List of Sony Ericsson Secret Codes, Tips and Tricks

*#06# for checking the IMEI
(International Mobile
Equipment Identity) >*<<*<* for checking the firmware revision information (software release) >*<<*<*>> n-row text
strings. if pressing yes you
can check the phones text
programming in currently
selected language. Shortcut for Last Dialed call
menu
If you for some reason don ’t want to enter the ‘Last Dialed calls menu’ by using the ‘YES ’ key you can use the following key stroke
instead: First ’0′ then ‘#’. Access menu without Sim
card
To access to the menu in
your phone without having
a card inside do the
following: type **04*0000*0000*0000# When
display say “Wrong Pin ” press NO and you have access
to the all menus: Info,
Access, Settings, Calculator,
Clock, Keylock On?, Mail,
Phone book. NOTE if you try
this on your phone may stop at Keylock On? menu and
you´ll have to take your
battery out to turn the
phone on again. And this will
not care about Phone lock! A way to (un)lock your cell
phone on to the network
(subset):
1. Press <**< 2. Then on the display appear and give you two choices: Lock to Network ? and Lock to Network subset? (Use arrow keys to select) 3. Enter the NCK number (code is provided by the SP) 4. You have 5 attemps to do this 5. Then your cell phone will work 'only' with the network Warning: The Service Provider (SP) Lock menu 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. To activate/deactivate this lock one needs a special secret code that is not available to the end user. Your phone can be locked to a service provider FOREVER by doing this! If an invalid code is entered all five times, the menu will exit and be deactivated! Any further attempt to activate the NCK/ NSCK lock Menu will result in the response "Not allowed"! However the NCK/NSCK lock can be recover through a direct clearing in the EEPROM. Message Report When you writing a message, place at the start of it the code *0# and continue with your message. It's job is like nokias report. It gives you information about the sended message. T18 *#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 To access SIM-Locking menu of your phone, press: < * [CLR] < Be carefull or you may lock your phone. Message Report When you writing a message, place at the start of it the code *0# and continue with your message. It's job is like nokias report. It gives you information about the sended message. T28 *#06# for checking the IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) >*<<*<* for checking the firmware revision information (software release) >*<<*<*> 1-row text strings.
if pressing yes you can check
the phones text
programming in currently
selected language. >*<<*<*>> n-row text
strings. if pressing yes you
can check the phones text
programming in currently
selected language. The Service Provider (SP)
Lock
The Service Provider (SP)
Lock menu 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. To activate/deactivate this
lock one needs a special
secret code that is not
available to the end user. Here is how to activate the
menu: <**< Lock to Network? if pressing yes you have 5 attempts to enter NCK. <**<< Lock to Network subset? if pressing yes you have 5 attempts to enter NSCK. Warning: Your phone can be locked to a service provider FOREVER by doing this! If an invalid code is entered all five times, the menu will exit and be deactivated! Any further attempt to activate the NCK/NSCK lock Menu will result in the response "Not allowed"! However the NCK/ NSCK lock can be recover through a direct clearing in the EEPROM. Shortcut for Last Dialed call menu If you for some reason don't want to enter the 'Last Dialed calls menu' by using the 'YES' key you can use the following key stroke instead: First '0' then '#'. Message Report When you are writing a message, place at the start of it the code *0# and continue with your message. It's job is like nokias report. It gives you information about the sended message. 388 *#06# for checking the IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) *#0000# to reset the phones menu-language to English. >*<<*<* for checking the firmware revision information (software release) >*<<*<*> 1-row text strings.
if pressing yes you can check
the phones text
programming in currently
selected language. (298
entries) >*<<*<*>> n-row text
strings. if pressing yes you
can check the phones text
programming in currently
selected language. (160
entries?) The Service Provider (SP)
Lock menu 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. To activate/deactivate this
lock one needs a special
secret code that is not
available to the end user.
(not even to you … or is it ? in case please let me know!) <**< Lock to Network? if pressing yes you have 5 attempts to enter NCK. <**<< Lock to Network subset? if pressing yes you have 5 attempts to enter NSCK. Warning: Your phone can be locked to a service provider FOREVER by doing this! If an invalid code is entered all five times, the menu will exit and be deactivated! Any further attempt to activate the NCK/NSCK lock Menu will result in the response "Not allowed"! However the NCK/ NSCK lock can be recover through a direct clearing in the EEPROM. Shortcut for Last Dialed call menu... If you for some reason don't want to enter the 'Last Dialed calls menu' by using the 'YES' key you can use the following key stroke instead: First '0' then '#'. Access menu without Sim card ... To access to the menu in your phone without having a card inside do the following: type **04*0000*0000*0000# When display say "Wrong Pin" press NO and you have access to the all menus: Info, Access, Settings, Calculator, Clock, Keylock On?, Mail, Phone book. NOTE if you try this on the GH688 your phone may stop at Keylock On? menu and you´ll have to take your battery out to turn the phone on again. GA628 *#06# for checking the IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) *#0000# to reset the phones menu-language to English. *#103# then YES Time and date will be shown. >*<<*<* for checking the firmware revision information (software release) >*<<*<*> 1-row text strings.
