Cell phone uses????

[pablo]

Someone sent this to me, via email.

Don't know if it's all true or not. But interesting possibilities.






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. If your phone is 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 tel ephone 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.



P.S. Maybe you dial *3370#...and you're account is charged $300 to some carribean firm??? Just kidding, but who knows? Who wants to try? 55555



Pablo

[enthaiced]

Check this link:

Urban Legends Reference Pages: Things You Never Knew Your Cell Phone Could Do

[pablo]

Good job enthaiced.

It appears that some of the usefullness, is in question!

Well done.


Pablo

[LivinLOS]

Point 4 is true.. IMEI number... Tho that code listed is not suitable for all mobiles, I think it is a 'standard GSM code' though..

Other than that the rest is not IMO..

[mars]

Originally Posted by LivinLOS

Point 4 is true.. IMEI number... Tho that code listed is not suitable for all mobiles, I think it is a 'standard GSM code' though..

Other than that the rest is not IMO..

Point 1 is also true at least here in the UK, whatever network your on your phone will always call 999 on any netowrk if lose your own signal.

I think I'll try point 2 in work tonight its not April 1st yet.

[LivinLOS]

But point 1 says 112 not 999.. The post even says its worldwide..

Myth busted !!!

[dbaron]

Will try point two tomorrow.
Let you guy's know if it works.
I will be 15km's away from my wife when we try it.
Her mobile to my car. A brand new Suzuki Swift.
Bet it does not work

[the juggler]

Sorry, but disabling a cell phone over the IMEI number is a feature not many mobile operators are offering. Beside that all providers had to be connected over such a system to ensure that it works internationally. And they are definitivly not. Where I live only 1 out of 5 operators is offering this kind of service within their own network.

[mars]

Originally Posted by LivinLOS

But point 1 says 112 not 999.. The post even says its worldwide..

Myth busted !!!

Good point LOS I never read it properly, But I just googled it and had a number of hits that it is the new EU emergency number even Gloucestershire police force had it on thier website, but not a lot of people know about it.

[mars]

Off Urban legends website

1. The worldwide emergency number for cell phones is 112.

Not quite. Throughout most of Europe and a few countries outside of the EU, dialing 112 will connect users to local emergency services. However, the number won't work in North America, nor most of Asia and Africa. Many, but not all, cell phone models will allow special emergency numbers to be dialed even if the phone lacks a SIM card or the keypad is locked.

2. Unlock a car door with your cell phone and a spare remote key.

False. As discussed previously in these pages, cell phones and remote keyless entry systems work on entirely different radio frequencies. Therefore, cell phones are incapable of re-transmitting the signal from a remote key to unlock a car door.

3. Press *3370# to access 'reserve battery power.'

False. On some Nokia phones, users can punch in special codes and toggle between speech codec modes to 1) enhance voice transmission quality at the cost of diminished battery performance, or 2) enhance battery performance by decreasing voice quality. Apparently, some users have misconstrued the latter as "tapping into reserve battery power." On that score the email is doubly erroneous because *3370# is the code for enhancing voice quality, so using it actually decreases battery life!

4. Press *#06# to disable a stolen cell phone.

Not exactly. On some cell phone models, but not all, pressing *#06# will cause the phone's 15-digit International Mobile Equipment Identity to be displayed. Some service providers, but not all, can use that information to deactivate the handset. In any case, it isn't necessary to supply an IMEI number to cancel your cellular account in the event of theft; simply call your provider, give them the appropriate account information, and tell them the phone was stolen.

5. Make 411 calls on your cell phone without charge by dialing (800) FREE 411.

Basically true (see previous commentary on Free 411), though cell phone users may still incur a charge for minutes used, depending on the specifics of their plan.

[viper]

A lot of the 999 numbers will also now pick up on 112 - is starting to become the standard