In article >,
George > wrote:

> > I never even bothered changing the number. It's still a number out of
> > Houston.
> >
> > It's there just for calling 911. Period, as a backup phone.
>
> Did you ever test it to make sure it will work? Sometimes unactivated
> phones won't connect even though they are supposed to. A friend had an
> unactivated phone and it would register on the network but when she
> tried 911 she would get ARN (American Roaming Network). It turned out
> some of the old info wasn't completely reset and that confused the cell
> network.

Ok, I finally worked up the nerve to test it. (I hate to call 911 if
there really is no emergency) and yes, it worked... :-)

No time, no activation, just a full battery charge.

The phone was blanked by it's owner before he mailed it to me.
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Peace, Om

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