if pressing yes you can check
the phones text
programming in currently
selected language. (298
entries) >*<<*<*>> n-row text
strings. if pressing yes you
can check the phones text
programming in currently
selected language. (160
entries?) The Service Provider (SP)
Lock
The Service Provider (SP)
Lock menu 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. To activate/deactivate this
lock one needs a special
secret code that is not
available to the end user. Here is how to activate the
menu: <**< Lock to Network? if pressing yes you have 5 attempts to enter NCK. <**<< Lock to Network subset? if pressing yes you have 5 attempts to enter NSCK. Warning: Your phone can be locked to a service provider FOREVER by doing this! If an invalid code is entered all five times, the menu will exit and be deactivated! Any further attempt to activate the NCK/NSCK lock Menu will result in the response "Not allowed"! However the NCK/ NSCK lock can be recover through a direct clearing in the EEPROM. Shortcut for Last Dialed call menu If you for some reason don't want to enter the 'Last Dialed calls menu' by using the 'YES' key you can use the following key stroke instead: First '0' then '#'. Bat. level indicator when turned OFF When the phone is turned off and the phone is not changing - the bat. level can be seen for a short period of time by pressing the 'NO' key quick once (it has to be quick!) and then wait for about 2 sec. The bat. level will now be shown in the display at its normal position. Access menu without Sim card To access to the menu in your phone without having a card inside do the following: type **04*0000*0000*0000# When display say "Wrong Pin" press NO and you have access to the all menus: Info, Access, Settings, Calculator, Clock, Keylock On?, Mail, Phone book. NOTE if you try this on your phone may stop at Keylock On? menu and you´ll have to take your battery out to turn the phone on again. Alarm Clock Menu Go to MissedCall Empty the list Press the -> key for a
second or two The option
Menu size turns up Choose
‘yes ’ and go from there. An alarm clock turned up
too but it never rang. I think
this was because there is no
clock in the phone. Free phone calls using the
GA628
This trick has only been
reported working on
PREPAID GSM CARDS and in
some countries and with some sw versions. The prepaid GSM SIM CARD is
a kind of “SIM card” which only has a sertant amount of
credit on it (like a normal
phonebox telecard) … if it can be traced? – we don ’t know … Well..here ’s the trick you dial the no. normally and press
YES. While “connecting ” is shown on the screen, the
following procedure should
be carried out: Press CLR then
0 then # and then NO (twice)
so as to switch OFF the
phone. You can then still speak on the phone while it
is switched off but the SIM
card does not record your
calls which will lead to FREE
phone calls in some
countries.. we hope!! Another variant of the code
Make a Call, while the phone
says Connecting type 083#
(the position 83 must be
empty! ), when phone says
Pos Emtpy, press the NO key and turn off the phone. If you can make the call
with the phone turned off
you will face a problem
when you need to hang up
the phone …the only way for you to do that is remove the
battery …??? Gh688 *#06# for checking the IMEI
(International Mobile
Equipment Identity) *#0000# to reset the phones
menu-language to English. *#103# then YES Time and
date will be shown. >*<<*<* for checking the firmware revision information (software release) >*<<*<*> 1-row text strings.
