Fatty February 15, 2007 Share Fatty GC Founder February 15, 2007 Wife just forwarded this email to me. We're always using 411 on the road, so the the only thing I tried was the 411 number.....and it sounded legit when they answered. As for the other things, I have no idea. Interesting tho...I wanna try #2. THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW YOUR CELL PHONE CAN 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 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. 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stutters February 15, 2007 Share stutters GC Alumni February 15, 2007 ps - please send $500 to our nigerian king. he will return it sevenfold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EbilDustBunny February 15, 2007 Share EbilDustBunny GC Alumni February 15, 2007 ooo i'm going to have to try some of those sometime!!!!!!!! my sister sucks with locking her keys in her car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magruter February 15, 2007 Share Magruter Member February 15, 2007 I've been using free-411 for about 6 months now, only have to listen to 2 short advertisements and use your minutes. Much better than being charged $1.50 per call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EbilDustBunny February 15, 2007 Share EbilDustBunny GC Alumni February 15, 2007 i remember the good ol'days when 411 started as a free service in highschool we would calle them and ask them math questions and the meaning of life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowDog February 15, 2007 Share ShadowDog Member February 15, 2007 i tried to key in some of those things... none of them work. i have the Verizon V phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playaa February 15, 2007 Share Playaa Member February 15, 2007 Motorola Razr (origional version) and the serial number one worked but the "restart" one didn't. really want to know if the key thing works though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGeek February 15, 2007 Share TheGeek Member February 15, 2007 The second one doesn't work. I just tried it with my bro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vovik February 15, 2007 Share Vovik Member February 15, 2007 lol, fatty found people something to do... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[LaW]Maverick February 15, 2007 Share [LaW]Maverick Member February 15, 2007 yeah, I definitely don't see the key thing working.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubblegum Bandit February 15, 2007 Share Bubblegum Bandit Member February 15, 2007 i remember the good ol'days when 411 started as a free service in highschool we would calle them and ask them math questions and the meaning of life. So, basically you're saying you and your friends are the reason that they charge for it now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assassinator February 15, 2007 Share Assassinator Member February 15, 2007 Would be pretty cool if these all worked, but features probably vary from phone to phone and SP to SP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatty February 15, 2007 Author Share Fatty GC Founder February 15, 2007 i tried to key in some of those things... none of them work. i have the Verizon V phone. Yes, and now I'm making calls on your phone from here. Thanks, gg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymo February 16, 2007 Share anonymo Member February 16, 2007 <sakes fist at fatty> Would I get in trouble for moving this to the spam section? (I know the answer to that!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowDog February 16, 2007 Share ShadowDog Member February 16, 2007 i tried to key in some of those things... none of them work. i have the Verizon V phone. Yes, and now I'm making calls on your phone from here. Thanks, gg... ? Lost on how that makes sense ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xterminator February 16, 2007 Share Xterminator Member February 16, 2007 if you want something useful to open your locked door, try this: Clicky the hidden battery power didn't work on mine. The serial # thingy did. (i have a blackberry) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EbilDustBunny February 16, 2007 Share EbilDustBunny GC Alumni February 16, 2007 #3 is a lie... it didn't work at least for my phone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoMamma February 16, 2007 Share YoMamma Member February 16, 2007 That 2nd one seems pretty bogus. Im not even going to try it. That free 411 number might be useful though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGeek February 16, 2007 Share TheGeek Member February 16, 2007 if you want something useful to open your locked door, try this: Clicky the hidden battery power didn't work on mine. The serial # thingy did. (i have a blackberry) MAN! that movie was annoying. But useful... IF I can put together what they "tried" to show me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playaa February 16, 2007 Share Playaa Member February 16, 2007 the tennis ball thing only works on old school locks. Any car made after like 1995 it doesn't really work on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyranus February 16, 2007 Share Tyranus Member February 16, 2007 Thats awesome i have been paying out the wazoo for 411. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoMamma February 16, 2007 Share YoMamma Member February 16, 2007 http://youtube.com/watch?v=DlGgRT-UALI&...ted&search= That video shows someone using trick number 2. I guess it does work for some people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatty February 17, 2007 Author Share Fatty GC Founder February 17, 2007 Yea I heard something about that years ago. Pretty neato. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostoften February 17, 2007 Share lostoften Member February 17, 2007 Or his other hand just pressed the unlock button. I think I just will remember my keys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now