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5 Things You Probably Never Knew Your Mobile Phone Could Do by UbochiBinNa(op): 1:36pm On Aug 06, 2016
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 dialed 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.

http://www.topnetblog.com/2016/08/sponsored-post-5-things-you-probably.html
Re: 5 Things You Probably Never Knew Your Mobile Phone Could Do by Femiartalade(m): 1:45pm On Aug 06, 2016
oga no be naija this kind thing dey work..

what of those people wey be say their pin na 2222 nko?
Re: 5 Things You Probably Never Knew Your Mobile Phone Could Do by Nobody: 1:48pm On Aug 06, 2016
no success with number 3, and as for number 5 ''d police will dispatch to d location immediately '' dat definitely won't happen in a certain country.
Re: 5 Things You Probably Never Knew Your Mobile Phone Could Do by lative(m): 2:05pm On Aug 06, 2016
this post is older than Adam Smith,still educative thou
Re: 5 Things You Probably Never Knew Your Mobile Phone Could Do by masterP042(m): 3:43pm On Aug 06, 2016
Femiartalade:
oga no be naija this kind thing dey work..


what of those people wey be say their pin na 2222 nko?
no ATM pin can be the same digit all through.. The system doesn't allow weak pin
Re: 5 Things You Probably Never Knew Your Mobile Phone Could Do by srrrr(m): 4:03pm On Aug 06, 2016
UbochiBinNa:
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! '
pls explain more on this. Do u need an IR port on your phone and an IR receiver on the persons phone, If not how will it work just like that
Re: 5 Things You Probably Never Knew Your Mobile Phone Could Do by srrrr(m): 4:06pm On Aug 06, 2016
masterP042:
no ATM pin can be the same digit all through.. The system doesn't allow weak pin
My former ATM pin was 2222 b4 I changed it
Re: 5 Things You Probably Never Knew Your Mobile Phone Could Do by dnawah(m): 4:18pm On Aug 06, 2016
UbochiBinNa:
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 dialed 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.

http://www.topnetblog.com/2016/08/sponsored-post-5-things-you-probably.html
the last one no fit work 4 9ja na!imagine in the case of the police not having fuel in their motor.or have to push they motor to start.the robber never go since?
Re: 5 Things You Probably Never Knew Your Mobile Phone Could Do by Nobody: 7:48pm On Aug 06, 2016
masterP042:
no ATM pin can be the same digit all through.. The system doesn't allow weak pin
Not true grin I had a pin like this 5555 tongue
Re: 5 Things You Probably Never Knew Your Mobile Phone Could Do by SolexxBarry(m): 12:14am On Aug 07, 2016
This is highly educating,op thanks for sharing
Re: 5 Things You Probably Never Knew Your Mobile Phone Could Do by stchinedu:
A nice piece!

However, not all can work in Nigeria. The posters before me have pointed out some of them. I will like to add number four too. It happened to me...

I lost my Android phone in a taxi and I immediately took the serial number to my service provider (Etisalat) and was told nothing could be done. What saddened me was the fact that I had the number of the thief (my phone was set on sim card change alert). The phone sent me an automated text message, revealing the new number. I gave them the number to trace the person...at least, reveal the identity...story undecided

The functions on Android phones are awesome but they are useless if the service provider is useless.
Re: 5 Things You Probably Never Knew Your Mobile Phone Could Do by UbochiBinNa(op): 12:33pm On Aug 07, 2016
srrrr:
My former ATM pin was 2222 b4 I changed it
Lol!!! cheesy
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