{"id":988,"date":"2007-06-08T07:30:53","date_gmt":"2007-06-08T12:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/06\/cell-phone-tricks-you-may-not-know\/"},"modified":"2007-06-08T07:30:14","modified_gmt":"2007-06-08T12:30:14","slug":"cell-phone-tricks-you-may-not-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/06\/cell-phone-tricks-you-may-not-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Cell Phone Tricks You May Not Know"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am catching up on old email newsletters and came across a very interesting read from Penny Freymiller at MinnesotaJobs.com<\/a> regarding cell phones. I thought these were great tips:<\/p>\n

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  1. The Emergency Number worldwide is 112. Apparently even if you are out of your coverage area or your keypad is locked you can dial 112 and it will search any existing network to establish the emergency number for you.<\/li>\n
  2. Imagine your cell battery is very low, by pressing *3370# your cell will restart with reserve power and will show a 50% increase in battery. This reserve will get recharged when you go to charge your cell phone the next time.<\/li>\n
  3. If your cell phone gets stolen, you can phone your service provider and give them your serial number and they will then be able to block your handset so even if the thief changes the SIM card, your phone will be totally useless. To find out your serial number dial * # 0 6 # and your number will appear on the screen.<\/li>\n
  4. Save your money by dialing 1-800-373-3411 or 800 FREE 411 when you need a number instead of incurring the dollar or two that you may get charged for calling 411.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Kudos to Peggy for sending this information out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I am catching up on old email newsletters and came across a very interesting read from Penny Freymiller at MinnesotaJobs.com regarding cell phones. I thought these were great tips: The Emergency Number worldwide is 112. Apparently even if you are out of your coverage area or your keypad is locked you can dial 112 and it will search any existing network to establish the emergency number for you. Imagine your cell battery is very low, by pressing *3370# your cell will restart with reserve power and will show a 50% increase in battery. This reserve will get recharged when you go to charge your cell phone the next time. If… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-fW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1327,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/12\/when-your-cell-phone-takes-a-swim\/","url_meta":{"origin":988,"position":0},"title":"When Your Cell Phone Takes A Swim","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"December 10, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Seriously, this happened to me.\u00a0 When my son was 2 or 3 years old, he took my work cell phone and dropped it in the toilet (is there a better motivation to make sure everyone in your house flushes the toilet?).\u00a0 I couldn't find it, I called the number and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Anecdotes"","block_context":{"text":"Anecdotes","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/anecdotes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1763,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/10\/the-cell-phone-do-not-call-registry\/","url_meta":{"origin":988,"position":1},"title":"The Cell Phone Do-Not-Call Registry","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"October 24, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Ok, I suckered on this thing - I registered my cell phone on the do-not-call list due to an email I received.\u00a0 Well, apparently you do not have to do that.\u00a0 From SalesHQ.com: Despite Re-Circulating E-mail, It is Still Not Necessary to Register Cell Phone Numbers. 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