FOUR THINGS YOUR MOBILE PHONE CAN DO

[Gio]

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 European-wide for mobiles 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 as we all know, this number 112 HAS to be able to be dialed even if the keypad is locked. I don't suggest trying it out as you could be wasting someone's valueable time, but certainly worth making a note of for future reference if you ever found yourself in an emergency situation.

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 cellphone: 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 cellphone.
Hold your cellphone 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 mobile phone!

THIRD Hidden Battery Power

Imagine your mobile battery is very low. To activate, press the keys *3370# Your mobile will restart with this reserve and the instrument will show a 50% increase in battery. This reserve will get charged when you charge your mobile 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 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 does this, there would be no point in people stealing cellphones.
This is the kind of information people don't mind receiving, so pass it on to your family and friends

Here's hoping we shall not need any of this!

We've just tried the car by this it works lol

[Fausto]

I'm not sure how to take this. Is it a wind up Gio?

I have difficulty believing the car unlocking one although the 112 thing is prob right.

[Kwackerz]

I didnt even have to go on Snopes to do that one..

http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/busine ... e_tips.htm

I recalled this from about 4 years ago. the last one was Nokia, the car one is bollocks and the others..well read the link..

[fastasfcuk]

unlock your car over the phone.not having it.

[joecrx]

mmm will this work for my datatool bike alarm too ? just incase i get a low battery in the remote

[Viking]

The '112' emergency number is correct, as is the 15 digit code (although how you get to it may differ from phone to phone).

The others two are a load of bollocks.

[Samray]

Anything is possible on planet Gio ... he used to pump his tyres up with a stopwatch.

[Fausto]

Anything is possible on planet Gio ... he used to pump his tyres up with a stopwatch.