Things you may not know about your cell phone.

SOteric

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Wed Feb-13-08 08:33 PM
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Things you may not know about your cell phone.

Edited on Wed Feb-13-08 08:47 PM by SOteric

This appeared in my e-mail inbox (from a reliable source). I can't credit it because I've no idea where it's from, but it's important enough information I wanted to share it with my friends on DU.

So if you're not a friend, just skip this stuff. :P

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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.

SECOND Subject: Have you locked your keys in the car?
Does your car have remote keyless entry? This ma y 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.

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 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....

FIFTH
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 (800) 373-3411
without incurring any charge at all. Program this into
your cell phone now.

This is the kind of information people don't mind
receiving, so pass it on to your family and friends.
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P.S. See Democracyindanger's post #2 for updates and clarification.