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#320395 - 24/02/08 11:18 AM five things your cell phone can do in an emergency
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FIVE (5) THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW YOUR CELL 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
Emergency

The Emergency Number worldwide for Mobiles 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
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
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 get stolen, you can
phone your service provider and giv e 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.

FIFTH
Free Directory Service for Cells

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.

This is the kind of information people don't mind
receiving, so pass it on to your family and friends

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#320396 - 24/02/08 11:31 AM Re: five things your cell phone can do in an emergency
BlueSky Offline
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Registered: 17/08/00
Posts: 2286
Loc: Georgia
Hey, I realize you're trying to help people, but checking snopes.com before forwarding this kind of stuff can save you some embarassment, or some time trying to unlock your vehicle with a cell phone. laugh

Snopes\' take on this

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#320397 - 24/02/08 12:38 PM Re: five things your cell phone can do in an emergency
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someone forwarded this to me i just thought it was interesting. didnt say it would all work as advertised.. and that second one i just thought was funny. i can actually see someone trying that one.. [Laughing]

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#320398 - 24/02/08 12:44 PM Re: five things your cell phone can do in an emergency
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Quote:
Originally posted by BlueSky:
Hey, I realize you're trying to help people, but checking snopes.com before forwarding this kind of stuff can save you some embarassment, or some time trying to unlock your vehicle with a cell phone. laugh

Snopes\' take on this
hey it actually works. I've seen it work. on some cars

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#320399 - 24/02/08 12:53 PM Re: five things your cell phone can do in an emergency
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now do it again with the keyfob on the other side of town... not 50ft away..

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#320400 - 24/02/08 01:32 PM Re: five things your cell phone can do in an emergency
Lightning Offline
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Registered: 07/03/01
Posts: 1004
Loc: High Point, NC
Quote:
Originally posted by Yasha:
hey it actually works. I've seen it work. on some cars[/QUOTE]

My coworker has seen it work too, but him not knowing I had the remote in my pocket won't ever hurt him (unless of course he's locked out of his vehicle sometime)
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'00 4x4 V6 XE

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