Test Mode Code List

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LG VX10, 520, 2000, 3100, 3200, 4400, 4500, 4600, 4700, 5550,
6000, 6100, 7000, 8000
Press Menu 0, Enter Service Code is 000000 (That is zero 6 times)
Scroll to Field Test, Press Select
Scroll to Service or Screen, Press Select
Signal strength is a negative number in the center of the screen.
To exit test mode: turn off phone.
LG 510
Press Menu, 3, 0. Enter Service Code, 000000. Scroll to Test Mode,
Select.
Scroll to Read RSSI, Select.
To exit test mode, turn off phone.
LG SPRINT TOUCHPOINT ,1100, 2100, 2200, 5200, 5250, 5350, 4NE
1, 1010, 1200
Press ##33284. Select Save and press OK. Select Service Screen,
and press OK. The signal strength is on the 9th line down.
(Ex.: Rx, power: -XX)
To exit the test mode, press End.

MOTOROLA V60, 120, E310, C331, 343, 353 (most Motorola non-
GSM phones)
Quickly Press MENU 073887*
SECURITY CODE= 000000 (THAT'S 6 ZEROS) or 123456, Press OK,
Scroll to "TEST MODE", SELECT or CHANGE, Scroll to "ENABLED",
SELECT
Signal strength is 3RD # down on the left side of screen.
TO EXIT: QUICKLY HIT "MENU" THEN BUTTON DIRECTLY TO THE
LEFT OF MENU
Motorola T720, T721, T730, T731
Follow the process for V60 phones, turn phone off, then back on. Press
Menu
and the button left of the Menu button in quick succession. The signal
strength
is the 3rd # down on the left side.
Motorola StarTac
Press FCN 00** very quickly, continue to Press 83786633 and the STO
button. The phone should display US if not the FCN00** wasn't done
fast
enough) then press 45# to display the signal strength. This number is
not
actually a dB reading, but is referencing the dB strength. 45# should
be
pressed every time you wish to see the updated signal reading.
The signal strength is between 65 - 150. Signal is the best at 150.
To exit test mode, Press 01#.

Nokia 12xx, 51xx (except 5125), 61xx, 62xx, 71xx, 3285, 63xx, etc.
Press *3001#12345#
Scroll up 1 to "Field Test", (some phones may say "Net Monitor"
instead of
field test) and select, scroll to "enabled" and press OK
Turn phone off and then back on.
Signal strength is the upper or lower left number.
After test mode is enabled it will stay in your regular menu. To easily
get in or
out: Menu, up 1 to "field test" and select or OK. Dial 00 to get
out and 01 to
get back in.

Nokia 2100
Press *3001#12345#, Menu, then follow the above instruction.
NOKIA 3285, 3360, 6360, (except 3590)
GO THROUGH ABOVE PROCESS... After test mode is enabled it will stay
in your regular menu. To easily get in or out:
Menu, up 1 to "field test" and select
Dial 2100 to get out and 2101 to get back in. (possible 0000 to get out
and
2100 to get in)


Samsung A310
Press Menu,0,*
Then enter code "000000" (six zeros)
Choose "Debug", 4th line, last #
Samsung A460, 3500, A540
Press Menu, 9, 0, enter Lock Code: 040793, select "Debug Screen"
and press
OK, Signal strength is the 2nd # on the 2nd line down
To exit test mode: turn off phone.
Samsung A500, N400
Press Menu 101, enter 040793, Select "Debug Screen".
Signal strength is the 2nd # on the 2nd line down
To exit test mode: turn off phone.
Samsung A650
Press MENU, 9, *, Enter Field Service code, 000000, select Debug
Screen,
press OK,
Field Strength is on the 5th line, 2nd number (T-65 DO 87-06). The
number
omits the negative.
To Exit: Turn off phone
Samsung A660
Enter ## 33284, press OK, Enter security code 040793, select "Debug
Screen", press OK.
Signal strength is 2nd # on 2nd line. (IE. T-XX Do XX -05)
To exit: turn off phone.
Samsung A670
Press Menu, 7, *. Enter Service Code, 0000000 (that is 7 0's). Select
Debug
Screen, Signal strength is on the 1st line
To exit: turn off phone.
Samsung A740, A760
Enter ## 33284#, press OK, Enter security code 040793, select "Debug
Screen", press OK.
Signal strength is 2nd # on 2nd line. (IE. T-XX Do XX -05)
To exit: turn off phone
Samsung E316, E317, X426, X427 (GSM)
Enter *#9324#, Signal strength is last number on the 4th line. The
number
omits the negative.
To exit: turn off phone
Samsung N240
Enter ## 33284, press OK, select "Debug Screen", press OK.
Signal strength is 2nd # on 2nd line. (IE. T-XX Do XX -05)
To exit: turn off phone

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"David L" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Test Mode Codes. To see all...
>
>

Thanks, David. Much appreciated by all I suspect.

