Comments on: 5 Things You Never Knew About Your Cell Phone

By: Anna

Anna — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:05:00 +0000

The battery reserve only works on nokia phones

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Tue, 13 May 2008 15:49:14 +0000

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By: gusf

gusf — Tue, 13 May 2008 14:29:21 +0000

Thanks AlanM.

It’s amazing what kind of emails circulate and then when you thought they were gone, they appear again.

I’ll add the 800-411-SAVE on my phone!

By: AlanM

AlanM — Tue, 13 May 2008 13:54:28 +0000

This was an old e-mail that circulated some good (and some not so good) information. The emergency number varies by country, remote car unlock is an urban legend, the hidden battery power is misusing specific Nokia commands (that don’t increase but decrease battery life), and your cell phone provider can disable the phone with or with the serial number (they know it anyway).

The best piece of information is the reference to getting free DA. While other countries sometimes have an equivalent (0800 118 FREE in the UK), the number above is for the US only. However, I hate automation systems that don’t let you talk to an operator, so while in the US I use 800-411-SAVE instead as they have real people answering the phones. They also handle Canadian requests as well.

Try it and see if you like it.

By: kay

kay — Tue, 13 May 2008 10:23:00 +0000

Some are working, thank you.

By: gusf

gusf — Tue, 13 May 2008 04:05:18 +0000

Thanks directoryphone12, though it looks like these don’t really work. If you find out they do, please go ahead and leave me a comment.

By: directoryphone12

directoryphone12 — Tue, 13 May 2008 03:58:04 +0000

Your site is nice and give knowledge about the cell phone.These five things are very useful for me a lot. Thank you for giving this information.

By: gusf

gusf — Tue, 13 May 2008 03:50:00 +0000

Hey Buzz,

Thanks for the info. As I said I didn’t test anything out, it was just an email I got. Funny they are from the US and so I can see the 800 number possibly working there.

By: buzzbishop

buzzbishop — Tue, 13 May 2008 00:28:46 +0000

Car door thingy didnt work.

800 number is only good for US digits.

Battery reserve thingy didnt work neither.

I have a SonyEricsson W80i

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Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:07 +0000

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