Yeah, there really is no option to disable the password prompt on a Nextel phone. I remember being really frustrated by it, too. iDEN hasn't offered that ability since at least pre-merger, probably due to security concerns, but maybe just due to general shortsightedness.

As for your phonebook entry + preprogrammed password solution I used to do that very thing, and got it to work very well on an i860, so I imagine it's possible on your i560. Make sure you're putting the right number of pauses in I'd experiment with one more or one less "P" and see what happens.

If that doesn't work, try hunting in your phone settings menu for an option possible labeled "DTMF tones" or something to that effect. This is the menu option that controls the length of the dual-tone multifrequency "bleep" you hear when you press a key when you're on the line. Your options should be "short" or "long." Select "long" and see if that doesn't clear up your issue. If there is no such menu option, then you may be out of luck.

I have a question on voice mail on CDMA, is there a way to check your voice mail without dialing the actual phone. Basically I have a mother that wants to check her sons voice mail with out him being aware that she is calling it. So i thought maybe there was an 800 number or something that you can call to check it.

To listen to you voicemail from another phone (land line, other cell phone etc):

1. You will dial your mobile phone number.

2. Then you will presss * (star) when you hear the greeting and enter in your voicemail passcode.

     ***if you do not know this you may chat or call into care to get this reset or login to your account on sprint.com and go to Settings and  

         Passwords then to Voicemail Passcode

3 You will then have access to your voicemail's

Hope this helped...