Broken handset
The weakness with the handsets was that women using hand lotion or hair gel can get it on the front of the keypad. It then works it's way to the back side of the rubber keypad. The oil gets on the powder carbon on the keypad. The Carbon shorts the copper on the phone to activate the #1 or #2, etc. When the oil mixes with the carbon the key no longer works. I replaced many keypads until Sony Supplies ran out.... A cheap home fix would be to open the handset and clean the #1 key and the circuit board. You can try the keys but if they don't have any carbon on them you can buy liquid carbon at Electronic Stores OR just paper punch a circle of alumimum foil. Glue the foil on the key with thin glue. Works....
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