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- 03-27-2008, 04:01 PM #1Oliver WGuest
A few days ago a friend showed me an email he had received which quoted
a code that can be keyed into virtually any mobile phone to get it to
display the phone number of the SIM card in it. I can't remember the
code exactly, but it did work on my phone (Nokia 1100).
The code was, IIRC:
one or both of # and *
followed by a 2 or 3 digit number containing a 6,
then one or both of # and *.
Can somebody inform us what that code is?
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- 03-27-2008, 04:09 PM #2Bob EagerGuest
Re: Universal code for own number
On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:01:20 UTC, Oliver W
<[email protected]> wrote:
> A few days ago a friend showed me an email he had received which quoted
> a code that can be keyed into virtually any mobile phone to get it to
> display the phone number of the SIM card in it. I can't remember the
> code exactly, but it did work on my phone (Nokia 1100).
>
> The code was, IIRC:
> one or both of # and *
> followed by a 2 or 3 digit number containing a 6,
> then one or both of # and *.
>
> Can somebody inform us what that code is?
Not the actual phone number, but the number of the phone..(IMEI)...
http://www.flatbatt.co.uk/Unlocking/...ret_codes.html
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- 03-27-2008, 04:16 PM #3WhiskersGuest
Re: Universal code for own number
On 2008-03-27, Oliver W <[email protected]> wrote:
> A few days ago a friend showed me an email he had received which quoted
> a code that can be keyed into virtually any mobile phone to get it to
> display the phone number of the SIM card in it. I can't remember the
> code exactly, but it did work on my phone (Nokia 1100).
>
> The code was, IIRC:
> one or both of # and *
> followed by a 2 or 3 digit number containing a 6,
> then one or both of # and *.
>
> Can somebody inform us what that code is?
My Nokia (on TalkMobile which uses the Vodaphone network) came with a
pre-configured entry in the 'names' for 'My Number'. The code there is
*#100# but I supppose other networks might have other codes.
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- 03-27-2008, 04:17 PM #4Oliver WGuest
Re: Universal code for own number
In message <[email protected]>, Bob Eager
<[email protected]> writes
>On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:01:20 UTC, Oliver W
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> A few days ago a friend showed me an email he had received which quoted
>> a code that can be keyed into virtually any mobile phone to get it to
>> display the phone number of the SIM card in it. I can't remember the
>> code exactly, but it did work on my phone (Nokia 1100).
>>
>> The code was, IIRC:
>> one or both of # and *
>> followed by a 2 or 3 digit number containing a 6,
>> then one or both of # and *.
>>
>> Can somebody inform us what that code is?
>
>Not the actual phone number, but the number of the phone..(IMEI)...
>
> http://www.flatbatt.co.uk/Unlocking/...ret_codes.html
Well, those are interesting numbers, but I'm sure this was the real
phone number (079.....), not the IMEI number. I wouldn't have remembered
it as being useful otherwise.
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- 03-27-2008, 04:24 PM #5Theo MarkettosGuest
Re: Universal code for own number
Bob Eager <[email protected]> wrote:
> Not the actual phone number, but the number of the phone..(IMEI)...
>
> http://www.flatbatt.co.uk/Unlocking/...ret_codes.html
*#06# is a GSM standard (I think) so it should work on any model of phone.
Theo
- 03-27-2008, 04:42 PM #6Bob EagerGuest
Re: Universal code for own number
On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:24:36 UTC, Theo Markettos
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Bob Eager <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Not the actual phone number, but the number of the phone..(IMEI)...
> >
> > http://www.flatbatt.co.uk/Unlocking/...ret_codes.html
>
> *#06# is a GSM standard (I think) so it should work on any model of phone.
Indeed. But it gives the IMEI, not the phone number, as I noted.
Most phones have a menu entry for this (the real phone number); all the
ones I've ever owned, anyway.
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Bob Eager
begin 123 a new life...take up Extreme Ironing!
- 03-27-2008, 04:52 PM #7PeterTGuest
Re: Universal code for own number
On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:16:58 +0000, Whiskers
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On 2008-03-27, Oliver W <[email protected]> wrote:
>> A few days ago a friend showed me an email he had received which quoted
>> a code that can be keyed into virtually any mobile phone to get it to
>> display the phone number of the SIM card in it. I can't remember the
>> code exactly, but it did work on my phone (Nokia 1100).
>>
>> The code was, IIRC:
>> one or both of # and *
>> followed by a 2 or 3 digit number containing a 6,
>> then one or both of # and *.
>>
>> Can somebody inform us what that code is?
>
>My Nokia (on TalkMobile which uses the Vodaphone network) came with a
>pre-configured entry in the 'names' for 'My Number'. The code there is
>*#100# but I supppose other networks might have other codes.
Works on my Nokia (On Voda)
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Peter
- 03-27-2008, 04:54 PM #8S ViemeisterGuest
Re: Universal code for own number
Theo Markettos wrote:
> Bob Eager <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Not the actual phone number, but the number of the phone..(IMEI)...
