Things You Never Knew Your Cellphone Could Do

Lamp

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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: -

*EMERGENCY*



*I*

* The Emergency Number worldwide for **Mobile** is 112 .* If you find

yourself out of 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.**

*II*

* Subject: Have you locked your keys in the car? Does you car have remote keys?*


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!"*

*III*



Subject: Hidden Battery power



Imagine your cell battery is very low, you are expecting an important call

and you don't have a charger. Nokia instrument comes with a reserve

battery. 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.

AND

*IV*



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.
 

Kaun_IA

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wow, i knew the 1st and the last point, but 2nd is just lol :p have to try this :D

and 3rd.... good to know :p
 

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I'm impressed, really am. Phone was on one bar power, dialed in the code, turned phone off and on again, phone comes back with 3 bars power - now whether this is because I switched it off or switched it on again, but more power is always better :)
 

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Lethul said:
can anyone confirm nr2 works? :)

they did it on braniac the other week, on the live show... test tube baby, i was amazed, one of the most interesting things ive ever seen on telly
 

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nr2 is such a hoax, if this was true wouldn't you think we would see alot of fancy cars being stolen? more and more cars get the auto unlock system (no clue how it's called) and unless someone proves it with a car that's been recently made (not some 20 y/o car which was the prototype for the auto unlock system or something) then I call this BS.
 

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psyco said:
they did it on braniac the other week, on the live show... test tube baby, i was amazed, one of the most interesting things ive ever seen on telly

Lee is testing that now :p
 

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Andrilyn said:
nr2 is such a hoax, if this was true wouldn't you think we would see alot of fancy cars being stolen? more and more cars get the auto unlock system (no clue how it's called) and unless someone proves it with a car that's been recently made (not some 20 y/o car which was the prototype for the auto unlock system or something) then I call this BS.

erm... you still need the correct keys.
 

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Andrilyn said:
nr2 is such a hoax, if this was true wouldn't you think we would see alot of fancy cars being stolen?


why? u cant run around unlocking other ppl's car with a remote key its not programmed for in the first place so why would a cell phone between it be any diffrent?
 

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Andrilyn said:
nr2 is such a hoax, if this was true wouldn't you think we would see alot of fancy cars being stolen? more and more cars get the auto unlock system (no clue how it's called) and unless someone proves it with a car that's been recently made (not some 20 y/o car which was the prototype for the auto unlock system or something) then I call this BS.

erm.. eh?

You still need the correct remote for the car.
 

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Mojo said:
Give result!! :p

I dont think it works.
Phones recieve and transmit audio, car blotchers work on radio. ergo, it wont work.
 

evzy

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As Tilda said - different frequency and nothing to do with audio transmitted via a phone. Very much doubt it works tbh.
 

evzy

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Thats exactly what I was trying to say - just using less words !
 

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psyco said:
they did it on braniac the other week, on the live show... test tube baby, i was amazed, one of the most interesting things ive ever seen on telly

saw that also, was pretty cool, brainiac did it with a modern car... dont remember what model/year etc though but it looked new'ish.
 
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I never knew i could have so much fun with a phone, record meatspin and send it to loads of random ***** in college, funfun ^^

Them tips are well sweet though Lamp :]
 

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*3370# - Change active speech codec


I hope its trying to say : HI there here is the battery you require make a phone call and feed me my money :sex:
 

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number 3 worked for me, only was on the other side of the house so it may be a direct signal but when i didnt use cells it didnt open.

The signal must be some sort of ultra sound signature then that we cant hear but can be transmitted by a cell to another. Anyone know what kind of signal car keys send. If it is sound waves it easy to understand. If it is electromagnetic waves, then the car key must in some sort transmit its signature trough the cellphone antenna (cant explain that in details :p )
 

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THe 50 % battery recharge costs 50 swedish crowns apparently...
 

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