Five Things You Never Knew Your Cell Phone Could Do
Here
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:
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. Also,
dialing *77 is a direct line to your closest state trooper!
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. This
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).
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 recharge the next time you
charge your cell phone.
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 The 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.
Free Directory Service for Cells Cell phone companies are
charging $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.
