[Android Central Question]

Phone crashed ave Nov 29 samsung update and won't charge or power on. I need to get pictures off internal memory. Tried multiple tools but since there is no power, the computer doesn't see the phone when connected via USB.

[hallux]

Unless the phone is booted your chances are pretty slim. There are a couple factors - the device may be encrypted, that encryption is not unlocked unless the phone is booted to the OS and you've unlocked it. While the phone COULD charge from a computer, it doesn't provide power to the storage chip(s) unless the phone boots.

Consider this a lesson - if the files/pictures are ones you MUST have, have multiple copies. All of my irreplaceable pictures are stored in 4 places - my Mac, the Time Machine backup of that Mac, the off-site cloud backup of the Mac and an SD card that I've placed aside and labeled for each big trip I've taken.

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[mustang7757]

If you had them backed up to Samsung cloud or Google drive/photos the sync with that and can access from computer, other then that I'm afraid no.

[L0n3N1nja]

You can't access the internal memory unless you can power the phone up and unlock it. It's designed this way for security reasons.