MythBusters - Cell Phone Car Remote

[Jasonbjamin]

What the hell did the asian just say? mega wut??

[drnick125]

FUCKING LOUD ASS ADS FUCK

[smithtowing1]

dadgum metro pcs....another dropped call when you need it most

[Tomsuperman12345]

Probably cuz she has t moblie :)

[TheJimmyjamslam]

maybe their car is shit.

[sesesierra4]

this is not a myth it is true i tried it with my dad he drove around the block and parked i sat in the car he tried to unlock and he called me held the remote to the phone and I held the phone to the lock and it unlock the door........my dad was further away from me than the dude in this video

[LupLup31]

this actually works i have done i with a friend..the problem they have is that they didnt put the phones on speaker (it helps) and they didnt move the phone in the right spot on a car...

[TheEodtch]

This again isn't a myth. This in nonsense, why even bother putting it on the show?

[danielbc82]

@TheEodtch yes it is

[LokitheJigsaw]

The hell you still need a damn remote

[AbuBishir]

Would it work with a walkie talkie though ?

[TheArcWelder]

they should try to send it in a text

[repawnd]

Grant is an idiot, the cell frequency has nothing to do with it, it's the frequency of the speakers and mics that are the problem, most phones wont playback anything over 16khz.

[Steffanovico]

@repawnd Uhm, it has nothing to do with the sound frequency. Car remotes use a frequency on the EM spectrum (radio waves, microwaves, light, infrared, etc). A cellphone speaker can only emit sound waves and not EM frequencies. The signal between cellphones is an EM frequency but that's not what's coming out the speaker or picked up by the microphone.

[theguyi26]

@Steffanovico I hope people mark up your comment. It is smarter than Serostern's comment

[cooldaddyjames2814]

0:06 That's a case of beer!

[Lifeofriley18]

She only tried next to the lock, which isn't necessarily where the receiver/lock controller is located. Also, she didn't have it on speakerphone, so it might not be loud enough for the receiver/controller to "hear".

Pretty lazy investigation really- should have been done more thoroughly.

[tony2lgamd]

hey wTf he is pressing the lock key not the unlock

wtf they are tricking us

[Farandhir]

NEXTEL WILL OPEN EASILY

[dlurp]

HB using loudspeaker?

[MrGreyl002]

i knew it wouldn't work of course , but when she said " all right" at 3:06 she sounded really positive :L

[pinkterior]

HI MAWM

[RandomityISaGIFT]

The host chick... She's so hot! Especially with those pig tails :)

[snoborder912]

I did it yesterday and it worked! I had my cell sitting between the hood and the windshield on speaker phone...

[nubbahDK]

People are so stupid if they actualy believe that this is possible....

[jimmy2k4o]

@nubbahDK I believe its possible because I done it and it worked!

[ninthroit]

The car company unlocked my friends car with just a cellphone, and they were miles away.



[lyfecyrcle]

So if Phone Specs for opening electronic car locks were: Frequency: 1.9 GHz CDMA PCS, 800 MHz CDMA Data Transmission; would an LG EnV3 Mobile Cell phone or other comparable phone specs (GHz)/(do we also need to take MHz into account) when opening electronic car door locks? Could there be additional proprietary manufacturing considerations to take into account as well? It does look like this may have worked for some people based on the original assumptions of higher cell phone GHz capability.

[metallicshah]

@iBackwardU Hahahahahahahhahahaha

[melther10]

cant believe it work on my proton satria!

[enilegnave21]

It works but you have to have the phone on speaker phone, doh!

not over the normal earpiece.

[igrenade]

worked on a 2004 sienna, but only for unlocking the doors.

[ninefors]

tryed with honda prelude 2000., works perfectly.. try it again mythbusters :P

[BrandonX93]

Cars with remote keyless entry (RKE) systems cannot be unlocked by relaying a key fob transmitter signal via a cellphone. RKE systems and cell phones utilize different types of signals and transmit them at different frequencies.

[windowsvistasuxalot]

Works on 2002 VW. Just tried it. Very surprised.

[killertctma]

ya worked for me and my buddies too. try different cars mythbusters! the frequencey is different with all the remotes and some may be able to go through the cell phone while others may not.

[ako0o1]

i always thought it was fake since i couldnt do it with my toyota. but i just tried it with my honda civic and it actually really works believe it or not

[HiNtZzZ]

Errrr some Mythbusting going on there huh! Didn't even put it on loudspeaker :|

Fail test....

