Thursday, March 15, 2007

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

Subject: 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

Subject: 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

Subject: 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

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.

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