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Sammy_boy
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Posted: 2005-08-20 13:14
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As the title says, have you ever bought a phone secondhand, and found that the previous owner hasn't cleared all of their old stuff like pictures, texts, etc. off?

I've just recieved a V500 to fix up off Ebay, and just out of interest gone through the menus, and found amongst other things a picture that I assume is the previous owners' girlfriend's breasts!

And I've seen on previous phones rather dirty or suggestive texts, one promising what he was planning to do to his girlfriend when he got home

So, share your stories. What have you found which the previous owner perhaps wouldn't have wanted you to see?

Oh, and no. I'm not posting that topless picture or emailing it to anyone either!
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Posted: 2005-08-20 13:18
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this will be interresting
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Posted: 2005-08-20 13:58
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Indeed it will!

I've also found some really soppy texts as well, also some that were quite touching, like people texting congratulations to someone who'd just had a baby, and some texts that were really quite romantic or thought provoking.

I've also come across some rather racist jokes on one too
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Posted: 2005-08-20 14:25
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i wouldnt mind to see that picture


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Posted: 2005-08-20 14:27
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On 2005-08-20 13:14:08, Sammy_boy wrote:
Oh, and no. I'm not posting that topless picture or emailing it to anyone either!




I want to see that picture aswell...come on do an old friend a favour! [addsig]
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Posted: 2005-08-20 14:36
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Oh yeah had some great home movies

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Posted: 2005-08-20 14:37
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lets have a look then


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Sammy_boy
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Posted: 2005-08-20 15:55
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Sorry, I can't post it, besides I'd end up with a nice ban if I did!

I haven't found any movies yet (although a lot of the phones I get to fix are cheapies and not capable of making movies )
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Posted: 2005-08-20 16:01
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I feel sorry for the person I sold my previous phone to. Should have got a 'nice' suprise when they turned it on....Booby attack!!!!!
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Posted: 2005-08-21 02:18
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i received a phone with nude pics of some guys girlfriend on the toilet

It also had a message which read
"Dude, I just screwed Mike's mom!"
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Posted: 2005-08-21 02:56
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Ive seen a classic in my m8z nokia 6630? u know,the 3g one,anyway,it was an email to sky news,we had a right laff about it.

I'll see if its still on there,maybe i can transfer the whole email to my phone (is that possible?),then i can get it on here...WORD FOR WORD!

Edit,Can i transfer it thru ?

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Posted: 2005-08-21 03:24
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lol ive never found anything on my old phones like that..
except for strange names with phonenumbers like -> RandyP, and worse.. I found those on a Samsung A300 yrs ago which I got off eBay
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Posted: 2005-08-21 05:09
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I've some garish texts before, but quite some time ago found a number for 1 of our most popular comedians. Sent him a text after seeing one of his dvds, bloke actually replied whilst touring Oz, long story short, we're very good friends now :o)

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Posted: 2005-08-21 09:36
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On 2005-08-21 05:09:50, Kryptik wrote:
I've some garish texts before, but quite some time ago found a number for 1 of our most popular comedians. Sent him a text after seeing one of his dvds, bloke actually replied whilst touring Oz, long story short, we're very good friends now )


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That's cool actually, that really is
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Posted: 2005-08-21 09:36
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I had got a 2nd hand Sony Cmd Z5 a long time back... and it was full of text messages containing talks about guns, the underworld in bombay, and a whole lot of similar seemingly illegal content full of expletives too...returned the phone to the phone guy that same very day and got a brand new seimens S6 instead... couldn't sleep that night though...
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