We have a plethora of riches of

[Baitball Blogger]

old cell phones. We have a dozen museum pieces and if I can figure out how to remove the sims cards, we will donate them to an appropriate place.

So, is there any generic instructions to remove sims? and what places are best to donate the phones?

[OriginalGeek]

1. the national council against domestic violence has a program

https://ncadv.org/donate-a-phone

As for the sim cards, it just really depends on the model. If there's is a removable plate on the back for the battery the SIM card is often in that compartment too. There may also be an SD memory card in there so get both. Sometimes it's a pop-out tray on one side of the phone case (could be top or bottom or either side) and those are sometimes accessed by pushing them in (then they pop out) or putting the SIM tool into a tiny hole and that pops the tray out. If you don't have the sim tool a very small paper clip does the same thing.

Your service provider may have a donation program already set up (Pretty sure Verizon does, not sure about others). I've seen more than a few programs that claim to support Wounded Warrior project which sounds great on the surface but I swear I've heard they have issues with money going to executives instead of wounded warriors.

[Baitball Blogger]

2. Good information.

I couldn't open all of them, so I passed a magnet across the phones.

I agree there is something going on with Wounded Warrior. I know someone I respect who is associated with them, but he goes on cruise ships to Europe two or three times a month.

Maybe it is just all that surplus money from not having children or paying rent?

[OriginalGeek]

3. oh NOW you tell me

that's how to get surplus money!


Magnet is not likely to do anything for the phones - computer hard drives and floppy disks use magnetism to store their ones and zeroes but phone memory is different.

[Baitball Blogger]

4. Oh well.