| Here some things that might help you: 1. Most probably you will need help of someone who knows a little about technology. Maybe you can ask someone you know or pay them by helping (time for time). 2. Since you said in a comment that you have poor eyesight, let someone with a magnifying glass check if the usb port on your old phone is simply clogged up. This is quite likely to be part of the issue. 3. Try different usb cables and charging ports, ideally one that you can verify that works by testing on another device (for example the new phone). These things break all the time. 4. Try carefully wiggling the usb jack while the charger is connected and it should be charging if nothing was broken. The goal here is to find a position where the phone gets charged at least for a bit. Also note: If the phone is off it might take several seconds before the phone indicates that it is actually charging. This is fidgety but could resolve your problem quickly and easily. 5. If the phone has wireless charging you can go to star bucks or restaurants, some provide wireless chargers. You might get some charging done and resolve this. 6. [Technical person needed] You can order a battery replacement (also search on craigslist). If your phone is not too new/fancy this should be very cheap. Then the technical person can swap the batteries and try charging the old phone again. If the old phone then works you can sell it and get a little money back :) 7. [Technical person needed] Depending on your exact phone (the old one) you could search craigslist for a broken one where the screen is damaged but the phone otherwise works (these should be very cheap). You can then charge this phone and and let the technical person swap the battery, same as above. 8. Repair shops: Since your problem (the part that the phone is not charging) is quite common, repair shops might have even more possible solutions. I don't know about the US but in europe many of those are very affordable, especially small ones. 9. Can you tell us the manufacturer and model of your old/broken phone? It's not unlikely that someone on HN has the some model or a battery replacement lying around and you can pick it up or pay for shipping or they might even pay for shipping it to you. Come one HN, this is a solvable problem! |