Tuesday, May 01, 2007

cell phone nonsense

I received this email yesterday...
And since I have nothing better to post
here it is....

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. If your phone
gets 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 did this,
there would be no point in people stealing mobile phones.


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.

4 comments:

Lynda said...

I don't believe it.

Tanya Espanya said...

Here's what Snopes says about that.

Jen said...

My husband tried
the car one..
and it actually worked

Anonymous said...

Very interesting. I also read the SNOPES write up on it. Good to know the 112 number. I may need to try the car one to see who is right.