5 Things You Never Knew Your Cell Phone Could Do

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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

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.



This is the kind of information people don't mind receiving, so pass

it on to your family and friends.

[lora84]

Are you pulling our legs? If you are, shame on you! If you are not, great info!

[east_stingray]

I have trouble believing that IR (infrared) radiation can be transmitted through a handset to unlock a vehicle. I'm going to have to try this out now.

[rimfire]

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/cellphones.asp

2. Calling 112 on your cell phone will (in some parts of the world, primarily Europe) connect you to local emergency services, even if you are outside your provider's service area (i.e., even if you are not authorized to relay signals through the cell tower that handles your call), and many cell phones allow the user to place 112 calls even if the phone lacks a SIM card or its keypad is locked. However, the 112 number does not have (as is sometimes claimed) special properties that enable callers to use it in areas where all cellular signals are blocked (or otherwise unavailable).
3. Cars with remote keyless entry (RKE) systems cannot be unlocked by relaying a key fob transmitter signal via a cellular telephone. RKE systems and cell phones utilize different types of signals and transmit them at different frequencies.
4. The claim that pressing the sequence *3370# will unleash "hidden battery power" in a cell phone seems to be a misunderstanding of an option available on some brands of cell phone (such as Nokia) for Half Rate Codec, which provides about 30% more talk time on a battery charge at the expense of lower sound quality. However, this option is enabled by pressing the sequence *#4720# — the sequence *3370# actually enables Enhanced Full Rate Codec, which provides better sound quality at the expense of shorter battery life.
5. Entering the sequence *#06# into a cell phone may display a 15-digit identification string, but that function only works with some types of cell phones, and the efficacy of reporting the ID number to a cellular service provider to head off unauthorized use of a lost or stolen phone is limited.
6. Some business outfits such as (800) FREE-411 do provide free directory assistance services to cell phone customers. However, users should note that the service is "free" in the sense that FREE-411 provides directory information to callers at no charge, but cellular service providers may still assess charges related to placing such calls.

[PackerfanXD]

Originally Posted by lora84

Are you pulling our legs? If you are, shame on you! If you are not, great info!

It's on the internet, it must be true.

[westcoastXD]

Great info. Thanks someday it may help me........

[lora84]

Originally Posted by PackerfanXD

It's on the internet, it must be true.

Of course, I forgot everything on the web is absolute fact! Thanks for reminding me.

[omegadeluz77]

#1, 3 or 4 didn't work with my Sprint TREO 700.

[USMC-8154TL/DM]

Originally Posted by PackerfanXD

It's on the internet, it must be true.

It is always true on the net.

[hellagerms]

IT DOESN'T WORK!!!!!