Question about Nokia phones

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"Fred" <fred.hutch@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:vRUve.1353$GH6.1063@newssvr17.news.prodigy.com...
> I recently converted from AT&T to Cingular Family Plan, and had to get all
> new phones. I'd like to get rid of my old Nokia phones, which are Nokia
> models 5165, 3560 and 1260, but I am concerned that our phone numbers
still
> appear when the phones are powered up. I've tried to go into different
> phone and system settings on the phone, but I encounter password prompts.
> The manual says the default password is 12345, but that doesn't work. How
> do I remove the phone number from these phones? I don't want to sell them
> or give them away if my phone numbers are still on there. These are older
> phones and don't have the SIM cards that the newer phones do.
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