<p>A senior government exec (DEA) sent this via email, so I’m going to assume it’s accurate:</p>
<p>THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW YOUR </p>
<p>CELLPHONE COULD DO</p>
<p>There are a few things that can be done in times of grave emergencies. </p>
<p>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: -</p>
<p><em>EMERGENCY</em> </p>
<p><em>I</em></p>
<ul>
<li>The Emergency Number worldwide for <strong>Mobile</strong> is 112 .* If you find</li>
</ul>
<p>yourself out of coverage area of your mobile network and there is an </p>
<p>emergency, dial 112 and the mobile will search any existing network to </p>
<p>establish the emergency number for you, and interestingly this number 112</p>
<p>can be dialed even if the keypad is locked. <strong>Try it out.</strong></p>
<p><em>II</em></p>
<ul>
<li>Subject: Have you locked your keys in the car? Does you car have remote keys?*</li>
</ul>
<p>This may come in handy someday. Good reason to own a cell phone:</p>
<p>If you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are at home, call </p>
<p>someone at home on their cell phone from your cell phone. </p>
<p>Hold your cell phone about a foot from your car door and have the person</p>
<p>at your home press the unlock button, holding it near the mobile phone on </p>
<p>their end. Your car will unlock. Saves someone from having to drive your</p>
<p>keys to you. Distance is no object. You could be hundreds of miles away, </p>
<p>and if you can reach someone who has the other “remote” for your car, you </p>
<p>can unlock the doors (or the trunk). </p>
<p>Editor’s Note: <em>It works fine! We tried it out and it unlocked our car over a cell phone!"</em></p>
<p><em>III</em> </p>
<p>Subject: Hidden Battery power</p>
<p>Imagine your cell battery is very low , you are expecting an important call </p>
<p>and you don’t have a charger. Nokia instrument comes with a reserve</p>
<p>battery. To activate, press the keys *3370# Your cell will restart with</p>
<p>this reserve and the instrument will show a 50% increase in battery. This</p>
<p>reserve will get charged when you charge your cell next time. </p>
<p>AND</p>
<p><em>IV</em></p>
<p>How to disable a STOLEN mobile</p>
<p>phone? </p>
<p>To check your Mobile phone’s serial number, key in the following digits on your phone: </p>
<ul>
<li># 0 6 # </li>
</ul>
<p>A 15 digit code will appear on the screen. This number is unique to your </p>
<p>handset. Write it down and keep it somewhere safe. when your phone get </p>
<p>stolen, you can phone your service provider and give them this code. They </p>
<p>will then be able to block your handset so even if the thief changes the </p>
<p>SIM card, your phone will be totally useless. </p>
<p>You probably won’t get your phone back, but at least you know that whoever stole it can’t use/sell it either. </p>
<p>If everybody does this, there would be no point in people stealing mobile phones.</p>