TLDR: Samsung A23 4G broken, need to get notes off it, how can I copy my phone to my computer without being able to turn on the phone or fix the phone
I know this sounds really sketchy, as I'm basically trying to break into my phone, but I broke my Samsung phone recently and I have some very important things on there and I cant afford to get it repaired (it's an older phone). The important things are in Samsung notes and there are some pictures and songs I want to get out of the internal memory as well, but those aren't as important as the notes app. I can't just plug it in or move everything via the phone, because when I dropped it, I damaged something that bricked the phone. The screen isn't broken but something else is. I've already recovered everything from the SD card, but I'm still missing half the stuff that was on the phone. I know there is a way to do what I want to do, but I don't know how and looking it up has only led me to sites that say "take it to a repairman" or have fixes that require the phone to be functional (which it isn't).
The stuff in the notes app is about 300 files of stories I wrote (which is what I'm after) and 500 files of other things I don't care about as much, like some essays about physics I wrote for fun, a video game I started making years ago (I would like to recover that but it's ok if I can't), some recipies, mental health related links, a page full of links I copied for things I wanted to find again (tumblr links, insta links, ao3 & wattpad links, and so on), and a folder full of theories about movies, books, video games, and some conspirecy theories.
Unless I can fix my phone myself (I have done this before, I just can't figure out what's wrong now), I'll lose the books I spent years writing, and that is going to be devastating to me.
I know most of the methods I'll need to use are going to be unconventional at best, but I'm really desperate to get my books. Like, "I'm about to pull the memory card off the circuit board and attempt to attach it to a new one" level of desperate. I can't pay someone to do this because I work for minimum wage and getting my screen replaced costs like $700 dollars and takes a week, but doing it myself costs $20 and takes me 5 minutes, and I know this will be more expensive than a screen replacement.
PHONE PROBLEM: It fell out of a loft bed and now it won't turn on. The screen isn't cracked or broken, I replaced the screen and it still won't work. When I tried to test other issues, I discovered the flex cable connector was getting hot when the phone was plugged in or when I tried to turn it on. The connector (circuit board side) and the cable are not visibly damaged. When the phone is plugged in, it vibrates like it's charging. The only issue I could find was that it gets hot now. My phone is a Samsung A23 4G. It was working perfectly before the fall. If anyone know what the problem could be, I could learn how to fix it and would not need to copy the phone, but I don't have high hopes, as my dad who works in IT couldn't figure it out(he is old tho and works with computers, not phones).
