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..

[Koen Kooi]

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Gabriel Ambuehl schreef:
> 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...

Not 'standard', but 'mandatory'. Dialing the alarm number even overrides keylock, try it
on your current phone.

regards,

Koen
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