FOUR THINGS YOU PROBABLY NEVER KNEW YOUR MOBILE PHONE COULD DO !

[OZCUBAN]

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 all Mobile Phones

is 112. If you find yourself out of the coverage area of your

mobile network and there is an emergency, dial 112

and your mobile will search any existing network in your area to establish the emergency

number for you, and interestingly this number 112 can be dialled even

if the keypad is locked. This works on all phones worldwide and is free. It is the equivalent of 000.

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 mobile 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 thousands 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: I didn’t believe this when I heard about it! I rang my daughter in Sydney from Perth when we went on holiday. She had the spare car key. We tried it out and it unlocked our car over a mobile phone!'

THIRD

Hidden

Battery

Power

To activate, press the keys *3370# (remember the asterisk). Do this when the phone is almost dead.

Your mobile will restart in a special way with this new reserve and the instrument will show a 50%

increase in battery life. This reserve will get re charged when you charge your mobile next time.

This secret is in the fine print in most phone manuals. Most people however skip this information without realising.

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 #

Ensure you put an asterisk BEFORE the #06# sequence.

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 ever 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 done this, there would be no point in people

stealing mobile phones.

This secret is also in the fine print of most mobile phone manuals. It was created for the very purpose of trying to prevent phones from being stolen.

Also -ATM PIN Number Reversal - Good to Know !!

If you should ever be forced by a robber to withdraw money from an ATM

machine, you can notify the police by entering your PIN # in

reverse. For example, if your pin number is 1234, then you would put

in 4321. The ATM system recognizes that your PIN number is backwards

from the ATM card you placed in the machine. The machine will still

give you the money you requested, but unknown to the robber, the

police will be immediately dispatched to the location.

All ATM’s carry this emergency sequencer by law.

This information was recently broadcast on by Crime Stoppers

however it is seldom used because people just don't know about it.

Please pass this along to everyone.

[#2 man]

Thanks for the info

[Guest Elektrobot]

Sorry man, no go

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/cellphones.asp

And

http://www.snopes.com/business/bank/pinalert.asp

Not trying to be a ****- people should just be aware the above things don't work, so don't rely on them in an emergency situation.

[OZCUBAN]

Sorry man, no go

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/cellphones.asp

And

http://www.snopes.com/business/bank/pinalert.asp

Not trying to be a ****- people should just be aware the above things don't work, so don't rely on them in an emergency situation.

like I said was not sure if it was true ,just put it up because it looked interesting

[Quint]

like I said was not sure if it was true ,just put it up because it looked interesting

I wouldn't rely on Snoops to be the authority on determining legitimacy of anything. For one they claim that unlocking your car that has a remote entry is untrue. I can tell you in fact you can do that. My wife and I have done it numerous times......Just an FYI

[reg]

I wouldn't rely on Snoops to be the authority on determining legitimacy of anything. For one they claim that unlocking your car that has a remote entry is untrue. I can tell you in fact you can do that. My wife and I have done it numerous times......Just an FYI

no, you can't

not to mention that spreading that atm myth is dangerous

[android]

I find all of this hard to believe?

[MIKA27]

Good stuff OZ.

Only one issue with the car keys one bud.... Even if it worked and one could call home, have the wife press the spare key near the phone, signal works, opens the car door, how does one start the car?

[thechenman]

Good stuff OZ.

Only one issue with the car keys one bud.... Even if it worked and one could call home, have the wife press the spare key near the phone, signal works, opens the car door, how does one start the car?

Mika...I think this is under the assumption that you left your set of keys in the trunk or in the car, so someone needs to unlock it for you for you to regain access to your keys...

[MIKA27]

Mika...I think this is under the assumption that you left your set of keys in the trunk or in the car, so someone needs to unlock it for you for you to regain access to your keys...

Dang, of course it is. I Stand corrected.... Thanks CM

[Baldy]

Dang, of course it is. I Stand corrected.... Thanks CM

Mika's an F1 fanatic so he just get his pit crew to start his car for him. No need for stinking keys.

Having said that, every since keyless entry/lock became popular, it's not as common for people to lock themselves out. Why? Because you need to be pressing the key fob to lock/unlock the vehicle. Just so much more practical and convenient to use the fob.

[CanuckSARTech]

Mika's an F1 fanatic so he just get his pit crew to start his car for him. No need for stinking keys.

Having said that, every since keyless entry/lock became popular, it's not as common for people to lock themselves out. Why? Because you need to be pressing the key fob to lock/unlock the vehicle. Just so much more practical and convenient to use the fob.

One sure fire way to bypass this occurance if it happens....

I use this, and everyone I know, if they didn't already use it, I let them know and they use the same now too....

Most new keys have an anti-theft chipset within the plastic of the key itself, so that it sends out a little radio signal to a device in the vehicle when you turn the key in the ignition to start it. That way, you need one of these actual keys to start the vehicle. A plain copy of a key won't work, as it won't activate the radio-operated anti-theft starting device.

Well, no matter - have a plain spare key made up. Put it into a magnetic hide-a-key holder, one that you can securely place in a wheel-well, or within the metal framework of your front or rear bumper.

That way, if you lock your keys in the car accidentally, you can use this spare key to unlock and open either the doors or trunk as needed (a microchip key isn't needed for these locks). That way, you can still get into the vehicle itself to get to your actual keys to start the vehicle.

But, if a less-scrupulous individual sees/knows where you have the hide-a-key, it doesn't matter as much as they won't be able to start the vehicle with this plain key. I then keep the main spare key at home (one of the actual ones with the plastic and chip), where it can be easily retrieved by family members if needed if my actual keys are truely lost, and not just accidentally locked within the vehicle. I'd rather not keep this chip key in a hide-a-key holder on the vehicle, for theft reasons, as well as that they are very expensive to replace if the holder falls off and the key is lost.

[tmac77]

My car will not allow me to lock the keys in the car. if I accidently leave the keys in any part of the car it will not allow the car to be locked. Even if I leave htem in the trunkc and close it the trunk will pop back opn and start to beep. Quite a few cars have this now.

[BigGuns]

Actually, fellas, my cell phone has been used to unlock my car before - I called Onstar.