Did you get a Gusto 3 battery and try again?
If it doesn't charge up and work then it's a busted phone. No one I know can recover from that and it repeats what we know about data we can't lose. Backup what we can't lose before we lose it.
Old phone didn't have battery so I tried several different attempts at turning the phone on using different battery's, straight wiring, etc. The phone is stuck trying to turn on and flashes red Verizon screen over and over but won't power all the way on. This phone has very important info on that I can not afford to lose. Please help

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