Disassembly of Phone

[Steve40th]

My phone was smashed by the hood of my car.. Went and got a new s22. But, we could not trasnfer anything.
Is the phones internal memory an SD type chip too? Or is it a soldered type memory?
I just want to try to retrieve photos and videos off the phone.
I took my SD card out, obviously, but need the rest.
Or, should I just send it out to get it repaired?

 

[mikedt]

My phone was smashed by the hood of my car.. Went and got a new s22. But, we could not trasnfer anything.
Is the phones internal memory an SD type chip too? Or is it a soldered type memory?
I just want to try to retrieve photos and videos off the phone.
I took my SD card out, obviously, but need the rest.

It's definitely soldered, and the internal storage is securely encrypted as well.

Or, should I just send it out to get it repaired?

Yeh, the phone would need to be fixed somehow, to have any chance of retrieving the photos and videos.

 

[ocnbrze]

If you had used Google Photos, your pictures and videos would have automatically been backed up...... Just saying for future reference. I never have to worry about my videos or photos. They are backed as soon as I am connected to WiFi without me doing anything. I can even hop on my computer to view or download my photos without my phone connected to it.

If not Google Photos, Amazon Prime, or other storage services can do this. This way you never have to worry about your photos.

Also you can set your pictures and videos to be saved onto the sd card as well, instead of having them saved internally.

 

[svim]

I would not get your hopes up too much that you'll be able to recover those photos and videos from that phone. Perhaps this pic will help you visualize the situation:

The NAND flash, the internal storage chip where all your data is (was) stored, is indeed a chip soldered directly onto the logic board (upper right). It's not in a socket that you could just remove. So even if you opt to send this damaged S20 out to be repaired, depending on just how damaged this phone is, it's not going to be simple as just popping the internal storage chip out and plugging it into a spare S20 to recover your data. Even extracting the motherboard from a badly damaged phone so it's actually intact could involve a lot of billable hours so be sure to get an estimate in writing first. If you want to try this yourself, the iFixit site has a nice step-by-step guide for you to follow:
https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Samsung+Galaxy+S20+Motherboard+Replacement/136953
If this phone wasn't damaged too badly and the mobo is intact, don't forget that you'll still need to buy a spare S20 to cannibalize when you put your extracted logic board into it.

But offhand I'd suggest consider those photos/videos to be lost and move forward. Take this to be learning experience and be sure to set up an automatic and comprehensive backup solution. Backups are important. Samsung has a Smart Switch utility that includes a handy backup/restore feature :
https://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/app/smart-switch