5 THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW YOUR CELL PHONE COULD DO

dnyc99 · 03-31-2007, 09:14 PM

Here's some useful info for cell phone users.

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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 yourcell 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 , 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.

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~D~

**skelooth** · 04-01-2007, 02:17 AM

amazing. Is that all for real?!

**Sholiz** · 04-01-2007, 03:37 AM

2nd and 3rd sound knida fishy though

**DarkFalcon** · 04-01-2007, 04:54 AM

Nice info babe thanks!

dnyc99 · 04-01-2007, 04:57 AM

I just tried the serial # one and it worked. I was trying to get DF to try the low battery one cause his cell phone went dead but, he has to do it before the phone completely dies so he can enter the numbers!! LoL

**davtown** · 04-01-2007, 05:38 AM

Urban Legends Reference Pages: Things You Never Knew Your Cell Phone Could Do

ahhh, the wonders of snopes..... the truth revealed!

dnyc99 · 04-01-2007, 05:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davtown

Urban Legends Reference Pages: Things You Never Knew Your Cell Phone Could Do

ahhh, the wonders of snopes..... the truth revealed!

LoL DT! So some will mostly depend on the type of cell phone you have?

I want to try that battery thing on DF's though cause he always lets his die out.

~D~

dnyc99 · 04-01-2007, 05:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davtown

Urban Legends Reference Pages: Things You Never Knew Your Cell Phone Could Do

ahhh, the wonders of snopes..... the truth revealed!

The one about the remote or keyless entry was a bit hard to believe...your link to snopes.com states it is false.

Good find DT.

~D~

**romanaz** · 04-01-2007, 09:38 PM

the keyless entry DOES work. I tried it with my parents camry and it does indeed work.

**Succio** · 04-01-2007, 09:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by romanaz

the keyless entry DOES work. I tried it with my parents camry and it does indeed work.

**romanaz** · 04-01-2007, 09:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Succio

:friday:

**davtown** · 04-01-2007, 10:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by romanaz

the keyless entry DOES work. I tried it with my parents camry and it does indeed work.

How far away was the car?

read this: Urban Legends Reference Pages: Remote Possibility

dnyc99 · 04-01-2007, 11:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by romanaz

the keyless entry DOES work. I tried it with my parents camry and it does indeed work.

LoL Wow...cool!

~D~

**romanaz** · 04-01-2007, 11:35 PM

they were a few miles away. we tried it from the house to, about ~50 feet away, because we normally can't open it from the house. I live in an area where radio signals get disrupted b/c of iron in the mountains.

03-31-2007, 09:14 PM	#1
dnyc99 IMPC Contestant Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 4,025 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 182	5 THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW YOUR CELL PHONE COULD DO Here's some useful info for cell phone users. ************************************************ ** 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 yourcell 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 , 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. ************************************************ **** ~D~ __________________

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dnyc99 IMPC Contestant Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 4,025 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 182	I just tried the serial # one and it worked. I was trying to get DF to try the low battery one cause his cell phone went dead but, he has to do it before the phone completely dies so he can enter the numbers!! LoL __________________

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