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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 156961" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Sorry to disabuse you, but this is an email doing the rounds which is a bit confusing and a lot misleading. Some of it is partly true; a lot of it is not. But the original intention of the person who compiled it was genuine, they were trying to help.</p><p></p><p>Here is the Snopes link:</p><p><a href="http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/cellphones.asp" target="_blank">http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/cellphones.asp</a>.</p><p></p><p>The Snopes info on the fourth option says it's not really so. However, in Australia we do have the option of having our mobile phones network-locked. This means the SIM cannot be swapped to a SIM from a different network. We found this out the hard way in New Zealand last year, when I tried to put a New Zealand SIM in my phone, only to find it wouldn't work. Luckily we'd taken an old, spare handset with us and we were able to use the New Zealand SIM in that. And then when we mislaid my Aussie phone in New Zealand, because it was network-locked it was as useless as a paperweight, so there was no profit to anyone in stealing it. I got it back.</p><p></p><p>And the first one - the international emergency code 112 - I could have used my phone in New Zealand (with the Aussie SIM) for that. This only works while you are in range anyway, though. It won't work in the middle of the Simpson Desert, for example, or in the various dead spots on the road from the highway to our village (a big bone of contention for us; we USED to have coverage).</p><p></p><p>Unlocking the car - according to Snopes, this does not work. Or if it does, it's a fluke. I'd love to find out who the "editor" was who claims it works - funny how they never leave their names in the emails...</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 156961, member: 1991"] Sorry to disabuse you, but this is an email doing the rounds which is a bit confusing and a lot misleading. Some of it is partly true; a lot of it is not. But the original intention of the person who compiled it was genuine, they were trying to help. Here is the Snopes link: [url]http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/cellphones.asp[/url]. The Snopes info on the fourth option says it's not really so. However, in Australia we do have the option of having our mobile phones network-locked. This means the SIM cannot be swapped to a SIM from a different network. We found this out the hard way in New Zealand last year, when I tried to put a New Zealand SIM in my phone, only to find it wouldn't work. Luckily we'd taken an old, spare handset with us and we were able to use the New Zealand SIM in that. And then when we mislaid my Aussie phone in New Zealand, because it was network-locked it was as useless as a paperweight, so there was no profit to anyone in stealing it. I got it back. And the first one - the international emergency code 112 - I could have used my phone in New Zealand (with the Aussie SIM) for that. This only works while you are in range anyway, though. It won't work in the middle of the Simpson Desert, for example, or in the various dead spots on the road from the highway to our village (a big bone of contention for us; we USED to have coverage). Unlocking the car - according to Snopes, this does not work. Or if it does, it's a fluke. I'd love to find out who the "editor" was who claims it works - funny how they never leave their names in the emails... Marg [/QUOTE]
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