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Wonderful applications of Mobile Phones: Some unknown uses

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By JYOTI KOTHARI

Evolution of mobile phones


IMEI number and Manufacturing quality of mobile instruments


Mobile phones are one of the best tool for communication. There are many wonderful applications and unknown uses of mobile phones. These are described here. These are very useful information, extremely necessary for everyone keeping and using mobile phones.

First of all know about manufacturing quality of your mobile hand sets (instruments).

Would you like to know if your mobile instrument is original or not? If yes, follow this step by step process. Please press the keys *#06# on your mobile to get the-international mobile equipment identity number (IMEI Number) appeared on your handset. Now check the seventh and eighth digits.

(Alert:
Breaking News IMEI number:

Central Government of India have notified that mobile handsets without IMEI number will not work from December 1, 2009. Please check your EMIE number and confirm your connectivity.)

IF the Seventh and Eighth digits are 00 your cell phone has been manufactured in original factory, that is the best Quality Mobile phone instrument.

IF the Seventh and Eighth digits are 01 or 10, your cell phone was manufactured in Finland and probably is of very Good quality.

IF the Seventh and Eighth digits are 08 or 80, your cell phone was manufactured in Germany that is likely to be of fair quality.

IF the seventh and eighth digits are 02 or 20, the cell phone was assembled in Emirates. Normally this is an indication of very Bad quality.

IF the Seventh and Eighth digits are 13, the cell phone was assembled in Azerbaijan. This not only indicates to very Bad quality but to be unhealthy. It is advisable to be careful.


Do you know your mobile phone and instrument?

Know what else your Cell Phone can do



Few things you can do in times of grave emergencies:

Your mobile phone can save your life as an emergency tool for survival. Check out some that you can do with it: 

Some good reasons to keep a cell phone:

EMERGENCY

The worldwide Emergency Number for **Mobile** is 112. If there is an emergency and you find yourself out of coverage area of your mobile network, dial 112 and the mobile will search any existing network to establish the emergency number for you. Interestingly you can also.dial this number 112  with the locked keypad

What if you locked your keys in the car?


Your Mobile phone may be proved very useful someday. If you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are at your home or office, call someone at your home or office on their cell phone from your cell phone.

Tell the person there to press the unlock button of the car key, holding it near his / her mobile phone at his / her end.


Hold your cell phone about a foot from your car door and your car door will open.

Distance does not matter. You can do it from any where. If you can reach someone who has the other 'remote' for your car, you can unlock your car.

It saves someone from driving your keys to you.


Hidden
Battery power

Some times your cell battery goes very low and you don't have a charger.You may be expecting an important call or want to call some one urgently. You are lucky if you have a Nokia instrument.


Nokia instruments have a reserve battery.

Press the keys *3370# to activate reserve battery. Your mobile phone instrument will restart with the reserve battery and the instrument will show a fifty percent increase in battery power. You can recharge the reserve power when you charge your cell phone next time.

You can disable a stolen mobile phone:

To check your Mobile phone's serial number, press the * # 0 6 # keys of your cell phone (as suggested earlier).

The unique fifteen digit code of your handset will appear on the screen. Please do not forget to write it down and keep it safe somewhere in your diary or in your computer. If unfortunately your phone gets stolen, you can call your service provider and provide them with this fifteen digit code. It will enable your service provider to block your handset. Even if the thief changes the SIM card, your phone will not work. It will be totally useless.


You may not get your phone back but the thief can not use or sell it. If everybody follows this tip, there would be no point in people stealing mobile phones.

Now why to wait? Use this applications in your cell phone and enjoy.

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Ivorwen profile image

Ivorwen  says:
8 months ago

Very useful information! I am going to send this on to a few of my friends. Thank you for putting it together.

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JYOTI KOTHARI  says:
8 months ago

Dear Ivorwen.

I have got this info from Mr. Surendra Bothra and put those into a hub for public benefit. Please mail it to as many people as possible, it will benefit them.

Thanks,

Jyoti Kothari

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earnestshub  says:
8 months ago

Thank you Jyoti, this is great! I just tried it, and it works just as you said it would. You are a very thoughtful person.

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JYOTI KOTHARI  says:
8 months ago

dear earnest,

Thanks for comment. actually Mr. Surendra Bothra told me about the same. Please forward this article to more and more people so that they can be benefitted.

Jyoti Kothari

Sudhanshu Dey  says:
8 months ago

Jyoti,

nice tips. i never thought of this aplications. perhaps it will help me if i forget my keys at home.

Driving in Kolkata traffic is not very easy.

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JYOTI KOTHARI  says:
8 months ago

Hi,

Driving in Kolkata traffic is really difficult. I had been in Kolkata for a long time and know that. I will be happy if this hub on mobile phone will help you in some way. These are lesser known applications.

Jyoti Kothari

Anupam Singh  says:
2 months ago

Hi Jyoti,

"Wonderful applications of mobile phone" is really wonderful. Remote key for car is very useful.

Tahnks,

Anupam

Namita  says:
2 months ago

I have read your wonderful articles about gems and jewelry. But you are also expert in gadgets.

Nice article about mobile phone. Some of the uses were really unknown to us.

Thanks,

Namita

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JYOTI KOTHARI  says:
2 months ago

Hi Anupam and Namita,

Thanks for your comments and compliments on my hub "Wonderful applications of mobile phone".

Jyoti Kothari

Suman  says:
5 days ago

Nice hub. This describes well about wonderful application of mobile handsets.

Thanks,

Suman

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JYOTI KOTHARI  says:
5 days ago

Hi,

Central Government of India has notified that Every mobile must have IMEI number. Mobile phones without IMEI number will not work from tomorrow December 1, 2009.

Process of checking IMEI number is given in this hub.

Please check!

Thanks,

Jyoti Kothari

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