Last month, I had posted an article about how using cell phones are harmful. But, cellphones have their own uses too.
Here are few interesting facts about cellphones which we never knew. 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.
1. 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 dialed even if the keypad is locked. Try it out.
2. 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).
3. 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.
4. 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.
11 comments:
thanks for the tips. I've read them before but I like to highlight that tip #3 does not apply for sony ericsson cell phones
Yeah great tips, thanks. But i think they only apply to certain models of Nokia.
I guess us minorities (other brands of mobiles) have to suffer as usual ;P
Great tips!
I particularly like the one with the remote control :)
I know penuts about cellphones, but that's ok since I don't like them anyways, but as you said, they are still useful and necessary at times and that's why I have one... :D
Good information ! BTW Wish you a HAPPY EASTER.
woooow!! i didnt know all that! hidden battery power! im ganna need this one ;p thanks dear!
Number 3 doesn;t work :'(
thank u for sharing!!!
**sharing is caring**
nice posts, I got this email from a friend last year and found it very useful but you should note that some of these options only work on Nokia phones which is why it didn't work for everyone.
I liked 2 and 3 but now KJ says 3 doesn't work :/ 3ad i was gonna try it when my battery goes dead.
wow, number two is the coolest lol
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