unlock car door over cell phone

[Yzordderrex]

My friend sent his wife out to her Dodge Durango and had her point her
cell phone at the door while he put the door opener near his other cell
phone. He said he can lock & unlock the door over the pair of cell
phones.

So what is going on here?

thanks,
Bob

 

[Jim Thompson]

My friend sent his wife out to her Dodge Durango and had her point her
cell phone at the door while he put the door opener near his other cell
phone. He said he can lock & unlock the door over the pair of cell
phones.

So what is going on here?

thanks,
Bob

Sounds like BS to me. Car door openers are RF, not acoustic.

...Jim Thompson

 

[John Fields]

Sounds like BS to me. Car door openers are RF, not acoustic.

 

[Roger Hamlett]

They don't 'rebroadcast', which is what is implied by putting the source
controller near to one, and having the other near to the car.

Best Wishes

 

[Tim Wescott]

My friend sent his wife out to her Dodge Durango and had her point her
cell phone at the door while he put the door opener near his other cell
phone. He said he can lock & unlock the door over the pair of cell
phones.

So what is going on here?

thanks,
Bob

Did he try the experiment without the cell phones? Perhaps he was just
plain ol' in range and either didn't realize it or was giving you some
old-fashioned razz-mataz?

 

[Jim Thompson]

His "friend" SENDS RF THROUGH a cell phone? I think not.

...Jim Thompson

 

[Tim Wescott]

His "friend" SENDS RF THROUGH a cell phone? I think not.

...Jim Thompson

Oh, but Jim, you're not looking at it through the eyes of your average
consumer. Cell phones are magic, remote door openers are magic, why
shouldn't they work together? After all, computers and printers are
magic and _they_ usually work together!

 

[Jim Thompson]

Oh, but Jim, you're not looking at it through the eyes of your average
consumer. Cell phones are magic, remote door openers are magic, why
shouldn't they work together? After all, computers and printers are
magic and _they_ usually work together!

Well I guess we DO need burger flippers, lawn boys, garbage collectors
and store clerks ;-)

...Jim Thompson

 

[Yzordderrex]

I was just as leary of bullshit and pretty much told him the same thing
last night - that he was full of shit. He reported back to me this
morning that he performed the experiment and it worked. I asked him if
it worked when he hanged up the phone and he said nope.

So you guys really have to think about it some more and maybe perform
the experiment yourself and report back to group. I think I will try
tonight. I'm not sure if you need two cell phones or not.

regards,
another skeptic

 

[Glenn Gundlach]

My friend sent his wife out to her Dodge Durango and had her point her
cell phone at the door while he put the door opener near his other cell
phone. He said he can lock & unlock the door over the pair of cell
phones.

So what is going on here?

thanks,
Bob

I have a 2001 Dodge Stratus with likely the same door remote system.
The manual says it will work up to 20 feet away but it works often
beyond 50 feet. It may have simply been working in spite of being near
the cell phone.

GG

Always make NEW mistakes.

 

[martin griffith]

My friend sent his wife out to her Dodge Durango and had her point her
cell phone at the door while he put the door opener near his other cell
phone. He said he can lock & unlock the door over the pair of cell
phones.

So what is going on here?

thanks,
Bob

It's software homeopathy obviously, (I've just applied for a patent on
it)


martin

 

[Joerg]

Hello Tim,

... After all, computers and printers are
magic and _they_ usually work together!

Really? The one in my office will often only comply after a some stern
banging onto the right panel.

Regards, Joerg

 

[legg]

My friend sent his wife out to her Dodge Durango and had her point her
cell phone at the door while he put the door opener near his other cell
phone. He said he can lock & unlock the door over the pair of cell
phones.

So what is going on here?

How far away from the car were you at the time?

RL

 

[[email protected]]

I'm not sure if you need two cell phones or not.

You actually don't need any cell phones. And what's even more amazing,
if you *do* use a cell phone, it works just as well when it is turned
off - you can even remove the battery!
Just hold the cell phone near the door, push the button on the opener
and voila!

Pagers work too.


Bob

 

[Jim Thompson]

You actually don't need any cell phones. And what's even more amazing,
if you *do* use a cell phone, it works just as well when it is turned
off - you can even remove the battery!
Just hold the cell phone near the door, push the button on the opener
and voila!

Pagers work too.


Bob

Sno-o-o-o-o-ort! ROTFLMAO!

...Jim Thompson

 

[Joerg]

Hello Bob,

You actually don't need any cell phones. And what's even more amazing,
if you *do* use a cell phone, it works just as well when it is turned
off - you can even remove the battery!
Just hold the cell phone near the door, push the button on the opener
and voila!

Usually you have to say "whoop-di-dou" three times, then it works ;-)

Pagers work too.

Only with the additional requirement that there can't be a black cat
crossing from left to right while you say the magic phrase.

Regards, Joerg

 

[Jim Yanik]

Sounds like BS to me. Car door openers are RF, not acoustic.

...Jim Thompson

Maybe Bluetooth technology? Some CPs have it.

 

[Jim Yanik]

My friend sent his wife out to her Dodge Durango and had her point her
cell phone at the door while he put the door opener near his other cell
phone. He said he can lock & unlock the door over the pair of cell
phones.

So what is going on here?

thanks,
Bob

PLEASE Disregard my previous post.

 

[Michael A. Terrell]

Well I guess we DO need burger flippers, lawn boys, garbage collectors
and store clerks ;-)

Jim Thompson

Don't forget "Speedbumps" ;-)

--
Link to my "Computers for disabled Veterans" project website deleted
after threats were telephoned to my church.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

 

[Jamie]

hell no.!!
they use a Dylithium power generator that energizes a subspace
field around the user thus allowing them to create a worm hole in
another dimension that connects them together as if they were holding
hands clear acrossed the milky way!