Android_Secret_Code String Revealed!

[riggsmagic]

This is awesome thanks. And yes confirming it does work, no more lock screen here

 

[riggsmagic]

No Led app does not work with the no lock screen hack. Fyi. But still keeping it

 

[jaekim717]

Ok, so I checked and you DO need testmode enabled to enter these menus.
I already had test mode enabled which is why I was able to get into them.
To enable test mode, do this:

Go into the Dialer and enter *#83786633 then press the Home key
Go back into the phone dialer and enter *#22745927
Now a box will come up asking for the SPC code. Enter 000000
Press the Hiddenmenu Enable radio button.

Now you can use these codes.

how does one turn off test mode after enabling it? are their any drawbacks to keeping test mode enabled?

thanks by the way, this is great!

 

[TripSixes]

When will this Thread be stickied??

 

[jaekim717]

Cory, People are having better GPS luck with the cold start?
Do we know the technical difference?

[tapatalk on android]

Hey Egghead,

Read this today on Engadget on a post related to issues on the Samsung Epic (sprint's galaxy S phone):

Problem: GPS
Description: The most commonly complained about GPS issues on the Epic 4G seem to center around three things: It's ability to lock onto satellites, even in favorable conditions, constantly reporting accuracy of 30m by satellite at all times no matter what accuracy it should be indicating, and a complete inability to use satellite GPS or provide accurate location information after being on fora few hours. As a result, even with "use network assistance" checked as recommended by the manufacturer, it either gives inaccurate location information that throws off key apps like navigation or is unable to get report its location at all.

Workaround: A reset of the device clears up the issue for a few hours, varying from 4-8 at times depending on conditions. The problem seems to be caused by caching GPS data, so posters from AndroidForums and elsewhere have come up with a workaround to force it to update that information on each request as indicated below. This seems to provide the desired affect of getting a GPS lock without rebooting constantly, but has the downsides of slowing down initial requests and not being able to pull results when outside network range.

Steps:
Enter "*#1472365#" in the dialer (no quotes)
Select Setup>Position Mode>Starting Mode
Change the option from "Hot Start" to "Cold Start"
We've contacted Samsung about this issue, so far they have not acknowledged to us that they've been able to recreate it, and stated that turning on network assisted GPS is a sufficient fix to provide accurate information. Unfortunately in our experience that doesn't do much as described above -- we're eagerly waiting to see how this is dealt with on the Epic as well as the other Galaxy S phones exhibiting GPS issues, any Captivate owners want to chime in on how it's going?

Epic 4G: problems so far -- and a few solutions -- Engadget

 

[jaekim717]

to further explain, i found this from the forum they link within the article:

There one downside. while cold start will be effectively warm start in aGPS mode (good). That is it will work very nicely in the presence of a 3G or 4g data connection. But absent data connection, ie in Standalone GPS mode, you will be always cold starting (starting with empty cache), meaning fixes will be 5 to 14 minutes if you are not on the network. If you are going to be off the network for a while you can simply set to warm start from same menu.

 

[Jodiuh]

I did it for one reason- ADJUSTING SIDETONE!

What is this "sidetone" you speak of? The echo?

 

[egg_head]

What is this "sidetone" you speak of? The echo?

Sidetone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Boggus]

Very Nice, love the one button approach instead of the button/puzzle.

 

[sjenkins1009]

Ok, so I checked and you DO need testmode enabled to enter these menus.
I already had test mode enabled which is why I was able to get into them.
To enable test mode, do this:

Go into the Dialer and enter *#83786633 then press the Home key
Go back into the phone dialer and enter *#22745927
Now a box will come up asking for the SPC code. Enter 000000
Press the Hiddenmenu Enable radio button.

Now you can use these codes.

Okay, this is going to be where i look like a noob and an idiot. I am typing in the Second code, but i am not getting any requests for SPC codes, it actually doesn't to anything and I am following the instructions, pretty much to the letter. Could this be because I am not rooted yet? Or is this suppose to work on non rooted phones as well?

Thanks in advance.

 

[egg_head]

Okay, this is going to be where i look like a noob and an idiot. I am typing in the Second code, but i am not getting any requests for SPC codes, it actually doesn't to anything and I am following the instructions, pretty much to the letter. Could this be because I am not rooted yet? Or is this suppose to work on non rooted phones as well?

Thanks in advance.

After you enter the first code and press home, go back into the phone and clear that code and proceed to entering the second code.

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[TripSixes]

If we have a sticky for "pictures taken with your fascinate"... then we Definitely need this Secret/Debug codes thread stickied.... agreed?

 

[egg_head]

If we have a sticky for "pictures taken with your fascinate"... then we Definitely need this Secret/Debug codes thread stickied.... agreed?

Likely, with time, it will find itself stickied.

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[TripSixes]

Hi ... After seeing Cory's post with the additional menus.. and most of them having "words" associated with them.. I went back through all of the others that we just have numbers for, and found these associated words..

This may make some of them easier to "remember" without requiring you to remember a 10 digit number:

These are just translations of information already above... no new findings here.

*#83786633 -> *#testmode

*#28346# -> *#audio#

*#DATA*727336*# -> *#DATA*screen*#

*#0228# -> *#0bat#

*#0842# -> *#0vib#

*#0673# -> *#0MP3#



There's still a few number-combinations that I can't figure out the word equivalent for...

 

[egg_head]

+1 trips

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[sjenkins1009]

After you enter the first code and press home, go back into the phone and clear that code and proceed to entering the second code.

[tapatalk on android]

Well, it also helps to add the entire code. I seemed to miss the * every time.... *smacks head*

Thanks for find all of these. I wonder if in one of these menus we can remove some of those verizon defaults now... Hmmm.

 

[seand26]

Is the MSL # specific to device or similar to the SPC and the same for everyone?

 

[jaekim717]

how do you type letters in the dialer?

 

[egg_head]

You don't need to put any letters.
Say you want to type AUDIO, just type the corresponding numbers.
In this case, 28346

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[Groundhound]

how does one turn off test mode after enabling it? are their any drawbacks to keeping test mode enabled?

With the setting that disables the battery full charge popup, I found that turning off the Hiddenmenu disables that custom setting (the popup was active). Turning on the Hiddenmenu again corrected it. I assume the same would be true for the other settings as well.