This is partly true. Read here for more information. http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/cellphones.asp > Subject: [tabi] Fw: Print this - keep it in your car - cell phone emergency > info.- FREE > To: TABI@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > From: Stacia_Woolverton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 07:41:24 -0400 > > > FYI. A good thing to know. > > Sincerely, > > Stacia Woolverton > Administrative Assistant > Communications Office > Agency for Persons with Disabilities > 4030 Esplanade Way, Suite 215T > Tallahassee, Florida 32399 > Phone: (850) 414-0015 > Email: Stacia_Woolverton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Website: http://apd.myflorida.com > Toll free: 866-APD-Cares or 866-273-2273 > Before printing, please think about the environment > > ----- Forwarded by Stacia Woolverton/APD/DCF on 09/26/2012 07:40 AM ----- > > Kimberly > Tharpe/APD/DC > F To > Gail_Snyder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, > 09/26/2012 grahamfsu@xxxxxxx, Leonia at CRC > 06:58 AM <leonia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Lori > Kohler/APD/DCF@DCF, Lori > Gephart/APD/DCF@DCF, Lindsey > Boyington/APD/DCF@DCF, Jeff > Saulich/APD/DCF@DCF, Melanie > Etters/APD/DCF@DCF, > caitlingillmore@xxxxxxxxx, > gillmorec@xxxxxxxxx, > colt450801@xxxxxxx, > SusanAnderson@xxxxxxxxxxx, > Dorian.Burr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Darlene > Golden/APD/DCF@DCF, Lisa > Robertson/APD/DCF@DCF, Kathy > Palmer/APD/DCF@DCF, Dawn > Williams/APD/DCF@DCF, Wilma > Lefler/APD/DCF@DCF, Dale > Sullivan/APD/DCF@DCF, Ronald > Drake/APD/DCF@DCF, Meghan > Murray/APD/DCF@DCF, Miranda > Johnson/APD/DCF@DCF, Emma > Slier/APD/DCF@DCF, June Vaughn > <jvaughn39@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Elizabeth > Conner <econner@xxxxxxxxxx>, > Sheila.Grapentine@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, John > Milton/APD/DCF@DCF, Barbara > Malley/APD/DCF@DCF, Stacia > Woolverton/APD/DCF@DCF, > tharperichard@xxxxxxxxx, Doria > Moody/APD/DCF, jb.conner@xxxxxxxxx, > Debbie Parrish <debbie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > cc > > Subject > Fw: Print this - keep it in your car - > cell phone emergency info.- FREE > > > > > > > > > > Good to know! > > Kimberly Tharpe > Operations Analyst II > Agency for Persons with Disabilities > 4030 Esplanade Way, Rm. 380-C > Tallahassee, FL 32399-0950 > (850) 922-7733 > ----- Forwarded by Kimberly Tharpe/APD/DCF on 09/26/2012 06:49 AM ----- > > > > In case you don't already have this information, I wanted to pass it > along to you. Test it for yourself. It could be crucial information at > times. > > Good information. > > > > > > > For all the folks with cell phones. (This should be printed and kept > In your car, purse, and wallet. Good information to have with you.) > 4 Things you might not have known about your Cell Phone > There are a few things that can be done in times of grave emergencies. > Your mobile phone can actually be a life saver or an emergency tool for > survival Check out the things that you can do with it: > FIRST (Emergency) > The Emergency Number worldwide for Mobile 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, this number 112 can be dialed > even if the keypad is locked. Try it out. > SECOND (Hidden Battery Power) > Imagine your cell battery is very low. To activate, press the keys *3370#. > Your cell phone 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 phone next time. > THIRD (How to disable a STOLEN mobile phone? ) > To check your Mobile phone's serial number, key in the following Digits on > your phone: *#06# > A 15-digit code will appear on the screen. This number is unique to your > handset. Write it down and keep it somewhere safe. > If your phone is stolen, you can phone your service provider and give them > this code. They will then be able to block your handset so even if the > thief changes the SIM card, your phone will be totally useless!! You > probably won't get your phone back, but at least you know that whoever > stole it can't use/sell it either. If everybody does this, there would be > no point in people stealing mobile phones. > FOURTH (Free Directory Service for Cells) > Cell phone companies are charging us $1.00 to $1.75 or more for 411 > information calls when they don't have to. 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) FREE411 or (800) 373-3411--without incurring any charges at > all!! Program this into your cell phone now. > This is the kind of information others don't mind > Getting, so pass it on to your family and friends. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (Embedded image moved to file: pic13053.gif) > > > > > > > > FREE Animations for your email by IncrediMail > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Click Here! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (Embedded image moved to file: pic24007.gif) > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.2221 / Virus Database: 2441/5290 - Release Date: 09/24/12