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| Thread ID: 75046 | 2006-12-14 20:40:00 | Can you open your car remotely using a cellphone? | netchicken (4843) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 506681 | 2006-12-15 10:40:00 | Look Here. tvnz.co.nz Trevor :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 506682 | 2006-12-15 13:27:00 | Some people say you can, others cry hoax.... xmb.stuffucanuse.com So you have got into the car now how do you get it started apart from hot wiring it. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 506683 | 2006-12-15 13:43:00 | Once you getin to the car, you use your car keys which you hve inadvertently locked in there. (supposedly) | netchicken (4843) | ||
| 506684 | 2006-12-15 22:01:00 | www.snopes.com The TVNZ article topics were straight from a website (repeated on many websites). The car unlocking is the only one that completely bogus. www.ndtvblogs.com |
godfather (25) | ||
| 506685 | 2006-12-20 02:59:00 | The modern cellphones are useless for gaining access to a locked car. Older ones, with a bit of weight and solid construction, should do fine for breaking a window. :cool: | Graham L (2) | ||
| 506686 | 2006-12-20 06:30:00 | The new Nintendo hand controllers seem well adapted to this task :) | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 506687 | 2006-12-20 11:10:00 | The modern cellphones are useless for gaining access to a locked car. Older ones, with a bit of weight and solid construction, should do fine for breaking a window. :cool: But not as quick as a bit of webbed plastic binding tape with the right vehicle; about 30 seconds. The first time I used it someone else was trying to get into the car with the old welding rod trick. Very hit and miss and not very visual. As for the construction of the modern cell phone I have a lot of respect as I have dropped mine on the concrete about three times with no effect. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 506688 | 2006-12-20 11:15:00 | it sometimes works. i watched a friend doing it after watching a video on xtra.co.nz that gives you tips on how to use your cellphone for other things than what it was sold for. its not a myth, just a case of it works for some and others it wont. |
Jams (1051) | ||
| 506689 | 2006-12-21 09:39:00 | It can work for some door locks that are interfaced to electronic circuitry, but it is nothing to do with any link back to incoming calls from other phones. The DTMF signals on a cellular transmission can provoke a response fron a variety of supposedly secure electronics. Vodafone phones (TDMA) are the worst offenders, Telecom (CDMA) are not as bad. Here's a tip for you: If you get picked up at a Police checkpoint and fail the roadside breath test, make sure your cellphone is turned off before you blow into the machine in the booze bus or back at the station. If your phone calls home while you are blowing into the machine, which it does at regular intervals, and especially so if it temporarily loses the signal, then this can ramp up your breath test results. The RFI detectors in NZ EBT machines are not able to detect cellular frequencies, and extensive tests here and in the US show that there is a serious risk of a false result. It is easy to fail the roadside test too, the machines they use are not much more accurate than ±25%, which is why they are only used for screening, not evidential purposes. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
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