Four protocols re Mobile Phone

[Dwight VanDriver]

Below curently being circulated in Old Plod circles and may be of interest:



4 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 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.

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[Plotloss]

Are old plod particularly gullible then?

Other than the bottom one, which is your IMEI number and the top one which is true.

You could also look on the side of the box your phone came in for the IMEI.

Edited by Plotloss on Wednesday 23 January 14:52

[Dwight VanDriver]

Come back when you have grey hair, wonky joints Plotloss and tell us how you manage a Video recorder.

Call for 10 year old grandchild I bet.

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Edited by Dwight VanDriver on Wednesday 23 January 14:56

[hornetrider]

I didn't read past #2, as its clearly ridiculous

[Dwight VanDriver]

Whoops guys

Sorry ( lays prostrate amid ashes)

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/cellphones...

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[Fer]

Dwight VanDriver said:

Whoops guys

Sorry ( lays prostrate amid ashes)

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/cellphones...

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I think for all the ***t you put up with from us ungrateful MoPs we can forgive you.... just this once!

[flemke]

Dwight VanDriver said:

Whoops guys

Sorry ( lays prostrate amid ashes)

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/cellphones...

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Never a prob, dvd.

Again this year we're going to nominate you for an MBE.

[streaky]

Apart from the 112 tip (which is not as well-known as it should be), the other thing everyone should know and do is to store an ICE entry on the SIM card (rather than just in the phone's memory).

For those who have no idea what I'm talking about, "ICE" is an acronym for "In Case of Emergency" and should be the number you want the emergency services to contact.

Streaky

[Brett928S2]

Hi

1 & 4 work...

2 & 3 are total rubbish lol

All the best Brett

[p1esk]

flemke said:

Dwight VanDriver said:

Whoops guys

Sorry ( lays prostrate amid ashes)

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/cellphones...

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Never a prob, dvd.

Again this year we're going to nominate you for an MBE.

After trying for forty years do you think you'll succeed this time?

[F i F]

streaky said:

Apart from the 112 tip (which is not as well-known as it should be), the other thing everyone should know and do is to store an ICE entry on the SIM card (rather than just in the phone's memory).

For those who have no idea what I'm talking about, "ICE" is an acronym for "In Case of Emergency" and should be the number you want the emergency services to contact.

Streaky

Good point Streaky, I have two ICE numbers but never thought about making sure they are duplicated on sim card. Good call thanks.