Now, this is a useful "Forwarding!"

Subject: Fwd: Cell Phones

From:

JohnDoe@internetprovider.com

To:

Undisclosed Recipients

Subject:

Cell Phones

Date:

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 12:01 AM



THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW YOUR CELL 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    Subject: 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 dialed even if the keypad is locked. Try it out.



SECOND   Subject: 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 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). Editor's Note: It works fine! We tried it out and it unlocked our car over a cell phone!"


THIRD    Subject: Hidden Battery Power
Imagine your cell battery is very low. To activate, press the keys

*3370#

Your cell will restart with this reserve and the instrument will show a 50% increase in battery. This reserve will get charged when you charge your cell 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.
And Finally....


FIFTH
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:

(800) FREE 411

or

(800) 373-3411

without incurring any charge at all. Program this into your cell phone now.



This is the kind of information people don't mind receiving, so pass it on to your family and friends.

Read On:

The following sage advice and a horrible negative example came from Linda Methvin Smith, June 20

Be careful how you list names on your cell phone!
>
> This lady has changed her habit of how she lists her names on her
>
> cell phone after her purse was stolen. Her purse which contained
>
> her cell phone, Credit card, etc.... was stolen. 20 minutes
>
> later when she called her Husband, from a pay phone telling him what had
> happened, hubby says "I've Just received your text asking about our Pin
> number and I've replied a little while ago."
>
> When they rushed down to the bank, the bank staff told them all the
> money was already withdrawn. The thief had actually used the stolen cell
> phone to text "hubby" in the contact list and got hold of the pin
> number.
>
> Within 20 minutes he had withdrawn all the money from the bank account.
>
>
> Moral of the lesson: Do not disclose the relationship between you and
> the people in your contact list. Avoid using names like Home, Honey,
> Hubby, sweetheart, Dad, Mom etc....... And very importantly, when
> sensitive info is being asked thru texts, CONFIRM by calling back. Also,
> when you're being texted by friends or family to meet them somewhere, be
> sure to call back to confirm that the message came from them. If you
> don't reach them, be very careful about going places to meet "family and
> friends" who text you.