hi
For GSM technology, there are USSD codes that enable activating or deactivating some functionalities on the device (You can find reference GSM info at: Unstructured Supplementary Service Data - Wikipedia
I wonder if you know or have access to Verizon to find out Verizon's CDMA list of similar codes.
Assuming you can find that info, maybe we could activate or deactivate auto SMS reply and/ or other features to improve the device' functionalities...
Related
Hello,
Is it possible to get all the cellid of a place for the all the network available.
Example when I try to do a network search from my mobile, it shows me all the Service provider available.
Question Will it be possible to get all the cellid of provides at any point.
I am looking at changing profile etc based on cell id (not of my provider but other when my cellid is not available ).
Also Note: Phone is not in roaming so I cannot register to any other provider.
Any ideas !!
Thanks
Is there some program in windows directory that is being used to locate all the available Network ??
I am visiting Australia for 3 months this summer and was hoping to use my TP2 with a Virgin Mobile Australia SIM card for voice and data. From searching the forum it looks as if I am going to need some setting for data access, and possible to disable CMGuardian.
When I have used my UK Orange or Italian TIM SIM in my Motorola Razr under Tools I see some SIM specific menu items for checking credit, recharging etc. Will I see the same things in the TP2 once it make a connection?
I would appreciate any suggestions for anybody who has used a GSM SIM for data access.
Thanks
No you need to contact the provider and find out the settings for data
GSM Overseas settings
Now in Australia, I have had to adjust several settings and I want to pass on what I learned. After inserting the Virgin Mobile SIM, don't forget to switch to GSM only. There are some CDMA services in Australia and you don't want to roam onto them or you will be paying the Sprint Roaming rates. The Virgin SIM did not show up as an icon under settings and tools the way that other SIM cards have.
I found my phone worked as a phone, GPS worked and it would go on the internet thru Opera. However, at first it would not access my email and required me to dial local calls in Australia as if they were long distance.
I found I needed to change the Global Smart Dialing settings which can be found under Phone, Menu, Global Smart Dialing (need to scroll down to see this option on the Menu). Change the "dialing from" to the correct number required before country code. So for Australia, where you dial 00 before the country code when dialing out internationally, selecting Australia will change the 011 (used when dialing from the USA) to 00.
Next I needed to change the dialing rules. Go to Start, Settings, Menu, All Settings, Connections, Connections, Advanced Tab, Dialing Rules. I ticked the box for "use dialing rules", and edited the rules for Mobile, Work and Home to use the Australia country code of 61 and blanked the area code. I think I could have got the same result by editing the dialing pattern for local calls to remove the E and the F so that local calls did not have the country code or area code prefixed to them.
To fix the Email issue, I had to go to my email accounts by going to the Inbox, Menu, Tools, Options and tapping on each email setup in turn. Once in an email setup, select "Edit Account Settings" and tap Next 4 times to get to Advanced Server Settings. Here there is a drop down list of Network connections. I had to change mine from "The Internet" to VirginGPRS.
NOTE: Have not had a chance to try this, but probably the easier way to fix the email issue is to go to Start, Settings, Connections, Connections, Advanced tab and under Programs that automatically......should connect using "VirginGPRS" or whatever service you are using.
At this point I have phone calls, local SMS, internet and email working. I still have a problem with international SMS.
I am sure somebody understands this better than me and perhaps their is a more elegant way of doing this, but at least it worked.
HELLO EVERYONE @!
As pointed out from comments these are mostly for Samsung, I have added some for HTC below. Like I said this is just a start we can build form it. If anyone would like to create a Google Doc from this information please feel free I will add a link to this post.
