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