Universal code for own number

On 28 Mar 2008 07:34:06 GMT, "Bob Eager" <[email protected]> wrote:

>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.

Sorry, I had intended to reply to the original poster.

Chris

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On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:30:24 UTC, Chris Blunt <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 28 Mar 2008 07:34:06 GMT, "Bob Eager" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >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.
>
> Sorry, I had intended to reply to the original poster.

No problem!

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