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[Primerk5]

This was an e-mail I had gotten.

This Really works. Tried it on my girlfriends Prelude last night. Just hold the Key fob close to the phone and hold the unlock button. Have the other person stand close to the car and be silent. I couldn't believe it. If I held the Key fob away from the phone it wouldn't work. 86dx..

Subject: Fw: IMPORTANT TRICK - LOCKED KEYS IN


This is very interesting!!!!!---and great to know!!
Subject: Locked keys in car?
Important Information that could be useful some day!

Locked your keys in your car ???? Did you know this??
If you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are at home,call someone on your (or someone else's) cell phone.

Hold your cell phone about a foot from your car door and have the
other person at your home press the unlock button of your key fob (clicker), holding it near the phone on their end. Your car doors will unlock. Saves someone from having to drive your keys to you.

Distance is no object you could be hundreds of miles away, and if
you can reach someone who has the other "remote" for your car, you can unlock the doors (or the trunk!).

Editor's Note * It works fine! We tried it out, and it unlocked our
car over a cell phone!)

Mike's Note * I locked the car had my youngest daughter call me
while I was far away from the car. I clicked open into the phone and I could hear the car doors unlock through her cell phone. My daughter confirmed that sure enough the doors opened.

Pass this one on to your friends

[RARECRX]

I tried it nothing, both my cars my expedition AND my crx..nothing..

[Screech]

Don't let locdoc see this post, he may rant at you for it. j/k

[kacivic]

i guess since i don't have power locks or a remote that trying this would be futile...

[carphreak]

i have read this on another forum once. they were saying that remote transmitters generally use rf frequency or something like that and that cellphones run on a different wavelength therefore it would be impossible to try and send car alarm signals via cellphones......

[Primerk5]

i have read this on another forum once. they were saying that remote transmitters generally use rf frequency or something like that and that cellphones run on a different wavelength therefore it would be impossible to try and send car alarm signals via cellphones......

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I posted this on another forum that I use for my truck apparently Snopes says it dosen't work. I tried it last night and it worked on my girlfriends Car. I tried it be fore I called her and it didn't unlock untill I called her and tried it. I don't know might just be a freak thing.

Heres the snopes link
http://www.snopes.co...hno/keyless.asp

[DarkHand]

Unless that particular keyfob used ultrasonic frequencies that both cellphones happened to be able to pick up and reproduce, I don't see how this could work.

[myheadhertz]

Unless that particular keyfob used ultrasonic frequencies that both cellphones happened to be able to pick up and reproduce, I don't see how this could work.

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Agree, and also, I don't think cell phone audio is good enough to reproduce ultrasonic frequencies.

I can see where holding a cellphone near the door electronics could confuse the car security system and possibly unlock the doors. Someone that was able to unlock using the remote method please try this - have the person on the other end of the phone do nothing but talk, while you hold the phone near the car door and see if that opens the doors.

Edited by myheadhertz, 06 September 2006 - 01:01 PM.

[Primerk5]

Agree, and also, I don't think cell phone audio is good enough to reproduce ultrasonic frequencies.

I can see where holding a cellphone near the door electronics could confuse the car security system and possibly  unlock the doors. Someone that was able to unlock using the remote method please try this - have the person on the other end of the phone do nothing but talk, while you hold the phone near the car door and see if that opens the doors.

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Have the other person say "Open says a me"

[DarkHand]

I can see where holding a cellphone near the door electronics could confuse the car security system and possibly  unlock the doors.

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That's most likely the cause. Many 3G phones transmit so powerfully that they can interfere with other electronic devices... My desk phone at work goes crazy just before I get a call on my cell phone whenever it's nearby. There's also a video online somewhere where a computer in a store is constantly reset whenever the guy makes a call and puts his phone near the computer.

[RARECRX]

this absolutely does not work i tried it on many cars today LOL,cell phone, and cordless,and corded all nothing!! MYTH BUSTED

also if it works for keys it should work for garage door openers too then right??? c'mon, I think its called ONSTAR that does it... maybe you just got mixed up..

[Airgazm86]

An easier solution is to carry an extra key in your wallet.

[projEKtjokes]

I hate when I lock my keys outside my car. . .

[hawk86]

rexes are so easy to get into its rediculous

[1stGenRex]

rexes are so easy to get into its rediculous

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uhhhh i dont think the topic is about crx's