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did you know this about your mobile?...just read it!

Feb. 9, 2008 at 5:54 AM by NewMom87
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4 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 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?
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> To check your Mobile phone's serial number, key in the following digits on
your phone! e: * # 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.
>
> This is the kind of information people don't mind receiving, so pass it on to
your family and friends

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	by CallumsMum on Feb. 9, 2008 at 6:04 AM I was about to go to bed (out of total boredom) when I saw this. Dang this is cool. I'll try these out and tell you how I go ;) Thanks! I'm sure alot of people would appreciate this one. Anywho, off to bed. There is total crap on TV and all this rain (even though it isn't raining now) makes me want to curl up into a ball and go to sleep. Hope everyone has a fandiddlyastic remaining wkend :)
	by NewMom87 on Feb. 9, 2008 at 6:10 AM heheh i love it that i can totally lock my mobile phone in case it gets stolen so the thief will never be able to use it! thats the BEST ;) anyway good night don't let the bed bugs bite heheh sweet dreamsss im off to bed to Quoting CallumsMum: I was about to go to bed (out of total boredom) when I saw this. Dang this is cool. I'll try these out and tell you how I go ;) Thanks! I'm sure alot of people would appreciate this one. Anywho, off to bed. There is total crap on TV and all this rain (even though it isn't raining now) makes me want to curl up into a ball and go to sleep. Hope everyone has a fandiddlyastic remaining wkend :)
	by twinpicks on Feb. 10, 2008 at 3:25 AM Im going to try this now that my stolen phone has been returned by the Israeli police! Gee, At least someone understand the technology better than me! Lets hope it works out of Australia as well.
	by turtle68 on Feb. 10, 2008 at 5:39 AM that is soooooooooo cool...thanks newmom87...I am going to save the low battery one and test drive that baby!!! I am forever forgetting to charge my mobile. Doesnt 000 work anywhere in Australia even if you are out of range?!??! Am i being delusional?...am I behind in the times...again!!! LOL
	by NewMom87 on Feb. 10, 2008 at 5:43 AM about the triple 000 honestly i don't know lol I just got this thing as a forward email in my mail box and i thought WOW i had no idea lol Quoting turtle68: that is soooooooooo cool...thanks newmom87...I am going to save the low battery one and test drive that baby!!! I am forever forgetting to charge my mobile. Doesnt 000 work anywhere in Australia even if you are out of range?!??! Am i being delusional?...am I behind in the times...again!!! LOL
	by twinpicks on Feb. 10, 2008 at 12:03 PM Gee , just last week my stolen phone was returned to me. I had my serial number but never knew this. Pity I didn't know it b4 then I would have been able to get the service provider to block the theifs use of it! Anyhow I now have this on record , can I repost your journal to friends around the rworld in Australia and Israel? Thank you!
	by NewMom87 on Feb. 10, 2008 at 4:30 PM well its good you got your mobile phone back :) and sure of course you can re post this as much as you like. I think everybody should know about it and im surprised this information doesn't come in with th phone because its good to know specially the number 4 one. Quoting twinpicks: Gee , just last week my stolen phone was returned to me. I had my serial number but never knew this. Pity I didn't know it b4 then I would have been able to get the service provider to block the theifs use of it! Anyhow I now have this on record , can I repost your journal to friends around the rworld in Australia and Israel? Thank you!
	by vamom21 on Feb. 11, 2008 at 1:09 PM These tips are awesome. Thank you for sharing them.