Do you really think it's possible that it's the replacement piece? Frustrating that so much is packed on what seems like an unimportant piece. To clarify, it is this piece: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00LIS8JEM?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o07_s00

They are mailing me a new one so I guess in the interest of saving my photos I will wait to do anything too drastic until I try the new board. Weird that I'm having all these issues with an HTC product; my last one spent 3 days in snow after a snowboarding mishap, was mailed to me and continued working flawlessly. Now I take a photo and it commits seppuku.

Is there another way to pull data off the phone without the RUU? Can I flash a recovery and pull data from that without losing data (if my flash is successful?)