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Samsung announced the Galaxy S23 lineup at their "Unpacked" event on February 1, 2023. The new Galaxy Book3 and Galaxy Book3 Pro series of laptops were also announced

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Can I swap the internal storage from 1 s23 Ultra to another s23 Ultra

So I broke my old s23 ultra's screen and I tried getting it fixed but the repair guy said I had probably damaged my internals. There was alot of stuff on my s23 ultra that I wanted to get swapped over like contacts and such but I cant because the old phone needs to be working in order for me to do that. Is it possible to swap out a component from my old s23 ultra to my new s23 ultra to get all my old stuff back or is it just a lost cause?

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Did they mention what is internally wrong, did you bring it to an independent repair shop or a samsung one? How did it break that you damaged an internal component? In terms of swapping it you can though it just seems that, unless you REALLY broke it/ dropped in acid, it should be fine to repair.

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This strikes me as odd; I'm not clear exactly how a damaged screen would also affect the motherboard; I mean if you slammed the phone in a car's trunk lid like my niece did then yeah, maybe, but there's a frame in between the screen and the motherboard that should provide quite a bit of protection. I mean, yeah it's possible to damage those little FPC connectors if you attempted the repair yourself - I've done that myself - but I think I'd want a second opinion that the motherboard was beyond redemption. Those connectors can be replaced if that's all it is.

Unfortunately your phone is so new that prices for it are still quite high. If you thought there was a chance the motherboard was still functional you could try finding a phone that's locked or with a bad ESN on eBay or other sites where you could open it up and try your motherboard in the replacement phone. About the closest I saw was one on eBay that's advertised as "Cracked, Locked, Unknown ESN" for about $280, but that's about the best you're going to do with a recent phone like that. Anyway, if you need it, here are instructions on how to pull the motherboard; they're in Spanish but used with the Chrome browser's translation feature it's quite usable.

Manuals / Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra / Motherboard - Nobody Calls Me Chicken

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