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Re: 5 Things You Probably Never Knew Your Mobile Phone Could Do.. by henryify2004(m): 9:55pm On Dec 18, 2014
Awesome
Re: 5 Things You Probably Never Knew Your Mobile Phone Could Do.. by Mubarack44(m): 10:05pm On Dec 18, 2014
good work op
Re: 5 Things You Probably Never Knew Your Mobile Phone Could Do.. by Nobody: 10:19pm On Dec 18, 2014
deavicky:
it's already on front page or what front page are u talking about?
check the time of my post
Re: 5 Things You Probably Never Knew Your Mobile Phone Could Do.. by adeoye88(m): 10:20pm On Dec 18, 2014
Good
macjireh:
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.

FIFTH : ATM - PIN Number Reversal - Good to Know
If you should ever be forced by a robber to withdraw money from an ATM machine, you can
notify the police by entering your PIN # in reverse. For example, if your pin number is 1234,
then you would put in 4321.

The ATM system recognizes that your PIN number is backwards from the ATM card you placed in the machine. The machine will still give you the money you requested, but unknown to the robber, the police will be immediately dispatched to the location.

This information was recently broadcast on CTV by Crime Stoppers however it is seldom used because people just don ' t know about it...... Please pass this along to everyone.

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




additional source: http://forums.beyond.ca/showthread/t-222825.html
Re: 5 Things You Probably Never Knew Your Mobile Phone Could Do.. by idongesit88: 10:26pm On Dec 18, 2014
my ATM pin is 4444 and i've been using it to withdraw money, while didnt they arrest me suspecting i might be forced
Re: 5 Things You Probably Never Knew Your Mobile Phone Could Do.. by milky3(f): 11:11pm On Dec 18, 2014
So what's the point if after entering the PIN backward and the money is dispensed to the robbers, the money is gone and the police ish won't work here in Naija
Re: 5 Things You Probably Never Knew Your Mobile Phone Could Do.. by Nobody: 11:22pm On Dec 18, 2014
tried the emergency code 112 while my phone was locked, it worked grin
Re: 5 Things You Probably Never Knew Your Mobile Phone Could Do.. by Chartey(m): 11:46pm On Dec 18, 2014
macjireh:
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.

FIFTH : ATM - PIN Number Reversal - Good to Know
If you should ever be forced by a robber to withdraw money from an ATM machine, you can
notify the police by entering your PIN # in reverse. For example, if your pin number is 1234,
then you would put in 4321.

The ATM system recognizes that your PIN number is backwards from the ATM card you placed in the machine. The machine will still give you the money you requested, but unknown to the robber, the police will be immediately dispatched to the location.

This information was recently broadcast on CTV by Crime Stoppers however it is seldom used because people just don ' t know about it...... Please pass this along to everyone.

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




additional source: http://forums.beyond.ca/showthread/t-222825.html
Re: 5 Things You Probably Never Knew Your Mobile Phone Could Do.. by Emilliw3m(m): 11:47pm On Dec 18, 2014
Yes dey all worked
Re: 5 Things You Probably Never Knew Your Mobile Phone Could Do.. by phlamesG: 12:27am On Dec 19, 2014
Is dis true? shocked
Re: 5 Things You Probably Never Knew Your Mobile Phone Could Do.. by Emeka71(m): 1:29am On Dec 19, 2014
macjireh:
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.

FIFTH : ATM - PIN Number Reversal - Good to Know
If you should ever be forced by a robber to withdraw money from an ATM machine, you can
notify the police by entering your PIN # in reverse. For example, if your pin number is 1234,
then you would put in 4321.

The ATM system recognizes that your PIN number is backwards from the ATM card you placed in the machine. The machine will still give you the money you requested, but unknown to the robber, the police will be immediately dispatched to the location.

This information was recently broadcast on CTV by Crime Stoppers however it is seldom used because people just don ' t know about it...... Please pass this along to everyone.

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




additional source: http://forums.beyond.ca/showthread/t-222825.html
Bravo, meaning that your mobile phone is your best friend.
Re: 5 Things You Probably Never Knew Your Mobile Phone Could Do.. by lilcutie8916(m): 6:23am On Dec 19, 2014
112 works in abuja confirmed
Re: 5 Things You Probably Never Knew Your Mobile Phone Could Do.. by starlingbawa(m): 6:32am On Dec 19, 2014
Henrypraise:
Dat 112 emergency is crap, I tried it dis mornin, was crossing from northbank to southbank forcados, n d speed boat I was using got spoilt, I tried d crappy 112 emergency several tyms n my shiity glo netwrk said d number is incorrect afta registering it as an emergency on my screen. I stayed dia wit my crew 4 d next 4hours, 8am-12pm till God sent an handpullin canoe my way. I even tried d other crappy 911 n it was same tin, d annoyin part was dat I boasted to my crew dat I av tried it b4 n it work (cos of d fire extinguisher post). Oboy nake una commot dat number 1.

Hmmmm... I see a colleague here! I used to be at SOUTHBANK (BOSS YARD) supporting the SOUTHBANK flow station at Youbebe Community back then in 07/08.

I have been transferred elsewhere now.

