Samsung F700 Help

ok, so i got myself a samsung f700. the only problem is that the phone is locked. when i say locked, i don't mean locked to the service provider. i mean there is an option to ask for a PIN number each time the phone is turned on. i have no way of finding the PIN number and i would like to avoid contacting Cingular. is there a master PIN or and type of hard reset that i can do? or anything at all that i can do?

I know this is unrelated but i'm assuming you're in the US. Do you have the QWERTY keyboard? If so where did you purchase it?

haha, no, its not the qwerty. some letters are switched and i don't like it one bit. i bought it used for $100. I fixed it by calling samsung and getting a reset code but the weird thing was, when i read him my serial number, his records said that the phone doesn't exist. anyone know whats up? the phone started up in french if that means anything