[dacooldude2222]

The receiver is usually near the engine batteries idiots.

[killertctma]

@dacooldude2222 sorry to tell you but you are wrong, the receiver is under the dash along the steering collum. Had to remove a few. i would know.

[foofootwo]

@Serostern - You realize this has to do with audible frequencies, which do travel over cell phone devices. This has nothing to do with light, and your analogy is pointless and does not apply .

[shooterman619]

my guess is the phone's signal IF THERE IS ONE isnt strong enough to hit the receiver which is certainly not embeded in the door.. so they should've aimed at the rear view-mirror or the antenna.. that where they usually place the receivers..

[Xenn000]

My friend did this once and it worked. Depends on the type of the car and the signal it gives.

[MultiBamf69]

I understand this would never work but they could have at least held the phone by the reciver and not by the lock motor! LOL

[almostAdmin]

Why did MythBusters need to bust this? Were people stupid enough to believe this?

[Kwantwothree]

i thought u guys would be able to build one in the fone that recognize the the signal... and the code of the remote placed at home.... and recognizes to another fone next to a locked car... both fones have remote carlock components and chip thennnnnn try.... but no u guys didnt try that... so stupiddddd~~~~!!!! hahahaha

[jeranopaulo]

@Kwantwothree yeah i thought so too.. why wud dey even bother wen we can conduct d same experiments ourselves.. unlyk those myths requiring rattling guns of course and expensive stuffs lyk dat.. haha..

[piplup2009]

2:52

it worked on brainiac :(

[ILikeToExplore]

TBH i think you are all over thinking this one, i think it has to do more with the placement of your alarm system, what type of alarm system and the type of remote in the keys.... thats the only way to describe it if it works for some people and not for others

[jeranopaulo]

@ILikeToExplore i agree.. dat girl is even placing d cellphone near dat window lock as if the remote sensor was installed there which would likely be installed near d hood of the car..

[maxpoweruk2008]

It can't work, after a little research to refresh certain things, it's clear that a mobile phone microphone is designed to pick up sound waves (which are tiny vibrations in the air) and convert them to an encoded signal whether analogue or digital. It is not however, designed to pick up Radio Frequency waves which are electrical waves generated by an electrical transmitter, so IMHO it can't work.

[airplanes66]

i think with this one like many similar things on shows in many contries they are told to make it not work at all as it would weaken car security if they found it worked

[ralphM1114]

1:50 - yes, the frequency of the remote is well above the audible range for humans, but that doesn't mean it can't be transmitted electronically. stupid.

[johnjvrambo]

This works! I have tried it many times. I am a mechanic and has done this many times and every time it worked perfectly. These retards didn't know what they were doing. I am telling the truth about this. No B.S. here!

[sparten6913]

go full screen pause it at 0:00 click the left and up arrow keys thumbs up if you're playing snake

[15silverblade]

DID THEY TEST THE SPEAKERPHONE?

[hzdGame]

So this was a myth? Who the fuck believed that anyway?

[Roboplayer1]

HEY READ THESE---> my dad said that u should test the tennis ball lockpick again whit the same car model as the video has can you PLEASE test it again ^.^

[ma71turbo]

@Roboplayer1 No way is can work, Cars use mechanical linkages to lock and unlock the doors, not pneumatic pressure.

[inurik]

I know what works:

Hold the remote against your head and it'll double the range :)

[NoirNG]

@inurik That's true, actually, because your skull acts as a satellite dish of sorts. ^^

[kibkane]

it doessss work only on some cars like my dads kia sedona when we tried it, it defently did work (Y)

[B789c]

Not to argue with the fact that they busted the myth but would the quality of the cell phone and central locking on the car have anything to do with it?. for example they used an old basic cell phone and old minivan. what if I used my brand new modern Samsung and my dad's new mercedes?? maybe the signal would travel better since its later technology than in the video.

[zertyahya]

@B789c its also doent works i have bmw 3series bought this year try it use omina 2 and iphone 4g still dont work

[moonxmists]

I wonder if it would work with an analog network. I have a feeling they tested this on a digital network where it kinda compresses things.

[kickassfreerunners]

it works i just just tried it with my friend and i thought they where smart

[toomuchforkids1co1uk]

I can hear whales..

