Dial ICE in case of an emergency

ifti

Treadway1 wrote: »

A simple way around this is to put ICE followed by the persons name. Negates the need for two entries then aswell. I have this on my phone with my partners number. I just have 'Kat ICE' in it. The good thing about my phone though (Nokia N95 8gb) is that when you start to search for a name it wont just look for the first name it will search surname. So even with ICE as the second part of the name, it finds it IYSWIM.

good idea i also have the exact same phone, do you use the internal GPS, if so what software so you use ?

Treadway1

ifti wrote: »

good idea i also have the exact same phone, do you use the internal GPS, if so what software so you use ?

Errr, not sure. If youre talking about Nokia maps then yes I use it all the time. Its a fantastic gizmo. Wouldnt know what software level its running though. . Sorry.

Miss_Liquorice

I have ICE on my phone, quite useful as my parents have two house phone numbers, one they recieve calls on, and one they make calls on. It doesn't affect the general running of my phone for texts etc.

I just wondered if anyone knew of any instances where this has actually been used? I was told about it years ago, but have never heard anyone whose found it useful...

spiro

ifti wrote: »

this is a great idea, but causing problems in the phone book.

if i have a number set as ice1 and then the same number under the name of the person, it doesnt show the persons name when they call you or text you or even when you call them, it instead shows the number of the person you are trying to call.

try it and see what u think.

The way round this is to put the 1st name as ICE1 and put the persons real name as the Surname i.e. ICE1 John Brown or ICE2 Wife.

Treadway1

Miss_Liquorice wrote: »

I have ICE on my phone, quite useful as my parents have two house phone numbers, one they recieve calls on, and one they make calls on. It doesn't affect the general running of my phone for texts etc.

I just wondered if anyone knew of any instances where this has actually been used? I was told about it years ago, but have never heard anyone whose found it useful...

It gets used all the time by the emergency services. Its not just useful as a way on calling someone either. A little while ago, a foreign girl was involved in a fatal car accident, but had no id on her. It turned out that she lived on her own over here and had no family in the UK. The police found her ICE number on her phone, (which was a friend) but obviously didnt want to tell someone over the phone that their best friend had just been killed, so they were able to check the phone number against their telephone exchange system and found an address for the number. They then sent an officer around to deliver the terrible news. I know this is an extreme case, but without that number, they most likely would have had to wait for someone to report her missing before being able to contact any friends or family, which may well have taken a few days.

robt_2

Treadway1 wrote: »

It gets used all the time by the emergency services. Its not just useful as a way on calling someone either. A little while ago, a foreign girl was involved in a fatal car accident, but had no id on her. It turned out that she lived on her own over here and had no family in the UK. The police found her ICE number on her phone, (which was a friend) but obviously didnt want to tell someone over the phone that their best friend had just been killed, so they were able to check the phone number against their telephone exchange system and found an address for the number. They then sent an officer around to deliver the terrible news. I know this is an extreme case, but without that number, they most likely would have had to wait for someone to report her missing before being able to contact any friends or family, which may well have taken a few days.

Now that is what sounds like an urban myth.