emergency call - fallback to call without SIM Re: capacitor to call the police without battery and SIM card *g* Re: Fun with Stolen/Lost Phones..

[Gabriel Ambuehl]

On Friday 15 December 2006 20:23, Robert Michel wrote:
> Without SIM card is the keyword. There are people got into trouble,
> especialy in the mountains and they didn't made an emergency call
> because their GSM network was not strong enough.
> Only a few GSM user does know that then it help to remove the SIM
> card to do a emergency call with any GSM network.


Uhm around here I get "emergency calls only" on my phone, even with inserted 
SIM when I get to some area without coverage from my operator?

I think that's pretty standard fare as far as GSM phones go, actually...
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