Payphone Tricks



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BT Call Cards

Try dialling 144 (BT Phonecard no.) Then when asked for card no.&pin put
in *5555 0000 5555 #   (If you get no. wrong you will get "number not
recognised" message.If you get it right you will get "Please dial the
number you are calling including the STD code".

BUT! when you dial the number,you do not get through,You will get
"Please hold while we are connecting you to a BT Operator".
2 things here, first if you have managed to see a BT call -card copy no.
off it & you can then quote it to Operator who should not ask for your
pin no...Hey Presto....(Not a good idea for calling home!)

Second ,If anyone has the time to play around with the digits so they
get through without getting the "transferring you to operator" then that
would be VERY educational don'y ya think!.




The Free Taxi Phone

everyone has seen these somewhere get a tonedialer ,
take the phone off the hook , now hold down the hook with your finger
hold down the first number of your call with your tone dialer
and take your finger off the hook . wait a few seconds and
then dial your number as usual.




The 141 Trick .

This is for the slightly older bt payphone , grey with volume control
coins only with a silver colour ,found indoors and out.
                        ............
(1)     insert a quid into your payphone 
(2)     wait until the credits get between 18-16 credits 
(3)     press 141 141 141 141 (thats 141 four times)
(4)     then keep pressing 0 until your pound drops out
(5)     display will flash freecall or no coin call, talk for as long
        as you want :)

OR

(1)     insert £1 
(2)     press 141141 then 0 loads of times your pound will come out
(3)     you can call away

OR

(1)     insert £1
(2)     make call 
(3)     before credits get to 10p press 141141 then 0 loads of times your 
        £1 will come out , might be 141141141141 then 0 loads of times.


The Follow On Call Trick

This again is for the slightly older bt payphone , silver/grey with
follow on call button , mostly outdoors .
                        ............
(1)     insert 20p dial number etc.
(2)     wait until the credits get down to 9
(3)     press follow on call button
(4)     when 9 is still flashing insert £1
(5)     keep pressing the follow on call button as your putting in the £1
(6)     your pound should come out
(7)     you will now have £1.09 credits :)
  You should be able to do this everytime your credits get down to 9
               (dont think that it has to a £1 either)



The 175 trick

couldnt get this to work havent really got a chance to play around with it
yet , insert 10p (get it back later) , dial 175 , listen to what it says and 
hangup , wait for it to phone you back , do something ? , use a tonedialer 
to dial your number . Play around with this and tell me the correct version 
maybe you dont hangup first of all or something .



Free calls from BT Payphone 200 MKII:

BT Payphone 200 MKII phones allow you to make free calls with a few key 
presses. The phone is normally cream coloured with a brown handle, and 
found indoors only. They don't take phonecards, and are quite an old style.

Anyway, to make free calls, pick up the handset and dial "* # 2 5 8 0" 
(That's Star, Hash, 2580). then the number you require. This works locally,
nationally, internationally and on 0891 etc. 

It appears that this may be a number pre-programmed into the phone when it
is installed, for an engineer to test the line. You will probably find this
type of phone in pubs, halls and the Co-Op shops.


Free calls from other BT Payphones: 

  You will notice on phone boxes there is a cable coming out of them (now
they are encased in steel but it is thin and can be cut open). The cable
contains four wires, two of them are for sending and receiving the voice,
one is a ground and the other is used to transmit codes from the phone. Lift
the receiver and make sure there is a dial tone. Then cut one of the wires,
if the dial tone disapears then re-connect it and try a different one. When
you cut the wire that sends the codes there will still be a dial tone. Now
make your call (you will still have to insert money as the phone needs 10p
before it lets you dial), the cut wire means that no cost codes are sent and
the phone doesn't charge. When you finish your call hang-up and reconnect
the cut wire, the phone then GIVES YOU YOUR MONEY BACK!

  Alternatively, if you just want cash, cut the correct wire and wait for a
few people to make some calls. Then go back and reconnect the wire, the
phone will then return all the money in it's return chute. British phone
boxes don't hold that much cash, especially if most of the calls have been
10 or 20p so it is best to check your phone regularly. BE CAREFUL - phone
boxes are checked every couple of days so make sure you don't leave very
obvious signs the phone has been tampered with.


More Free Calls :

  Another, but rather complicated, way to make calls is by following the
directions given below. Most phones though have had this wonderful facility
removed from them but you may be able to find a remote phone that hasn't had
this facility removed.

FOLLOW THESE STEPS CAREFULLY - this technique requires PRECISE timing. 

1: Lift receiver and hold phone to your ear, you should hear the dial tone.
2: Whilst listening to the phone pull the handset lever down, you will hear
   a click and approx 2 secs later another click - you should lift the lever
   EXACTLY on this click. Listen to it a few times so you know when it is
   coming and you are able to lift the reciever as it happens NOT after you
   hear it.
3: If you have done this correctly then the display should read 79 or 77
   POUNDS
4: Now pull the lever down again, you will hear the phone automatically dial
   a ten digit number followed by a click then approx 2 secs later another
   click the lever should be lifted EXACTLY on this click (same as step 2).
5: If everything was done correctly the display should read 55 POUNDS and
   26p. You are now free to make as many calls as you want.

  When you use up the 55 quid the money counter will reset at 99.99 and you
  can keep calling.




Note #
If you are using a payphone and it "does" swallow your money , call the 
operator and tell her to credit it to your phone bill , but i stuck in a 
£20 note dosent work.


                                                    Newest Bt Payphone 

                                                     Older Bt Payphone


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