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:
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.
Also in Australia , the
Australian emergency number 000 can be dialled whilst your mobile phone
keyboard is locked. This is another reason why 000 receives so many false
emergency calls!
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 mobile 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).
Editors Note: It works fine!
We tried it out and it unlocked our car over a mobile phone!"
3. 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.
4. How to
disable a STOLEN mobile phone?
To check your Mobile phone's
serial number, key in the following digits on your phone!:
star-hash-zero-six-hash
* # 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.
Not only the above, but also
in Australia your stolen phone is added to a "Stolen Mobile Phone"
database, so if your phone is found later on it can be returned to you.
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