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4 Things You Probably Never Knew Your Mobile Phone Could Do

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  1. dragician

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    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 dialled 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 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)...

    Editor ' s Note: It works fine! We tried it out and it unlocked our car over a mobile phone! '

    THIRD: 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.

    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 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.
     
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  2. LCAhmed

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    How would I do *3370# on a smart phone though? I just tried to call it on my phone it and it didn't work. Would I do it from my lock screen? I let it sit in the dial pad for a few seconds before calling as well.
     
    #2 LCAhmed, Mar 18, 2014
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    I bet OP never knew he could turn off caps lock.
     
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  4. dragician

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    Caps lock doesn't work with Ctrl-C and Ctrl-P. :p
     
    #4 dragician, Mar 18, 2014
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    Cars with remote keyless entry (RKE) systems cannot be unlocked by relaying a key fob transmitter signal via a cellular telephone. RKE systems and cell phones utilize different types of signals and transmit them at different frequencies.

    The claim that pressing the sequence *3370# will unleash "hidden battery power" in a cell phone seems to be a misunderstanding of an option available on some brands of cell phone (such as Nokia) for Half Rate Codec, which provides about 30% more talk time on a battery charge at the expense of lower sound quality. However, this option is enabled by pressing the sequence *#4720# — the sequence *3370# actually enables Enhanced Full Rate Codec, which provides better sound quality at the expense of shorter battery life.

    Read more at http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/cellphones.asp
     
    #5 Joe Joe, Mar 18, 2014
  6. dragician

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    thanks for clarifications.
     
    #6 dragician, Mar 18, 2014
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    Ignoring all the fake negotiations, it's pretty amazing that it can balance & rotate like that on its own, no base, just by utilizing the phone's own features-

    <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/fTCXML4UsWM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

    Even though it's theater, I love when the sharks are so impressed with something they climb over each other, upping their offers, arguing & pitching themselves to the app developer instead of the other way around.
     
    #7 likestohypeguy, Mar 18, 2014
  8. Dairy Ashford

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    Wow, people really do just circulate emails. I knew George Carlin wasn't peeved at having to "press one for English."
     
    #8 Dairy Ashford, Mar 18, 2014
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    There is a high correlation between the following things:

    Low IQ + using ALL CAPS + circulating ridiculous chain mails
     
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  10. Houstunna

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    Interesting thread.

    Kind of related...
    Supposedly, if enter your PIN backwards at an ATM, you still get your money, but it notifies authorities you're being robbed.
     
    #10 Houstunna, Mar 19, 2014
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    Nope.
     
    #11 Rocketman95, Mar 19, 2014
  12. Rashmon

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    If you type in 37818 into a calculator and hold it upside down it says bible...pretty eerie.
     
    #12 Rashmon, Mar 19, 2014
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    I prefer 80085
     
    #13 DonkeyMagic, Mar 19, 2014
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    haha YAY FOR TIPS FOR A MOBILE PHONE FROM '99!
     
    #14 Sajan, Mar 19, 2014
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    Yeah well if you type 5318008 into a calculator and hold it upside down you can see boobies.
     
    #15 Castor27, Mar 19, 2014
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    You son of a b****

    I just tried the car key thing and it doesn't work. Now I'm stuck here with my keys locked in my car. You need to pick me up
     
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  17. Rashmon

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    But you will go to:

    [​IMG]
     
    #17 Rashmon, Mar 19, 2014
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    I'm pretty sure I got this same email from my 81 year old grandmother back in 1998. I'm just confused as to why my grandmother is now a Goran Dragic fan......
     
    #18 Fyreball, Mar 19, 2014
  19. Mr. Brightside

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    I tried that 112 emergency number trick in my country and the police came over to my house and beat my ass. No rep for you.
     
    #19 Mr. Brightside, Mar 19, 2014
  20. dragician

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    i thought it's april the first already.. sorry. :grin:
     
    #20 dragician, Mar 19, 2014
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