Unknown Features of Your Cell Phone
5 Things You Never Knew Your Cell Phone Could Do
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. Interestingly, this number 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. It 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
Subject: 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 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
Subject: Free information line
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.
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25 Comments
Post a CommentI really enjoy the way some people fall for crap! 112 is an emergency number in some parts of the world but not even close to the whole world! The US is 911. Just as simple. If in another country, check the local phone system for security. If you want to write down the 15 digit number behind the battery along with the others. If carrier/phone allows you can lock it by setting up a password and callin phone from any phone and entering password. I have used "411" and no extra charge, just uses my regular minutes for length of time on it, just as if I called the "800" number. The "emergency battery", well if a phone had one I do believe it would used to help sell a phone. But I do have a very important piece of information to pass on, this Will work with ALL phones, ALL carriers! Read the manuel for you phone/carrier.
there are also a few good softwares to safeguard mobile phones, locate and recover important data like roblock from http://www.dexmobile.com , gadgettrak phone security from http://www.gadgettrak.com, simguard from http://www.intellibits.com etc
That websites like this perpetuate these myths. Moronic is correct, it CANNOT work. Call your cell provider, they will confirm that assessment. The "Free" info service isn't really 'free', try it you'll find out. The worldwide emergency number is somewhat accurate, you still have to be in an area with active cell service for this to work. IN other words, if you are in the middle of the Outback, or the Jungles of South America, don't expect to get connected to anybody...
Wow - those are sweet!
Cool article, but I don't think the key locked in the car one works. For that to work, it would require that they keys use sounds to transmit over the phone like that. Interesting read though, and I'm going to try some of this stuff out. Who knows, I might be wrong on the keys one too.
*#06# does not work for NON-GSM phone. as long as your phone is a GSM phone ( a phone that takes a sim card) it will work
to find the serial number of your cell phone just remove the battery and it is written under there.
What is difference between "UNKNOWN" and "PRIVATE" when you receive these calls? Is there ANY way that you could find out who is calling you at midnight?
2 of the 4 suggestions do not work on LG phones - battery reserve and serial number suggestions
Um, this is an e-mail hoax. Most of the things are not true. Here's the snopes link- http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/cellphones.asp