Old Dog, New Trick

I recently got a new cell phone… I love gadgets.
I found these looking around on the Internet for “cheats and tricks” (because often there are cool things cell phones can do that are not in the instructions… like I read instructions, but still.   AND all of the cool kids will sit with you at lunch if you can do neat tricks with your phone)

Anyway I found these things that can be done with *any* cell phone… I tried the car door thing and it works like a charm!

**The following may come in handy someday – and it’s reason enough to own a cell phone: If you lock your keys in the car and your spare remote is at home or with your spouse, call that person on their cell phone (the transmission has to be from cell phone to cell phone to work) and have them press the unlock button, holding it near the mobile phone. Hold your phone about a foot from your drivers door while the tone is sounding. Believe it or not, your car will unlock. I’d have never believed it if I hadn’t tried it myself. Saves someone from having to drive your keys to you, and distance is no object (but let me clarify — if you’re in Tokyo and for some reason the other remote is in Toronto, then unfortunately you ARE screwed). But if you are 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). from your cell phone.

**The number emergency number, worldwide for a mobile phone 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 enough, you can even dial (112) if the keypad for your cell phone is locked. Try it out. I have, and I tell you — it works!

**Cell phone companies are charging us $1.00 to $1.75 or more for each 411 information call we make. 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
If you dial these numbers you will not incur any charge at all. Program this number 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.

I know these have been bouncing around the Internet for a while now, but it’s handy info to program into your phone… and the key thing works, we tried it out of curiosity and it totally worked for us.  It would have come in real handy the time husb set his keys on his seat at the car wash and the car auto-locked, while I was at work with the other remote.  The tow guy that unlocked him charged him 50bucks.