Mobile Phone info (are they true?)

[ghosthunter]

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: -

*EMERGENCY*
*I*

*The Emergency Number worldwide for **Mobile** is 112.* If you find yourself out of 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.**

*II*

*Subject: Have you locked your keys in the car? Does you car have remote keys?*

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!"*

*III*

Subject: Hidden Battery power

Imagine your cell battery is very low, you are expecting an important call and you don't have a charger. Nokia instrument 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.

AND FINALLY

*IV*

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.

[ghosthunter]

The first and fourth are true... does anyone have info on the second and third?

[Psylocke]

1. false, no one answers the 112 call
2. false, radio waves from car remote won't piggyback over a voice call
3. false, there's no reserve battery, try opening your phone you won't find any
4. false, IMEI can easily be changed

[BlueBimmer]

nyek false pala lahat?

[mazdamazda]

1. false, no one answers the 112 call

117 ang emergency number ng Philippines kasi. 112 is for Europe. 911 for North America.

4. false, IMEI can easily be changed

for older phones... but newer phones cannot.

[boybi]

1. false, no one answers the 112 call

when i got my very first GSM phone (Mitsubishi MT-30) from Globe 7 or 8 yrs ago, i curiously dialled the number 112 as it was written in the instruction manual that it is an emergency number. somebody answered the call.

i never tried to call that number again for fear that i can be traced because of the called ID

[boybi]

117 ang emergency number ng Philippines kasi. 112 is for Europe. 911 for North America.

iba iba yata ang emergency number dito sa pinas. sa davao 911 ang emergency number, metro manila ang 117.

[the_wildthing]

For the first one, sabi ng Globe Customer Service (about 5 years ago), naka link ang 112 sa local police hotline. Sabi ko walang sumasagot. Di na daw nila problema yun. (I felt my life was in danger at the time.)

For the second one, I doubt it. Di ba RF ang alarm remote?

The third one actually just turns on/off the EFR or enhanced full rate mode. If it is turned off, the phone uses less power.

Fourth, nasagot na nung iba.

[j_avonni]

I wish number 2 is true. I would try it.

[ts1n1ta]

i am trying number three ngayon. wala. useless. ehehehe