Help Dead Phone Data Recovery

[Madrugada]

So, the one thing I was worried about when deciding to buy the M7 has come to bite me; the lack of removable MicroSD.

My phone died suddenly and completely last night. Without any warning (phone was working great) and any hacking (was just in the middle of adding a contact) and reasonable battery left (20%), the device went black. After assuming it was just a software crash, I hit the power button but it did not reboot. Have connected it to outlet power and have tried various combinations of the power/volume buttons, but it is completely dead. It does not even draw power from the outlet when connected. Only 4 months old.

Contacted Google and they are shipping a replacement.

My question is; is there any way for a qualified technician to get data off the dead device? Is there any way to open the device and access the flash memory?

Don't think I'll be buying a device without a removable flash card again.

 

[El Presidente]

Not to my knowledge unfortunately.

Most of the stuff on the board is soldered on and any attempt to remove would either break it completely, or totally void your warranty. I know Google are sending you another, but if you send your current one back and it looks as though you've tampered with the innards, Google/HTC might try to claim that's what borked it.