If the handset has Wi-Fi capabilities, you can bypass the carrier and use a Voice-over-IP service such as Fring, Skype, or Truphone. Use it as a Wi-Fi phone: Just because you’re no longer paying a carrier for your old phone doesn’t mean you can’t use it to make phone calls. Also, a deactivated phone can’t transmit its location to an operator, so try not to get lost in the woods.
(I know: right when you plow your car into a snowbank.) Just make sure to have some kind of power supply available, whether it’s an AC adapter, a car charger, or an external backup battery. So why not stick your old phone in, say, your glove compartment or office desk for use in case of emergency? After all, you never know when you might lose or break your primary phone.
Keep an emergency phone handy: According to FCC rules, a deactivated smartphone (or, for that matter, any cell phone) still should be capable of making one kind of phone call: 911. Not every suggestion listed here will work with every phone, but I guarantee that you’ll get at least a little more mileage from your moldy mobile. After all, you paid good money for that once-sexy communicator, so why not get some extra bang for your buck?īelow I’ve rounded up seven fun and practical ways to resurrect an old smartphone (as well as an eighth option). In fact, whether you have an old BlackBerry Pearl, a Palm Centro, a T-Mobile G1, or even a first-gen iPhone, you have plenty of ways to put an aged handset to good use. A smartphone sitting in a drawer is a waste of pocket power. That’s true for MP3 players and digital cameras, maybe. Ah, well, that’s what happens in these fast-tech times, right? Out with the outdated, in with the latest and greatest. Old smartphones never die–they just get stuck in a drawer after being replaced by something newer and cooler.
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