Mobile Phones

Jun 7, 2005
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Must try these out to see if they work.

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 dialled 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 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

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. If your phone get's 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
 
Aug 8, 2005
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Well now

I knew about numbers 1 & 4 but not the other 2 - will try those.

About the last one - 4 - when I got my mobile from Virgin that was one of the things they suggested I did before I used it at all .

That number is registered with them so if the thing gets pinched all I do is phone them - get my ID checked over the phone and they do it for me .

Also I would add - make sure that someone else that you trust has that number so if you are away from home [ ie on the Continent ] they can do it for you - cheaper to ring them than ring your phone provider and go through an automated programme to get to a human .
 
Dec 16, 2003
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DON'T TRUST the story about unlocking the car via a mobile phone, the tale has been on the net for a few years now with people saying that it has been checked by magazines and other media journalists to try and keep the myths going.
 
Oct 17, 2006
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Trust you cris to put a damper of this topic, now you have knocked me off the top with your reply to this one. hehehe Liz

P.S I think it was useful information especially the 4th one.
 
Dec 16, 2003
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Well you can try it yourself, but I first had a joke email about the mobile phone and key story 3 or 4 years back, my cousins son in Australia had all his mates trying it and it never worked.

I think the key uses a radio signal that is not compatible with mobile phones so how could it send the signal.

It might work but I wouldn't trust it to :-}
 
Dec 16, 2003
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Hello , how can one I guess radio signal carry another radio signal.

You could call your husband on the mobile as he was driving home on the motorway and use the spare key to send a signal to set the alarm and disable the car and then pick up the life insurance.

I don't think it is at all possible and could be dangerous if it was.
 
Oct 17, 2006
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Now cris this is a very good and interesting topic the key thing is no good for me personally it would be quite impossible for me to lock myself out of my car, (I have not got these mod. things fitted) but the other points raised about security is very useful, no doubt you will have an answer to this as well. Kind Regards Liz
 
Dec 16, 2003
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Me and radio or coded signals is not a good match ;-)

As for you not have the "mod" things what sort of ludites are you? just a complete let down to your host county. A county at the fore front of technology with Goonhilly and RNAS Culdrose and the world leading Eden Project. Then theres you with your expensive Wifi and that's it.

Come on girl get yer act together!
 
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Cris south Wales is also a forerunner of modern technology but my car is, Like Lz, a basic model and only has key operated central locking. However it is a damn fine car and I have no intention of changing it just to keep up with modern technology. Use the old saying "if it ain't broke don't fix it". Anyway the more technology the more to go wrong and me being of a simple way of life do not see the point of keeping up with the Jones' or whatever their names may be.
 
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Sorry Graham,missed your reply . So it works for you .Iwill try to see if it works for me . We could even set up a new poll

[like the old song Some will some wont ,some do some dont ]

In any event this mobile phoe thread has certainly livened up what was becoming a boring season on here coljac
 

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