If your phone is not in good enough condition to donate, do not simply throw it in the trash. Phones contain toxic chemicals that, when a phone is placed in a landfill, may ultimately leach into groundwater and poison the water in surrounding areas. … If recycling your phone is not an option, you may discard it.
When you call a dead phone does it ring?
Answer: A: With a dead battery it should not ring but it should go to voicemail directly.