Posted on: 25 January 2008 |
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Take Five brings you four amazing things you probably never new that your mobile phone could do. Their usefulness might just surprise you.
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:
Emergency Calls out of range
The Emergency Number worldwide for Mobileis 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.
Keys locked in the car?
Does your car have remote keyless entry? This may come in handy some day. A 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. This saves someone from having to drive your keys to you.
Hidden Battery Power
Imagine yourmobile battery is very low. To activate its hidden battery power, 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 mobilenext time.
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. If 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 that 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 or sell it either. If everybody did this, there would be little point in stealing mobile phones.