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 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 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 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 does this, there would be no point in
people stealing mobile phones.
And Finally....
FIFTH Subject: 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.
