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5 CAPABILITIES OF YOUR CELL PHONE

There are a few things that can be done in times of 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.

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 (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.

Huh? Is this for real?

Very interesting indeed, especially the ones about unlocking a car, (remotely, remote ), and the hidden battery power. Funny that it's not written in the instruction booklets when one buys a new phone. (Can they be called 'booklets'? Normally it's more the size of pocket dictionaries! ) Not that I'll be able to read it if it's written in Chinese, in any case!

Now, if only somebody can show me how to switch my phone on....?

DG.

Nice in theory but unfortunately for me, not in practice.

I thought I'd give number three a try, but with no luck. Maybe it only works on particular brands or models.

As for number one and number four, I hope I'll never have to use them.

With regards to #2, I'd better work on getting a car first.

And again, unfortunately number #5 is a no go for me as well. Perhaps it depends on the network you are connected to.

I tried number 4 and it worked, but only pressing: * # 0 6 #

Then I see the serial.

The hidden battary charge also failed with my phone. With the given code it asks is I can to change the active speech codec.

My sister recently forwarded this list to me. She said her friend tried #2 the next day and it worked to unlock the car. Seems like #5 would only be available in America where 1-800 numbers are toll-free. (unless they're also toll-free somewhere else I'm not aware of?)