[johnb66y]

Cell phone transmissions are clipped at three kilohertz to save bandwidth. Ud have to be real lame to try to pickup and transmit an RFsignal with one

[Serostern]

Try shining a flashligt onto your cellphone. Will it create light at the other end of the line?

NO.

But.. It's waves... Right? Cellphones transmit waves... Right?

Damn, people are stupid -.-

[dylanfleck]

@Serostern it can work if you have video chat on your phone. Shine a flashlight onto your cellphone and it will come out on the other end.

[Serostern]

Anyone with two braincells rubbed together understands that this won't work.

A cellphone does not transmit audio over or under the audable frequenzys.

For the simple reason that doing that will take up space and energy for no reason whatsoever.

[Serostern]

@MrFLX9 But the reach of that IR port is measured in inces. And if you are that close why not just use the damn key?

[DAMIONFREEMAN]

god i hate the scripted bullshitting at the beginning of every episode

[6breakit9]

to everyone that says this dont work im wondering how many of u actually tried it thers how many people sayin it works

[uVueD2b]

not that I would do this ,myself but @ 3:20 did he use the lock button?

[smackface6]

lets say the phone can carry the signal wouldnt she have to be pointing at the reciever box located under the hood not the door pointed at the lock itself

[tml4873]

@toofastm3 We'll give you a few months to think about it and figure out how the scenario you just described is different than the one described in the myth. Take your time.

[tml4873]

This one wasn't even worth testing. It would require breaking the laws of physics for something like this to work.

[UnderManiac]

The only way to unlock your car door with a cell phone is to call onstar.

[Mooreman50]

Ok get this download that Ipod app dog wistle get far outta range from where your car can't pick up the sig then get your ipod app use the dog wistle app at high Megahurtz or watever then see if it works?

[Serostern]

@Mooreman50 Megahurtz?

That is when someone kicks you in the groin.

[6breakit9]

I just tried this and it does work the thing that they did wrong on this video is that the girl at the car called the guy with the keys. The person with the keys has to call the person at the car. You think they would have thought of that wtf.

[UnderManiac]

@6breakit9 Why would who initiated the call make ANY difference? The transmitter is radio based, not sound based. A cell phone cannot re-transmit that signal. It won't even pick it up in the first place. How far were you away from the vehicle? Try it again from 10 miles away, not 100 feet. Research cell phone technology and the frequencies used. They can't carry another frequency on top of them. They're designed to filter out extraneous signals.

[6breakit9]

@UnderManiac whatever man it wasnt ten miles away but it still worked way out of range from where it works with out the phone dont really care if u believe it or not its not like i can prove it to u

[tml4873]

@6breakit9 No, it doesn't. What the fuck difference would it make who calls who? In your head, does the magic inside your phone work differently on outgoing calls than incoming calls? You've just demonstrated a monumental level of ignorance and stupidity to the entire internet.

[6breakit9]

@tml4873 lmfao ok man u win what r u fuckin 12 holy shit chill the fuck out like i give a shit what u or the whole fuckin internet think

[Serostern]

@6breakit9 It is like saying that a lighbulb won't work if you change the hot and the ground -.-

[Cyber0Bill]

His explanation for why it doesn't work is just plain incorrect.

Cell phones do not pick up and transmit radio waves to the other side, they pick up and emit SOUND waves. It then converts them to radio waves and sends them over the cell phone network. They have a microphone that picks up your voice, not a radio antenna. The remote entry key puts out RADIO waves, not SOUND waves! If the cell phone could pick up the radio signal, you'd hear it on that phone, not the remote one.

[simsfrasse]

@Cyber0Bill Did u even listen to him? "It's true that cellphones takes those audible frequencies and encode them into radio frequencies, but those are on different frequencies than what the car remote use"

audio frequency ==> radio frequency

[Cyber0Bill]

@simsfrasse - Audio and radio are not the same, whether they are on the same frequency or not. I can create a radio wave at 10Khz and a sound wave at 10Khz and they still won't interact because audio is created by physical pressure differentials in a medium, and radio waves are electromagnetic waves. The frequency has absolutely nothing to do with it - they are completely different transmission types. This is like talking into your TV antenna and expecting to hear it on your neighbor's TV.

