Four Things Your Cell Phone Can Do That You Never Knew
Four extraordinary things you never thought your mobile phone could do.
- The emergency number for cell phones is 112. Not so. Throughout most of Europe and a few places around Europe, dialing 112 will connect people to local emergency services. However, the number won’t work in North America.Neither will it work in most of Asia and Africa. Still, many, but not all, cell phone models will allow special emergency numbers to be dialed even if the phone does not have a SIM card or the keypad is locked.
- Unlock your car door with your cell phone and a remote key. Not True. Cell phones and remote keyless entry work on entirely different radio frequencies. Therefore, cell phones are unresponsive of re-transmitting the signal from a remote key to unlock a car door.
- Press *3370# to access ‘reserve power.’ False. On some Nokia phones, users can punch in special codes and toggle between speech codec modes to 1) enhance voice transmission quality at the cost of diminished battery performance, or 2) enhance battery performance by decreasing voice quality. Apparently, some users misread thinking “tapping into reserve battery power.” On that score the email has made two mistakes because *3370# is the code for enhancing voice quality, so using it actually decreases battery life!
- Press *#06# to disable a stolen phone. No. On certain cell phone models, pressing *#06# will cause the phone’s 15-digit International Mobile Equipment Identity to be come up. Some providers can use that information to deactivate the handset. In any case, it isn’t necessary to supply an IMEI number to cancel your cellular account; simply call your provider, give them the appropriate information, and tell them the phone was snatched.
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james, posted this comment on Jun 8th, 2009
good article,very informative, i didn’t know your phone could do so much