Mobile Phone Interesting Facts!! (1 Viewer)

[nofriendo]

Could be helpful could be bollocks!

Interesting Facts about Mobiles Phones
Very Useful information
Check this out. It is very interesting!
1. Emergency Number : 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 while the keypad is locked. Try it out.
2. Keys Locked in the Car? This may come in handy someday. Good reason to own a Mobile Phone: If you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys
are at home, call someone on your mobile phone. Hold your mobile phone about a foot from your car door and have the other person at your home press
the Unlock button, holding it near the phone on their end. Your car will unlock. Saves time for someone to drive your keys to you. Distance is not
a problem. 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 mobile phone!"
3. Your Mobile 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 the battery, the key-in *3370# your cell will restart with this reserve and your instrument will show a 50% increase
in battery. This reserve will get charged when you charge your mobile next time.

 

[Rogue]

cool!

must resist desire to try out car unlocking..

 

[aoboa]

*3370# on Nokia phones changes the active voice codec to enhanced full rate - I think it also reboots the phone.

 

[RSJ]

Hahah, the second one was a bit of a give away.

 

[theweeyin]

Y'all stay away from my car.....

 

[tartaruga]

Could be helpful

4. Mobile phones are useful when trying to find out whereabouts someone you know is. Dial their mobile phone number, press send and when they answer, say "Hi, where are you?"
5. When you receive a phonecall from someone you don't want to speak with, make them think that you don't have your phone with you by not answering it. If your ringtone is bothering people around you, sit on your mobile phone or tuck it under your arm pit.

 

[Wilbert]

These are like Top Tips in Viz. Remember Viz? It used to be funny. I think.

 

[Wilbert]

2. Keys Locked in the Car? This may come in handy someday. Good reason to own a Mobile Phone: If you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys
are at home, call someone on your mobile phone. Hold your mobile phone about a foot from your car door and have the other person at your home press
the Unlock button, holding it near the phone on their end. Your car will unlock. Saves time for someone to drive your keys to you. Distance is not
a problem. 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).

I thought the locking system worked by infra-red. How does it work over the phone?

 

[pete]

*3370# on Nokia phones changes the active voice codec to enhanced full rate - I think it also reboots the phone.

does it turn it off too?

Variation in operation times will occur depending on SIM card, network settings and usage. Talk time is increased by up to 30% if half rate is active and reduced by 5% if enhanced full rate is active.

http://www.singtelshop.com/store/vnpc_singtel/product_9300_features.asp

 

[pete]

I thought the locking system worked by infra-red. How does it work over the phone?

http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/phonelocks.html

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

 

[aoboa]

does it turn it off too?

Variation in operation times will occur depending on SIM card, network settings and usage. Talk time is increased by up to 30% if half rate is active and reduced by 5% if enhanced full rate is active.


http://www.singtelshop.com/store/vnpc_singtel/product_9300_features.asp

I think it has to reboot the phone to initialise the new codec.
You will get more talk time at half rate cos the codec won't be doing as much work. It doesn't miraculously switch in a backup battery supply though.

 

[pete]

I think it has to reboot the phone to initialise the new codec.
You will get more talk time at half rate cos the codec won't be doing as much work. It doesn't miraculously switch in a backup battery supply though.

aye... still an effective increase in talk time, so that's pretty handy. too bad i don't have a nokia.

 

[avernus]

we tried that car lock thingy in work - didnt pan out. although we got mega excitement out of the idea of it working.