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Nick Miller (admin)
	Elite Blue
96,520 points

June 12, 2007 - 11:52 AM

I don't know if this is true. Someone sent this to me... What do you think?

5 THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW YOUR CELL PHONE COULD DO

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:

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 handset 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 everybody does this, there would be no point

in people stealing mobile phones.

And Finally....

FIFTH

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.

skadj
	Noble Orange
12,403 points

January 16, 2008 - 12:15 AM

The first and fourth are true. It's mandated that even unconnected cells be able to call emergency services, and when I bought my phone I was advised to write down the serial number in case it was stolen. But the others are complete bullshit, the fifth might work in the states.