5 things You Never Knew Your Cell Phone Could Do!

[B Calm]

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!



1. 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.



2. Have you locked your keys in the car? Does your car have remote

key-less 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!'



3. 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.



4. 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 and 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....



5. 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.

[Skittles]

1. checked it out on Snopes

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/cellphones.asp

[B Calm]

2. Thanks. . . I should have did that before posting!

[HopeHoops]

3. Set it on vibrate and ...

WHAT? WHAT were you thinking?

Set the alarm, put it in a pile of coins in on the dresser and you WILL NOT oversleep.

And just WHAT WAS IT you were thinking???

[AsahinaKimi]

4. awesome thank you !

eom

[Frank Cannon]

5. Just for laughs, I tried the *#06# thing on my T-Mobile phone...

and it works!

Not that the 15-digit number will actually come in handy, but it's nice to know that some of this Internet lore isn't 100% bullshit.

[PeaceNikki]

6. Google 411 or Google Query are best for free 411

You can call 800 GOOG-411 (800-466-4411) or send text to 466453 (Google).