What Your Cell Phone is Capable Of

[BDana]

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.

[boylanag]

Thanks, Brad. Interesting and useful. - Jim

[Longwell]

Brad, I really appreciate this post. Good info.
However, although I got most of the items you listed working, I cannot figure out why the *#06# doesn't work on my phone.
When I type it in, it just sits there. If I press Save or Options, nothing works correctly.
Is there another step or am I doing it incorrectly?
Thanks.
Larry

[BDana]

Larry, I have a Motorola Razor phone and it works. If you do not put the asterick in at the beginning it won't work. Regarding unlocking the car door this will work at short distances. I recemtly tried it over a range of 20 plus miles and it didn't work, so beware.

[Connorsmom]

The *#06# doesn't work for me either. And when I dial the 112 number, it tells me I have dialed an incorrect number. Guess the Sprint network doesn't play well with others...LOL I have a KATANA phone.

Jan

[Ozzie]

Yay! Free 411...gotta go tell the women!

Thanks for sharing!

[Glenn and Lorraine]

Another little cell phone thingy...

Place an emergency contact number in your cell and label it ICE (In Case of Emergency)
Most police and other Emergency Service personell will first check your cell for an ICE contact.

[ArkieBug]

Thanks Brad, Great info except the unlock trick. Only 100' away and still didn't unlock the Denali.

[Rocky2]

Go check out Urban Legends. THe one about the serial # is only partially true.
Here is a link:
http://www.snopes.com/crime/prevent/celltheft.asp

I got this in an email the other day and looked it up.

Laura