SAMSUNG CODES
Code Description
*#*#4636#*#* Display information about Phone, Battery and Usage statistics
*#*#7780#*#* Restting your phone to factory state-Only deletes application data and applications
*2767*3855# It's a complete wiping of your mobile also it reinstalls the phones firmware
*#*#34971539#*#* Shows completes information about the camera
*#*#7594#*#* Changing the power button behavior-Enables direct poweroff once the code enabled
*#*#273283*255*663282*#*#* For a quick backup to all your media files
*#*#197328640#*#* Enabling test mode for service activity
*#*#232339#*#* OR *#*#526#*#* Wireless Lan Tests
*#*#232338#*#* Displays Wi-Fi Mac-address
*#*#1472365#*#* For a quick GPS test
*#*#1575#*#* A Different type GPS test
*#*#0283#*#* Packet Loopback test
*#*#0*#*#* LCD display test
*#*#0673#*#* OR *#*#0289#*#* Audio test
*#*#0842#*#* Vibration and Backlight test
*#*#2663#*#* Displays touch-screen version
*#*#2664#*#* Touch-Screen test
*#*#0588#*#* Proximity sensor test
*#*#3264#*#* Ram version
*#*#232331#*#* Bluetooth test
*#*#7262626#*#* Field test
*#*#232337#*# Displays bluetooth device address
*#*#8255#*#* For Google Talk service monitoring
*#*#4986*2650468#*#* PDA, Phone, Hardware, RF Call Date firmware info
*#*#1234#*#* PDA and Phone firmware info
*#*#1111#*#* FTA Software version
*#*#2222#*#* FTA Hardware verion
*#*#44336#*#* Displays Build time and change list number
*#06# Displsys IMEI number
*#*#8351#*#* Enables voice dialing logging mode
*#*#8350#*#* Disables voice dialing logging mode
##778 (+call) Brings up Epst menu
HTC CODES
Code Description
*#*#3424#*#* HTC function test Program.
*#*#4636#*#* HTC Info menu
*#*#8255#*#* launching GTalk Service Monitor
##3424# Diagnostic mode.
##3282# for EPST.
##8626337# for VOCODER
##33284# Field trial menu.
##786# Reverse Logistics Support.
##7738# Protocol Revision.
##775# Unknown
##2539# Unknown
One more hidden menu trick go to market download gesture (free app)
Open gesture press menu
Press settings
Enable (check) settings
Write the following in gesture: 4g
Also note writing: Sprint
And writing: settings
/u/norf9: For the s4 I found these codes:
Code Description
*#1234# to check software version of phone.
*#12580*369# to check software and hardware information.
*#0228# Battery status (ADC, RSSI reading)
*#0011# Service Menu
*#0283# loopback test
*#06# imei
*#03# nandflashheaderread
*#0808# usb service
*#9090# service mode
*#7284# FactoryKeystring
*#34971539# camera firmware standard
*#1111# servicemode
*#0*# Testmodus
if you have Verizon, you need to do this before you can use these: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2303905
Root required for this step. Some codes will work if you have Verizon and no root. Test at your own risk!
Didn't see a list of useful codes for Android, I found a list for iPhone though, please share any commands you may have that might be useful. I will update this list with anything posted in the comments.
(This was a copy and pasta from another site, but still useful information.)
WARNING: Use at your own risk, I have not tested all of these codes. I do not know if they will work on your device.
/u/AFinn: There is also an app called "Secret Codes" which will find other codes that are used by applications and not the OS itself. Some apps let you access secret settings with these codes.
These are not "Android" secret codes. These are "Samsung" secret codes. Except one of two none of them will work on any device other than a Samsung phone.
PRESS THANKS BUTTON !!!!!! !!
http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/1sl0ep/list_of_android_secret_codes_tips_and_tricks/
Looks familiar?
Thread closed.
[Q] Why SIM country & operator codes wrong and how were additional APN's installed?
I’m in Ireland, The offices of the Garda Ombudsman (GSOC) was in the papers earlier this year because it was suspected they were being bugged. Also apparently the Gardai have been recording calls to and from police stations for years without the public (or lawyers) being informed. So recording of telephone calls/interception is topical here is topical now.
Wearing my tin-hat, I did a full wipe and installed a Cyanogen-based ROM on my rooted Samsung Galaxy S (i9000). I manually input the correct APN settings for my network operator (48Months/O2-IRL) and I installed Orbot
I never got a network configuration SMS/MMS from the network operator. But somehow, I found also installed (not immediately) were the following APNs:
Eastlink Internet: wisp.mobi.eastlink.ca
Proximus Internet: internet.proximus.be
Eastlink MMS: mms.mobi.eastlink.ca
Proximus MMS: event.proximus.be
It’s a new SIM from when I changed network operator a few months back. The above four APNs were also installed when it came and I queried this to 48 Months with no response. I never saw these APN’s with my previous network operator.
