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PhoneWhore Karen
02-28-2008, 12:29 PM
I don't know if any of these are true.

4 THINGS YOU PROBABLY NEVER KNEW YOUR MOBILE 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 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. I don't suggest trying it out as you could be wasting someones valueable time, but certainly worth making a note of for future reference if you ever found yourself in that situation.

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 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 mobile phone!"

THIRD Hidden Battery Power

Imagine your mobile battery is very low. To activate, press the keys *3370# Your mobile will restart with this reserve and the instrument will show a 50% increase in battery. This reserve will get charged when you charge your mobile 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.

sjones613
02-28-2008, 01:24 PM
I'm an engineeer with a wireless carrier, trust me these are all false.

First emergency:
Even an unactivated phone will still dial 911 if you are somewhere that has any carrier's signal. 112 will route you to a treatment only, wasting valuable time.

Second emergency:
Please.

Third Emergency:
There is no such thing as "reserve battery power". When it's down, it's down.

Fourth emergency:
Again, please.

PhoneWhore Karen
02-28-2008, 02:19 PM
I don't know if any of these are true.

I'm an engineeer with a wireless carrier, trust me these are all false.

We have confirmation these are NOT true. :D

AlterBabe
02-28-2008, 03:02 PM
I'm an engineeer with a wireless carrier, trust me these are all false.

First emergency:
Even an unactivated phone will still dial 911 if you are somewhere that has any carrier's signal. 112 will route you to a treatment only, wasting valuable time.

Second emergency:
Please.

Third Emergency:
There is no such thing as "reserve battery power". When it's down, it's down.

Fourth emergency:
Again, please.

Damn...really could've used the third a lil bit ago..see I was gett'n my nails done:rolleyes:
so....seeing as you're not so far away...can I just call you to zip over and gimme a charge if my batt goes dead? :D

sjones613
02-28-2008, 05:00 PM
Absolutely AlterBabe!

AlterBabe
02-28-2008, 05:21 PM
Absolutely AlterBabe!

:D Thanks hun ;)

Chocalate darling
02-28-2008, 07:43 PM
Damn...really could've used the third a lil bit ago..see I was gett'n my nails done:rolleyes:
so....seeing as you're not so far away...can I just call you to zip over and gimme a charge if my batt goes dead? :D

I could charge that battery for you:p

they need to invent a reserve battery for this neat toy I have:D

AlterBabe
02-29-2008, 06:44 AM
You can change my batteries ANYTIME hun :p
course when you move in....I'll have no need for the phone anymore....or the broken toys *grins*