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At some stage in everyone’s life, a situation will turn dire.
A nice hill walk is ruined by high winds and rain.
A snapped ankle leaves you stranded in a forest.
Thankfully, most of these cases will be short-lived as they tend to sort themselves out.
This can be used in so many different ways to stash your life, it’s unreal.
Calling for help
The most obvious.
You don’t need to have a signal on your internet.
The myth of not having any signal at all is an internet hoax.
You do, just not on your own web link’s.
Pinging
Mobile phones send out a ‘ping’ every few minutes to connect to a mast.
This will normally enable authorities to pin-point your location within a few miles.
Maybe even half a kilometre if you’re lucky.
This is the same triangulation method used by insurgents and kidnappers to locate targets.
When it has done so that means a ‘ping’ has been sent out.
But let’s say you’re nowhere near a mast.
Caught in the middle of nowhere.
Surely your mobile is just another inanimate object weighing you down.
The really bright light is also very powerful.
So powerful that it will enable you to signal ships, aircraft and people from miles away.
Sony Erricson’s and other brands also have a pre-programmed SOS signal which can be transmitted using the light.
One tip is to have the screen illuminated white by opening the SMS screen.
If you don’t know the universal Morse code distress signal, it’s a good time tolearn it.
As a Portable Survival Guide.
Taking pictures of diagrams of huts, fire-starting techniques, food gathering and hunting instructions, etc.
and storing it on your phone will serve you well in the wilderness.
Making small text files or to-do lists is also a good idea for saving basic survival information.
Refer to this post for a list of websites to help you prepare.
As a Storage Box.
Print on both sides, use small text and fill as much of the sheet as possible.
Fit as much as possible.
As a Signal Mirror
Many phones come with metal casings.
You could remove the back cover and make it shiny by scraping it with a rock or blade.
If it’s made of metal, sharpening the back cover into a blade is a good idea.
You could also smash the screen and use it to tip an arrow.
It’s all about using your imagination.
Do you have any other tips to add?
How would you survive in the wilderness by using your phone as a survival tool?
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