How to bypass "lost" passcode on Motorola i1000 phones

After searching the web all night last night (Nextel, my carrier, only
has support during day hours), I was unable to use my i1000 phone, I
had put in a passcode to prevent "friends" from making calls without
my knowledge. Even though I still swear that I used the same number as
my ATM PIM, I could not access the phone.

This morning a 5 minute call to Nextel support resolved the problem.
Here's the procedure:

1) Turn the phone on.
2) At the Passcode? prompt enter "0000" (without the quotes, of
course)
#) Your phone will return to normal operation,

Don't believe all of the group posts out there the have you key in *42
, *43, or any other "reset code" before typing the "0000" in.

Hopefully this will save someone else the time and grief of being
without their phone.

PS: The script kiddies must swear on a stack of "Hacking CP/M for fun
and profit" books that they will not use this to gain access to their
Parents or older siblings phones.

Peace,

Jon

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In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] (Jon Lancaster) writes:
> After searching the web all night last night (Nextel, my carrier, only
> has support during day hours), I was unable to use my i1000 phone, I
> had put in a passcode to prevent "friends" from making calls without
> my knowledge. Even though I still swear that I used the same number as
> my ATM PIM, I could not access the phone.

So suppose we trust your memory rather than the phone.

> This morning a 5 minute call to Nextel support resolved the problem.
> Here's the procedure:
>
> 1) Turn the phone on.
> 2) At the Passcode? prompt enter "0000" (without the quotes, of
> course)
> #) Your phone will return to normal operation,

Those symptoms might correlate with the phone having forgotten the code.

In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] (Jon Lancaster) writes:
> After searching the web all night last night (Nextel, my carrier, only
> has support during day hours), I was unable to use my i1000 phone, I
> had put in a passcode to prevent "friends" from making calls without
> my knowledge. Even though I still swear that I used the same number as
> my ATM PIM, I could not access the phone.

So suppose we trust your memory rather than the phone.

> This morning a 5 minute call to Nextel support resolved the problem.
> Here's the procedure:
>
> 1) Turn the phone on.
> 2) At the Passcode? prompt enter "0000" (without the quotes, of
> course)
> #) Your phone will return to normal operation,

Those symptoms might correlate with the phone having forgotten the code.