it froze, then when i powered it off and went to heaven

no one knows what's wrong

repair people were useless

battery's fine, it just is off -- phone is a brick

probably a broken motherboard or something from what google says

what must i do short of buying the exact same phone and trying to restore data

worth a shot asking here

So, the phone won't power at all? Pressing the button does nothing? Removing and re-inserting the battery does nothing? When charging does the light come on? Can you boot it while plugged into your computer?

Sounds completely dead, just remove the sim and memory card and the rest should be synced to your google account.

nothing works lmao

how does that even happen?

I guess it broke. Too much heat, vibration, shock, wear, something else.

Ah okay, hopefully they can transfer the files from the internal memory to an identical phone.