if pressing yes you can check
the phones text
programming in currently
selected language. (298
entries) >*<<*<*>> n-row text
strings. if pressing yes you
can check the phones text
programming in currently
selected language. (160
entries?) The Service Provider (SP)
Lock
The Service Provider (SP)
Lock menu 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. To activate/deactivate this
lock one needs a special
secret code that is not
available to the end user. Here is how to activate the
menu: <**< Lock to Network? if pressing yes you have 5 attempts to enter NCK. <**<< Lock to Network subset? if pressing yes you have 5 attempts to enter NSCK. Warning: Your phone can be locked to a service provider FOREVER by doing this! If an invalid code is entered all five times, the menu will exit and be deactivated! Any further attempt to activate the NCK/NSCK lock Menu will result in the response "Not allowed"! However the NCK/ NSCK lock can be recover through a direct clearing in the EEPROM. Shortcut for Last Dialed call menu If you for some reason don't want to enter the 'Last Dialed calls menu' by using the 'YES' key you can use the following key stroke instead: First '0' then '#'. Bat. level indicator when turned OFF When the phone is turned off and the phone is not changing - the bat. level can be seen for a short period of time by pressing the 'NO' key quick once (it has to be quick!) and then wait for about 2 sec. The bat. level will now be shown in the display at its normal position. Access menu without Sim card To access to the menu in your phone without having a card inside do the following: type **04*0000*0000*0000# When display say "Wrong Pin" press NO and you have access to the all menus: Info, Access, Settings, Calculator, Clock, Keylock On?, Mail, Phone book. NOTE if you try this on your phone may stop at Keylock On? menu and you´ll have to take your battery out to turn the phone on again. Full Operator List You can view the full operator list by doing the following: Go to the 'Edit list' menu under 'networks'. The phone say 'please wait' (searching for other networks). When finished, Press the < key once, then YES twice. Now the phone displays the full list. Browse through the list with the < > keys. Monitor mod on Ericsson
GH688
How to enable net monitor
on Ericson 688.. 1. Remove SIM from phone
2. Dial 112, press YES, hear
something
3. Dial 112YESNO 4. Press < (left arrow) before SETTINGS 5. Then YES, <(left arrow), then you will see NM on? 6. press YES Free phone calls using the GH688 This trick has only been reported working on PREPAID GSM CARDS and in some countries and with some sw versions. The prepaid GSM SIM CARD is a kind of "SIM card" which only has a sertant amount of credit on it (like a normal phonebox telecard)... if it can be traced? - we don't know... Well..here's the trick you dial the no. normally and press YES. While "connecting" is shown on the screen, the following procedure should be carried out: Press CLR then 0 then # and then NO (twice) so as to switch OFF the phone. You can then still speak on the phone while it is switched off but the SIM card does not record your calls which will lead to FREE phone calls in some countries.. we hope!! Another variant of the code Make a Call, while the phone says Connecting type 083# (the position 83 must be empty! ), when phone says Pos Emtpy, press the NO key and turn off the phone. If you can make the call with the phone turned off you will face a problem when you need to hang up the phone...the only way for you to do that is remove the battery...??? GF788 *#06# for checking the IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) If you dial 923885 and > .It ’ll appear a great menu, to
change several options like
menu’s string( welcome, roaming, normal), to change
band codes and other things. >*<<*<* for checking the firmware revision information (software release) >*<<*<*> 1-row text strings.
if pressing yes you can check
the phones text
programming in currently
selected language. (298
entries) >*<<*<*>> n-row text
strings. if pressing yes you
can check the phones text
programming in currently
selected language. (160
entries?) The Service Provider (SP)
Lock
The Service Provider (SP)
Lock menu 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. To activate/deactivate this
lock one needs a special
secret code that is not
available to the end user. Here is how to activate the
menu: <**< Lock to Network? if pressing yes you have 5 attempts to enter NCK. <**<< Lock to Network subset? if pressing yes you have 5 attempts to enter NSCK. Warning: Your phone can be locked to a service provider FOREVER by doing this! If an invalid code is entered all five times, the menu will exit and be deactivated! Any further attempt to activate the NCK/NSCK lock Menu will result in the response "Not allowed"! However the NCK/ NSCK lock can be recover through a direct clearing in the EEPROM. Shortcut for Last Dialed call menu If you for some reason don't want to enter the 'Last Dialed calls menu' by using the 'YES' key you can use the following key stroke instead: First '0' then '#'. Bat. level indicator when turned OFF When the phone is turned off and the phone is not changing - the bat. level can be seen for a short period of time by pressing the 'NO' key quick once (it has to be quick!) and then wait for about 2 sec. The bat. level will now be shown in the display at its normal position. Access menu without Sim card To access to the menu in your phone without having a card inside do the following: type **04*0000*0000*0000# When display say "Wrong Pin" press NO and you have access to the all menus: Info, Access, Settings, Calculator, Clock, Keylock On?, Mail, Phone book. NOTE if you try this on your phone may stop at Keylock On? menu and you´ll have to take your battery out to turn the phone on again. Free phone calls using the GF788 This trick has only been reported working on PREPAID GSM CARDS and in some countries and with some sw versions. The prepaid GSM SIM CARD is a kind of "SIM card" which only has a sertant amount of credit on it (like a normal phonebox telecard)... if it can be traced? - we don't know... Well..here's the trick you dial the no. normally and press YES. While "connecting" is shown on the screen, the following procedure should be carried out: Press CLR then 0 then # and then NO (twice) so as to switch OFF the phone. You can then still speak on the phone while it is switched off but the SIM card does not record your calls which will lead to FREE phone calls in some countries.. we hope!! Another variant of the code Make a Call, while the phone says Connecting type 083# (the position 83 must be empty! ), when phone says Pos Emtpy, press the NO key and turn off the phone. If you can make the call with the phone turned off you will face a problem when you need to hang up the phone...the only way for you to do that is remove the battery...??? SH888 *#06# for checking the IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) >*<<*<* for checking the firmware revision information (software release) >*<<*<*> 1-row text strings.
