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(Message started by: peteHull on Jun 30^th, 2008, 7:30am)

Title: Mobile phone tips
Post by peteHull on Jun 30^th, 2008, 7:30am

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Thought this may help
Things You Never Knew Your Cell Phone Could Do

For all the folks with cell phones. (This should be printed and kept in your car, purse, wallet. Good information to have with you.)

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 hav e 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 phone 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 phone 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: *#06#. A 15-digit code will appear on the screen. This number is unique to your handset. Write it down an d 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
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)FREE411, 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.

Title: Re: Mobile phone tips
Post by amigafan2003 on Jun 30^th, 2008, 1:21pm

Quote:

SECOND
Have you locked your keys in the car? Does your car hav e 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).

Confirmed - the RF signal is broadcast to the other mobile phone - which the car at the other end intercepts :-) used it on the Scorp, worked on the Primera but didn't work on the Sierra with an aftermarket alarm - different rf frequency range?

Title: Re: Mobile phone tips
Post by scruffygyt on Jun 30^th, 2008, 8:47pm

tried the free directory service, didn't work!

Title: Re: Mobile phone tips
Post by Geeker on Jul 1^st, 2008, 12:42am

I've seen this several times in different places on the net before ::)

Have a look here for the truth: http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/cellphones.asp

Title: Re: Mobile phone tips
Post by mr._floppy on Jul 1^st, 2008, 12:46am

<<<<Have you locked your keys in the car? 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). >>>

Yeah, and I'm Amy Winehouse's hairdresser. }{

Title: Re: Mobile phone tips
Post by Highlander on Jul 1^st, 2008, 9:59am

And what a lovely job you make too }{

Unfortunately thats one of the few things in the above list that does occasionally work! }{

Title: Re: Mobile phone tips
Post by scruffygyt on Jul 1^st, 2008, 10:50am

i only wish i had two remotes!!

Title: Re: Mobile phone tips
Post by Highlander on Jul 1^st, 2008, 5:06pm

on 07/01/08 at 10:50:13, scruffygyt wrote:

i only wish i had two remotes!!

twice the bother? ;)

Title: Re: Mobile phone tips
Post by gost on Jul 1^st, 2008, 8:15pm

just tried unlocking thingy didnt work

Title: Re: Mobile phone tips
Post by peteHull on Jul 4^th, 2008, 7:49am

Sorry folks, apparently it is a load of codswollop.... >:(

Pete

Title: Re: Mobile phone tips
Post by gozz on Jul 5^th, 2008, 12:33am

pete.
It's all connected to the 4th of July ! similar to our April 1st !
GOZZ.

Title: Re: Mobile phone tips
Post by peteHull on Jul 5^th, 2008, 10:48am

on 07/05/08 at 00:33:08, gozz wrote:

pete.
It's all connected to the 4th of July ! similar to our April 1st !
GOZZ.

That figures.... ;D

Title: Re: Mobile phone tips
Post by adzst24 on Jul 5^th, 2008, 8:26pm

I have a good tip

DONT give your number too the wife ::) ;D

Title: Re: Mobile phone tips
Post by taliban aka Cheekyboy2 on Jul 7^th, 2008, 10:38pm

112 has been the official emergency number in this country since 1987 not 999....

Title: Re: Mobile phone tips
Post by Snoopy on Jul 8^th, 2008, 7:15am

EEC DIRECTIVE on emergancy number is Council Decision 91/396/EEC of 29 July 1991 on the introduction of a single European emergency call number, OJ L217, 6.8.91, p.31.

You can read ALL about it HERE (http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/112/index_en.htm) if you are really interested but 999 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9-9-9)is still the UK main number. but gives problems from mobile phones as that is the number that seems to get pressed accidently when in a pocket etc .

Title: Re: Mobile phone tips
Post by taliban aka Cheekyboy2 on Jul 8^th, 2008, 8:26pm

you'll always be able to use 999, the same as you can use 911 in certain areas (london, birmingham, glasgow etc), but 112 is the official number and it has been suggested to me (by people in the services) that the chances of getting through 'quickly' are greater though i hope that isnt the case and nor have i needed to test it thankfully...