Things You Never Knew Your Cell Phone Could Do

 For all the folks with cell phones this should be printed and kept in your car, purse, and wallet. Good information to have with you.)

Emergencies. 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.

Locked Keys in Car. Does your car have remote keyless entry? If you lock your keys in your car and the spare keys to your car are at home : from your cell phone, call the cell phone number of someone at home . After they answer, hold your cell phone about a foot from your car door and have the person at your home press the unlock button on the spare keys, holding it near the mobile phone at 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).

Hidden Battery Power. If your cell 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 cell phone next time.

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.

If your phone is 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.

Free Directory Service for Cell Phones. Cell phone companies are charging us $1.00 to $1.75 or more for 411 information calls when they don't have to. When you need to use the 411 information option, simply dial (800) FREE411 or (800) 373-3411 without incurring any charge.  Program this into your cell phone now.

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