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  2. 999 phone charging myth - Wikipedia

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    The 999 phone charging myth is an urban legend or myth that claims that if a mobile phone has low battery, then dialling 999 (or any regional emergency telephone number) charges the phone so it has more power. This was confirmed as untrue by several British police forces who publicly cited the dangers of making such calls. [1]

  3. Phantom vibration syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Phantom vibration syndrome or phantom ringing syndrome is the perception that one's mobile phone is vibrating or ringing when it is not. Other terms for this concept include ringxiety (a portmanteau of ring and anxiety), fauxcellarm (a portmanteau of "faux" /foʊ/ meaning "fake" or "false" and "cellphone" and "alarm" pronounced similarly to "false alarm") and phonetom (a portmanteau of phone ...

  4. Select and enable a New Mail notification in AOL Mail

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    2. In the URL bar, click the lock icon | Site Settings. 3. Under Permissions, select Allow under the Sound dropdown. Safari. 1. Sign in to AOL Mail. 2. From the Safari menu, click Settings for mail.aol.com. 3. Under Auto-Play, select Allow All Auto-Play. Firefox. 1. Sign in to AOL Mail. 2. In the URL bar, click the toggle icon | Allow Audio and ...

  5. Silent call - Wikipedia

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    A silent call is a telephone call in which the calling party does not speak when the call is answered. Most such calls are generated by a cold call telemarketing operation's dialer software, which makes many calls automatically and sometimes does not have an agent immediately available to handle an answered call.

  6. Overview of the updated AOL app experience for Android

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    Once signed in, click on Options in the upper right corner. Select Mail Settings. On the general settings tab, in inbox setting click the radial button next to Use Unified Inbox Style. Click Save Settings at the bottom. You may need to sign out of the app and then sign back in to reset the app settings. This can be done by:

  7. Intercept message - Wikipedia

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    If you'd like to make a call, please hang up and try again. If you need help, hang up and then dial your operator. A formerly-used variation of this message was as follows: "This is a recording. Please hang up. There appears to be a receiver off the hook. Please check your main telephone and extensions, then try your call again. Thank you."

  8. SIM lock - Wikipedia

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    If the phones were not locked, users might sign a contract with one company, get the discounted phone, then stop paying the monthly bill (thus breaking the contract) and start using the phone on another network or even sell the phone for a profit. [2] SIM locking curbs this by prohibiting change of network (using a new SIM).

  9. Silent Circle (software) - Wikipedia

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    In January 2015, Silent Text had a serious vulnerability that allowed an attacker to remotely take control of a Blackphone device. [9] A potential attacker only needed to know the target’s Silent Circle ID number or phone number. [9] Blackphone and Silent Circle patched the vulnerability shortly after it had been disclosed. [10]