--
Larry

"David L" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Test Mode Codes. To see all...
>
> http://www.wpsantennas.info/pdf/test...dTestModes.pdf
>

And the reason someone would want to go into test mode is...........

> And the reason someone would want to go into test mode is...........

Given that I have GPS "always on" and I can reach the location page using
right arrow in debug, how
can I get the phone to act as a mini GPS, showing me my location??

--
I work for the ILEC ...." stuff happens! "



"Patrick Cleburne" <mgcleburne@csa> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "David L" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Test Mode Codes. To see all...
>>
>> http://www.wpsantennas.info/pdf/test...dTestModes.pdf
>>
>

>
>

> And the reason someone would want to go into test mode is...........

There are many.

One is to check signal strength more accurately than the stupid "bar"
system. It has helped me determine my best external antenna configuration. I
have to use an external antenna because I am below ground level in a steel
siding house.

-Frank

"Patrick Cleburne" <mgcleburne@csa> wrote in news:G_adnR6Kg_2Efx_eRVn-
[email protected]:

> And the reason someone would want to go into test mode is...........
>
>

Simply because we can......(c;

--
Larry

In reality, if you have to ask, you don't need test mode anyway...

I know that sounds bad, but seriously, there is truth in it.

I have posted Moto test mode / debug stuff for years. But, I caution
that it is NOT for novices and those that don't know what they are
doing, best just leave well enough alone. Wrong move and phone
ceases to function properly type stuff. The stuff in there, you have
to know how to interpret for it to do you any good anyway. Or know
what consequences changing something causes - again tech stuff.

So, again, if you have to ask.....


"Patrick Cleburne" <mgcleburne@csa> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> "David L" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
>> Test Mode Codes. To see all...
>>
>> http://www.wpsantennas.info/pdf/test...dTestModes.pdf
>>
>
> And the reason someone would want to go into test mode is...........
>

Your welcome. Seems like good reference material. Especialy when I
forget and have to ask someone down the road, what a code is:-)

As mentioned, please don't blow your phone up!
-
dave

Getting a handset to display GPS coords is in a whole other catagory of
undocumented tricks.

A couple of points about getting a VZW phone to display GPS coordinates
within the debug screen.

A 922 call seems to "mimic" a 911 call in areas where the 911 AGPS
system is turned on. (see snaptrack.com for more info)This results in
the tower "dumping" the coordinates to the handset. The computing power
is located at the network level for GPS, and the cell phones GPS
antenna allows for better accuracy. I don't understand it fully, but
that's why one has to make a 911/922 call, to get the data to display.
Won't work where sufficiently upgraded tower equipment has not been
installed, like in rural areas.

I''m not certain, but 922 may be a 911 test number, and in some
localities it will connect with 911.
In many cases Verizon will CHARGE for 922 calls. It shows up as a 411
information call on the bill!
Has worked from unactivated handsets.
Not nearly as accurate as regular GPS receiver. It was about 200 feet
off when I compared with a stand alone GPSr, which has a best accuracy
of around 12-15 feet.

A standalone GPS receiver can received and display signals directly
from the sateilite.

Verizon will be launching LBS, Location Based Services, as a reliable
source has noted, sometime after the first of the year. It's being
tested now. Cellular/GPS directions and mapping should be killer app.
Stand alone mapping GPS receivers can be a it pricey, but work
anywhere with some open sky to see the "free" satellite signal.

Nextel/Sprint already has functional LBS on their network, and it's
been available for years from Nextel, in various forms with certain
handsets.

-
Dave

"David L" <[email protected]> wrote in news:1133081709.949848.80910
@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

> A standalone GPS receiver can received and display signals directly
> from the sateilite.
>

The GPS receivers in the phones are only good for location if the phone
is, relatively, "outside" where the 2400 Mhz GPS receiver can see the
overhead birds, at least 3 of them for a triangulation. The phones are
not, often enough, in visibility of the birds, so the GPS position in the
phone ends up being the last building you walked into, or where you got
into your car.

You can find this out by carrying a regular hand-held GPS receiver. If
you sit in the large window of a restaurant, not in a city canyon, a GPS
"may" find enough birds to get a fix. But, even in a wooden building
with its overhead wiring and electrical noises, the poor GPS trying to
hear the data from a bird so far away isn't going to happen. Mine can
rarely find one of its 12 birds in most buildings. The GPS system was
designed for navigation OUTSIDE, not tracking little toyphones in the
city. On a boat, we try to position the GPS antenna as far away from
anything sticking up like masts and rigging or radar arches as possible.
Almost anything absorbs 2400 Mhz. That's why 2450 Mhz is the frequency
of your microwave oven.

