This place claims to fix broken/cracked screens.

You could just buy the same phone off ebay (dead but with an intact screen) and swap out the screens.

[http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061004082604AAKk9Iz More advice here.]
Sep 3, 2008. 12:29 PMKiteman says:
Why not just put the SIM card into another phone? Or a SIM card reader? Or is the data stored on the phone itself?
Sep 3, 2008. 6:05 PMLinuxH4x0r says:
@ kiteman
I think verison is cdma = No sim card

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