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Exploration Of LolSpace
2007-02-13, 23:19
So I found a cellphone, it looks like it was abandoned so I hope the owner doesn't want it back. Anyways, I know something about circuitry and stuff like that and I was wondering what could I do with it, like some magnetic radio interferer to block radio signals, any ideas/advices?

Fez_88
2007-02-13, 23:31
There isnt much you can do with it other than putting it up your brown axe wound.

Halvy101
2007-02-14, 18:06
just return it, you can get a used one for a few bux then see if anyone has figured out how to mod it.

PanzerFaust0
2007-02-16, 06:56
I found a cell phone once. I was going to replace the card, buy a charger for it and register it under a fake name but some fool bought it from me for far more than it was worth

Hung Like Saddam
2007-02-28, 17:46
quote:Originally posted by Halvy101:

just return it, you can get a used one for a few bux then see if anyone has figured out how to mod it.

QFT

mek777
2007-03-01, 11:08
put it this way.. what can e do with modern but now unusable CDMA phones in australia? can't use them anymore cause they have phased out the service.. so i have a $700 phone i can't use :\

Punk_Rocker_22
2007-03-01, 14:21
I always wanted to find a cell phne with a camera so I could take it apart and make a spy camera type thing. The cameras on phones are small! But wrong fourm, this belongs on DIY

oddballz194
2007-03-01, 18:32
quote:Originally posted by mek777:

put it this way.. what can e do with modern but now unusable CDMA phones in australia? can't use them anymore cause they have phased out the service.. so i have a $700 phone i can't use :\

CDMA is still used in the USA... I just bought a CDMA (Sprint PCS system, but prepaid service) phone for $20.

Jimmy_Jazz
2007-03-03, 23:13
What a strange coincidence.... I just got done watching this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifzdez7FRbk&NR

Spatula Tzar
2007-03-04, 04:39
Keep it in your car to use for emergencies.

Not Esplender
2007-03-04, 14:44
YES! IT BLENDS!

=CK=

DesertRebel
2007-03-07, 17:22
So this one time, when I was bored, I chucked my old cellphone at my roommate. He got pissed.

A few days later I was beamed by it. http://www.totse.com/bbs/frown.gif (http://www.totse.com/bbs/frown.gif)

Sentinel
2007-03-11, 20:47
quote:Originally posted by Jimmy_Jazz:

What a strange coincidence.... I just got done watching this http://ww w.youtube. com/watch? v=ifzdez7FRbk&NR (http: //www.yout ube.com/wa tch?v=ifzd ez7FRbk&NR )

ahh...made of win!

Nate7667
2007-03-20, 20:55
go to a public place and get in a really loud heated argument over the phone. Then smash the phone on the ground and have fake blood come out of your ears.

El_Muncher
2007-03-21, 00:22
1 word=m80

Moshr00m
2007-03-21, 18:41
circuit bending!

Cyberdan735
2007-03-26, 19:45
keep it charged and in your car, you can still call 911 with it. keep it turned off untill you use it so the batteries with stay good.

sidewayz6.6
2007-03-27, 20:36
It depends what kind it is. If it's a RAZR/SLVR/ROKR/PEBL/RIZR/KRZR, keep it and mod it. I have both a SLVR and 2 RAZRs, and they are both modded to the extreme.

mr.biggles
2007-04-27, 22:58
I always wanted to find a cell phne with a camera so I could take it apart and make a spy camera type thing. The cameras on phones are small! But wrong fourm, this belongs on DIY

ive *found* and brand new camera that can shoot video

shoesux
2007-05-04, 09:31
If someone dosent want it, its most likely useless :/

MrFishHat
2007-05-09, 17:28
if you can get a data cable for it there is a custom firmware circulating that will allow it to pick up all the text messages running though the tower its connected to. however sending things with it is a little harder....
http://www.slate.com/id/2161402/

The Torch
2007-05-09, 20:20
I always wanted to find a cell phone with a camera so I could take it apart and make a spy camera type thing. The cameras on phones are small! But wrong forum, this belongs on DIY
How would one make a spy camera out of a Razor type cell phone?
/Torch>

swaZ
2007-05-13, 10:58
i found a phone i just need a charger for it

woopsueypigs77
2007-05-13, 17:40
I always wanted to find a cell phne with a camera so I could take it apart and make a spy camera type thing. The cameras on phones are small! But wrong fourm, this belongs on DIY

What part of this thread screams DIY to you? He isn't trying to build anything, he wants ideas of what to use an extra cell phone for. DIY is for building shit.

pyroman5000
2007-05-14, 04:36
Drive down the road
Dial 9/11
Toss out window.

J*A*D*A
2007-05-25, 20:18
cell it

Minority Deport
2007-05-29, 00:17
Go to a mall and yell "FUCK YOU" into it and smash it on the ground