Larry,

Antennas do make a huge difference, especially with our already sketchy
"toy phones", when used in rural areas or analog roaming. The urban
jungle has it's own signal challenges.

Using the programing codes to display the "Field Test"/ "Debug" screens
with the RF levels, provides a useful scale of signal readings, both
incoming and outgoing. Using the debug screen, allows quick and
accurate aiming of a directional Yagi antenna when out in the woods.

I've got great results with a Garmin 60 and a little amplified external
antenna. The small rectangular external gets mounted in a "trimmed"
elastic sided cellphone case (Nok 5150,startac) and the clip is used to
attach to a baseball cap. Huge improvement under forest canopy.

Anyway, I'm working on finding as small, (panel?) antenna for a new
Nokia 6256 CDMA/AMPS handset and could use some ideas. The Nokias have
excellent digital call initiation and holding capability (didn't drop
at -104db in a well tested RF hole), much like the" Walmart Wonder
phone", and I think more gain can be wrung out with an portable
external. Can you send me a PM?

Thanks,
Dave DavLindi at hot -- mail dot com

Larry wrote:
> The GPS receivers in the phones are only good for location if the phone
> is, relatively, "outside" where the 2400 Mhz GPS receiver can see the
> overhead birds, at least 3 of them for a triangulation. The phones are
> not, often enough, in visibility of the birds, so the GPS position in the
> phone ends up being the last building you walked into, or where you got
> into your car.

Verizon Wireless and the other CDMA providers are using gpsOne, which in
turn uses "assisted GPS" (aGPS). "gpsOne" combines triangulation using
cell sites with GPS location info. aGPS uses the cell site to do the
bulk of the GPS protocol so the GPS receiver in the phone needs only
enough signal to get a few bytes from the GPS satellites to get a fix.
The triangulation using cell sites means that you can get a fix with
fewer than three GPS satellites. The combination means that gpsOne
phones are designed to be able to get a fix indoors or between tall
buildings, where standalone GPS receivers don't have enough signal to work.

That is how it is supposed to work, anyway. See www.snaptrack.com

On 27 Nov 2005 10:34:30 -0800, "David L" <[email protected]> wrote:

>Larry,
>
>Antennas do make a huge difference, especially with our already sketchy
>"toy phones", when used in rural areas or analog roaming. The urban
>jungle has it's own signal challenges.
>
>Using the programing codes to display the "Field Test"/ "Debug" screens
>with the RF levels, provides a useful scale of signal readings, both
>incoming and outgoing. Using the debug screen, allows quick and
>accurate aiming of a directional Yagi antenna when out in the woods.
>
Great post Dave! The only thing I would add is that the test screen
also gives you the signal to noise ratio (the EC/IO number).

You could have a great signal, yet noise may prevent you from
receiving or sending a call. Almost as important as RF level IMO.

- Sandy
"Failure is not an option. It comes bundled with your Microsoft product."

Remember, with CDMA, you can have a signal but
still not be able to complete a call.

Depends on what the 'chips' of the serving site is set at.
(simply put, programming that limits a CDMA sites range)

You just might be outside of the sites intended coverage
area. Something test mode just won't tell you.

I remember when a certain PCS carrier was still building
out their system here. They hadn't turned up the south end
of the Puget Sound yet. I could fire up test mode, read an
OK signal on a higher hill looking up the sound (line of sight)
but could not complete a call.


"Sandy A. Nicolaysen" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> On 27 Nov 2005 10:34:30 -0800, "David L" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Larry,
>>
>>Antennas do make a huge difference, especially with our already sketchy
>>"toy phones", when used in rural areas or analog roaming. The urban
>>jungle has it's own signal challenges.
>>
>>Using the programing codes to display the "Field Test"/ "Debug" screens
>>with the RF levels, provides a useful scale of signal readings, both
>>incoming and outgoing. Using the debug screen, allows quick and
>>accurate aiming of a directional Yagi antenna when out in the woods.
>>
> Great post Dave! The only thing I would add is that the test screen
> also gives you the signal to noise ratio (the EC/IO number).
>
> You could have a great signal, yet noise may prevent you from
> receiving or sending a call. Almost as important as RF level IMO.
>
> - Sandy
> "Failure is not an option. It comes bundled with your Microsoft product."

"David L" <[email protected]> wrote in news:1133116470.491150.59740
@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

> The Nokias have
> excellent digital call initiation and holding capability (didn't drop
> at -104db in a well tested RF hole), much like the" Walmart Wonder
> phone", and I think more gain can be wrung out with an portable
> external. Can you send me a PM?
>

Wow...it must be cold or at night at -104 dbm! The RF background noise
from a hot parking lot sitting in the sun is nearly that level. The beam
does point the receiver over that noise source a bit and may improve your
S/N ratio, though. Any signals under -100 dbm on a hot day with the sun
overhead are pretty hard to keep connected over the thermal noise.