Cell Phone Tips - are these true?

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

from e-mail i received...


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
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.

And Finally...

> FIFTH
> Cell phone companies are charging us $1.00 to $1.75 or more for 411
information 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 [phone] without incurring any charge at
all. Program this into your cell phone now.

[KitchenWitch]

1. The only one of those 5 that work for mine is the free 411 number

[Ms_Dem_Meanor]

2. I got that one too.

I do know that #5 is definitly true.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Most of these I am unfamiliar with.......

But I do know the last one is true!

:hi:

[Kutjara]

4. Snopes is your friend.

Someone posts this list (or some variation of it) on here about once a month. Most of the advice has been comprehensively debunked or is a transparent spam selling the Free 411 service.

[baldguy]

5. Tip: take your cell phone

duck tape it to a brick, then throw it into the nearest deep lake.

[Suich]

8. I'm glad I wasn't drinking anything

when I read this!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[carly denise pt deux]

6. I tried #3 and it didn't work on my phone

Carly

[datasuspect]

7. does *08 still dial 911?

i don't want to test it out