Cell Phone Tips

My husband tried two of these tips, the free 411 and serial number thing, and it worked. If you try the others, let me know!

5 Things You Never Knew Your Cell Phone Could Do

(You might want to print and keep this info or store in your phone)

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 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.

 

SECOND- Have you locked your keys in the car?

 

Does your car have remote keyless entry? This may come in handy

some day. 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 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).

 

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

charged when you charge your cell phone 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: *#06#. 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.

 

FIFTH Free Directory Service for Cells

 

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)FREE411, or (800) 373-3411 without incurring any

charge at all. Program this into your cell phone now.