"Tech Mode" on SE phones...

Ways to activate TechMode:

enter "*585*0000#" in standby mode + Send button
enter "*585*0000" in standby mode + Call button

You will see on the screen:
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TechMode started


Go to My Shortcuts -> you will see TechMode application.
You can see the TechMode application in Settings->Mobile Networks.

There are 3 screens in TechMode:
- GSM Channel
- GSM AMR
- GSM GPRS
For toggling between screens use joystick right.(left isn't workin on my phone:) )

To minimize TechMode push and hold return button.

On my K750i@W800i only the music button and the Walkman button work while in TechMode

On a phone TechMode screen may look like this:

GSM Channel
A BBB CC -DD EEEEF G
HHHH I JJJ K LL MM
NNN OO PP QQQ RR SSSS
TTT TT UUU UU VVV VV
WWW WW XXX XX ZZZ ZZ

In standby mode it shows only some parameters.

A - current type of service:

* B - Broadcast control channel
* S - Standalone dedicated control channel
* T - Transfer channel
* F - Frequency Hopping

BBB - number of current channel:

* 001...124 - GSM900
* 512...885 - DCS1800
* 974...1023 - EGSM900
* 9999 - no signal

CC - no info, seems like it depends of operator settings
-DD - Rxl (recieve level): -40dBm...-117dBm, -40 is strongest signal
EEEE - Cell ID
F - Cell sector number
G - no info (my phone shows 1 or "---" when phone hopps to other cell. Shows 2 with another SIM. When I switched phone to another operator network 93)
HHHH - seems like another channel
I - no info (in my phone almost always 4, possibly fiquency of phone registration at network)
JJJ - no info, range 0...31
K - no info (seems like Timeslot number)
LL - no info (seems like time advance, range 0...34)
MM - no info
NNN - rate of speech codec:

* HR - half rate
* FR - full rate
* EFR - enhanced full rate

OO - no info, range 0...95 (possybly RxQual)
PP - no info, range 0...83
QQQ - network country code (NCC)
RR - operator code (MNC)
SSSS - Location area code
TTT TT, UUU UU, VVV VV, WWW WW, XXX XX, ZZZ ZZ - numbers & Rxl of the best alternative channels

Code *585*0000# tested & working fine on following handsets:

* SE K750 - R1CA021
* SE К750 - R1DB001
* SE K750 - R1BC002
* SE K600 - R2BA019
* SE D750i - R1BC002
* SE W800 - R1BC002

SE W810i - R4DB005 after code *585*0000 + call wrote SIM unactive & went offline

:cool:///**use at own risk**///:rolleyes:

on my W810 R4EA031 it worked.

I would try on my W580i but i dont want to mess it up lol

how it enable on phone with cid53

sztygr, cid53 contain special codes for tech mode? phone?

i got a "UNKNOWN APPLICATION" error on my K800i (R1KG001 - CID52)

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Originally Posted by jamiegwill

I would try on my W580i but i dont want to mess it up lol

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It wont mess up. whether it will work or it will just dial the code and nothin will happen...

I dont know about cid52 or 53... I have just tested it on cid 36 and cid 49. and it worked in both...

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Originally Posted by EccTM

i got a "UNKNOWN APPLICATION" error on my K800i (R1KG001 - CID52)

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On K800/K810 phones ( may be all Sony Ericsson phones ) must put this customize_upgrade.xml in tpa\preset\custom :

Code:

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<customization>
<network>
<techmode-enabled>true</techmode-enabled>
<techmode-passcode>0000</techmode-passcode>
<techmode-internetbutton>false</techmode-internetbutton>
</network>
</customization>

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