Recent content by Chef Diana

  1. Chef Diana

    Question Sad situation

    Yes, I knew about the Google part. But I do not think it helps me with the messages and the photos that I had still to save to the SD card. I think that is only for email, contacts. In other words, I believe it is not the mirror of the phone pushed up on to the cloud and back onto a new device...
  2. Chef Diana

    Question Sad situation

    I just cannot recall the details on the backup. There is a backup and restore on the phone. My Google account is associated with the phone. I went to the Cricket store where I bought the phone, useless people.
  3. Chef Diana

    Question Sad situation

    I got the SD card reader and can access that data and moved it to my laptop. Still unable to do anything with the phone itself.
  4. Chef Diana

    Question Sad situation

    Yes, I understand that the SD card could be accessible but that won't help me access the phone itself and the remaining photos on the phone or the text messages.
  5. Chef Diana

    Question Sad situation

    I purchased the SD card at Cricket. There was a backup and restore function on the phone but I just cannot recall about how it functioned. I can go and get an SD card reader. I do not know much about SD cards and the one in my phone is the only one I have had. I was a little uneasy about taking...
  6. Chef Diana

    Question Sad situation

    No, I tried that, nothing.
  7. Chef Diana

    Question Sad situation

    No chance of that as I cannot get past the Cricket start screen. The only info I can see is a recovery log report when pressing power on and volume up and releasing which takes me to a menu with a few limited options.
  8. Chef Diana

    Question Sad situation

    So I am a chef and my mom was found down and rushed to the hospital some time ago, well before Covid. I raced to her and she was revived on the third try; I sat at her bedside virtually 24/7 for over five months, while my brother ran our restaurant without me. I cannot express to you the...