did you know this about your cell phone? its awesome!!?

Question

i wanted all you guys to get this info! its kinda cool .you should try it on your cell!

This is the kind of information people don't mind receiving, so pass it on to your family and friends.
5 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
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 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
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.

FOURTH
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 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.
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) FREE 411, or [phone] without incurring any charge at all. Program this into your cell phone now.

Answer 1

Thank-you, I will surely pass this on.

Answer 2

The first one works in most countries as long as you can get a signal.

The second is completely FAKE. Alarm transmitters work on RF(radio frequency), not sound. There is no way a cell phone can reproduce an RF frequency over the speaker or earpiece. See these links for more info:

http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/phonelocks.html

http://www.snopes.com/autos/techno/keyless.asp

The third only applies to some Nokia phones, and isn't really unlocking any hidden battery power. I just changes to half-rate codec instead of full-rate, which uses more battery power. By switching to half-rate, you also lose call quality.

The fourth doesn't really matter if you write it down or not. The number will be in your providers system. It gets transmitted to their system automatically when the phone connects to the network. How do you think they are able to block phones when they are lost or stolen?

The fifth has actually been around for a few years, and is true. It is paid for by advertisers. You just have to listen to a short(10-20 second) ad before you get the number, and can be used with cell phones and land lines.

Answer 3

Get awesome clothes that people will see everyday ( and last longer) or get the new FAD of a cell phone that no one will really see or care about other than some friends. Clothes for sure! Phones break and new ones are always coming, esp at cheaper prices!

Answer 4

Thank you so much for the info. I added it as soon as I got the message.
I tried the battery charge and it didn't work for me. When I used it like a phone call and pressed send, It wouldn't go through. Sorry

Answer 5

FIRST

this isn't a question, so you shouldn't of posted.

secondly...some of these are unique only to tmobile phones and some are pure flukes. using your cell phone to unlock your car that has keyless entry is COMPLETE bunk. your cell phone emits two types of frequencies. radio frequency and audio frequency, and neither one operates inthe same range as your keyless entry fobs, even so...the likelyhood of you being able to randomly get your cell phone to transmit the right code is a few billion to zilch. sorry, it's completely totally technically impossible on MANY MANY levels, the only exception would be for sound-based FOB's that just, don't exist...at all...

your hidden battery reserve might of worked for one specific phone, but, cell phones don't carry a reserve power...period. that code might have possibly told one phone to cut it's power output to a power-saving level, but it's in no way standard. since cell phones are in communication with the network even when idle, the less power transmission, the more battery life....this is why if you have a good signal strength all the time, your charge will last longer...i practically live under my cell tower and i constantly get standby times more than the manual lists.

your cell phone comany has ALLLLLL of the information they need about your phone to disable it if it gets stolen.

the 411 and 112 thing, well, i can't really disagree with.

Answer 6

Only one that I know is true (See snopes for the other ones) is the car key thing, But that is it. Sorry to burst all your bubbles.

However cell phones today do have GPS tracking for emergencys that can be handy.


Found the link...
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/cellphones.asp

Answer 7

okay, that's pretty cool. We tried the remote thing with the keys locked in the car and it didn't work. Too bad.

Answer 8

My friend tried the second one and told me that it didn't work, so maybe it doesn't work with every phone/car. She was adamant that it didn't work. Sorry, good advice though thanks.

Answer 9

wow thats really kool i appreciate having that information!