password/new phone

Please forgive these very basic questions:

1) when I signed up for my first cell phone a few months ago thru t-mobile, I was advised by the t-mobile salesman to retrieve my messages by pressing and holding down the 1 button—there was never a mention of a password. now that I have ruined my cell phone by dropping it in water (see my earlier posting at the conclusion of this email), I want to retrieve my messages, but when I call my cell number and press the star button after I hear my voice message, I am prompted to enter a password. is there any way I can figure out what my password is even though my phone is not working and I have never entered it before?

2) I would like to get a new phone in the cheapest way possible, such as through ebay rather than directly through my t-mobile carrier. I am wondering if this is feasible--ie can i just put the old sim card into a new phone that i buy elsewhere? is there any way to figure out if the sim card is ruined, and if so what can i do to fix it?

thank you!!

original post:

I accidentally dropped my 6010 nokia phone in the toilet. it happened 4 days ago--at first the phone would sort of blink in response to me trying to turn it on; i took out the battery and sim card and put them all to dry on a heating vent for just under 24 hours, and now nothing is working, though the phone will occasionally blink when I try to turn it on. I have heard that taking out the battery and sim card and putting the phone in an oven for 5 hrs at 125 could work, though this sounds ridiculous. is there any hope? I am broke and even though the phone is inexpensive, not sure I can afford to replace it. Migh buying a new battery work? or is there any way that t-mobile would pay for the replacement (though of course I doubt it). Thanks for your help. boy do I feel stupid.

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check with t-mobile first if the phone still under warranty and if you have a freind who has 33 series phone or same phone, just barrow the battery for a moment and put it to your cell phone just to see if the phone will turn on again. but most of the dct4 cell phone once they get wet the lcd will go first.