Have you locked your keys in the car?

[trout]

I havent tried this yet but:

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 phone.

Hold your mobile phone about a foot from your car door and have the person at your home press the unlock button on the spare key, holding it near the mobile phone on their end. Your car or boot should unlock.

Apparently you could be hundreds of miles from home and this should work if you can reach someone who has access to your spare keys.

Another mobile trick:
Hidden Battery Power, if your mobile battery is very low. Activate hidden reserve by pressing *3370 your mobile should restart with the reserve power and the phone will show a 50% increase in battery. This reserve will get charged when you next re-charge your mobile

[MadMaxHSV]

hmmmmmm, not sure about that.

This would rely on the mobile phone being able to detect and transmit radio frequency from its microphone and speakers. Seems highly unlikely but report back if it works

[kjmac]

Sounds like there's one born every minute I'm afraid!

[hsv_sc]

...and if you key in *#42731* on your mobile, you get a further extra 10 mins of emergency battery power.

[C8PPO]

...and if you key in *#*##**63536**##*#* you'll never receive another Nigerian scam email (even if your phone is nothing to do with your email address...)

[rmmackfc]

Apparently if you type 999, you get an option of Police, Fire or Ambulance...

[hsv_rulz]

And you can save a fortune on your bill by pressing the zero,foxtrot,foxtrot switch.

[kjmac]

The people who stick this stuff on the Internet are cruel really. Reminds me of my parents infesting their computers with all sorts due to dodgy sites putting up popups designed to look like part of the Windows XP interface. Then it's muggins here who has to un-rape the machine. Other good ones are the poor souls who forward around chain emails to all their friends in good faith. As a techy guy who can see through the mists of bullsh*t it really grinds my gears!

Don't even get me started on spam, a new one's just popped in:

an internet scam mail said:

Dear Cardholder,

You have 1 new Message Alert!
Click here for more details

© 2007 German American Bancorp. All rights reserved.

What hope is there?

</rant>

Edited by kjmac on Monday 1st September 19:07

[Bonnie and Clyde]

So was Trout joking. I was just about to try it standing in the back garden. Its only the rain that stopped me

[Raggyman]

This kind of worked if you used an analog phone and the key fob was digital.

[Bonnie and Clyde]

trout said:

I havent tried this yet but:

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 phone.

Hold your mobile phone about a foot from your car door and have the person at your home press the unlock button on the spare key, holding it near the mobile phone on their end. Your car or boot should unlock.

Apparently you could be hundreds of miles from home and this should work if you can reach someone who has access to your spare keys.

Another mobile trick:
Hidden Battery Power, if your mobile battery is very low. Activate hidden reserve by pressing *3370 your mobile should restart with the reserve power and the phone will show a 50% increase in battery. This reserve will get charged when you next re-charge your mobile

So if i tap *3370 into my mobile would it work

Edited by Bonnie and Clyde on Monday 1st September 21:26

[BigNige]

It only works if you type in 5407708 and then hold the phone upside down.

[BigNige]

I think 58008 and upside down might work too.

[Bonnie and Clyde]

8ON. This works upside down too

Edited by Bonnie and Clyde on Monday 1st September 22:02

[BigNige]

How does one dial an N then?

[Bonnie and Clyde]

BigNige said:

How does one dial an N then?

Oh cack. That took me ages aswell and it was'nt even that good. You win

[BigNige]

LOL