*#06# for checking the IMEI (International
Mobile Equipment Identity) Information you get from the
IMEI:
XXXXXX XX XXXXXX X
TAC FAC SNR SP
TAC = Type approval code
FAC = Final assembly code
SNR = Serial number
SP = Spare
*#0000# To view Software Version.
*#746025625# [*#sim0clock#]
Checks if the sim clock can be stopped. Sim clock stop is
a kind of stand-by mode which will save battery time. This
code doesn't work with software version 4.59.
*#92702689# [*#war0anty#]
You don't need the warranty-codes any more - you can just
scroll through the information like in any other menu. It
has the the same data as 81xx and 31xx phones (with "Edit"
button for purchase date, and "User data transfer").
Menu:
1: Displays Serial Number.
2: Displays the Month and Year of Manufacture (0997)
3: Displays (if there) the date where the phone was purchased
(MMYY) you can here set the Purchasing Date (Warning: You
can only do this once - so be careful what you write...)
4: Displays the date of the last repairment - if found (0000)
6: Does anyone know if this is for upgrading the phone's
EEPROM?? (Transfer user data?)
Enhanced Full Rate Codec (EFR):
On: Enter *3370# and EFR will be activated after a reboot
of the phone ( consumes more power )
Off: Enter #3370# and EFR will be switched off after a reboot
of the phone.
Half Rate Codec:
On: Enter *4720# and Half Rate coded will be activated after
a reboot of the phone ( better standby time )
Off: Enter #4720# and Half Rate coded will be de-activated
after a reboot of the phone
Enhanced Full Rate will give you much better sound quality
when you enable it. The new Enhanced Full Rate CODEC adopted
by GSM uses the ASELP (AlgebraicCode Excitation Linear Prediction)
compression technology. This technology allows for much
great voice quality in the same number of bits as the older
Full Rate CODEC. The older technology was called LPC-RPE
(Linear Prediction Coding with Regular Pulse Excitation).
Both operate at 13 kilobits.(but you take up more space
on the network, so they can charge you more) - Talk-time
is reduced with about 5%
Half Rate will give you bad soundquality, which gives the
serviceprovider the opportunity to have more calls on the
network, and you might get a lower charge from them. - Will
give you 30% longer talk-time.
Network Monitor
There is a hidden menu inside your Nokia phone. If you want
to activate it, you'll have to re-program some chips inside
of your phone or the easier way is by using the Software
Pclocals and the MBUS cable.
with reprogramming:
1.Check your software version. You can only continue if
you have v4.33, v4.73 or v5.24.
2.Take apart the phone.
3. De-solder the EEPROM (ATMEL AT 24C64).
4. Read out the data with an EEPROM programmer and save
it to a file (Backup).
5. If you have v.33 or v4.73, change the address "03B8"
from "00" to "FF".
6. If you have v5.24 then change the address "0378" from
"00" to "FF".
7. Write the new data to the EEPROM and solder it back to
the phone.
8. Power on your phone and you should have "Netmonitor"
enabled.
with Software Pclocals:
1. You'll need an MBUS cable and Pclocals.zip.
2. After the splash screen of the program, you'll have to
set-up the com port where your cable is attached.
3. After "Initializing connection" choose "MR Memory Functions"
and once you arrive at this menu choose the menu 6.
4. Then type 243 ad Field Test Display to activate the full
netmonitor or 241 to deactivate it.
The Network Monitor gives you the following information.
Carrier number
MS RX Level in DBM
Received signal quality
MS TX power level C1 (Path loss criterion, used for cell
selection and reselection). The range is -99 to 99.
RTL (Radio link timeout).
Timeslot
Indication of the transmitter status
Information on the Network parameters.
TMSI (Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity).
Cell identification (Cell ID, Number of cells being used).
MCC (Mobile country code)
MCN (Mobile network code)
LAC (Location area code)
Ciphering (On/Off)
Hopping (On/Off)
DTX (On/Off)
Discard cell barred information.
The Reboot Trick
Should work on all software versions.
1. Go to calendar (menu - 8)
2. Make note / reminder
3. Enter some text into the edit box
4. Hold clear until whole text is cleared, then press Back
5. Press 0. Main screen is shown but a space appears on
the screen. You can't see it of course.
