things you never knew your cell phone cou

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.

  SECONDSubject: 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.  FOURTHHow 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....

 FIFTHCell 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. 

John DeRosa (Hotwaterwizard)

Stockton California

When in doubt, try it out !

on subject number 4, do you place the call? cause nothing shows up on my phone.

yea, I got it in email.John DeRosa (Hotwaterwizard)

Stockton California

When in doubt, try it out !

for the battery reserve you are talking about, do you do this in test mode? i tried entering *3370# and nothing happenedcellular installer

Mad Scientists wrote: http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/cellphones.asp

Snopes.com wrote: The claim that pressing the sequence *3370# will unleash "hidden battery power" in a cell phone seems to be a misunderstanding of an option available on some brands of cell phone (such as Nokia) for Half Rate Codec, which provides about 30% more talk time on a battery charge at the expense of lower sound quality.   However, this option is enabled by pressing the sequence *#4720# , the sequence *3370# actually enables Enhanced Full Rate Codec, which provides better sound quality at the expense of shorter battery life.

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