Posted 08 March 2007 - 02:31 PM
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:
1. 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.
2. Have you locked your keys in the car? Does you 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 home to 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).
Note: It works fine! We tried it out and it unlocked our car over a
cell phone!
3. 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.
4. How to disable a STOLEN mobile phone. To check your mobile phone's
serial number, key in the following digits on your phone: *#06#. 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 change 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 everyone
does this, there would be no point in people stealing phones.
5. 411 Information Calls Cell phone companies are charging us $1.o o
to $1.75 or more doe411 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. This is the kind of
information people don't mind receiving, so pass it on.
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