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Old 09-19-2011, 09:37 AM
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I have a young daughter that is always grabbing for my phone(9800). We have an old 9000 we have given her to play with. I have a concern she may dial 911 when I'm not looking. Is there a way to disable emergency calls? Maybe remove the radio antenna?
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Even on none activated phones, E911 will always function.
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That is a requirement, that any cell phone, even inactive, have the capability to call 911.

It may seem like a PITA, but an inactive phone being able to save a life is pretty good, in my book.

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If she still plays with it with out the battery, then pull it out and have her use it with out power.
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Besides, as Homer found out, the real number is 912.

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I was hoping there would be an antenna that could be removed. Looking around inside I don't see anything. Is it in that black adhesive strip under the battery door?
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Not sure if it possible, but start up bbsak and remove the phone application from the device.

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Look at teardown videos. the antenna can be removed. / or ripped.
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Look at teardown videos. the antenna can be removed. / or ripped.
Why doing this with a good working bold ????
Is a bold9000 a play toy for a little child ??
She likes fisher price more, believe me.

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Old 09-19-2011, 03:50 PM
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Why doing this with a good working bold ????
Is a bold9000 a play toy for a little child ??
She likes fisher price more, believe me.

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I wish she liked fisher price better. I have had the phone since new. It started behaving oddly years ago and only got worse. It's been in the drawer ever since I got my torch. I would never try to ebay it. Just wouldn't be fair to a buyer. The other option is the trash can.
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Look at teardown videos. the antenna can be removed. / or ripped.
This is a pretty stupid suggestion. Destroy a working device. Just remove the phone application. No dialing possible but also not sure if the device will work at all.
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GSM phones can even dial 911 without a SIM card in them?
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GSM phones can even dial 911 without a SIM card in them?
But not if you delete the phone.cod the radio cod file.
Then It do nothing more. I can let you know tomorrow which one you need to delete with BBSAK one day you wil be glad if you need the phone

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