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[Dave-C]

Got this on an e-mail today, thought it might be interesting,

4  THINGS YOU PROBABLY NEVER KNEW YOUR MOBILE 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 mobile 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 mobile phone!'
THIRD                            Hidden Battery Power

Imagine  your mobile battery is very low. To activate, press the keys *3370# Your mobile will restart with this reserve and the instrument will show a 50% increase in battery. This reserve will get charged when you charge your mobile 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.

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


DC :-/

[Bandit127]

1 does, in Europe anyway.

2 doesn't since modern keys work on RF. I guess it would if it was ultrasound... maybe.

3 doesn't unless you have a particular model of Nokia. Advice seems contradictory but it changes a codec that uses more/less power therefore more/less battery.

4 does - it shows your IMEI number. But it's on a sticker under the battery (usually) anyway.

Snopes forum discussion says this:
http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=3419

[Chopsdad]

1 does, in Europe anyway.

2 doesn't since modern keys work on RF. I guess it would if it was ultrasound... maybe.

3 doesn't unless you have a particular model of Nokia. Advice seems contradictory but it changes a codec that uses more/less power therefore more/less battery.

4 does - it shows your IMEI number. But it's on a sticker under the battery (usually) anyway.

Snopes forum discussion says this:
http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=3419

Thanks for the info - this worked on my Omega - with the handset on speakerphone. Way cool  8-)

[Kevin Wood]

1 does, in Europe anyway.

2 doesn't since modern keys work on RF. I guess it would if it was ultrasound... maybe.

3 doesn't unless you have a particular model of Nokia. Advice seems contradictory but it changes a codec that uses more/less power therefore more/less battery.

4 does - it shows your IMEI number. But it's on a sticker under the battery (usually) anyway.

Snopes forum discussion says this:
http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=3419

Thanks for the info - this worked on my Omega - with the handset on speakerphone. Way cool  8-)

What, the unlocking trick? breaked if I know how, and I've worked with mobile phones for 16 years.

1 and 4 are the only 2 that look remotely feasible to me. And 4 is irrelevant because the IMEI is on a label, and your network operator will know it and block it at your request anyway.

Kevin

[Bandit127]

Thanks for the info - this worked on my Omega - with the handset on speakerphone.

I think someone needs to do a proper test on this. I would, but I'm a Billy No Mates at the mo and can't run fast enough to do the calling and receiving at the same time. LOL.

[Vamps]

Will try this on my Citroen tomorrow, don't need to on the Mig, it is on the drive, unlocked, in the hope that someone may fancy it.
 

[rad cap]

intresting

[Bacon Butty Man]

Got this on an e-mail today, thought it might be interesting,

4  THINGS YOU PROBABLY NEVER KNEW YOUR MOBILE 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 mobile 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 mobile phone!'
THIRD                            Hidden Battery Power

Imagine  your mobile battery is very low. To activate, press the keys *3370# Your mobile will restart with this reserve and the instrument will show a 50% increase in battery. This reserve will get charged when you charge your mobile 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.

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


DC :-/

bet you wished you kept your gob shut  

[Phil]

Got this on an e-mail today, thought it might be interesting,

4  THINGS YOU PROBABLY NEVER KNEW YOUR MOBILE 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 mobile 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 mobile phone!'
THIRD                            Hidden Battery Power

Imagine  your mobile battery is very low. To activate, press the keys *3370# Your mobile will restart with this reserve and the instrument will show a 50% increase in battery. This reserve will get charged when you charge your mobile 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.

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


DC :-/

112 and 999 are the only two numbers that you can dial from a phone with the keylock on, because they are both emergency service numbers

[Kevin Wood]

112 and 999 are the only two numbers that you can dial from a phone with the keylock on, because they are both emergency service numbers

You can actually dial them without a SIM card in the phone.

Kevin

[psl]

999 you can I don’t know about 112, I know someone who used to carry a old phone with no sim card in case of emergencies