Topic: THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW YOUR CELL PHONE COULD DO.
BE_REAL's photo
Wed 07/18/07 06:53 AM


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
Subject: Emergencies
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
Subject: 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
Subject: Hidden Cell Phone 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
Subject: How to disable a LOST or 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
Subject: Beat extra phone costs.
Cell
phone companies are charging customers $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.



THX FOR READING!!! drinker

kojack's photo
Wed 07/18/07 07:04 AM
tip 3 and 4 do not work on my phone

Katertots37's photo
Wed 07/18/07 07:06 AM
i have no idea if they work on mine or not

no photo
Wed 07/18/07 07:13 AM
I'm skeptical of most of these claims.

http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/phonelocks.html

no photo
Wed 07/18/07 07:16 AM
Its looks like 800-FREE411 is for real, and phones are intended to access emergency services anywhere they can.

2-4, however... ???

kojack's photo
Wed 07/18/07 07:32 AM
2 works I've done it

cherlock12's photo
Wed 07/18/07 07:40 AM
Hey, I like that remote cell phone unlock car thing.....can't tell you how many times I've locked my keys in my car....i'll have to try that one for sure.

horseracer's photo
Wed 07/18/07 08:04 AM
thanks bee,thats good to know

sherrie0527's photo
Wed 07/18/07 09:19 AM
1 3 and 4 dont work on my phone for number one it says no maatches so i assume it would work if i dind't have signal..but yeah.. but i have added the free 411 thingy tho!!!

ChuckyT's photo
Wed 07/18/07 11:14 AM
Just did the unlock the car door thing and it actually worked.

BR77R's photo
Wed 07/18/07 11:30 AM
Sounds like some MacGyver sh*t!!

BE_REAL's photo
Wed 07/18/07 11:48 AM
kojack you said 3 and 4 is not working on your phone? but everything works on mine.

ellgee1976's photo
Wed 07/18/07 01:44 PM
also, if your late on your payment for example, and the turn your phone off, you can still use your phone to get ahold of highway patrolmen in emergencies....

dial *HP and the nearest will answer

BE_REAL's photo
Fri 07/20/07 06:05 AM
ellgee1976, oh that is cool!!!