[UnderManiac]

@simsfrasse Key remotes operate on radio frequencies and are digital signals encoded onto those frequencies. They are not audio frequencies. Wow, I can't believe you believe it's audio. I'm an electronics technician. This technology is not confusing to most people, but it is so some, apparently. I feel sorry for you.

[JohnF30Music]

@Cyber0Bill mythbusters is pure comedy and entertainment disguised as science. in reality, its hosts are barely educated and pure comical. don't expect anything educational

[TooSlowGamer]

@JohnF30Music Actually, Grant knows his shit. I don't know about the others, but Grant actually does know about robotics and remote control. He competed in Battlebots long before he entered the Mythbusters "team".

[tml4873]

@JohnF30Music yes, as opposed to the giant brain boxes that came up with this moronic idea in the first place.

[quartz123ful]

who you gonna call MYTHBUSTAs!!XD

[airsoftoverkills]

@leeleemunchkins well it most likely is busted ether way.

[jtothabizzle]

This definitely worked for us so.....

[TheDeduction]

Wow.... They do realize the receiver is NOT in the door right? *facepalm* This is fail on many levels but i think it would be busted regardless.

[Fragem420]

i could have told you this wouldn't work.

[manosman97]

In Landrover,Freelander first version it works TESTED!

[Playswithhimself]

That's a whole world of Hertz, lmao. Mythbusters is nothing without that narrator's stupid puns.

[vicman7usa2]

i think the unlock waves will be distorted through the cell phone lines

[legendabbott]

It should be possible to do this right, Id have to keep trying different things just to see what it would take to get that to work.

[Serostern]

@legendabbott Thats as retarded as keep trying different ways to walk through a brick wall.

"Maybe if I walk backwards? Or run really fast?"

[Curvinos]

we actually did this and it work.

[diginess78]

It's amazing how TV media companies talk down to their audiences. "What he's saying is..."

I understood what he was saying the first time, thanks.

[consmac61]

It works, However the following has to occur in order for it to work.

1. Remote Transmitter (KeyFob) has to have a New Battery

2. Both Cell Phones half to have a full charge and Full Signal

3. You have to have Internet on your Phone (Exam. iPhone/Black Berry)

NOTE: Models will vary. Older Phones Like Flip Phones won't work

[ArialKiller12]

@consmac61 this video was uploaded at '08

[Serostern]

@consmac61 No. The age of the battery or it's state of charge, as long as the volts are right, doesn't make ANY DIFFERENCE WHATSOEVER to the AUDIO output on the phone that you are trying to make a RADIOreciever pick up.

And internet on the phone? Are you fucking retarded? The phone doesn't use the internet to call, and even if it did it would STILL be AUDIO waves instead of RADIOwaves.

[lightbrilhad]

maybe they should try it on speaker?

[davidbliz123]

maybe that phone sucks

[Serostern]

@davidbliz123 Or maybe you are a gullable idiot?

[uae3276]

put it on speaker!!!

[TorchwoodUK]

ive seen that done

[ElitePredator98]

umm the receiver isnt actually at the door its close to the windshield under the hood pls revisit

[sulemanshafique1]

PEOPLE U ARE ALSO OVER LOOKING U CANT START THE CAR EVEN IF U BREAK WINDOW....AND I KNOW WHAT U CAR JUNKYS ARE THINKING HOT WIRE IT WELL NOT EVEYONE CAN DO THAT

[SuperMadMike100]

@sulemanshafique1 it would be handy if u locked ur keys in the car

[hitachi088]

@sulemanshafique1

i can stole your laptop that is sitting next to the driver seats .

and your radio .

and your paper .

and your extinguisher .

and your spare tire .

and i can piss into your motor .

and your Gaz tank .

and on your seats .

....

[sulemanshafique1]

@hitachi088 ITS FAGGOTS LIKE YOU THAT USE THIS STUFF FOR BADD USE

[Serostern]

@hitachi088 He's such a retard you probably won't find anything more interesting than a can of coke and some toilet paper.

[KiNgAt0mSk]

@sulemanshafique1 They can Start the Car If they Break The window,The Myth Was That THEY LEFT THE FREAGGIN KEYS IN THE CAR!

[forgottencitizen]

@sulemanshafique1 Sure everyone can do it...if they know how. If the car has an immobilizer on the other hand....

