Things you never knew your cellphone could do
11 September 2006, 12:47 PM
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Things you never knew your cellphone could do
THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW YOUR CELLPHONE 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: -
*EMERGENCY*
*I*
* The Emergency Number worldwide for **Mobile** is 112 .* If you find
yourself out of 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.**
*II*
* Subject: Have you locked your keys in the car? Does your car have remote Locking/keys?*
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 boot).
Editor's Note: *It works fine! We tried it out and it unlocked our car over a cell phone!"*
*III*
Subject: Hidden Battery power
Imagine your cell battery is very low, you are expecting an important call
and you don't have a charger. Nokia instrument comes with a reserve
battery. 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.
AND
*IV*
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 get
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.
Now i have tried the remote central locking one out of curiosity and i cant get it to work, but its all interesting never the less!!
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: -
*EMERGENCY*
*I*
* The Emergency Number worldwide for **Mobile** is 112 .* If you find
yourself out of 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.**
*II*
* Subject: Have you locked your keys in the car? Does your car have remote Locking/keys?*
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 boot).
Editor's Note: *It works fine! We tried it out and it unlocked our car over a cell phone!"*
*III*
Subject: Hidden Battery power
Imagine your cell battery is very low, you are expecting an important call
and you don't have a charger. Nokia instrument comes with a reserve
battery. 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.
AND
*IV*
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 get
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.
Now i have tried the remote central locking one out of curiosity and i cant get it to work, but its all interesting never the less!!
11 September 2006, 01:15 PM
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The unlocking the car through the power of the mobile seems considerably preposterous to me. 
Having only worked for a mobile phone airtime and service provider from advisor up to middle management for 9 years of my working life, I am probably worst placed to know about such gadgetry however
The other info is pretty good though, but would be even better in the correct forum as per Brun
Having only worked for a mobile phone airtime and service provider from advisor up to middle management for 9 years of my working life, I am probably worst placed to know about such gadgetry however
The other info is pretty good though, but would be even better in the correct forum as per Brun
11 September 2006, 02:28 PM
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Well it might be a repost to you but to the other 61,440 member who might have not seen it.
So unless you can prove to me all those 61,440 have seen whats a so called repost then I will STFU.
Till then keep silly comments to yourself.
Dan.
So unless you can prove to me all those 61,440 have seen whats a so called repost then I will STFU.
Till then keep silly comments to yourself.
Dan.
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Originally Posted by Bat-Fink
Well it might be a repost to you but to the other 61,440 member who might have not seen it.
So unless you can prove to me all those 61,440 have seen whats a so called repost then I will STFU.
Till then keep silly comments to yourself.
Dan.
So unless you can prove to me all those 61,440 have seen whats a so called repost then I will STFU.
Till then keep silly comments to yourself.
Dan.
11 September 2006, 03:01 PM
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Alot of stress over this, just because its in the wrong place, no need to be stroppy about it!! There is more to life than reading something in the wrong place.
The whole idea of these forums is to inform people and occassionally read something interesting and informative - yeh, i put it in the "wrong forum", so shoot me!
Nuff said
The whole idea of these forums is to inform people and occassionally read something interesting and informative - yeh, i put it in the "wrong forum", so shoot me!
Nuff said
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Originally Posted by Brun
Booooo feckin hoooooooooooooo 
Post as many Sials as you like, just as long as they're are not cluttering up the wrong forum
Post as many Sials as you like, just as long as they're are not cluttering up the wrong forum
11 September 2006, 03:17 PM
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It's about order, organisation and putting things in their correct place... 
if you can't be 'bothered' to put things in their correct place you are an untidy and messy Chav, with no respect for the magnificent structure of Scoobynet and if you show no respect you will, in turn, receive non......... 
DCI........ Not stressed nor stroppy..... but FFS use the right forum you *****.....
if you can't be 'bothered' to put things in their correct place you are an untidy and messy Chav, with no respect for the magnificent structure of Scoobynet and if you show no respect you will, in turn, receive non......... DCI........ Not stressed nor stroppy..... but FFS use the right forum you *****.....
11 September 2006, 03:20 PM
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Originally Posted by gatecrasher3
What does SIAL mean?
11 September 2006, 03:30 PM
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People obviously have nothing better to do than be **** about things. YES - Its in the wrong place! Mistake, it happens!
What happened to the comradery that us scooby drivers are known for, it certainly is not reflected here!
Resulting in abuse simply reflects your nature, so get over it and i will just have to accept that i am not as perfect as you!
