Zenfone 8 ramdump brick. Data recovery?

[gabbador]

Hello guys,
So my girlfriend's Zenfone 8 256GB from July 2021 got bricked from ramdump. Asus is about to pick it up for repair and I see from all the other people that they usually replace the motherboard, meaning your data is just lost. I'm much more interested in getting the pictures back than the phone to be honest.
Any solutions?
I'm guessing a third party repairer would simply replace the motherboard too so no luck there either.
I'm up for all suggestions.
Have a wonderful Sunday all.

[Danishblunt]

gabbador

I saw that chip-off recovery of the UFS chip could be an option (keep in mind that I wouldn't be looking if I didn't really care about those pictures)... But given that it's a software issue and not hardware, is there any chance that the chip would be even readable? Should I just give up and try to get a refund from Asus?

I even already contacted data recovery companies but they don't seem optimistic at all (they specialize in hardware damage). Is all hope lost?

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The storage is probably nuked. Nobody has to my knowledge been able to restore anything, the storage seems completely gone.

[gabbador]

Danishblunt

https://zentalk.asus.com/en/discussion/comment/208072#Comment_208072

The storage is probably nuked. Nobody has to my knowledge been able to restore anything, the storage seems completely gone.

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Alright, worth a try. Thanks man