Fleur Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 I've just receievd this. Has anyone tried any of these tips yet and did they work? (Apologies if this had been posted previously). FOUR THINGS YOU PROBABLY NEVER KNEW YOUR MOBILE PHONE COULD DOThere 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 EmergencyThe 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 dialled even if the keypad is locked. Try it out.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 todrive 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 PowerImagine 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! e: * # 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre ZFP Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Thing is that its not true, well apart from the last one which is largely irrelevant as UK providers will block the phone based on the phone number and not necessarily the 15 digit code. The code is also usually printed somewhere under the battery.http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/cellphones.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gluestick Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 And any blocked 'phone can simply be reprogrammed. Similar to unlocking.A bit like the "Virus that junks your hardrive!"Many of these false Round Robin emails leave the naive with the impression that software can persuade your PC to either explode, or self-combust!The most irritating to me, are the "Virus Alerts". Why oh why don't people simply check on the Symantic site or similar to find out if it's a hoax before forwarding the email................ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleur Posted January 17, 2008 Author Share Posted January 17, 2008 Well that's that answered then [kiss] Next Topic: Is tolerance Dead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert the InfoGipsy Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 [quote user="Fleur"] Next Topic: Is tolerance Dead?[/quote]I can't stand stupid topics like that![:)][:D][:P] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 [quote user="Fleur"] Next Topic: Is tolerance Dead? [/quote]Get a life for goodness sake Fleur.[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissie Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Don't worry Fleur - it all sounded good to me!!![:)] And some people have NO tolerance! I'll just go and hide under the stairs for three days now[:D][:D][:D]. Chrissie (81) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 [quote user="Chrissie"]Don't worry Fleur - it all sounded good to me!!![:)] And some people have NO tolerance! I'll just go and hide under the stairs for three days now[:D][:D][:D]. Chrissie (81)[/quote]Watch out, I feel an Attila the Hun style posting coming on. [6] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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