Things You Never Knew Your Cell Phone Could Do.

Brock Landers · Mar 22, 2007

>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: 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: 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: 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 (800) 373-3411
>
>
>without incurring any charge at all. Program this number into your
>cell phone now. This is the kind of information people don't mind
>receiving, so pass it on to your family and friends.

theticket_22 · Mar 22, 2007

thanks

levistep · Mar 22, 2007

Very interesting.

Brock Landers · Mar 22, 2007

The Emergency Number for Cell Phones Worldwide is 112-Fiction!

You Can Unlock Your Car Remotely Through a Cell Phone-Fiction!

There May be Hidden Battery Power in Your Cell Phone-Fiction!

Dial *#06# on Your Cell Phone to Get a Code That Will Disable Your Phone-Truth!

Summary of the eRumor:
The eRumor is a collection of alleged little-known facts about cell phones (summarized above).

The Truth:
Let's go through them one at a time.

The Emergency Number worldwide for **Mobile** is 112--Fiction!

There is no single emergency number in use world wide. The number 112 is used in some countries but not all. Many countries also use 119, 999, and 911. Additionally, not all phones would in all countries to be able to even try dialing a single emergency code.

You Can Unlock Your Car Remotely Through a Cell Phone-Fiction!
This was an eRumor that previously circulated on its own. The claim is that if you lock yourself out of your car but have a extra remote switch at your home you can phone someone at home, have the person hold the switch up to the phone, then you hold your cell phone near your car door and when the button on the other remote is pressed—your car door will open. This one is also false. It assumes that car remotes use sound waves to open your door but most of them use radio signals, not sound. A radio signal will not travel over the audio of a cell phone.

There may be hidden battery power in your cell phone-Fiction!
If there is a phone that offers this feature, we have not found it. The eRumor claims that if you punch in a certain code on your cell phone you will access reserve power. It mentions Nokia in particular but the folks at Nokia told TruthOrFiction.com that they do not have any phone with that capability.

How to disable a STOLEN mobile phone-Truth!
The eRumor says that inputting "*#06# into your phone will reveal your serial number. It says that you should write that number down and if your cell phone is lost or stolen, giving the number to your cell provider will give them what they need to disable your phone.

This doesn't work on every phone, but some phones do reveal what is called an International Mobile Equipment identity or "IEMI" number when punching in the code of "*#06#." This is especially true for GSM/DCS/PCS phones. If such a phone is stolen, it can be "greylisted" or "blacklisted." Greylisted means that the phone can still be used but can also be tracked. Blacklisting means that the phone cannot be used.

The 411 thing is NO BS though...and they have banged us in the AS for years with that one..

Relentless · Mar 22, 2007

phonetrace.org works great for tracking anyone with a cell phone also.

juice · Mar 22, 2007

Not all these are true, go to http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/cellphones.asp

Origins: The message reproduced above is (with one exception) a compendium of topics we've already covered in separate articles, so we'll just provide a brief summary for each entry with a pointer to a more detailed explanation:

1. Calling 112 on your cell phone will (in some parts of the world, primarily Europe) connect you to local emergency services, even if you are outside your provider's service area (i.e., even if you are not authorized to relay signals through the cell tower that
handles your call), and many cell phones allow the user to place 112 calls even if the phone lacks a SIM card or its keypad is locked. However, the 112 number does not have (as is sometimes claimed) special properties that enable callers to use it in areas where all cellular signals are blocked (or otherwise unavailable).

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. Entering the sequence *#06# into a cell phone may display a 15-digit identification string, but that function only works with some types of cell phones, and the efficacy of reporting the ID number to a cellular service provider to head off unauthorized use of a lost or stolen phone is limited.

5. Some business outfits such as (800) FREE-411 do provide free directory assistance services to cell phone customers. However, users should note that the service is "free" in the sense that FREE-411 provides directory information to callers at no charge, but cellular service providers may still assess charges related to placing such calls.

Brock Landers · Mar 22, 2007

juice said:
Not all these are true, go to http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/cellphones.asp

Origins: The message reproduced above is (with one exception) a compendium of topics we've already covered in separate articles, so we'll just provide a brief summary for each entry with a pointer to a more detailed explanation:

1. Calling 112 on your cell phone will (in some parts of the world, primarily Europe) connect you to local emergency services, even if you are outside your provider's service area (i.e., even if you are not authorized to relay signals through the cell tower that
handles your call), and many cell phones allow the user to place 112 calls even if the phone lacks a SIM card or its keypad is locked. However, the 112 number does not have (as is sometimes claimed) special properties that enable callers to use it in areas where all cellular signals are blocked (or otherwise unavailable).

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. Entering the sequence *#06# into a cell phone may display a 15-digit identification string, but that function only works with some types of cell phones, and the efficacy of reporting the ID number to a cellular service provider to head off unauthorized use of a lost or stolen phone is limited.

5. Some business outfits such as (800) FREE-411 do provide free directory assistance services to cell phone customers. However, users should note that the service is "free" in the sense that FREE-411 provides directory information to callers at no charge, but cellular service providers may still assess charges related to placing such calls.

I tried #5 and it works fine. Now your cell phone company will take your mins away for ever how long you are on for the call as with any call, but you won;t be paying the straight up 1 to 1.75 per 411 call...The rest may very well be BS.

trytrytry · Mar 22, 2007

guys this is an urban legond.....only about 5% of this is true in some phone types....

jeckll · Mar 22, 2007

And it's been posted here 2 or 3 times, so I actually DID know these things my cellphone can't do...

Brock Landers · Mar 22, 2007

trytrytry said:
guys this is an urban legond.....only about 5% of this is true in some phone types....

All in know is #5 works, and thats good enough for most anyone.

Hal01 · Mar 22, 2007

Relentless said:
phonetrace.org works great for tracking anyone with a cell phone also.

Your right it does work.

1cheater · Mar 22, 2007

Thanks for the free 411 :toast:

maxdemo · Mar 22, 2007

phonetrace.org does not work...its a joke try it and you will be in on the joke...fucking sick!!

fucnluc · Mar 22, 2007

That phonetrace spinning cock thing has also been posted about 20 times in the last year. Old.

maxdemo · Mar 22, 2007

fucnluc said:
That phonetrace spinning cock thing has also been posted about 20 times in the last year. Old.

I guess I missed the boat on that one...I put my number in there and was waiting to see if it worked and had a female employee next to me and low and behold I get the swinging cock....

hno:

Saratoga · Mar 22, 2007

Maxdemo

Big :lolBIG: on that one. I laughed and laughed after reading your post. Good one ! Or bad one depending on how you look at it.:modemman:

tgbn · Mar 22, 2007

some old phones with an antenna can levitate a 5 cents coin.

maxdemo · Mar 22, 2007

Saratoga said:
Big :lolBIG: on that one. I laughed and laughed after reading your post. Good one ! Or bad one depending on how you look at it.:modemman:

She didnt say anything but you can imagine what it was like....I was like check this out I can see where my phone is on a screen and she comes running over. I put the num,ber and it kinda looked like it was narrowing on my location and then the embaressment of what was on the screen.:toast:

JackStraw77 · Mar 22, 2007

Another hidden cellphone fact. On 9/11 there was a phone found on a roof near the WTC that had the number 911 on the display screen.

BAGIANT · Mar 22, 2007

Go to snopes.com and find out how this isn;t rue.

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