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Re: NEC PocketMAX / Orbitel PPU905 Phone Security

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From: Hasjim Williams
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 00:00
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> >Does anyone know how to disable the phone security on a NEC
PocketMAX(also
> >known as Orbitel PPU905  Ericsson GO118), when the PIN has been
incorrectly
> >inputted 3 times.  Now the phone displays "Phone Disabled".  What can I
do?
> >Is there a code that I can put in?
>
> Ring your network customer support line and ask for the PUK code - an 8
> figure number preceded by **05*. You're supposed to enter the full
> number (little black blobs show on screen after the **05*) then press
> OK, but the 905 doesn't have an OK button as such. For entering PIN
> codes it's the hash key, but that does nowt when you enter the PUK code.

I think that's if you SIM-Lock the phone.  However my brother enabled PHONE
security and put the wrong code in three times.  Now, we don't know what
number to enter to re-enable the phone...

> Still, nice thin phone - I'd had it on Voda for 2 years before I gave it
> my daughter with a PAYT sim-only deal.

It's a reasonable phone, considering the age...  But without the manual(s)
to tell me who to call/what to do, it makes it a bit hard.
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From: "Hasjim Williams" <h.williams@student.qut.edu.au>
Subject: Re: NEC PocketMAX / Orbitel PPU905 Phone Security
Date: 1999/09/12
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