So, I got this as a forward from my friend, pretty useful/interesting. I really want to know about the whole car keyless entry thing. And also the battery thing. Has anyone tried it before? Do you think it works? Here's the e-mail I got.
This is something that is useful to all of us who have cell phone --
assuming that it is true !
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).
THIRD
Subject: Hidden Battery Power
Imagine your cell battery is very low. To activate, press the keys
*3370# and your cell will restart with this reserve. The instrument
will show a 50% increase in battery.
This reserve will get charged when you charge your cell next time.
FOURTH
Subject: 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. If your phone
gets 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.
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itsajoey Posts: 377
Phone Model: t-mobile dash
Service Provider: t-mobile
Thu Feb 22, 2007 8:32 pm
the only thing i know thats knida true is the forth one all the other stuff is bs. if that car door thing works now thats just scary come on now for a thief and all.
4) Partially true.
Yes, there is the IMEI number (that's what it is called) and it is unique to a mobile. But not all service provider support this feature.
Here in Germany only Vodafone supports this, the other three provider not. A stolen phone can still be used with them.
If all provider would support it, it would be usefull.
Also it is possible (but illegal) to change the IMEI of the phone.
The Archer Posts: 71
Phone Model: Nokia N82
Service Provider: Globe (Philippines)
Fri Feb 23, 2007 7:52 am
Here in the Philippines, everything is possible. What do i mean is that, in almost every corner of the country, there are celphone "technicians" that can hack the pin codes, lock codes, etc. as well as they can unblock a stolen phone. Well, it's nothing that i am proud of as a Filipino.
elmo01 Posts: 2341
Phone Model: Samsung SPH-M510
Service Provider: Bell Canada
Fri Feb 23, 2007 10:02 am
and I suppose this is all sponsored by bill gates if there are more than 100,000 forwards of the same email.any by NOT forwardind said email. the world will not end. you will not be besieged with bad luck and your first born will not die a horrible death.
I **HATE** email spam .especially when its an obvious and blatant myth. this one almost looks believeable. but to the uninformed it looks like a public service message.
snopes.com is a good resource
AberandFitch13 Posts: 38
Phone Model: Motorola Z3 RIZR Black
Service Provider: AT&T
Fri Feb 23, 2007 10:26 pm
Yeah, when I got this, I was kind of skeptical, I don't usually send/inquire about forwards--they're just annoying. But, this one vaguely piqued my interest. That whole keyless entry thing would be cool. I would try it, but my car only has one remote (I lost the other one, LOL). That battery thing would have been cooler too.
Tommus Posts: 51
Tue Feb 27, 2007 9:11 am
#2 is bogus. Keyless locks use RF to unlock, not sound. Holding a remote near a cellphone won't make the phone on the receiving end transmit on a different frequency.
Jadall Posts: 389
Phone Model: Nokia 3300,Nokia n-gage, SEt290a
Service Provider: Cingular
Mon Mar 12, 2007 5:55 pm
I've heard about the hidden battery power thing but its a myth as far as I know. The keyless entry thing if the phone could transmit the radio frequency over the voice channel of the car key thing NO IDEA someone please try that one and get back to us. probably depends on what kinda car remote there are still some i've seen that use infa red so that wouldn't work.
God, I love snopes, remember the Bonsai Kitten haha
chase4557 Posts: 10
Phone Model: Blackberry Pearl
Service Provider: at&t
Wed Jun 13, 2007 12:39 am
The first one is like dialing 911 in another country.
the second one is just totally ridiculous! (BTW: tried it just to make sure. and it didn't work)
the third one is somewhat true, it is more or less a way to turnthe codec (sp?) r something like that on and off. which is reducing the reception of the phone so that the battery drains slower. not recommended to do. (note: so far it has only worked with couple of nokias i tried.
the fourth is a pretty known one. but as far as carriers disabling the OTA. not sure about that, especially on GSM networks.
if has anythig to add or dispute on what i put please do
