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sheryl
06-14-2007, 05:55 PM
There are a few things that can be done in times of grave emergencies. Your
mobile phone can actually be a life saver or an emergency tool for
survival.
Check out the things that you can do with it:



5 THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW YOUR CELL PHONE COULD DO


FIRST
Emergency

The Emergency Number worldwide for Mobile is 112. If you find yourself out
of the coverage area of your mobile; network and there is an emergency, dial 112
and the mobile will search any existing network to establish the emergency
number for you, and interestingly this number 112 can be dialed even if the keypad is
locked. Try it out.


SECOND
Have you locked your keys in the car?
Does your car have remote keyless entry? This may come in handy someday.
Good reason to own a cell phone: If you lock your keys in the car and the spare
keys are at home, call someone at home on their cell phone from your cell phone.
Hold your cell phone about a foot from your car door and have the person at your home
press the unlock button, holding it near the mobile phone on their end. Your car
will unlock. Saves someone from having to drive your keys to you. Distance is
no object. You could be hundreds of miles away, and if you can reach someone who has
the other "remote" for your car, you can unlock the doors (or the trunk).

Editor's Note: It works fine! We tried it out and it unlocked our car over
a cell phone!"


THIRD
Hidden Battery Power

Imagine your cell battery is very low. To activate, press the keys *3370# Your cell
will restart with this reserve and the instrument will show a 50% increase in battery.
This reserve will get charged when you charge your cell next time.

FOURTH
How to disable a STOLEN mobile phone?
To check your Mobile phone's serial number, key in the following digits on
your phone: * # 0 6 # A 15 digit code will appear on the screen. This number
is unique to your handset. Write it down and keep it somewhere safe. When your phone get stolen, you can phone your service provider and give them this code. They will then be able to block your andset so even if the thief changes the SIM card, your phone will be totally useless. You probably won't get your phone back, but at least you know that whoever stole it can't use/sell it either. If verybody does this, there would be no point in people stealing mobile phones.


And Finally....

IFTH
Free Directory Service for Cells

Cell phone companies are charging us $1.00 to $1.75 or more for 411
information calls when they don't have to. Most of us do not carry a telephone
directory in our vehicle, which makes this situation even more of a problem.
When you need to use the 411 information option, simply dial: (800) FREE
411, or (800) 373-3411 without incurring any charge at all. Program this into
your cell phone now.

tstrand
06-14-2007, 06:19 PM
This is by and large a hoax.


For details see:


https://urbanlegends.about.com/od/business/a/cellphone_tips.htm


Tom

phooph
06-21-2007, 12:34 PM
Just for fun I decided to try some of these and found that I could indeed get my cell phone serial number (didn't need the last 5) and the 800 411 number is correct. 112 is the emergency number for Europe and won't work if you go to Mexico or Canada, for instance
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_telephone_number

I was unable to find any hidden battery power, didn't try the unlocking the car door trick yet, so maybe about half true.
Ruth


This is by and large a hoax.


For details see:


https://urbanlegends.about.com/od/business/a/cellphone_tips.htm


Tom