if pressing yes you can check
the phones text
programming in currently
selected language. >*<<*<*>> n-row text
strings. if pressing yes you
can check the phones text
programming in currently
selected language. >*<<*<*>>> IR version info. if
pressing yes you can check
the phones IR device ’s driver version. The Service Provider (SP)
Lock
The Service Provider (SP)
Lock menu 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. To activate/deactivate this
lock one needs a special
secret code that is not
available to the end user. Here is how to activate the
menu: <**< Lock to Network? if pressing yes you have 5 attempts to enter NCK. <**<< Lock to Network subset? if pressing yes you have 5 attempts to enter NSCK. Warning: Your phone can be locked to a service provider FOREVER by doing this! If an invalid code is entered all five times, the menu will exit and be deactivated! Any further attempt to activate the NCK/NSCK lock Menu will result in the response "Not allowed"! However the NCK/ NSCK lock can be recover through a direct clearing in the EEPROM. Shortcut for Last Dialed call menu If you for some reason don't want to enter the 'Last Dialed calls menu' by using the 'YES' key you can use the following key stroke instead: First '0' then '#'. Bat. level indicator when turned OFF When the phone is turned off and the phone is not changing - the bat. level can be seen for a short period of time by pressing the 'NO' key quick once (it has to be quick!) and then wait for about 2 sec. The bat. level will now be shown in the display at its normal position. Access menu without Sim card To access to the menu in your phone without having a card inside do the following: type **04*0000*0000*0000# When display say "Wrong Pin" press NO and you have access to the all menus: Info, Access, Settings, Calculator, Clock, Keylock On?, Mail, Phone book. NOTE if you try this on your phone may stop at Keylock On? menu and you´ll have to take your battery out to turn the phone on again. OTHERS Ericsson DH368 Try these Codes on your DH-368 phone: 1. Power on. 2. Press 904059 + 'MENU' 3. 'TEST SET' display ... 4. Press 'YES' will display @ then press 1 'RCL' will turn light off and you will see 'DONE' 5. Press 'YES' will display @ then press 86 'RCL' display 'DONE' also you will hear static... You can just enter the channel number (up to 1023) by pressing 'Yes' 3 'CLR' XXXX - channel number to enter a channel directly. You can also see the signal level on channel by pressing 3 'MENU'. You can see the ESN number by pressing 'YES' 1 'RCL' 96 in HEX format. 6. Press 3 to exit, now you phone will power down and power up again. You can install the phone number into the phone by pressing 923885 + 'MENU' Ericsson GF768 Edit Greetings Tip 1. Go to the Keylock menu. 2. Set lock to Auto. 3. Press YES then hold the left arrow untill the Greetings menu appears. GF788 menu in your GF768 phone! (1) 1. Go to the EDIT MENU and press YES. 2. Type the number "2" and press YES. 3. In "NAME" HOLD DOWN the "2" key untill the number "2" apperars. Press YES. 4. Press YES again (to save any position) then QUICKLY press and hold left arrow (<) untill "SIZE" appears in the display. 5.Press YES and choose "Full size". You now have the GF788 menu! NB. Confirmed working on version 970716 and 980318. GF788 menu in your GF768 phone! (2) 1.Go to MissedCall 2. Empty the list 3. Press the -> key for a
second or two
4. The option Menu size turns
up 5. Choose ‘yes ’ and go from there NB. Confirmed working on
version 990122. GF788 menu in your GF768
phone! (3) 1. Go and set the ring volume
and press yes.
2. When ‘STORED ’ is displayed – keep the right button -> pressed until ‘Extended Menu’ is displayed. 3. Select “Activate ” the menus and you now have
lots of extra features NB. Confirmed working on
version 980910 Ericsson A1018s (UN)LOCKING YOUR ERICSSON
A1018s TO SPECIFIC
NETWORK : A way to (un)lock your cell
phone on to the network: 1. Press : <**<
2. Then on the display appear
and give you two choices:
Lock to Network ? and Lock
to Network subset?
3. Enter the NCK number (code is provided by the SP)
4. You have 5 attempts to do
this
5. Then your cell phone will
work ‘only ’ with the network