THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW

YOUR CELL PHONE COULD DO

 
With so many of us traveling for work or just traveling period, here are some mighty important things that everyone can use the phone for in emergencies.

 

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 the below listed things you can do:

 

First – EMERGENCY - The emergency number worldwide for 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 the mobile will search any existing network to establish the emergency number for you, and interestingly this number can be dialed even if the key pad is locked.

 

Second - LOCKED YOUR KEYS IN CAR - Does your vehicle 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. It will save someone from having to drive your keys to you or having a key company come out 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 - HIDDEN BATTERY POWER - Imagine your cell battery is very low. To activate press the keys *3370#.  Your cell phone will restart with this reserve and the instrument will show a 50% increase in battery. This reserve will get replenished when you charge your cell phone next time.

Fourth –STOLEN CELL PHONE - 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 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.

Fifth –411 INFORMATION CALLS – 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.