How to make use of an old cell phone

[asaad78]

I have a relatively old (though not outdated) model of Nokia cell
phone and I was wondering if there would be any use that I could make
of it.


thank you.

 

[John Miller]

I have a relatively old (though not outdated) model of Nokia cell
phone and I was wondering if there would be any use that I could make
of it.

In the States, you can can give it to a phoneless friend for use as a 911
phone (no activation required). Or you can use it to practice your SMD
desoldering/soldering technique. Or you can donate it to a charitable
organization.

--
John Miller
Email address: domain, n4vu.com; username, jsm

Steinbach's Guideline for Systems Programming:
Never test for an error condition you don't know how to handle.

 

[John A. Weeks III]

I have a relatively old (though not outdated) model of Nokia cell
phone and I was wondering if there would be any use that I could make
of it.

If it has some kind of external connector on it, you could connect
the ringer signal output to a relay, and use the dry contacts to
trigger a terrorist bomb. Dial the phone number of the cell phone,
and ker-plouie it goes. Just hope that you don't get any telemarketing
calls while you are planting this thing.

-john-

 

[Garrett Mace]

If it has some kind of external connector on it, you could connect
the ringer signal output to a relay, and use the dry contacts to
trigger a terrorist bomb. Dial the phone number of the cell phone,
and ker-plouie it goes. Just hope that you don't get any telemarketing
calls while you are planting this thing.

-john-

My condolences on the loss of your front door, computers, privacy, and all
of your electronics equipment.

 

[JeffM]

give it...for use as a 911 phone (no activation required)

John Miller

Yup. http://www.google.com/search?&q=battered+elderly+disabled+911+cell

 

[asaad78]

all of you responded quite strangely for some reason (...?)

so none of you can think of any techical modification that can be done
to make a cool gadget out of it.

if you can, please post.

 

[Mark Fergerson]

all of you responded quite strangely for some reason (...?)

That's not _my_ idea of strange.

so none of you can think of any techical modification that can be done
to make a cool gadget out of it.

Most of the hardware is rather task-specific; in other
words, it's kinda difficult to get it to do anything other
than what it was designed to do without breaking into the
chips themselves.

if you can, please post.

I've got three "dead" units I use as chargers for spare
batteries...

Mark L. Fergerson

 

[JeffM]

so none of you can think of any techical modification that can be done

Most of the hardware is rather task-specific;
Mark L. Fergerson

Yup. To get it that tiny, it has to be.
Obviously, the OP isn't aware of the 1st generation of mobiles
(which had to be fitted to a vehicle)
and doesn't remember the generation of units that looked like handy-talkies.

it's kinda difficult to get it to do anything other than
what it was designed to do without breaking into the chips themselves.

Again, yup.
It's troubling how so many folks think we have achieved micro-miniaturization
using the same old discrete parts we used to build stuff decades ago
and how they fail to grasp that production items use ASICs
http://www.google.com/search?&q=define:ASIC
and one-time-programmable chips. http://www.google.com/search?&q=define:FPGA