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Originally posted by ktsnake
Most American phones (except for GSM which is becoming prevalant) are identified on their network by way of their ESN#. The ESN is usually associated with the phone# which is associated with the account# and that's how the whole billing/phone use thing works.
When these companies take phones for charity purposes, they are SUPPOSED to wipe the phone's memory. Easily done on most models, especially Nokia which is by far the easiest to program.
If you have a Nokia and want to get your phone number off of it before donating to charity, just go to the main screen (can be done by pressing the end key) and then press *#639 hit next until you get to the phone # and then enter all 0's. Keep going and eventually the phone will reset.
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Is there a way to find out how to do this for your particular phone? I've been wanting to donate my old Motorola phone for a while but haven't gotten around to it. This worries me enough to not want to donate it.
Just wondering if there's website or if I could call Motorola to find out how to do this.