Posted by Shelley Weinman on 3/3/07 7:10am
Msg #178040

THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW YOUR CELL 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
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 dish the emergency number for you, and
interestingly this number 112 can be dialed 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
Subject: 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.
And Finally....

FIFTH
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 al: (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

Reply by Calnotary on 3/3/07 7:20am
Msg #178044

GOOD TIPS! I will try the remote one real soon.

Thank you!!!!

Reply by PAW on 3/3/07 7:48am
Msg #178054

Urban Legend - but some truths

http://www.snopes.com/science/mobile.asp

http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/c/cell%20phones.htm

Reply by Bob_Chicago on 3/3/07 8:17am
Msg #178059

Further evidence that the world consists of five elements..

Earth, wind, water , fire and bull$hit
Have a great weekend , all

Reply by Shelley Weinman on 3/3/07 8:36am
Msg #178061

Rats, sorry for the misinformation.... n/m

Reply by Bob_Chicago on 3/3/07 8:48am
Msg #178062

Been there, done that. That is the beauty of the internet...

It used to take weeks, or months , for bogus info to get spread around
the world. Now, it only takes seconds.

Reply by Larry/Ca on 3/3/07 1:25pm
Msg #178124

So, is the 411 info correct? n/m

Reply by Lee/AR on 3/3/07 1:38pm
Msg #178127

Re: So, is the 411 info correct?

Dialing 1-800-373-3411 (1-800-FREE 411) is correct and free. Use it all the time.

Reply by CaliNotary on 3/3/07 6:09pm
Msg #178174

Easy way to identify BS like this

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

Any time you see this you can assume that what you just read is completely inaccurate.

Reply by Calnotary on 3/3/07 6:57pm
Msg #178177

Re: Easy way to identify BS like this

wow! I really thought this was true, since I use the 1800 number to get free listings, and it has saved me some problems when I am looking for a local fed ex drop box or a postal annex. I thought the rest was true too.LOL