Apologies if this has been done before, but would really like to hear from people as to whether these work or not, particularly the ATM one.
*FOUR THINGS YOU PROBABLY NEVER KNEW YOUR MOBILE PHONE 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:**
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
gets 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 # inreverse.
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. This information was recently
broadcast on CTV by Crime Stoppers however it is seldom used because people
just don't know about it.