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1.
In an 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.
2. Have you locked your keys in the car?
Does your car have remote keyless entry? 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.
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.
3. 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.
4. 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 did this, there would be no point
in stealing mobile phones.
5. 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 number
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.

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