[44R0Ndin]

@sulemanshafique1 im a son and employee of a car mechanic, so I think that I would know, these days (2000-present model year car) even if you get the starter motor to turn, the car's fuel injectors and ignition system will not be powered up, and without those, the car CAN NOT start

[jeranopaulo]

@sulemanshafique1 0:28 "imagine you left your keys in your car with the remote dat opens the car" its you who overlooked the fact d keys are left nsyd d car dats y ur trying 2 open it in d first place.. 

[rakina24]

ill just tell the one at home to bring it to me

[bizzR768]

It works!!!!! We tryed it last Christmas on my Dads Ford & my brothers Dodge. It worked on both. The problem I saw was holding the phone to close to the car and right at the door locks. The sencor is on the drivers side right behind the front tire, and you have to stand back about a foot or two. Try it it works. My question is will it work from a land line/ not cell signal ?????????????????

[maxpoweruk2008]

@bizzR768 Post a video then if it works...

[MsSouldestroyer]

you gotta use the tennis ball with the hole in it at the same TIME, thats why it did not work! you guys are just stupid

[ordiantakeover]

@MsSouldestroyer unsuccessful troll is unsuccessful

[MsSouldestroyer]

@ordiantakeover are you retarded? it called humor, using something else that doesn't work at the same time, your pretty sad

[ordiantakeover]

@MsSouldestroyer too bad u are unsuccessful

[MsSouldestroyer]

@ordiantakeover too sad to go through life weak and sad , weak for blocking straight away, trying to hide and sad not having humor in your life, you are the troll

[ordiantakeover]

@MsSouldestroyer Rofl u still crying? I feel bad for you :-(

[MsSouldestroyer]

@MsSouldestroyer still hiding coward . are you 12 ?

[Niphrentil]

@MsSouldestroyer PIcking fights on youtube, are you 5??

[cackerrrc]

but wait... how come I was able to do it.

[MindMunch]

You know, this year I locked the keys inside my car and when I called the insurance company they made me try something like this. I did because the guy on the phone was telling me to, but it didn´t work. He was probably trolling me. LOL. Bastard.

[narcovice]

great silwnt film

[STEPHENDANERD]

"I'll try a different placement"

[nero71000]

use the cell phone to call a locksmith

[thyme4soup]

no long distance

[gfbaseballkid]

ya it didn't work because you need to hold your cell 1 foot away from the car

[BitOveRate]

Grant reminds me of an older George Takei although i'd imagine thats probably his childhood rolemodel. Funny part is he's even more of a geek and more gay.

[BitOveRate]

if this was true i'm going to hit myself in the head with a 2by4

[xXAkitokunXx]

fuck that man brick always work or lock pick it

[tazervideo]

This myth is not busted because the sensor for the car is by the vin number in the front window. I have done this and it worked three miles away from home.

[bondovwvw]

You can put remote on chin and the remote will work farther! 

[RadioOperator01]

OR! You can just use C4 at the lock *Even though the door will go aswell xD*

[BekkieBum]

Oh Nd You Have To Click The Button ox

[BekkieBum]

I Know One Stand Only Just out Of Range Point The Remote Thing To Your Head Nd Tada It Opens :P

[TheKeyboardKitty]

What's the point in lieing and saying that this worked for you? Common sense says that this won't work, so it's no like anybody is going to belive you.

[TheKeyboardKitty]

@mwright80 Well no duh 'common sense' isn't science. But I was just trying to say that you don't need a huge experiment or anything to prove that this isn't going to work. It should be obvious since the cell phone, and remote use different frequencies that this isn't going to work. That's why I don't understand why people are claiming that this works, because it's literally impossible for this to work.

[mwright80]

@TheKeyboardKitty But, why would the average person know that?

[TheKeyboardKitty]

@mwright80 Because like I said, it's common sense. Anybody that is intelligent should know that this won't work. It would be like calling up my friend in Pennsylvania while holding a TV remote up to my phone trying to change his TV channels. It's extremely obvious that it's not going to work at all.

[mwright80]

@TheKeyboardKitty Ya' know what? My bad... you win. Common sense triumphs again over experimentation, the actual search for knowledge, and the obviously bogus claim that someone tried something, and it worked. I concede.

[Serostern]

@TheKeyboardKitty Not only different frequencies but also entirely different means of communication.

RADIO=/=AUDIO

[john95713]

It worked for me so yeah

[rayne870]

this sort of myth demands more intelligent viewers...

[skah07]

try to put the key to your fore head..