Monday, August 07, 2006

CELL PHONE INFO
I got this as a forwarded message from my mom. I've heard and even blogged about using your cell phone to unlock your car door, but I still haven't tried it yet. Since this came in a forwarded message, I leave it up to you to decide whether this stuff is all true or not. Enjoy!

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. EMERGENCY 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 dialed even if the keypad is locked.
2. LOCKED KEYS IN CAR? Does you car have remote keys? This may come in handy someday. 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).
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. DISABILING A STOLEN 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.
Comments:
Jess-man sez:

Hey, I thought I read this stuff before (was it your blog?!?), and it seems like some of this "advice" is actually a hoax. I always check these things with www.snopes.com for urban legends. The first one in particular is found here: http://www.snopes.com/science/mobile.asp
The one about keyless entry is also here: http://www.snopes.com/autos/techno/keyless.asp
 
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