If I remove the battery from my cell phone, do I lose all my phone numbers?

[MichaelD]

Fine; it's the Stupid Cell Phone Question of the Day.

The memory in a cell phone, is it like flash memory? I.E. not dependent on a constant electrical charge to save settings?

My cell phone will be turned off for a few months and I'd hate to lose all the numbers I've accumulated over the past four years.

Thanks.

 

[dabuddha]

You shouldn't. In theory. Also in theory, communism works.

 

[Corporate Thug]

i lose all the data when i remove the battery

 

[rh71]

I asked it here

 

[MichaelD]

Thanks. I'll write down all the numbers just in case...of course, I'll probably lose that piece of paper too.

 

[rh71]

Check my edit. (I don't know about a few months though)

 

[MichaelD]

Originally posted by: rh71
Check my edit. (I don't know about a few months though)

Thanks pal. Checking your thread now.

 

[MichaelD]

Read the thread; kinda a 50/50 split there. :Q My phone is going to be unplugged for about four months...I was planning taking the battery out, just in case it leaks or somehting.

 

[BennyD]

Originally posted by: MichaelD
Read the thread; kinda a 50/50 split there. :Q My phone is going to be unplugged for about four months...I was planning taking the battery out, just in case it leaks or somehting.

the sim should last "forever" without power

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: MichaelD
Read the thread; kinda a 50/50 split there. :Q My phone is going to be unplugged for about four months...I was planning taking the battery out, just in case it leaks or somehting.

Why?

You goin to disappear on us?

 

[WTT0001]

I lost my nokia 5165 for around 5 months, after the first 2 weeks it was dead (I called it and at that point it didn't even ring, just went straight to voicemail. When we found it again I tried turning it on and got nothing at all, charged it up and had everything, phone #'3 missed calls, made calls. So I guess the best way is to back it up BUT you may get away with it.

Good Luck,

WTT

 

[Alphazero]

My Nokia doesn't lose anything.

 

[Koing]

What phone do you have?

The numbers in England are stored on the sim card. Here everyone uses GSM. The phone also stores numbers. It holds without the battery so i guess there must be some sort of battery in the phone for when the battery is dead.....

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: WTT0001
I lost my nokia 5165 for around 5 months, after the first 2 weeks it was dead (I called it and at that point it didn't even ring, just went straight to voicemail. When we found it again I tried turning it on and got nothing at all, charged it up and had everything, phone #'3 missed calls, made calls. So I guess the best way is to back it up BUT you may get away with it.

Good Luck,

WTT

HTF did you lose your phone for 5 months?

Better question.. WhereTF did you lose your phone for 5 months? Is your room that messy? lol...

 

You need a SIM phone.

 

[MichaelD]

Originally posted by: dwell
You need a SIM phone.

Huh? That doesn't have anything to do with "The Sims" does it?

I have an older Sprint Touchpoint Dual Band phone...I think Qualcomm makes it; that's what it says on the back.

It's got a big old battery that's about four years old, but assuming I only use about 5 minutes a day talking, it'll do three-foru days on a full charge.

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: MichaelD

Originally posted by: dwell
You need a SIM phone.

Huh? That doesn't have anything to do with "The Sims" does it?

I have an older Sprint Touchpoint Dual Band phone...I think Qualcomm makes it; that's what it says on the back.

It's got a big old battery that's about four years old, but assuming I only use about 5 minutes a day talking, it'll do three-foru days on a full charge.

I only know what a sim is because I bought a phone a couple days ago - it's like a little flash card that you can take in and out of the phone and it can hold data.

 

[ndee]

lol, you Americans are kinda behind what mobile phones concerns eh?

 

[LordJezo]

My Audiovox loses nothing.. but I have never left the battery out for 5 months though..