6. Enter 4 digits (1234, for example)
7. Use the down arrow to move the cursor to the left side
of the numbers and the space (2 times down arrow)
8. Now enter 6 digits and press the green "Call button".
Wait some seconds...the phone will now flash the background
light and finally reboot. The trick should also work on
other menus like the profile menu...
The James Bond Trick
If you short-circuit theleft middle and right pins on the
bottom of the phone with all connections touching each other,
the Nokia software hangs! The profile "Headset" will be
activated. Before you do this just activate the "Automatic
Answer" in the headset profile and set the ringing volume
to "Mute". Now you can use your phone for checking out what
people are talking about in a room. Just place it under
a table in a room and call it. The phone receives the call
without ringing and you can listen to what people are saying.
Service Prover Lock
The service provider (SP) lock is used to lock the cell
phone to the SP's SIM card. Once the cell phone is locked
to a specific operator, if one inserts a SIM card from a
different operator the phone will refuse to accept it! The
cell phone will however accept another SIM card from the
same operator.
All Nokia phones (2110 and newer) have four different SIM
locks which can be used to lock the phone for upto 4 different
providers. But most phones with restriction only have one
lock activated. ( lock 1)
The main code used in Nokia phones is:
#pw+(master code)+Y#
This code is able to check, activate or remove Sim card
restriction (SP-lock).
Use the * key to get the p, + and w chars.
'Y' has to be 1,2,3 or 4 - depending of what lock you what
to deal with.
#pw+1234567890+1# for Provider-Lock status
#pw+1234567890+2# for Network-Lock status
#pw+1234567890+3# for Country-Lock status
#pw+1234567890+4# for SimCard-Lock status
# = DOUBLE-CROSS
W = PRESS "*" THREE TIMES
P = PRESS "*" FOUR TIMES
+ = PRESS "*" TWO TIMES
MASTERCODE = 1234567890
Y = NUMBER 1 TO 4
(master code) is a 10 digit code, based on the phones IMEI
number.
(I can NOT give you the master code - SO DON'T ASK ME FOR
IT !!!!!!!)
Eg. To remove restriction on lock 1 type following code:
#pw+(master code)+1#
If you just want to check your phone use 10 random numbers
Eg. 1234567890 as the (master code)
eg. To check if phone if restricted on lock 1 type the following
code:
#pw+1234567890+1#
Please NOTE that these codes could be used with care! A
user told me that it's only possible to type in about 3
different codes on each lock! Then something bad will happen
..therefore be careful!
How to open lock 1 and 4
You will need Winlock software and MBUS cable to do this.
Winlock is a Nokia service program that you can use to open
lock 1 and 4, really you are closing locks when you do that,
but when you write ????? at MCC+MNC and MSIN text box, the
phone don't understand it and consider that it's open.
That trick only works for lock 1 and 4, but not for lock
2 and 3.
1. Install winlock 1.10
2. Connect your MBUS nokia data cable
3. Run Winlock
4. Push Read Phone, if you have Lock 2 or Lock 3 closed
you can not open your phone, but you can try change Lock
2.
5. Select State Close in Lock 1 and Lock 4, fill out MCC+MNC
and MSIN text boxes with ??????? and Push Close Locks.
6. Now you can use any operator card in your phone. If you
get any error when you do that do the following steps:
- Select State Automatic in Lock 1 and Lock 4 and change
type to User in Lock 1 and Lock 4, fill out MCC+MNC and
MSIN text boxes with ?????????? and Push Close Locks.
- Select State Automatic in Lock 1 and Lock 4 and change
type to Factory in Lock 1 and Lock 4, fill out MCC+MNC and
MSIN text boxes with ?????????? and Push Close Locks.
- If you continue getting errors you must turn off your
phone and reset computer and try again.
How to open lock 2
When operators companies close lock2 you can only use the
contract or prepaid card for this operator, but you can
use another operator company prepaid card if you know what
GID1 must write.
1. Install Winlock
2. Run Winlock
3. Configure Winlock. Select menu Winlock->Defaults and
change GID byte count to 2.
4. Push Read Phone, and write down GID1 info that appear
in lock 2.
5. Insert the prepaid card from a different operator company.
6. We must find out a the GID1 info adecuate for our new
prepaid or contract card, take a look at our GID1 list and
check if your operator and SIM card type is included, if
not try to get a phone that have lock 2 closed and have
the SIM card type that you want to use in your phone, and
read GID1 info with winlock. You can try to write the most
used GID1 codes like 0000,10FF,01FF, or FFFF, etc.
