 Nashville  | 03 Mar 2007 9:50 p.m. PST |
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 USD to $1.75 USD 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
cellphone now. This is the kind of information people don't mind receiving,
so pass it on to your family and friends. |
| the Gorb | 03 Mar 2007 10:04 p.m. PST |
Dude, someone's been pulling your leg. Those things are only partially true at best: link
link Regards, the Gorb |
 Gungnir | 03 Mar 2007 10:35 p.m. PST |
Yep. Same thing circulated at another group last week, same reply. |
| Nashville | 03 Mar 2007 11:51 p.m. PST |
Who makes up these things!!!! |
| Arteis | 04 Mar 2007 12:39 a.m. PST |
Interesting that our Editor says he tried the car-key thing over the cell-phone, and says it worked for him – whereas it is not supposed to be able to work at all, according to the site that the Gorb referred us to. Though, was that actually a message from OUR editor – I've never seen him insert comments in other people's postings on TMP before? That is a great site, too, Gorb. Thanks for that link. |
| RavenscraftCybernetics | 04 Mar 2007 3:52 a.m. PST |
Someone once said that The Gorb had children only so he could relish telling them there is no Santa Claus.
ymmv
R. |
| PzGeneral | 04 Mar 2007 4:40 a.m. PST |
Arti, I don't think OUR editor (The Great and All-Powerful Bill) tried it out, I believe the "Editor's Note:" is referencing the message author….. |
| KSmyth | 04 Mar 2007 8:15 a.m. PST |
Too bad there's no way to disable someone else's cell phone. Yesterday I was at the post office, stuck in a line with a 20ish woman blathering endless nonsense on her cell in a loud voice. When she finally said "Then I'm going to hang up," the line of waiting, exasperated people broke into applause. |
| Contrarian | 04 Mar 2007 10:33 a.m. PST |
Actually, there are "cell phone jammers" that can block phones from making or receiving calls, but the jammers are illegal in the United States. |
| Space Monkey | 04 Mar 2007 10:41 a.m. PST |
It would be great if movie theaters and concert halls could install cell phone jammers… |
 chicklewis | 04 Mar 2007 11:49 a.m. PST |
My dad, usually a logical thinker, just sent me the cell phone hoax message. Sheesh. |
| jethro | 08 Mar 2007 6:25 a.m. PST |
Hey zipwads, #1 dials DIRECTLY to 911. This was a stupid recommendation. Don't bother 911 testing this as he says!! Regarding #2 and #4, you can't enter data sequences into a cell phone as suggested. What does he think cell phones are, data terminals? NO!!! These don't work either. So David, try again next time. Your suggestions are mostly BUSTS!! Later 4 U |
| Last Hussar | 11 Nov 2007 6:23 p.m. PST |
Jethro, before throwing abuse, perhaps a little research would be a good idea. 4 does work. In Britain a few years ago mobile companies/shops and police ran a campaign to make people aware of this. I've just pulled the serial number from one of mine. And hey, 112 dials to 911- well THATS WHAT HE WAS SAYING! Though the suggestion to 'try it out' was a bit silly- better to say try next time there is an emergency. Actually I though this was an EU thing- didn't realise it was world wide. |
