Cell phone....fact or fiction?

[Scaga]

I was sent this a while ago....
Don't know if any of it is true.

THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW YOUR CELL 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 Subject: 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 Subject: 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). Editor's Note: It works fine! We tried it out and
it unlocked our car over a cell phone!"

THIRD Subject: 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.

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 # 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. And Finally....

FIFTH
Cell phone companies are charging us $1.00 to $1.75 or more
for 411 in formation 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.

This is the kind of information people don't mind receiving
, so pass it on to your family and friends.



Anybody know if any/all of this is true?

[crazycoffey]

go to snopes.com and find out for yourself....

oh and......
REPOST

sorry.

[plbrdude]

pretty much fiction. some of it has a hint of truth. checked it out on snopes

[jiveturkey]

The hidden battery power thing is bull shit. My wife got this email a while back and that was the first thing that she tried.

Since it didn't work we didn't try and of the others.

[Kraut]

Yes, the cell phone is a mighty tool !!!

[MVChiefFan]

I've tried the unlocking your car over the phone bit with three different cars and NOT ONE of them worked. So I would have to throw the B.S. flag on that one.

[crazycoffey]

I can't believe some of you even tried......

[listopencil]

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/cellphones.asp

[KC Kings]

Originally Posted by MVChiefFan

I've tried the unlocking your car over the phone bit with three different cars and NOT ONE of them worked. So I would have to throw the B.S. flag on that one.

I tried this and it works! The trick is to hit the unlock button hard enough so your vehical can clearly hear it on the other end. If you press it too softly your car has a hard time hearing the button being pressed, and most newer cars are programed to NOT unlock the doors unless they can positively identify the sound of unlock button being pressed.

[Mr. Plow]

Originally Posted by crazycoffey

I can't believe some of you even tried......

Uhhhhh....I didn't try the car unlocking thing. I swear.

[DMAC]

I'm just interested in that FREE-411. I wonder if Cingular charges for that.

[Spott]

Originally Posted by DMAC

I'm just interested in that FREE-411. I wonder if Cingular charges for that.

Yes, they do. They also charge for calling 800-555-1212.

[ferrarispider95]

I hoping to pickup on a hint of sarcasm, because if you have actually tried to unlock your car doors using your cell phone, you are a dumbfuck.

The only one that I think has some truth is the 411. I know there is a free 1800 # you can dial, just not sure if that is the one.

[cdcox]

Originally Posted by Scaga

SECOND Subject: 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). Editor's Note: It works fine! We tried it out and
it unlocked our car over a cell phone!"

Another good trick I like to pull is to call somone up on their cell phone when the the game is on. Just when a big play is coming up, I use my universal remote through the cell phone to change the channel of the game they're watching. They try to act like nothing is going on, but I know better. BWAHAHAHAHA!!!

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