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Started by bearclaw
Fri, 15 Sep 2006 03:48
Good info for cell phone users
Author: bearclaw
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 03:48
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 03:48
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Interesting nerdy stuff on cell phone features most users don't know about: <http://www.shorttext.com/w4j7r>
Re: Good info for cell phone users
Author: George Grapman
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 04:23
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 04:23
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bearclaw@cruller.invalid wrote: > Interesting nerdy stuff on cell phone features most users don't know > about: > > <http://www.shorttext.com/w4j7r> 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!"* __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The unlock on my car work on a radio signal, not a noise. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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 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. AND _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The command did nothing for my Nokia _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ -- To reply via e-mail please delete 1 c from paccbell
Re: Good info for cell phone users
Author: Billzz
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 05:52
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 05:52
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"Scott en Aztl�n" <scottenaztlan@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:pdekg2tbj61f2v60637fgjpgmrh5p8e5op@4ax.com... > George Grapman <sfgeorge@paccbell.net> said in misc.consumers: > >>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!"* > > What complete and utter bullshit!!! > > Maybe in the 60s your TV remote used audio tones to remotely control > your B&W TV set. Maybe in the 70s your Radio Shaft Telephone Answering > Device used audio tones to play back your messages remotely. But > remote entry stsems for cars have always used radio - there's no way > in hell the RF signal from a vehicle's remote keyless entry fob could > be picked up by one standard cellular phone, transmitted through a > standard telephone line, and rebroadcast by a standard celluar phone. > > Who thinks up this stuff?!?!?! Good question. And *why* do they think up this stuff? It has been debunked on Snopes. http://www.snopes.com/autos/techno/keyless.asp
Re: Good info for cell phone users
Author: George Grapman
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 06:30
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 06:30
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Scott en Aztl�n wrote: Note: I did not post the following.I did, however, post a reply making points similar yo yours in which I quoted from the link. > George Grapman <sfgeorge@paccbell.net> said in misc.consumers: > >> 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!"* > > What complete and utter bullshit!!! > > Maybe in the 60s your TV remote used audio tones to remotely control > your B&W TV set. Maybe in the 70s your Radio Shaft Telephone Answering > Device used audio tones to play back your messages remotely. But > remote entry stsems for cars have always used radio - there's no way > in hell the RF signal from a vehicle's remote keyless entry fob could > be picked up by one standard cellular phone, transmitted through a > standard telephone line, and rebroadcast by a standard celluar phone. > > Who thinks up this stuff?!?!?! -- To reply via e-mail please delete 1 c from paccbell
Re: Good info for cell phone users
Author: George Grapman
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 06:31
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 06:31
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Billzz wrote:andard celluar phone.
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>> Who thinks up this stuff?!?!?!
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> Good question. And *why* do they think up this stuff?
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> It has been debunked on Snopes.
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> http://www.snopes.com/autos/techno/keyless.asp
>
>
Better they spend time making up fantasies than doing things like
driving a car or voting.
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Re: Good info for cell phone users
Author: George Grapman
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 06:33
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 06:33
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The instructions for getting the serial number displayed are correct but superfluous because : 1- The number is already inside your phone. 2- Your cell carrier has the information. -- To reply via e-mail please delete 1 c from paccbell
Re: Good info for cell phone users
Author: George Grapman
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 01:01
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 01:01
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Scott en Aztl�n wrote:
> George Grapman <sfgeorge@paccbell.net> said in misc.consumers:
>
>> Note: I did not post the following.I did, however, post a reply
>> making points similar yo yours in which I quoted from the link.
>
> Sorry, George - it was not my intention to cast any aspersions upon
> you. :)
No problem. I failed to separate my words from the original post.
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Re: Good info for cell phone users
Author: Srinivas Sarma LMP
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 13:11
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 13:11
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Charging with *3370# not working for Nokia 3200 model????? George Grapman wrote: > bearclaw@cruller.invalid wrote: > > Interesting nerdy stuff on cell phone features most users don't know > > about: > > > > <http://www.shorttext.com/w4j7r> > > > > 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!"* > > __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ > > The unlock on my car work on a radio signal, not a noise. > _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ > > > > 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 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. > > AND > _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ > > > > The command did nothing for my Nokia > _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ > > > > -- > To reply via e-mail please delete 1 c from paccbell
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