THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW YOUR CELL PHONE COULD DO...

I had this sent to me today, don't know if its true or not.................

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:

1. * The Emergency Number worldwide for **Mobile** is 112.* If you find
yourself
out of 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 dialled even if
the keypad is locked. **Try it out.**

2. Have you locked your keys in the car? Does you car have remote keys?*

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!"*

3. Hidden Battery power

Imagine your cell battery is very low, you are expecting an important call
and you don't have a charger. Nokia instrument comes with a reserve battery.
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.

4. 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. If your phone is 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.

[ShirleyD]

Well I will give it a go Julie!

[jovi]

Tried the car unlocking one[msnsad] Didn't work, not for me anyway, the security code is a good idea though.
Thanks for posting it though Julie.

Thought it was too good to be true, sorry[msnsad]

[trevlad]

the security code is the imei number and should also be on the box somewhere()that you threw away)!! also on a sticker usuall y inside where the battery goes . so if you ever buy a 2nd hand mobile phone which has the inside sticker tampered with - then you know its hoisty[msnwink]

[steph_goodrum]

". * The Emergency Number worldwide for **Mobile** is 112.* If you find
yourself
out of 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 dialled even if
the keypad is locked. **Try it out.**

Not just mobiles Julie, 112 is an alternative number for 999 and in fact the emergency services would like it to be the preferred number because they get so many false alarms on 999 where it has been dialled in a handbag or by young children. whereas 2 different digits would be harder to dial by mistake.

[dawn]

Very interesting and useful Julie - thanks[msnsmile2]

[ncmurray]

Julie,

I heard that thing about your car remote being used over the phone. Some woman locked herself out of her mercedes, and called the mercedes garage to come out. They said they would come, but the charge would be £150, and all they could do is to break the window. Anyhow, she called her husband at home a couple of hundred miles away, and he suggested they try the spare key over the phone. And lo and behold, the car boot opened, and she was able to crawl through Strange, but true........apparently.

I heard this on the radio being told as an absolutely true story. They called the mercedes dealership, but they refused to comment.

[jackie greaves]

Very useful to know Julie. Thanks.

[florida4sun]

Number 2 is impossible because the remote uses an rf signal and not sound waves. The only way of currently opening a car remotely is by services such as onstar which can talk to the vehicle by satelite (for a monthly fee).


<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Mach 2
I had this sent to me today, don't know if its true or not.................

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:

1. * The Emergency Number worldwide for **Mobile** is 112.* If you find
yourself
out of 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 dialled even if
the keypad is locked. **Try it out.**

2. Have you locked your keys in the car? Does you car have remote keys?*

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!"*

3. Hidden Battery power

Imagine your cell battery is very low, you are expecting an important call
and you don't have a charger. Nokia instrument comes with a reserve battery.
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.

4. 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. If your phone is 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.


[/quote]