Sadly for you, you have a hardware issue.
You shouldn't give up easy. I personally have a 10" 4.0.3 ICS android tablet, but it's nowhere near WP7 in any terms.
As for the phone, if it doesn't boot up I doubt they'll be able to see anything
Good luck!
yeah my last resort will be to use a riff box still debating though rather to save for the focus s will see