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[mynbmr 225]

Just got this from my daughter

Here are FOUR things you probably never knew your mobile phone could do!

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 all 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 your mobile will search any existing network in your area to establish the emergency

number for you, and interestingly this number 112 can be dialled even

if the keypad is locked. This works on all phones worldwide and is free. It is the equivalent of 000.

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 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 thousands 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: I didn’t believe this when I heard about it! I rang my daughter in Sydney from Perth when we went on holiday. She had the spare car key. We tried it out and it unlocked our car over a mobile phone!'

THIRD

Hidden

Battery

Power

To activate, press the keys *3370# (remember the asterisk). Do this when the phone is almost dead.

Your mobile will restart in a special way with this new reserve and the instrument will show a 50%

increase in battery life. This reserve will get re charged when you charge your mobile next time.

This secret is in the fine print in most phone manuals. Most people however skip this information without realising.

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 #

Ensure you put an asterisk BEFORE the #06# sequence.

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 ever 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 done this, there would be no point in people

stealing mobile phones.

This secret is also in the fine print of most mobile phone manuals. It was created for the very purpose of trying to prevent phones from being stolen.

Also -ATM PIN Number Reversal - Good to Know !!

If you should ever be forced by a robber to withdraw money from an ATM

machine, you can notify the police by entering your PIN # in

reverse. For example, if your pin number is 1234, then you would put

in 4321. The ATM system recognizes that your PIN number is backwards

from the ATM card you placed in the machine. The machine will still

give you the money you requested, but unknown to the robber, the

police will be immediately dispatched to the location.

All ATM’s carry this emergency sequencer by law.

This information was recently broadcast on by Crime Stoppers

however it is seldom used because people just don't know about it.

Cheers

[deeveus 81]

Does this work on all phones?

I've seriously got to try the locked keys in the car scenario tomorrow!

[_Matt_ 42]

that pin number thing is awesome! as well at the reserve bat life technique, my battery fails hard!

[pureboiracer 0]

+1 will be keeping a copy of this.

[Shady 0]

The PIN thing cant work for ALL cards. For example if your PIN is 4774 then thats forward & backwards - cant do no emergency for that. Otherwise, the rest sound sweet.

[Cale 36]

They'd be even more awesome if they worked.

[my_e36 43]

ONE - True and it works.

TWO - I haven't tried and doubt it, does it work for both IR and RF remotes?

THREE - *3370# code only works in Nokia phones and it actually enables EFR (Enhanced Full Rate) which gives you better sound quality and DECREASE talk time by around 5%. It should be #3370# that disables it to give you more battery.

Besides, it should have been *4720# to enable HR (Half Rate) that gains up to 30% talk time.

FOUR - There's a special form at Voda to fill in for this and need police report in support of the application. Even then it doesn't gaurantee they will actually bar the phone.

For Telecom phone on CDMA, you'll need the ESN number instead.

Edited August 13, 2010 by my_e36

[Mark 178]

Kind of a load of crap:

Accurate Info here

[ducatiss 1]

Interesting though virtually the exact same msg is repeated on

http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/business/...lphone_tips.htm

I'm smelling a rat here... I would imagine that the ATM tip is also false

Edited August 13, 2010 by ducatiss

[Mikal 4]

Some of these worked for me (Nokia 5530)

Nokia Codes..

Some Codes here... May work... May not wok...

Nokia Code function

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# *3370# This Nokia code activates Enhanced Full Rate Codec (EFR) - Your Nokia cell phone uses the best sound quality but talk time is reduced my approx. 5%

# #3370# Deactivate Enhanced Full Rate Codec (EFR) .

# *#4720# Activate Half Rate Codec - Your phone uses a lower quality sound but you should gain approx 30% more Talk Time.

# *#4720# With this Nokia code you can deactivate the Half Rate Codec.

# *#0000# Displays your phones software version, 1st Line : Software Version, 2nd Line : Software Release Date, 3rd Line : Compression Type .

# *#9999# Phones software version if *#0000# does not work.

# *#06# For checking the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI Number) .

# #pw+1234567890+1# Provider Lock Status. (use the "*" button to obtain the "p,w" and "+" symbols).

# #pw+1234567890+2# Network Lock Status. (use the "*" button to obtain the "p,w" and "+" symbols) .

# #pw+1234567890+3# Country Lock Status. (use the "*" button to obtain the "p,w" and "+" symbols).

# #pw+1234567890+4# SIM Card Lock Status. (use the "*" button to obtain the "p,w" and "+" symbols) .

# *#147# This lets you know who called you last (Only vodofone).

# *#1471# Last call (Only vodofone) .

# *#21# This phone code allows you to check the number that "All Calls" are diverted to.

# *#2640# Displays phone security code in use .

# *#30# Lets you see the private number.

# *#43# Allows you to check the "Call Waiting" status of your cell phone.

# *#61# Allows you to check the number that "On No Reply" calls are diverted to .

# *#62# Allows you to check the number that "Divert If Unreachable (no service)" calls are diverted to .

# *#67# Allows you to check the number that "On Busy Calls" are diverted to

# *#67705646# Phone code that removes operator logo on 3310 & 3330

# *#73# Reset phone timers and game scores.

# *#746025625# Displays the SIM Clock status, if your phone supports this power saving feature "SIM Clock Stop Allowed", it means you will get the best standby time possible .

# *#7760# Manufactures code.

# *#7780# Restore factory settings.

# *#8110# Software version for the nokia 8110.

# *#92702689# Displays - 1.Serial Number, 2.Date Made, 3.Purchase Date, 4.Date of last repair (0000 for no repairs), 5.Transfer User Data. To exit this mode you need to switch your phone off then on again.

# *#94870345123456789# Deactivate the PWM-Mem.

# **21*number# Turn on "All Calls" diverting to the phone number entered.

# **61*number# Turn on "No Reply" diverting to the phone number entered .

# **67*number# Turn on "On Busy" diverting to the phone number entered .

# 12345 This is the default security code .

# press and hold # Lets you switch between lines.

[deeveus 81]

Would be good to disable blocked calls coming to my cell. I sometimes ignore them, especially after hours.

Any lists here for iPhone owners?

[cliffdunedin 8]

+1^^^

I would imagine somewhere in the world all these things will work...just sceptical whether they will all work for what i have!!

[Lucan 196]

THIRD

Hidden

Battery

Power

To activate, press the keys *3370# (remember the asterisk). Do this when the phone is almost dead.

Your mobile will restart in a special way with this new reserve and the instrument will show a 50%

increase in battery life. This reserve will get re charged when you charge your mobile next time.

This secret is in the fine print in most phone manuals. Most people however skip this information without realising.

THREAD DIG

I just tried this as cell is nearly dead.

Did not work.