True or False?

[GrantMeThePower]

I got this forward from my dad and he asked me if it was true or false. I don't know for certain, but it sounds like B.S. to me. Does anyone know? What's your opinon?

THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW YOUR CELL 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 Subject: 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 Subject: 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 cell 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 cell phone!"

THIRD Subject: Hidden Battery Power
Imagine your cell battery is very low. To activate, press the keys
*3370# your cell will restart with this reserve and the instrument will
show a 50% increase in battery. This reserve will get charged when you
charge your cell 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
gets 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.
And Finally....
FIFTH
Cell phone companies are charging us $1.00 to $1.75 or more for 411
information calls when they don't have to. Most of us do not carry a
telephone directory in our vehicle, which makes this situation even more
of a problem. When you need to use the 411 information option, simply
dial: (800) FREE 411, or (800) 373-3411 without incurring any charge
at all. Program this into your cell phone now.

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

EDIT- The truth is HERE
Thanks to Special K for the find

 

[Special K]

That all looks like BS, especially the "reserve battery" one.

This reminds me of a forward I got saying that entering your PIN backwards at an ATM machine alerted the police that you were being forced to withdraw money.

EDIT: Snope's take on all of it

 

[junkiefp]

sounds like total BS

 

[newb111]

BS. Even if ANY of these were true, it would be completely manufacturer specific. They don't all have the same built in codes.

 

[toekramp]

well 112 def just did an Emergency Call on my phone haha

edit: 112 worked on both Cingular & TMobile (Pearl & Dash)

The GSM mobile phone standard includes 112 as an emergency number, and in countries where 112 is not the standard emergency telephone number, GSM telephone users who make calls to 112 generally have their calls redirected to the local emergency telephone number, if it exists. This is valuable for foreign travelers, who may not know the local emergency number. Most GSM mobile phones can dial 112 calls even when the phone keyboard is locked or the phone is without a SIM card.

from wiki

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Snopes says yes and no. But generally speaking if you receive an e-mail with "Fw: Fw: Fw: Fw: Fw: Fw: Fw: Fw: Fw: Fw: Fw: Fw:" in the header, it's a bunch of crap. You should know that.

 

[FoBoT]

http://www.pics.bbzzdd.com/beta/users/911paramedic/monkeyplan.jpg

 

[bignateyk]

The only one id be interested to know about is the 2nd one. Sounds like an interesting idea...

In theory it seems like it might work, but I doubt you would be able to get anywhere near enough signal strength coming out of the microphone to do it...

Likewise, I think the frequency used would probably be filtered out by the DSP on the cell-phone

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
Snopes says yes and no. But generally speaking if you receive an e-mail with "Fw: Fw: Fw: Fw: Fw: Fw: Fw: Fw: Fw: Fw: Fw: Fw:" in the header, it's a bunch of crap. You should know that.

 

[James Bond]

Originally posted by: bignateyk
The only one id be interested to know about is the 2nd one. Sounds like an interesting idea...

In theory it seems like it might work, but I doubt you would be able to get anywhere near enough signal strength coming out of the microphone to do it...

Likewise, I think the frequency used would probably be filtered out by the DSP on the cell-phone

Yeah I'm curious about that too.

That would be pretty cool if it worked.

 

[toekramp]

Originally posted by: Tizyler

Originally posted by: bignateyk
The only one id be interested to know about is the 2nd one. Sounds like an interesting idea...

In theory it seems like it might work, but I doubt you would be able to get anywhere near enough signal strength coming out of the microphone to do it...

Likewise, I think the frequency used would probably be filtered out by the DSP on the cell-phone

Yeah I'm curious about that too.

That would be pretty cool if it worked.

ya, there is no chance

 

[lokiju]

Originally posted by: toekramp
well 112 def just did an Emergency Call on my phone haha

edit: 112 worked on both Cingular & TMobile (Pearl & Dash)

The GSM mobile phone standard includes 112 as an emergency number, and in countries where 112 is not the standard emergency telephone number, GSM telephone users who make calls to 112 generally have their calls redirected to the local emergency telephone number, if it exists. This is valuable for foreign travelers, who may not know the local emergency number. Most GSM mobile phones can dial 112 calls even when the phone keyboard is locked or the phone is without a SIM card.

from wiki

Doesn't work when my keyboard is locked. I'm using a Moto Q FWIW.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: bignateyk
The only one id be interested to know about is the 2nd one. Sounds like an interesting idea...

In theory it seems like it might work, but I doubt you would be able to get anywhere near enough signal strength coming out of the microphone to do it...

Likewise, I think the frequency used would probably be filtered out by the DSP on the cell-phone

I have to imagine keyless entry uses something far above the audible range, which is all the phone is going to send... I don't think you get anything above 4Khz.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: bignateyk
The only one id be interested to know about is the 2nd one. Sounds like an interesting idea...

In theory it seems like it might work, but I doubt you would be able to get anywhere near enough signal strength coming out of the microphone to do it...

Likewise, I think the frequency used would probably be filtered out by the DSP on the cell-phone

I have to imagine keyless entry uses something far above the audible range, which is all the phone is going to send... I don't think you get anything above 4Khz.

Yes, because voice and RF are identical.

If anyone thinks this really works, please kill yourself.

- M4H

 

[hjo3]

Originally posted by: Tizyler

Originally posted by: bignateyk
The only one id be interested to know about is the 2nd one. Sounds like an interesting idea...

In theory it seems like it might work, but I doubt you would be able to get anywhere near enough signal strength coming out of the microphone to do it...

Likewise, I think the frequency used would probably be filtered out by the DSP on the cell-phone

Yeah I'm curious about that too.

...

Microphones and speakers pick up and emit soundwaves, not EM waves. Sound is pressure, EM isn't. This is why you can't hear sound through a vacuum. You never learned this in highschool?

 

[GrantMeThePower]

Originally posted by: lokiju

Originally posted by: toekramp
well 112 def just did an Emergency Call on my phone haha

edit: 112 worked on both Cingular & TMobile (Pearl & Dash)

The GSM mobile phone standard includes 112 as an emergency number, and in countries where 112 is not the standard emergency telephone number, GSM telephone users who make calls to 112 generally have their calls redirected to the local emergency telephone number, if it exists. This is valuable for foreign travelers, who may not know the local emergency number. Most GSM mobile phones can dial 112 calls even when the phone keyboard is locked or the phone is without a SIM card.

from wiki

Doesn't work when my keyboard is locked. I'm using a Moto Q FWIW.

Your Q is not GSM...its CDMA.

 

[chcarnage]

There is some truth in the first one. My GSM phone unlocks not only when I type 112, but also for 911 and 08. Snopes sums up the rest.