ImCal
29th March 2007, 05:42
Some of this is worth taking note...
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 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
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.
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 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
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.