5 Things that Your Cell Phone will do

[DianaB]

I received this in an e-mail today. I haven't tried any of them but thought that I'd pass it on. I'm going to try to unlock the door of my Tahoe with my phone. I'll let you know if it works.


5 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
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
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 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
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.

[Janet]

Diana, did you try the phone thing yet? I keep wanting to but always forget.

[DianaB]

When my husband came home we tried using the phone to unlock the car door. We couldn't get it to work for us. It might work on other phones or other cars. I don't know.

[AngieDoogles]

Originally Posted by DianaB

When my husband came home we tried using the phone to unlock the car door. We couldn't get it to work for us. It might work on other phones or other cars. I don't know.

It didn't work for me and my hubby either. My husband says he doesn't think it will work because car batteries use radio frequencies and (digital) cell phones do not pick these up. He says it might work on analogue phones rather than digital phones, which are only used in very low populated areas because it's an older technology that is not used very much anymore. Oh well, I was pretty excited when I first read it. lol.

[hle_625]

Just tried unlocking my car through the cell phone and it didnt work.

[rivermom]

A while back on the radio the dj's talked about unlocking the vehicle doors w/ the cell phone. They tried it and it worked. I was amazed.

Not long after that I myself locked myself out of the Jeep. We tried to unlock it w/ the cell phone and it didn't work for us. Oh well, maybe we were not doing it correctly??

I already have the number info stored - it's come in handy and gotta love the "free" stuff.

I haven't tried the other's on the list yet but it sounds great!

Thanks for sharing the info.

[Janet]

Originally Posted by DianaB

I received this in an e-mail today. I haven't tried any of them but thought that I'd pass it on. I'm going to try to unlock the door of my Tahoe with my phone. I'll let you know if it works.


5 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
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
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 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
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.

I just saw on the news last night, that there have been a number of people having to replace their key remotes from doing this. Something about the frequencies in the cell phone causes the remote to not work. I wonder if someone knew this and decided to cause problems for people???

[AngieDoogles]

Originally Posted by Janet

I just saw on the news last night, that there have been a number of people having to replace their key remotes from doing this. Something about the frequencies in the cell phone causes the remote to not work. I wonder if someone knew this and decided to cause problems for people???

Wow, thanks for the heads-up Janet!

[Mandy]

Originally Posted by Janet

I just saw on the news last night, that there have been a number of people having to replace their key remotes from doing this. Something about the frequencies in the cell phone causes the remote to not work. I wonder if someone knew this and decided to cause problems for people???

That makes a lot of sense, thanks for the info Janet

[Janet]

I try to be helpful...lol, but seriously, I hope all your key remotes are working good if you tried it with the cell phones. The news did say the car dealerships were replacing them, but didn't say if it was for free or not.

[AngieDoogles]

Originally Posted by Janet

I try to be helpful...lol, but seriously, I hope all your key remotes are working good if you tried it with the cell phones. The news did say the car dealerships were replacing them, but didn't say if it was for free or not.

I tried it and my "beeper" still works just fine. Maybe it only affects certain kinds?

[DianaB]

Hmmmm.......I didn't have any trouble with mine either. Of course, my Tahoe is a 1998 so maybe it's on the newer models.