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.
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.
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RE: Things you never knew your cell phone could do!
Wow! Is all of this true?
Thank you so much for sharing.
You can guess I shall be standing on my drive testing out the remote alarm tomorrow morning now, can't you?! 😀
That was really facinating - thanks!
Amethyst (who has a strange interest in trivia!)
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RE: Things you never knew your cell phone could do!
Haven't tested the car one yet!!
Know the 112 emergency is correct from when i worked for the emergency services a few years back.
The one on how to disable a mobile phone if it is stolen is true too, so get writing down the number somewhere safe just incase 😉
RE: Things you never knew your cell phone could do!
Hi SAMMYJANEY
Did someone send you this in a email? It's an Urban Legend ... though there is sometruth in it. See:
[link= http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/cellphones.asp ]http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/cellphones.asp[/link]
For more results on a similar theme, just paste the title of this thread into Google 😉
Holistic
RE: Things you never knew your cell phone could do!
That's really interesting! I tried to dial 112 (without calling it!) with my phone locked & it worked, I started to try the extra battery life one & my phone had a "requesting" message come up which made me panic & so I cancelled it! Does that cost anything & does it actually work? It's not one of those numbers that when you call it, it subscribes you to something or charges you loads or something is it?! (I know you wouldn't post it if you thought it was, SammyJaney, but I'm just paranoid about such things!)
Anyway, the 112 one is definatelly a good one to know so thankyou! 😀
SS
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RE: Things you never knew your cell phone could do!
WOW...
I am in South Africa, and yes... 112 also gets our emergency.
Haven't tried the others tho..
thanks
shaz
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RE: Things you never knew your cell phone could do!
i got this in an email a few days ago - for those in the states - the 112 number doesnt work...but the 911 does
the car alarm bit works
the hidden battery power didnt work for me
and the disable bit doesnt work for me either
i have a verizon phone - so no sim chip (its imbedded in the phone itself - no way to simply interchange it or take it out...this could be different with someone who has cingular (might work) or another network, but verizons network differs from this legend...
Ada
RE: Things you never knew your cell phone could do!
Hiya, yes i got this info in an e-mail & thought it was good for people to know.
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ORIGINAL: SAMMYJANEY
Hiya, yes i got this info in an e-mail & thought it was good for people to know.
Yes, it was thoughtful of you to post, SAMMYJANEY, and many thanks. However, as I pointed out earlier, apparently not all of it is true, hence it's known as an Urban Legend. Here is the link again:
[link= http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/cellphones.asp ] http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/cellphones.asp [/link]
I think it's unwise for anyone to take this kind of thing as gospel, but if people are trying some of the suggestions and they are working ... great!
Holistic
RE: Things you never knew your cell phone could do!
I tried the # 0 6 # thingy and it didn't work on my phone 🙁