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Subject: Cell Phone Extras at no charge  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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.  
 
P.S. I just took a CPR course in Thunder Bay and they said that if you have a pay-as-you-go card on your cell phone and you are out of time, you can still dial 911 and your call will go through.  
 
 
 
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).  
 
Editor's Note: It works fine! We tried it out and it unlocked our car  
 
over a cell phone!  
 
 
 
THIRD  
 
Subject: 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 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.  
 
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 into your cell phone  
 
now.