What happened to the comradery that us scooby drivers are known for, it certainly is not reflected here!
Resulting in abuse simply reflects your nature, so get over it and i will just have to accept that i am not as perfect as you!
11 September 2006, 03:45 PM
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Originally Posted by MicaLee
YES - Its in the wrong place! Mistake, it happens!
Originally Posted by MicaLee
What happened to the comradery that us scooby drivers are known for, it certainly is not reflected here!
Originally Posted by MicaLee
i will just have to accept that i am not as perfect as you
11 September 2006, 04:04 PM
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How am i a guest when i have owned over 5 scoobies, and am a 'Regular Member' like you and been a member for coming up to 2 yrs!
You clearly have a problem here in thinking you are better than others. You may be older than me, but that certainly does not give you the right to tell me what i can and cannot do. I would listen to a moderator, but then a moderator would probably deal with this in a more mature and professional matter.
Maybe its me, but accept that mistakes happen. Take your arrogance elsewhere, people dont want it!
You clearly have a problem here in thinking you are better than others. You may be older than me, but that certainly does not give you the right to tell me what i can and cannot do. I would listen to a moderator, but then a moderator would probably deal with this in a more mature and professional matter.
Maybe its me, but accept that mistakes happen. Take your arrogance elsewhere, people dont want it!
11 September 2006, 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted by DCI Gene Hunt
I've seen it.................. 61,439 to go............
Not only SIAL but also a load of boll*cks
11 September 2006, 04:47 PM
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Maybe it needs to be closer to the reciever in the car and not by the door then.
I tried it with both my scoob (which seems to have a poor range in terms of how far the key can unlock from.. prob just normal) and also my dads nissan (which has a really good range for unlocking)
Neither worked
If it does work though on scoobs, i would love to know.. could be really handy in a sticky situation.
I tried it with both my scoob (which seems to have a poor range in terms of how far the key can unlock from.. prob just normal) and also my dads nissan (which has a really good range for unlocking)
Neither worked
If it does work though on scoobs, i would love to know.. could be really handy in a sticky situation.
11 September 2006, 04:54 PM
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Originally Posted by MicaLee
How am i a guest when i have owned over 5 scoobies, and am a 'Regular Member' like you and been a member for coming up to 2 yrs!
You clearly have a problem here in thinking you are better than others. You may be older than me, but that certainly does not give you the right to tell me what i can and cannot do. I would listen to a moderator, but then a moderator would probably deal with this in a more mature and professional matter.
Maybe its me, but accept that mistakes happen. Take your arrogance elsewhere, people dont want it!
You clearly have a problem here in thinking you are better than others. You may be older than me, but that certainly does not give you the right to tell me what i can and cannot do. I would listen to a moderator, but then a moderator would probably deal with this in a more mature and professional matter.
Maybe its me, but accept that mistakes happen. Take your arrogance elsewhere, people dont want it!
i think you have silenced DCI lol
11 September 2006, 04:57 PM
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Originally Posted by MicaLee
How am i a guest when i have owned over 5 scoobies, and am a 'Regular Member' like you and been a member for coming up to 2 yrs!
Originally Posted by MicaLee
You clearly have a problem here in thinking you are better than others. You may be older than me, but that certainly does not give you the right to tell me what i can and cannot do. I would listen to a moderator, but then a moderator would probably deal with this in a more mature and professional matter.
Originally Posted by MicaLee
Maybe its me, but accept that mistakes happen. Take your arrogance elsewhere, people dont want it!
11 September 2006, 05:05 PM
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Originally Posted by DCI Gene Hunt
Scooby In A Lake....... after a billion people kept posting the same feckin picture time after feckin time of a scooby in a feckin lake
11 September 2006, 05:46 PM
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Originally Posted by DCI Gene Hunt
Why... we are all guests, none of us have a right to be here.....
Really............. are you 15 by any chance?........
People don't want idiots posting all over the place and slagging off others who are trying to 'educate' the great unwashed and uneducated (you by the way) in the correct way to use Scoobynet...... you seem to think you are above this..... let me tell you that you are not..... so shape up or ship out
Really............. are you 15 by any chance?........
People don't want idiots posting all over the place and slagging off others who are trying to 'educate' the great unwashed and uneducated (you by the way) in the correct way to use Scoobynet...... you seem to think you are above this..... let me tell you that you are not..... so shape up or ship out
Judging by your previous posts, theres not to much 'subaru' related posts going on!