The release of the Firefly a couple years back was a great concept but a flawed product. The concept was a brilliant one -- a phone that enables parents to control who their children are able to call and be called by. While the Firefly was canned because it didn't do a very good job at what it was supposed to do, most parents still want this kind of phone.

The great news is that ANY GSM phone can be turned into a Firefly-style device through the magic of Fixed Dialing. PhoneArena defines Fixed Dial as

"A service feature that allows users to restrict their outgoing calls and messages to selected phone numbers, included in a fixed dialing list. Once the service is activated the user can only call and send messages to the phone numbers from the list. The capacity of the fixed dialing list depends on the capacity of the SIM card. The list is protected by a PIN code."

So fixed dialing prevents the user of the phone from calling people you don't want them to call.

When you set up fixed dialing, it will prompt you for a PIN2 code. Each provider uses a different default code, so the best thing to do is call up the customer service department to find out what their particular code is.

Related to my PUK code post, if you put in the wrong PIN2 code enough times you will be prompted for a PUK2 code. Always always always call customer service to find out what the PUK code is, because it is different for every line of service and does change periodically.


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