I greet you specially!
Re: 5 Things You Probably Never Knew Your Mobile Phone Could Do.. by Henrypraise: 6:43am On Dec 19, 2014
starlingbawa:


Hmmmm... I see a colleague here! I used to be at SOUTHBANK (BOSS YARD) supporting the SOUTHBANK flow station at Youbebe Community back then in 07/08.

I have been transferred elsewhere now.

I greet you specially!

Boss I greet u officially, na money we de find no be trouble, na God hand our life de no be 911 or 112
Re: 5 Things You Probably Never Knew Your Mobile Phone Could Do.. by starlingbawa(m): 6:52am On Dec 19, 2014
Henrypraise:


Boss I greet u officially, na money we de find no be trouble, na God hand our life de no be 911 or 112

True talk Bro! Thank God you guys were finally rescued to safety.....
Re: 5 Things You Probably Never Knew Your Mobile Phone Could Do.. by agafiya: 7:40am On Dec 19, 2014
macjireh:
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.

FIFTH : ATM - PIN Number Reversal - Good to Know
If you should ever be forced by a robber to withdraw money from an ATM machine, you can
notify the police by entering your PIN # in reverse. For example, if your pin number is 1234,
then you would put in 4321.

The ATM system recognizes that your PIN number is backwards from the ATM card you placed in the machine. The machine will still give you the money you requested, but unknown to the robber, the police will be immediately dispatched to the location.

This information was recently broadcast on CTV by Crime Stoppers however it is seldom used because people just don ' t know about it...... Please pass this along to everyone.

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




additional source: http://forums.beyond.ca/showthread/t-222825.html
Re: 5 Things You Probably Never Knew Your Mobile Phone Could Do.. by tolababa(m): 7:46am On Dec 19, 2014
You stop your stolen phone from working using the IMEI number. The network service providers told me to contact my phone maker for the service as they don't have the service here in Nigeria
Re: 5 Things You Probably Never Knew Your Mobile Phone Could Do.. by deemanrockz(m): 8:08am On Dec 19, 2014
it make sense op.
Re: 5 Things You Probably Never Knew Your Mobile Phone Could Do.. by Cedari: 8:38am On Dec 19, 2014
OP, d second one -car lock- works like a wide fire.... I just did it. Thanks bro.
Re: 5 Things You Probably Never Knew Your Mobile Phone Could Do.. by joeyekembele: 11:53am On Dec 19, 2014
The most educating post for the year. Most especially, the second point which has to do with opening a car from home with a spare key remote. It is awesome. I tried it and it worked. A minus to panel beaters who would charge exorbitant rate at such emergency. I love it .
Re: 5 Things You Probably Never Knew Your Mobile Phone Could Do.. by abuabdulhaqq(m): 12:13pm On Dec 19, 2014
macjireh:


Hahahahahahaha
police self na tief

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Re: 5 Things You Probably Never Knew Your Mobile Phone Could Do.. by donklint86: 12:20pm On Dec 19, 2014
Thanks Op
Re: 5 Things You Probably Never Knew Your Mobile Phone Could Do.. by charleszzn(m): 12:31pm On Dec 19, 2014
Hello Nairalander,

This information has been spreading round for a while now and it is incorrect. 1 is correct, 4 i have not tried, but 2, 3 and 5 and totally not true.
On number 5, (in Nigeria) if you pressing in any other PIN aside from your correct PIN the ATM with return with "incorrect PIN" error and if this is repeated repeat 3 times your card will be retained by the machine, because you have signal to it that you are not the owner of the card. . . I work in a Bank so I know. 2 & 3 i have tried, absolutely untrue.

This erroneous information have been in circulation for at least 5 years now. Don't pass it on.
Re: 5 Things You Probably Never Knew Your Mobile Phone Could Do.. by Nobody: 12:43pm On Dec 19, 2014
For blackberry it is 911 and 112....even if ur phone is off just dial it and ur connection would be restored
Re: 5 Things You Probably Never Knew Your Mobile Phone Could Do.. by Billygee2u: 1:22pm On Dec 19, 2014
this information is awesome
Re: 5 Things You Probably Never Knew Your Mobile Phone Could Do.. by macjireh: 3:36pm On Dec 19, 2014
charleszzn:
Hello Nairalander,

This information has been spreading round for a while now and it is incorrect. 1 is correct, 4 i have not tried, but 2, 3 and 5 and totally not true.
On number 5, (in Nigeria) if you pressing in any other PIN aside from your correct PIN the ATM with return with "incorrect PIN" error and if this is repeated repeat 3 times your card will be retained by the machine, because you have signal to it that you are not the owner of the card. . . I work in a Bank so I know. 2 & 3 i have tried, absolutely untrue.

This erroneous information have been in circulation for at least 5 years now. Don't pass it on.

read earlier posts, there have been testimonies, only some of them don't work in Nigeria, but here in "France" they work
Re: 5 Things You Probably Never Knew Your Mobile Phone Could Do.. by Cryxtal(f): 3:48pm On Dec 19, 2014
rawpadgin:
about the ATM stuff, u sure say our police nor go say government never supply dem bullet for the past 6months so
lol

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