do i get charged every time i answer a solicitor call on my cell phone?

This is not the place.

On a Landline Phone you only pay for the calls you initiate the price is depending on your plan... other calls you receive such as collect(or person to person), if you accept, you all so pay for, otherwise you never get charged for incoming calls.

Try the pulling the battery as the first approach. I would hate to think that I have to restore factory settings on anything. I am not real good about doing backups.

If you call a cell phone and it is turned off, the call may go to voice mail. But if the cell phone is in use, the same thing would happen, so you can't tell.

You can send bulk messages using the new VOIP telephone at reasonable rates. You can utilize this hosted Voip telephony in order to market yourself well and that too without having to invest much. Also Cloud based VOIP provides a call blast feature that allows you to make calls in bulk with a pre ...

Your options are to either toss it in the garbage or use it as a paperweight. Another option is to buy a real phone.