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4 THINGS YOU PROBABLY NEVER KNEW

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By *ichaelangela OP   Couple
over a year ago

notts

Just received this from a friend in america, he says they all work.

what do you think???

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:

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 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).

Editor's Note: It works fine! We tried it out and

it unlocked our car over a mobile phone!'

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.

FOURTH

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.

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 # 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.

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By *ichaelangela OP   Couple
over a year ago

notts


"Just received this from a friend in america, he says they all work.

what do you think???

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:

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 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).

Editor's Note: It works fine! We tried it out and

it unlocked our car over a mobile phone!'

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.

FOURTH

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.

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 # 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.

"

i know there is actually 5 things, i just copied & pasted

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By *cottishrichMan
over a year ago

Here and there

The PIN number one is definitely not true. It's a hoax that's been going round since 2006.

The car key one cannot be true as remote central locking is done with infra red which can not possibly be transmitted over a phone.

The special phone codes may well be true but as they call it "cell phones" I'm guessing this stuff originated in the US and European phones and networks are different. All smartphones have tracking and blocking apps now anyway.

The only one that appears to be true is 112, which is an alternative emergency service number and always has been. It was a quicker way to dial 999 on an old rotary telephone.

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By *ichaelangela OP   Couple
over a year ago

notts


"The PIN number one is definitely not true. It's a hoax that's been going round since 2006.

The car key one cannot be true as remote central locking is done with infra red which can not possibly be transmitted over a phone.

The special phone codes may well be true but as they call it "cell phones" I'm guessing this stuff originated in the US and European phones and networks are different. All smartphones have tracking and blocking apps now anyway.

The only one that appears to be true is 112, which is an alternative emergency service number and always has been. It was a quicker way to dial 999 on an old rotary telephone. "

i'm waiting for the charge in my phone to run down to see if that one works.

tried the 15 digit phone code one and that one works

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The bank clerks tried the reverse pin

The screen said

You have typed an incorrect PIN number

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By *arlock69Man
over a year ago

Batley... (near Leeds)

They're off an american website and don't work...you can ring 999 from anywhere and a satilite will connect you to the nearest emergency service...anywhere in the world...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The 112 one is correct and its worth noting that its a GPS enabled service, so you don't need to know where you are. Also only the operator can end the call, very handy if you've attacked or someone else has taken your phone from you.

The rest, is crap!....

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By *inaTitzTV/TS
over a year ago

Titz Towers, North Notts

Hoax Slayer and Snopes say no to all but 112 being an emergency number - you can all do your own Family Fortunes noise effects for the others

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By *izzy RascallMan
over a year ago

Cardiff

Pressing the remote unlock button down a phone will unlock your car

Dont try this as you will end up locking yourself down the car and your 'phone a friend' probably pissing themselves laughing at your stupidness

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By *iceguydaveMan
over a year ago

Monmouth

The reverse PIN thing is obviously a load of cock if you give it even a few seconds thought - what if your PIN was 2112 (other 'reversible' numbers are available!)?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Everyday I get emails with this sort of rubbish.

Is there someone out there generating these emails and pissing themselves at the gullible.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

the mobile locking thing is true.

its called your imei number.

had to do it when i worked for argos as a security thing so they knew we hadnt stolen a mobile out the back of the trucks

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Everyday I get emails with this sort of rubbish.

Is there someone out there generating these emails and pissing themselves at the gullible. "

Ruby

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Alas, if your phone is stolen, blocking the imei number with only block your phone working in the UK

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Off topic, but one thing i didn't know until today is that Miley Cyrus is Billy Ray Cyrus's daughter. Apparently.

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By *icked weaselCouple
over a year ago

Near Edinburgh..

if anyone wants to rob me my pin number is 1111.. tried the reverse thing and it just cam incorrect pin number ??

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"if anyone wants to rob me my pin number is 1111.. tried the reverse thing and it just cam incorrect pin number ?? "

On this note, if anyone wants to rob me of my overdraft, currently £245.46 please feel free to do so.

Happy shopping!

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By *eryBigGirlWoman
over a year ago

East Yorkshire


"

Off topic, but one thing i didn't know until today is that Miley Cyrus is Billy Ray Cyrus's daughter. Apparently.

"

Where have you been the last few years

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Elephants can't jump

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Elephants can't jump "

So where do baby elephants come from?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Elephants can't jump

So where do baby elephants come from?"

A very large stork

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Elephants can't jump

So where do baby elephants come from?

A very large stork "

I expected Africa at the least.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

How can the pin one be possibly be true when your pin could be, say, 1221. Hence typing it backwards is a load of bollox

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Elephants can't jump

So where do baby elephants come from?

A very large stork

I expected Africa at the least. "

Ohhh shush I'm tired just landed in from work

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Did you know the future is coming?..

Yeah I know..I'm kinda obvious huh?..

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By *illwill69uMan
over a year ago

moston

actually you do not need a sim in a mobile phone to make an emergency call

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