Cell phone secrets
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Cell phone secrets
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, callsomeone who has the other "remote" for your car on their cell phone from your cell phone. Hold your cell phone about a foot from your car door and have the person you called to press the unlock button, on another remote for your car, holding it near the mobile phone on their end. Your car will unlock. Saves someone from your homw 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
Subject: 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.
Not sure if any of this works, but just thought id share.
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, callsomeone who has the other "remote" for your car on their cell phone from your cell phone. Hold your cell phone about a foot from your car door and have the person you called to press the unlock button, on another remote for your car, holding it near the mobile phone on their end. Your car will unlock. Saves someone from your homw 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
Subject: 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.
Not sure if any of this works, but just thought id share.
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Going to try a few of these out, pretty sweet ideas at least. Minus one thing...
Don't think I'd actually try this out at a whim, just seams slightly wrong. 
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.
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.
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From: Hill Valley
Originally Posted by YeloS2000ShowGrl,Jun 3 2007, 03:53 AM
im intrigued about the whole locking the keys in the car thing 
How does the frequency for the remote travel over a cell phone signal? Wouldn't a lot of cars get stolen this way, as long as a thief knew someone with the same car? I wanna try this one out...
Nice find though revhi
I like the free 411.
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i knew about the free 411 thing a while back tyra banks had it on her show ive had it programed in my phone ever since then
the only bad thing about free 411 is that the connection isnt that great and sometimes it takes a few times to get the right listing
plus you can also use it on your home phone too.
but ya the car thing i am wondering about, maybe we should write into mythbusters about it cause if it didnt work they would make it work and that would be intersting to see them try to do that!
ive had it programed in my phone ever since then the only bad thing about free 411 is that the connection isnt that great and sometimes it takes a few times to get the right listing
plus you can also use it on your home phone too.but ya the car thing i am wondering about, maybe we should write into mythbusters about it
cause if it didnt work they would make it work and that would be intersting to see them try to do that!
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Originally Posted by freq,Jun 3 2007, 08:53 AM
gotta' snopes.com some of these. no time right now.
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Youtube has a couple of videos proving that the cellphone and the car remote thing does actually work. Apparently they are near the same frequency and the cellphone will take the remote signal along with it to the other cellphone thus opening your car.
I tried it with my GF one night, it worked...pretty nifty
I tried it with my GF one night, it worked...pretty nifty
