Cell phone trivia

The Emergency Number worldwide for a cell phone is 112. If you find yourself out of the coverage area of your cell network and there is an emergency number that you can use. Dial 112 and the cell 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.

Have you locked your keys in the car? Does your car have remote key-less entry? This may come in handy someday. 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 trunk).

How to disable a stolen cell phone.
To check your Mobile phone's serial number, key in the
following digits on your phone: *#06#. A 15-digit code will appear on the screen. This number is unique to your handset .If 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 . If everybody did this there would be no point in people stealing mobile phones.

Cell phone companies are charging us $1.00 to $1.75 or more for 411 information calls when they don't have to. Most of us do not carry a telephone directory in our vehicle, which makes this situation even more of a problem. When you need to use the 411 information
option, simply dial: 1 (800) 373-3411 without incurring any charge at all. You can program this into your cell phone for reference.