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5 Things You Never Knew Your Cell Phone Could Do

Fri, 03/21/2008 - 8:20am by Cinnamon Girl
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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.)

cell phone

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 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)FREE411 , 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.

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#2 is awesome !! i'm going to try it hahah!

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20 Comments Add a Comment

  • 2

    I actually tried out the remote entry thing about two weeks ago and was floored that that actually worked!

    The other stuff is news to me, which I love the tidbits! Thank you Smiling

    35 weeks 4 hours ago Report Comment
  • 9

    hahaha 3 of those are myths. nice research.

    that's great that the remote car thing worked for you guys but I only have one remote car starter! aren't they expensive to get a duplicate?! no thanks.

    also, why the heck dial 112 when you can dial 911? that's silly

    and i just text message google for all my information needs, thank you.

    32 weeks 1 hour ago Report Comment
  • 10

    Free 411 doesn't work, you still get charged...trust me. and you can just text googl (46645) and the name of the company and the city state and they will text you back.

    31 weeks 6 days ago Report Comment
  • 15

    i tried the disabling stolen mobile phone thing, and it didn't work on my blackberry.

    31 weeks 2 days ago Report Comment
  • 16

    very useful tips, Cinn.
    LoL i'm only 19 weeks behind, on reply this.
    but better late than never Eye-wink

    12 weeks 1 day ago Report Comment
  • 19

    Wow, thanks for the great info! I had no idea that you could use your cell phone to unlock your car door!

    11 weeks 20 min ago Report Comment

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