7. Change Lock 2 Type from User To Factory or from Factory
to User.
8. Push Close Locks
9. Your phone will be reset every time you push Close Locks,
if your card is not acepted the GID1 is not correct, repeat
from step 4 until you find the correct GID1.
10. If you get error you must turn off your phone and reset
computer and try again.
11. If you want your phone accept your original prepaid
card write in GID1 the code you read at step 2 and close
locks.
Bypass the SP lock
With a Nokia 16xx/21xx/31xx/51xx/81xx that are SIMlocked
to one privider you can bypass the SP lock like this:
1. Insert sim card of diferent provider.
2. Turn on the phone and press the UP VOLUME key for 3 sec.
then release it and the phone says PIN CODE?
3. Press the "C" key.
4. Then Press * and wait until it desapear and apear again,
then press * one more time and 04*PIN*PIN*PIN#
The phone now says: PIN CODE CHANGED (or ACCEPTED) and the
SIM card is accepted until you restart the phone again.
NOTE: On version 5.04 Nokia has removed this option !
Your number in your display
1. Goto menu 3-7 Call cost settings.
2. Turn ON the Call costs' limit 3-7-1. PIN2 code Required.
3. Put in the limit with the phone number. eg. my phone
# is 019 2184697 Enter the limit as 2184697
4. Goto menu 3-7-2 Show costs in. PIN2 code Required.
5. Select Currency.
6. Enter Unit price : 1
7. Enter Currency name as 019 (per my phone # eg. above)
Now the phone number 019 2184697 will remains on the 4th
row of the display. Secondly, if you press the # key, it
prompt which line to be used; Line 1 or 2.
Larger Number Tip (works in 51xx series)
If you hold the key # while you are in the names list, the
telephone number can be viewed larger.
Power Button Tip:
If you press the button for a short moment, the menu with
the profiles is shown on the display. If you press one more
time, the mobile turns itself off. You can use the up and
down cursor keys to scroll and enable a different alert
setting.
Crazy 5110
Send a SMS full of . (dots) the it'll go crazy when you
scroll the received message in your 5110. It doesn't do
any permanent damage...it only goes crazy if you scroll
the SMS. I'm not sure if it works with all of the software
version but it works with 4.59. Doesn't work on SW version
4.53 ..
The 54# Tip:
Type 1#, 2#........54# on the keypad (when you're not in
the menu) to get the phone number used for with this key
when speed dialing.
Revealing the Headphone and Car-Kit menus
Please note that if you do these next tricks, the new menus
can't be erased without retoring the factory default settings.
To do these tricks you need to short-circuit the pins on
the bottom of the phone next to where you plug in you charger.
1. To activate the "Headset" menu, you need to short-circuit
pins "3" and "4". After a short time the word "Headset"
will be shown in the display. Menu 3-6 is now enabled.
2. To activate the "Car" menu, you need to short-circuit
pins "4" and "5". After a short time the word "Car" will
be shown in the display. Menu 3-7 is now enabled.
Free SMS Tip
Set Menu 4-3-3 on Usergroup 666 (work with German Networks)
Quick SMS Typing
When typing SMS messages, you have to wait some seconds
before you can type the next letter if it is in the same
button than the previous one. For example try to write the
word "letter", you have to wait before you can enter the
second "t".. A much faster solution is to press the # button
twice and then the letter "t" or just press the downbutton
once and continue to use the same letter key.
Numbers in SMS
Hold the # key press * three times, the abc or ABC on the
upper left of the display switches to 123 and you can write
numbers directly. To come back to abc repeat the procedure.
Free Call Tip
NB. The tips needs Net Monitor enabled. Be aware that the
trick wil remove Netmonitor in some sw versions like v4.73
and v5.04.
1. Laungh the NetMonitor in your Nokia 51xx / 61xx
2. Execute the test number 497
3. Free calling for about 90 sec should now have been activated.
The trick has not been comfirmed working yet.
New Menu on Emergency Calls
*3001#12345# Brings a new menu that gives you access to
the emergency calls ( 911 Etc. ). It will give you FREE
calls! (only the ones you put in the emergency!! ) This
option will depend on your GSM operator, may be this code
will not works and you still can get the bill!
