Tricks with mobile phones

bonsoirbonsoir

The emergency one for a start, in an emergency of course.

And the one about the serial code.

And someone I know says that number 2 works on their car.

And number 3 is for a specific phone. So in fact thats all of them!

Which ones have you tried?

But that's irrelevent, calling someone an idiot for posting what they thought might be an interesting and helpful post is unnecessary.

:rolleyes:

xzibit

zolablue25 wrote:

Tip 2 definitely works with a Peugeot 207. My nephew tried it after watching Brainiac (with witnesses!!)

How far away was he? My key will unlock my car from about 1/4 mile and thats no joke.

RightRevBod

1. 112 is the emergency number for Europe. It will not work in USA and there is no guarantee that it will work outside Europe.

2. There is a vuage chance that this miht work with an utlta-sonic remote. Although I would expect the frequency to be out of the range covered by the GSM codec. However, most car remotes are either radio frequency or infra-red. There is no way that this would work with these.

In a previous job, I had a cheap programable universal TV remote with the IR remote codes for all the company vehicles stored. This coul open all the cars and from a greater range than the oiginal key fobs.

4. This will give you the IMEI, which is indeed the number needed to disable a stollen phone. However, the network keeps a record of the IMEI number of every phone that is used with any SIM. So if the phone is stolen, the network will already have a record of the IMEI.

heyho_3

there is another code... not sure what it is but you put it in and it will tell you how old the phone is and how many hours its has done talk web and number of text sent this is only for nokia that i know..

jetsetuk

The code you mention works for Nokia phones. On my N80 it only shows the lifetime timer but on other Nokias it gives more information, as the previous poster mentions.

The code is *#92702689# (Which out of interest spells *#war0anty#)

In my experience with some Nokias you have to switch the phone off then on again to get back to phone function.

As with all these things please only try them at your own risk.

John

gromituk

Just to emphasise that there is absolutely no way that no. 2 (unlocking cars) could work: phones can neither detect nor reproduce the signals generated by these key fobs. You might as well say that you can use them to talk to departed relatives, or transmit you pints of beer from the pub. If a car was unlocked, someone must have been playing a practical joke with another key, or, as suggested, the range of the key was excessive.

There is also no way that no. 3 (50% more battery life) could work as described. Think about it: you'd need space in the phone to hold an extra battery half the size of the existing one; a battery that is usually not used so can't even be employed as a selling point. No-one would implement such a feature. Sounds like a gross exaggeration of the effect of the coding scheme change.

A:I

Raksha wrote:

When the TV programme Brainiacs tried tip 2 - it worked! But even they didn't know why/how........

The car was in the range for the romote, making the car unlock in the normal way, nothing to do with mobile phones.

gromituk

A:I wrote:

The car was in the range for the romote, making the car unlock in the normal way, nothing to do with mobile phones.

Sounds like this "Brainiacs" programme is produced by your typical bunch of scientifically-inept journos.

biddy79uk

for all those who need their mastercode;
simple just type (*#6278372633#) :T
on all phones
dont forget to press thanks

sillymoo_2

Have just been sent this info and am hoping its going to be useful...will be trying them out myself.......
"THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW YOUR CELLPHONE 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: -

1. EMERGENCY
The Emergency Number worldwide for ‘Mobile’ is 112. If you find
yourself out of 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’

2. Have you locked your keys in the car? Does you car have remote
keys? 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!

3. Hidden Battery power
Imagine your cell battery is very low, you are expecting an important call and you don't have a charger. Nokia instrument comes with a reserve battery. To activate, press the keys *3370# Your phone will restart with this reserve and the instrument will show a 50% increase in battery. This reserve will get charged when you charge your phone next time.

4. 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."