Corky 8 Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 Hi I received this from an Aussie friend , so don,t know how much Pertains to this country ,?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 all Mobile Phones is 112. If you find yourself out of the coverage area of your mobile network and there is an emergency, dial 112 and your mobile will search any existing network in your area to establish the emergency number for you, and interestingly this number 112 can be dialled even if the keypad is locked. This works on all phones worldwide and is free. It is the equivalent of 000.SECOND Have you locked your keys in the car ??? If your car has keyless remote entry this may come in handy someday. 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 and your car will unlock. This saves someone from having to drive your keys to you. Distance is no object... you could be thousands 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: I didn't believe this when I heard about it so I rang my daughter in Sydney from Perth when we went on holiday. She had the spare car key. We tried it out and unlocked our car over a mobile phone!' THIRD Hidden Battery Power To activate, press the keys *3370# (remember the asterisk). Do this when the phone is almost dead. Your mobile will restart in a special way with this new reserve and the instrument will show a 50% increase in battery life. This reserve will get re charged when you charge your mobile next time. This secret is in the fine print in most phone manuals. Most people however skip this information without realising. 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 # Ensure you put an asterisk BEFORE the #06# sequence. 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 ever 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 did this, there would be no point in people stealing mobile phones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tracker Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 Perhaps if the car breaks down we can ride home on the moibile phone instead? I don't about t'others but SECOND is a myth - according to a friendly AA man - aka the man who usually can - but in this case he can't! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel B Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 Watching an old Top Gear programme (2003?) on Dave yesterday whilst donig my jigsaw puzzle, Jeremy was playing about with his car keys. He found that at a certain distance his remote stopped reading his car and wouldn't unlock it, however, if he put the remote in contact with his head and pressed the button, the remote worked!!! I assume it's because it uses his body to boost the signal in some way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Jones Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 No, it's because his head is different from everyone else's. Don't ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twooks Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 And I thought it was down to his incredibly magnetic personality >:-) >:-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twooks Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 back on topic, when in doubt ask snopes http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/cellphones.asp :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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