>>
>> http://www.flatbatt.co.uk/Unlocking/...ret_codes.html
>
> *#06# is a GSM standard (I think) so it should work on any model of phone.
>
>
That gives the serial number.
- 03-27-2008, 05:01 PM #9Gizmo.Guest
Re: Universal code for own number
"Whiskers" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On 2008-03-27, Oliver W <[email protected]> wrote:
>> A few days ago a friend showed me an email he had received which quoted
>> a code that can be keyed into virtually any mobile phone to get it to
>> display the phone number of the SIM card in it. I can't remember the
>> code exactly, but it did work on my phone (Nokia 1100).
>>
>> The code was, IIRC:
>> one or both of # and *
>> followed by a 2 or 3 digit number containing a 6,
>> then one or both of # and *.
>>
>> Can somebody inform us what that code is?
>
> My Nokia (on TalkMobile which uses the Vodaphone network) came with a
> pre-configured entry in the 'names' for 'My Number'. The code there is
> *#100# but I supppose other networks might have other codes.
That code only works on Vodafone (and VMP resellers)
- 03-27-2008, 05:03 PM #10Gizmo.Guest
Re: Universal code for own number
"Bob Eager" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:01:20 UTC, Oliver W
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> A few days ago a friend showed me an email he had received which quoted
>> a code that can be keyed into virtually any mobile phone to get it to
>> display the phone number of the SIM card in it. I can't remember the
>> code exactly, but it did work on my phone (Nokia 1100).
>>
>> The code was, IIRC:
>> one or both of # and *
>> followed by a 2 or 3 digit number containing a 6,
>> then one or both of # and *.
>>
>> Can somebody inform us what that code is?
>
> Not the actual phone number, but the number of the phone..(IMEI)...
>
> http://www.flatbatt.co.uk/Unlocking/...ret_codes.html
There are far more codes than that. Some can be quite malicious ;o)
- 03-27-2008, 06:02 PM #11Colin WilsonGuest
Re: Universal code for own number
> There are far more codes than that. Some can be quite malicious ;o)
Go on, do tell !
- 03-27-2008, 07:16 PM #12Chris BluntGuest
Re: Universal code for own number
On 27 Mar 2008 22:42:18 GMT, "Bob Eager" <[email protected]> wrote:
>On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:24:36 UTC, Theo Markettos
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Bob Eager <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > Not the actual phone number, but the number of the phone..(IMEI)...
>> >
>> > http://www.flatbatt.co.uk/Unlocking/...ret_codes.html
>>
>> *#06# is a GSM standard (I think) so it should work on any model of phone.
>
>Indeed. But it gives the IMEI, not the phone number, as I noted.
>
>Most phones have a menu entry for this (the real phone number); all the
>ones I've ever owned, anyway.
There are exceptions, but the phone number is not normally stored on
the SIM card. The SIM card contains a unique number which, when
registered on a mobile network, allows the network operator to
associate that SIM card with a phone number.
Because of this, its unlikely that any command of the type you mention
would work on most phones.
Chris
- 03-28-2008, 01:22 AM #13JonGuest
Re: Universal code for own number
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
> A few days ago a friend showed me an email he had received which quoted
> a code that can be keyed into virtually any mobile phone to get it to
> display the phone number of the SIM card in it. I can't remember the
> code exactly, but it did work on my phone (Nokia 1100).
>
> The code was, IIRC:
> one or both of # and *
> followed by a 2 or 3 digit number containing a 6,
> then one or both of # and *.
>
> Can somebody inform us what that code is?
There isn't one.
IMEI number is *#06#, but that has nothing to do with phone number.
Why not just ask your friend again?
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Regards
Jon
- 03-28-2008, 01:34 AM #14Bob EagerGuest
Re: Universal code for own number
On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:16:28 UTC, Chris Blunt <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 27 Mar 2008 22:42:18 GMT, "Bob Eager" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:24:36 UTC, Theo Markettos
> ><[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> Bob Eager <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> > Not the actual phone number, but the number of the phone..(IMEI)...
> >> >
> >> > http://www.flatbatt.co.uk/Unlocking/...ret_codes.html
> >>
> >> *#06# is a GSM standard (I think) so it should work on any model of phone.
> >
> >Indeed. But it gives the IMEI, not the phone number, as I noted.
> >
> >Most phones have a menu entry for this (the real phone number); all the
> >ones I've ever owned, anyway.
>
> There are exceptions, but the phone number is not normally stored on
> the SIM card. The SIM card contains a unique number which, when
> registered on a mobile network, allows the network operator to
> associate that SIM card with a phone number.
>
> Because of this, its unlikely that any command of the type you mention
> would work on most phones.
If you read the whole thread, you'll find that that is what I said all
along. And indeed it was the point of my original reply.
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Bob Eager
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- 03-28-2008, 06:57 AM #15Oliver WGuest
Re: Universal code for own number
In message <[email protected]>, Jon
<[email protected]> writes
>
>IMEI number is *#06#, but that has nothing to do with phone number.
>
>Why not just ask your friend again?
I'll do that - I expect to see him on Monday.
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