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[OpaQue]

4 Things You Never Knew Your Mobile Phone Could Do

For all the folks with mobile phones. 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 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 mobile 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 mobile 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
Hidden Battery Power

Imagine your mobile battery is very low. To activate, press the keys *3370#. Your cell phone 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 phone 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: *#06#. 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 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.

[deadmad7]

Really good posts OpaQue. I never knew ANY of the tricks on this page.

@first
This could really handy if you are outside your country and don't know the local emergency number. You can dial this number and get through to police, ambulance, etc. anywhere you travel or live. I though of trying this , but if you dial 911 without any real emergency, you get busted and fined...

@second
This is the most fun one the whole page. I tried this a few times and it really works. It can unlock it from your house to the car inside. I told this to my friends and family too, but this trick is a wide-know trick. Probably, the most useful on this list. Nevermind, second most useful.

@third
Sad to say i would have wanted this trick so MUCH! I tried it on my iPhone with dreams of getting1/2 the amount of batter to watch some videos or surf the net or just to call someone but it didn't work. This would have been the most useful one on this list.

@four
This trick is good for people who don't really have a smart phone and use the regular phones. Though its hard work getting that activation code. I recently got a App in the iPhone that lets me track where my iPhone is from my laptop. So, if i lose my phone, i quickly log on to my laptop in my bag, and find out where it is before someone turns it on or breaks it

I hope everyone else finds this useful as I did. Again, nice post OpaQue! Should be stickied in the mobile section

[everyone1025]

First one is okay upto typing even though keypad is locked but not working in full signal also.

[kleong]

Except for #4, the rest is new to me. I am particularly interested in #2. Maybe I will give it a try. Of course, with my keys safely tucked in my pocket.