Pre-paid Phone + Automobile = Remote Starter
What happens when spare electronics , cold weather, and ingenuity come together? If your answer is "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn" then you can stop reading now. However, if you thought of a remote car starter that involves a pre-paid cellphone then you are correct!
Apparently, a gentleman named Dave created a remote starter out of parts cribbed from a pre-paid cellphone so that he would not need to encounter a cold vehicle in the morning. As told by Autoblog
To make it work, Dave removed the vibrating mechanism that would signal a call after receiving pulses from the phone's circuit board. Then he wired the phone to send those pulses to the remote starter's switch, and voila: two rings and the car starts up. He is no longer limited by proximity when using the remote start; as long as the phone gets a signal, he'll have a warm car whenever he gets there. Total cost of the hack was $71.03, but that doesn't include the remote starter unit you'll need to buy and install in your car.
Source- Dave Hacks via Engadget
For instructions, see Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 on Dave's blog!
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Nice.
Although I really do wanna know that number so I can randomly call it. LOL
The only issue I have with this is what if someone were to accidentally call this number? I would totally be down for installing something like this if there was some kind of guarantee that only a call from a certain number will activate the starter.
i wonder can i have this setup using my onstar oem phone? no one has that number at all cuz its unlisted and i never call out unless its a emergency!! this would be great
i could see this working well if phone was set to silent and a rintone was set for your own # so it would only act on your call and didn’t matter who else called, or mis-dialed calls.
Buy a cheap Windows Mobile phone, install a call-blocker, and only allow your number. NOW we’re talking
You have to remember he has to pay for cell service every month. I would’ve bought a pager that’s on for life, and used that method. Cool hack though.
@ AlexAuran
I think the idea was that it’s a track phone and you’re only paying for minutes used
This is about as usefull as making a stun gun out of a disposable camera…been there done that.