4 THINGS YOU PROBABLY NEVER KNEW YOUR MOBILE PHONE COULD DO

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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

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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.



SECOND Have you locked your keys in the car?

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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

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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?

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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.



SOME USEFUL CODES

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On the main screen type in:

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*#06# for checking the IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity).

Information you get from the IMEI-



XXXXXX XX XXXXXX X

TAC FAC SNR SP



TAC = Type approval code

FAC = Final assembly code

SNR = Serial number

SP = Spare

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1) *#7780# reset to factory settings.

2) *#67705646# This will clear the LCD display(operator logo).

3) *#0000# To view software version.

4) *#2820# Bluetooth device address.

5) *#746025625# Sim clock allowed status.

6) #pw+1234567890+1# Shows if sim have restrictions.

(to get p, press * key 3 times)

7) *#92702689# Shows life timer of phone (time passes since last start)

8) *#3370# - Enhanced Full Rate Codec (EFR) activation. Increase signal sgtength, better signal reception. It also help if u want

to use GPRS and the service is not responding or too slow. Phone battery will drain faster though.

9) *#3370* - (EFR) deactivation. Phone will automatically restart. Increase battery life by 30% because phone receives less signal from network.

10) *#4720# - Half Rate Codec activation.

11) *#4720* - Half Rate Codec deactivation. The phone will automatically restart

12) If you forgot wallet code for Nokia S60 phone, use this code reset: *#7370925538#

Note, your data in the wallet will be erased. Phone will ask you the lock code. Default lock code is: 12345

13) Press *#3925538# to delete the contents and code of wallet.

Unlock service provider: Insert sim, turn phone on and press vol up(arrow keys) for 3 seconds, should say pin code. Press C,then press * message should flash, press * again and 04*pin*pin*pin#

14) *#7328748263373738# resets security code.

Default security code is 12345

Change closed caller group (settings >security settings>user groups) to 00000 and ure phone will sound the message tone when you are near a radar speed trap. Setting it to 500 will cause your phone 2 set off security alarms at shop exits, gr8 for practical jokes! (works with some of the Nokia phones.) Press and hold "0" on the main screen to open wap browser.