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5 Things You Never Knew Your Cell Phone Could Do

I received this in an email this week and thought I would share it with you all. I found it very interesting, let me know if you agree.

For all the folks with cell phones. (This should be printed and kept in your car, purse, and wallet. Good information to have with you.)

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 phone 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 phone 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: *#06#. 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 gets 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)FREE411, or (800) 373-3411 without incurring any charge at all. Program this into your cell phone now.

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  1. May I suggest that you change your reccomendation under pt. 1 to read ‘Do NOT try it out’? Calling emergency services without proper cause is at best reckless; You (or someone you inspire with this) run a very real risk of preventing help from reaching someone in desperate need of it in due time.

  2. See also: BBC News, Mobiles blamed for emergency calls
    (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/684804.stm)

    • TC
    • May 22nd, 2008

    SECOND can’t work. Remote keyless entry systems use RF, not audio. You can’t transmit an RF signal via the mouthpiece of a mobile phone.

    THIRD enables a lower quality audio codec which uses less power. It’s nothing to do with a “battery reserve”. And I think you mean #3370#, not *3370#.

  3. the 3rd one seems to be true wil try it sumtime …and nice blog buddy.

    • Ananamous
    • December 21st, 2008

    Actually the second one does work.
    It transmits the signal not through audio.
    Try it it got me out of a jam.

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