How can you place calls to emergency numbers on phones without SIM cards?

Question

like there should be a workaround/hack that then let’s you place any kinda call for free.

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Answer 1

911 operator here. We get calls all day long from phones with no other functionality aside from emergency calls. Whether they are from toddlers who are playing around with mom’s old decommissioned phone or a transient with a stolen flip phone from target that hasn’t been activated. Usually those calls come through with a no valid call back number. Instead, our readout displays an area code of (911) followed by some portion of the IMEI number as the 7-digit phone number. Those phones are unable to receive calls and can only make outbound calls to emergency services.