Originally Posted By: xavier01

If you only have a faint or intermittent cellular signal, try dialing the emergency number as this works at a higher intensity than normal calls. If neither brings response, try turning your phone on and off in an SOS pattern. You might be heard by one of the military or civilian ‘ears in the sky’, which monitor all signals. Short Morse code-like signals are the easiest to separate from other background electronic ‘noise’.

Thank you!


NO, no no no. And no.

Mobile phones are limited in power output and do not have the ability "raise their power"

Turning ON and leaving ON a cell phone does broadcast a signal. They use cell phone tracking here in NYC to locate victims in the WTC rubble. Just leave it on.