Interesting uses for a Mobile phone

TopTen


Joined: 15/04/2009
Posts: 1246

Message Posted:
07/07/2010 14:25

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 dialled



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 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.



Saves someone from having to



drive your keys to you.

TopTen


Joined: 15/04/2009
Posts: 1246

Message Posted:
07/07/2010 14:26

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 dialled



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 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.



Saves someone from having to



drive your keys to you.



Distance is no ob

TopTen


Joined: 15/04/2009
Posts: 1246

Message Posted:
07/07/2010 14:27

Sorry dropped a b#####k

TopTen


Joined: 15/04/2009
Posts: 1246

Message Posted:
07/07/2010 14:28

THIRD



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.

johnnybgoode


Joined: 08/12/2008
Posts: 252

Message Posted:
07/07/2010 14:35

a friend of mine tried no:2 out when we worked in spain,

bloody worked too, we were both amazed.

the butler


Joined: 22/06/2007
Posts: 1958

Message Posted:
07/07/2010 15:10

Wow I never knew any of this, you learn something new every day and your never to old to learn.





The butlers wife

rigsby


Joined: 21/09/2007
Posts: 912

Message Posted:
07/07/2010 15:10

Tried No 2 on a Porsche about a month ago.It did not work.But Porsche paid the taxi fare for keys to be collected.

keithcaley



Joined: 13/06/2008
Posts: 2521

Message Posted:
07/07/2010 18:15

There does seem to be a lot of debate on various forums as to whether tip (2) actually works...

The consensus would appear to be that if the remote fob transmits a simple AF (audio frequency) signal = possibly modulated onto an RF (radio frequency) carrier, then it MIGHT just be possible, if the key fob is near enough to the phone to cause 'cross modulation', and the 'receiving phone' is near enough to the car to 'swamp' the security system.

However, as the vast majority of 'newish' cars employ systems using RKE security encoding, it appears that this trick will not work for most of us...: -

http://www.snopes.com/autos/techno/keyless.asp

If you DO find that it works for you, please ring me on 0533 830 1835, and I'll be happy to eat my hat!

proger1



Joined: 18/04/2009
Posts: 2919

Message Posted:
07/07/2010 18:28

rigsby, tried selling the idea that it was another good reason to let me have another porsche but the wife wouldn't buy it.

She said I should buy a cheap car that this phone thing works on, then I wouldn't have to wait for the taxi. Can't beat a womans logic I suppose

Tootie


Joined: 28/08/2008
Posts: 2037

Message Posted:
07/07/2010 18:37

I've tried this on a BMW, Audi, Mazda, Vauxhall. Also on Volvo & Scania Trucks.

Guess what ?....

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
07/07/2010 18:54

Tootie. Er.....it doesn't work. Did I guess right?

Tootie


Joined: 28/08/2008
Posts: 2037

Message Posted:
07/07/2010 19:02

Gold star for you Bill...