How recover data from an LG G4 that won't boot

[Bob Onysko]

My old Verizon LG G4 won't boot anymore and is not repairable. So, I purchased a brand new LG G4 on eBay and, since I didn't back up my old LG G4 in the Verizon cloud, I need a way to retrieve all my data. BTW, I thought I was backing up to the Verizon cloud but I must have done something wrong since no backup exists. Can someone explain how to recover my data, please?

 

[mikedt]

Is the G4 completely dead, inoperable and won't do anything? If so, think your only chance would be a professional forensic data recovery service, where they try to read the internal flash storage directly. Extremely expensive.

 

[lvt]

What a coincidence, my LG G4 also stopped starting up last week

This is the only thing it could show until the battery is depleted.

 

[mikedt]

LG
Life's not good™

 

[lvt]

LG
Life's not good™

It was a good phone until some days ago.

Weird things started appearing after I decided to encrypt the phone. It worked well after that, but a couple of days later, while trying to restart the phone by holding the power button, I noticed that it shutdowns immediately instead of showing the power menu as usual.

I managed to power it up, it worked well for a couple of weeks, until the day it refuses to boot.

 

[mikedt]

Sure it's not just a knackered battery?

LG
Life, don't talk to me about life™

 

[lvt]

Sure it's not just a knackered battery?

LG
Life, don't talk to me about life™

No, definitely not the battery, the last battery is fairly new, I just bought it last years.

 

[lvt]

I have no less than 4 batteries for this phone, I rotate them every 6 months so they are all in good condition.