Maintaining old phones

I keep mine in the cases/covers I bought for them originally and leave them in my desk. I don't bother to remove the battery. I'll just charge the phone up if and when I need it.

I have made sure to keep a back-up Verizon phone (Nokia 6256i, which was one of the best phones I've ever owned, BTW), just in case I need it. It came in handy 3 years ago when a Moto Q I owned went on the fritz.

The irony is I have about 5 unlocked GSM phones from the days I had T-Mobile and AT&T. Since I have neither carrier at the moment, those phones are in a holding pattern, but I've been thinking about adding T-Mobile again, as I miss them...In time maybe.

I always keep my phones in great condition, which is why they all look brand new.

 

I have 2 Verizon backup phones, my BlackBerry Pearl and a 4 year old LG VX3300. I also learned to keep a back up when a phone goes on the fritz ( I went thru 3 fru MotoQ's, a few a930's and 2 Pearls) and becomes unusable. Usually I will charge them as needed...

I have an Alltel prepaid phone that's sitting there since I have some minutes remaining and I wonder what will VZW do to the account. I just turn the phone on, make a call and let the battery die.

I have a few GSM phones lying around as well. My E63 gets the most use as I am using the wifi and music player. The Moto Renew and Samsung a137 are in a drawer since I have no use for these phones at this time. both were fully charged before putting them away..

 

I currently have several backup phones. I have V3's in Red, Green, Blue, and black. I have 2 V551's, my iPAQ, and my Motorola A845. I leave the batteries installed (or else I might lose them). I keep them charged up, and I try to use each spare phone 1 day a month. This insures that the batteries get exercised on a semi-regular basis.

-Jay

 

I myself also have a few older phones and I keep them in a somewhat air tight small chest of mine.

 

I have removed the battery from my L2 as it's really not used at all right now; but I'm not keeping the battery in the fridge. My other "backup" phones are all used fairly regularly so I just keep them charged but powered off.

 

I don't really have official backup phones but I do have lots of test phones! As far as maintaining them goes I usually take out the batteries and keep them on the shelf.

 

I keep the batteries in my backup phones. It's just easier. Verizon Wireless is allowing Alltel users to keep their Alltel plans. I had AlltelU 15cent/minute plan with my Motorola M800 bag phone and the plan changed over to Verizon Prepaid plan at 15 cents/minute.

 

I also have an old Alltel prepaid (15 cents/min) as well with an LG AX4270. The Alltel account didn't have an expiration, but when the account converted to VZW last week, the account got assigned an expiration date of 7/11/12 (oh well LOL).