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This Is Not A Joke!
> 4 THINGS YOU PROBABLY NEVER KNEW
> YOUR MOBILE 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
> 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 dialled
> 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 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.
>
> 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 mobile phone!'
>
>
> THIRD
> Hidden Battery Power
> Imagine your mobile battery is very low.
> To activate, 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 mobile 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.
> ATM - PIN Number Reversal - Good to Know
> If you should ever be forced by a robber to
> withdraw money from an ATM machine, you can
> notify the police by entering your PIN # in reverse.
>
> For example, if your pin number is 1234,
> then you would put in 4321.
>
> The ATM system recognizes that your PIN number is
> backwards from the ATM card you placed in the machine.
>
> The machine will still give you the money you requested,
> but unknown to the robber, the police will be
> immediately dispatched to the location.
>
> This information was recently broadcast on CTV by Crime
> Stoppers
> however it is seldom used because people just don't
> know about it.
> Please pass this along to everyone.
> This is the kind of information people don't mind
> receiving, so pass it on to your family and friends
>