I downloaded a SIM reader app and got the following results:
SIM State - network locked
SIM country code - be
SIM Operator code 20601
SIM IMSI 20601 8816 582453
Phone type - gsm
Network country ID - ie
Net Oper code - 27202
Net Op name - O2 Irl
Net type - HSDPA
Voice roaming - on
Data roaming - off (even though in my phone settings it is showing as on)
So the SIM country code and SIM Operator code are wrong – being for an ISP in Belgium, and also there are those additional APNs which I never installed.
To my simple mind, APN settings are sent by network operators for auto configuration, so these APN’s came from the network operator. However, I have again queried with them and now they say “The tech team have replied this morning to confirm that there is nothing from the network or anything linked with your SIM that would cause your phone to change the settings on your phone.
Due to that they have had no option but to advise you that the phone must be the reason for this.”
But to my knowledge, there are no preinstalled APNs on the ROM (cm-MacKAY ROM Android 4.4.2), and also a 3rd party app can not edit the SIM country code /SIM operator code.
I would love to get an opinion from a developer more familiar with SIMs/APN’s please
Nearly SOLVED
OK, So tin hat is back in its box now...I emailed Eastlink in Canada and they seem to have solved it - very impressive especially when compared with the responses from my network!
"I have had our network team review your question and they have determined there is no security issue and no data traffic that would affect you.
Google has been changing the method that they use for APNs in AOSP. As part of that change APN's are preloaded in Kit Kat. Eastlink's APNs are correctly present in Kit Kat for Home Network Identity 20601.
If you require further assistance with your questions it is recommended the you contact Android Open Source Project or the Cyanogenmod on line.
Thank You for contacting Eastlink Wireless Customer care. "
I'm building a test mobile network on some laptops and with a software defined radio based on Open AirInterface (is googleable, but I can't post the link cos I'm a newb) code, and I have this up and running. Additionally, I've bought some programmable SIMs to work with it on a bunch of phones. The information on these I've added into my HSS implementation. The Country Code/Network code deployed on the SIMs is 901/70 - so it doesn't interfere with commercial networks.
I'm testing with a bunch of phones in an isolation chamber, and my end goal is to shift the network into something I have a license for and "go public", but this network will have a low channel bandwidth (3MHz or 1.4MHz in Band 3 LTE). Not many phones have supported this, so I started with a 5MHz channel, which most do support - and I've successfully connected an S4 and a Nexus to my little network. However, when I tried the S6 with a SIM that worked in another phone, it cannot even see the network. I've seen hints of Samsung doing operator whitelisting, but would like to know if this is the case and, if possible, how to add my operator codes into the whitelist.
So far, I've tried the following:
a) "*#0011#" puts you into ServiceMode where you used to be able to enable/disable frequency bands and other such settings with the "Q0000" menu entry - but it looks like Samsung have squished this, also I know the phone has Band 3 operational as I can put a commercial SIM in it that runs on that band. I've not found any way of actually modifying any settings within this mode.
b) I found the file "/system/etc/apns-conf.xml" which contains a list of operator APN addresses - I updated mine to contain my settings, but no joy, and if I "reset to default" my APN settings, my settings are not picked up and I have to manually add my APN (but at least that stays selected)
c) I found some databases in "/data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/", in particular "nwk_info.db" and added my network details to it. The phone then changed from basically saying I was only able to make emergency calls to "Selected mobile network (901/70) unavailable", which kind of at least hints I've moved it in the right direction
The S6 is running a rooted factory reset, and allows SIMS from two different commercial operators on it so it should be completely unlocked. It's never been out of the country, so should have "defeated" the region locks that Sammy put on the phones nowadays (although it begs the question whether rooting the phone resets this and perhaps it's still awaiting 5 mins of calls via a local SIM?).
Does anyone know of a whitelist of MNC/MCC numbers I can add my settings to? Or any other possible solution to this?
The long winded solution is to change the MNC/MCC info on each of my SIMs, but that's a PITA and I'm not even sure it'll work yet (I will attempt to try one soon, but changing the configs on my mobile network is also non-trivial!)