vishwen

There are a few things that can be done in times of grave emergencies.

Your cell phone can actually be a life saver or an emergency tool for survival. Check out the things that you can do with it:

Number 1
The Emergency Number worldwide for cell phones is 112 . If you find yourself out of coverage area of your mobile network and there is an emergency, dial 112 and the cell phone will search any existing network to establish the emergency number for you, and interestingly this number 112 can be dialled even if the keypad is locked.

Try it out.

Number 2

Have you locked your keys in the car? Does you car have remote keys? This may come in handy someday.
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 phone about a foot from your car door and have the person at your home press the unlock button, holding it near the cell 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 kilometers away, and if you can reach someone who has the other remote control for your vehicle, you can unlock the doors.


Number 3
Hidden Battery power. Imagine your cell battery is very low , you are expecting an important call and you don't have a charger. Nokia instruments comes with a reserve battery. 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.

Number 4
How to disable a STOLEN cell phone?
To check your cell 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. If your phone is 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.

Ace90

Wow. I had no idea you could do all these things. Thanks for sharing!

vishwen

ksleher

Have any idea how "number 2" works? Seems a little far fetched to me......well, then i know nothing.

kearflex

Comforting though it may be to imagine you can unlock your car door in an emergency by receiving a distant signal via your cell phone, it can't possibly work ? not with the technology as it now stands, at any rate.

Can't Happen

Here's why:

Your remote car key operates by sending a weak, encrypted radio signal to a receiver inside the automobile, which in turn activates the door locks.

Since the system works on radio waves, not sound, the only conceivable way a signal from your spare remote could be picked up by one cell phone and relayed to your car's onboard receiver by another would be if both phones were capable of sending and receiving at exactly the same frequency as the remote itself ? which they can't be, given that all remote entry devices operate at frequencies between 300 and 500 MHz, while all mobile phones, by law, operate at 800 MHz and higher.

It's apples vs. oranges, in other words. Your cell phone can no more transmit the type of signal needed to unlock a car door than your remote key is capable of dialing up your Aunt Mary ... though no one can predict what miracles the future may bring.

ksleher

That was roughly what i was thinking.......

Well, if it was possible, then you should somehow have the ability to "duplicate" the key into your cell phone and not have to carry around the key always ...atleast with comfort access. You should be able to use your cell phone, instead of the CA. With out CA, I know, you need something to turn the ignition.

maybe, it is true in Mauritius where the OP is from....

Rudy

As far as number one goes, 911 is used in the US, not 112. (I think Canada also uses 911...)

As far as number two goes, read this:
http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=24700

westcoast550

I know a girl who always keeps here cell phone set to vibrate and always keeps it the front pocket of her jeans ....... these phones really are amazing....Does this count too ??
Cheers

kearflex

Do they make a SB for phones too?

ksleher

it counts only if she calls her cell phone from another phone all the time......