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Public Service Announcement- Cellphone Tips

2007-02-24


THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW YOUR CELLPHONE CAN DO 
 
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).

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 gets stolen, you can phone your service provider and give them this code.  They will then be able to lock 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 411
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.  

 
 

Barnabus (2007-02-24)
Witqueed You have provided us a great service!!! THANKS!!!!

Hardcore_Pyro (2007-02-24)
Interesting, I'm going to try #2.

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