Why did Nokia 3390 send signal to Police Dept?

buck wrote:
> My wife got a phone call on her cell which at the time was locked... It was
> the local police dept. and they wanted to know if all was alright. She has
> no idea what prompted this.... Any ideas for this phone or similar???
> -tia
>
>

In the UK, you can dial the emergency services on most phones even when
the keypad is locked. Perhaps it's the same with you?

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Steve G

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My wife got a phone call on her cell which at the time was locked... It was
the local police dept. and they wanted to know if all was alright. She has
no idea what prompted this.... Any ideas for this phone or similar???
-tia

On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 16:20:34 -0700, "buck" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>My wife got a phone call on her cell which at the time was locked... It was
>the local police dept. and they wanted to know if all was alright. She has
>no idea what prompted this.... Any ideas for this phone or similar???
>-tia

All Nokia phones can dial 112 and your local Emergency number with the
keypad locked. So if you are in the US then it will dial 911 as well.
This could have in-advertently happened while in her hand bag or
pocket.


The views I present are that of my own and NOT of any organisation I
may belong to.

73 de Simon, VK3XEM.
<http://web.acma.gov.au/pls/radcom/client_search.client_lookup?pCLIENT_NO=157452>

Thanks to all for help.... Much Appreciated.

"buck" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> My wife got a phone call on her cell which at the time was locked...
> It was the local police dept. and they wanted to know if all was
> alright. She has no idea what prompted this.... Any ideas for this
> phone or similar??? -tia
>
>

The very same thing happened to me (US).
I told them that I had not called them - they asked if I was using a cell
phone and when I responded with a positive they okay, no problem and hung
up.