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Universal code for own number
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| Oliver W 2008-03-27, 10:33 pm |
| A few days ago a friend showed me an email he had received which quoted
a code that can be keyed into virtually any mobile phone to get it to
display the phone number of the SIM card in it. I can't remember the
code exactly, but it did work on my phone (Nokia 1100).
The code was, IIRC:
one or both of # and *
followed by a 2 or 3 digit number containing a 6,
then one or both of # and *.
Can somebody inform us what that code is?
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Oliver
(replies to the "Reply-to:" address will reach me;
unless spam is sent to it, after which all its mail will
be discarded}.
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| Bob Eager 2008-03-27, 10:33 pm |
| On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:01:20 UTC, Oliver W
<oliver@b10gw.deletespam.org.uk> wrote:
> A few days ago a friend showed me an email he had received which quoted
> a code that can be keyed into virtually any mobile phone to get it to
> display the phone number of the SIM card in it. I can't remember the
> code exactly, but it did work on my phone (Nokia 1100).
>
> The code was, IIRC:
> one or both of # and *
> followed by a 2 or 3 digit number containing a 6,
> then one or both of # and *.
>
> Can somebody inform us what that code is?
Not the actual phone number, but the number of the phone..(IMEI)...
http://www.flatbatt.co.uk/Unlocking...cret_codes.html
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Bob Eager
begin 123 a new life...take up Extreme Ironing!
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| Oliver W 2008-03-27, 10:33 pm |
| In message <176uZD2KcidF-pn2-sx9uwH4dce5z@rikki.tavi.co.uk>, Bob Eager
<rde42@spamcop.net> writes
>On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:01:20 UTC, Oliver W
><oliver@b10gw.deletespam.org.uk> wrote:
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>Not the actual phone number, but the number of the phone..(IMEI)...
>
> http://www.flatbatt.co.uk/Unlocking...cret_codes.html
Well, those are interesting numbers, but I'm sure this was the real
phone number (079.....), not the IMEI number. I wouldn't have remembered
it as being useful otherwise.
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Oliver
(replies to the "Reply-to:" address will reach me;
unless spam is sent to it, after which all its mail will
be discarded}.
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| Whiskers 2008-03-27, 10:33 pm |
| On 2008-03-27, Oliver W <oliver@b10gw.deletespam.org.uk> wrote:
> A few days ago a friend showed me an email he had received which quoted
> a code that can be keyed into virtually any mobile phone to get it to
> display the phone number of the SIM card in it. I can't remember the
> code exactly, but it did work on my phone (Nokia 1100).
>
> The code was, IIRC:
> one or both of # and *
> followed by a 2 or 3 digit number containing a 6,
> then one or both of # and *.
>
> Can somebody inform us what that code is?
My Nokia (on TalkMobile which uses the Vodaphone network) came with a
pre-configured entry in the 'names' for 'My Number'. The code there is
*#100# but I supppose other networks might have other codes.
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-- Whiskers
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| Theo Markettos 2008-03-27, 10:33 pm |
| Bob Eager <rde42@spamcop.net> wrote:
> Not the actual phone number, but the number of the phone..(IMEI)...
>
> http://www.flatbatt.co.uk/Unlocking...cret_codes.html
*#06# is a GSM standard (I think) so it should work on any model of phone.
Theo
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| Bob Eager 2008-03-27, 10:33 pm |
| On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:24:36 UTC, Theo Markettos
<theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
> Bob Eager <rde42@spamcop.net> wrote:
>
> *#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.
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Bob Eager
begin 123 a new life...take up Extreme Ironing!
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| PeterT 2008-03-27, 10:33 pm |
| On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:16:58 +0000, Whiskers
< catwheezel@operamail
.com> wrote:
>On 2008-03-27, Oliver W <oliver@b10gw.deletespam.org.uk> wrote:
>
>My Nokia (on TalkMobile which uses the Vodaphone network) came with a
>pre-configured entry in the 'names' for 'My Number'. The code there is
>*#100# but I supppose other networks might have other codes.
Works on my Nokia (On Voda)
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Cheers
Peter
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| S Viemeister 2008-03-27, 10:33 pm |
| Theo Markettos wrote:
> Bob Eager <rde42@spamcop.net> wrote:
>
> *#06# is a GSM standard (I think) so it should work on any model of phone.
>
>
That gives the serial number.
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| Gizmo. 2008-03-27, 10:33 pm |
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"Whiskers" < catwheezel@operamail
.com> wrote in message
news:slrnfuo76q.ceh.catwheezel@ID-107770.user.individual.net...
> On 2008-03-27, Oliver W <oliver@b10gw.deletespam.org.uk> wrote:
>
> My Nokia (on TalkMobile which uses the Vodaphone network) came with a
> pre-configured entry in the 'names' for 'My Number'. The code there is
> *#100# but I supppose other networks might have other codes.
That code only works on Vodafone (and VMP resellers)
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| Gizmo. 2008-03-27, 10:33 pm |
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"Bob Eager" <rde42@spamcop.net> wrote in message
news:176uZD2KcidF-pn2-sx9uwH4dce5z@rikki.tavi.co.uk...
> On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:01:20 UTC, Oliver W
> <oliver@b10gw.deletespam.org.uk> wrote:
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> Not the actual phone number, but the number of the phone..(IMEI)...
>
> http://www.flatbatt.co.uk/Unlocking...cret_codes.html
There are far more codes than that. Some can be quite malicious ;o)
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| mymail@hotmail.co.uk 2008-03-27, 10:33 pm |
| On 27 Mar 2008 22:24:36 +0000 (GMT), Theo Markettos
<theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
>Bob Eager <rde42@spamcop.net> wrote:
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>*#06# is a GSM standard (I think) so it should work on any model of phone.
Only brings up the serial number on mine " Virgin"
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| Colin Wilson 2008-03-27, 10:33 pm |
| > There are far more codes than that. Some can be quite malicious ;o)
Go on, do tell !
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| Chris Blunt 2008-03-27, 10:33 pm |
| On 27 Mar 2008 22:42:18 GMT, "Bob Eager" <rde42@spamcop.net> wrote:
>On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:24:36 UTC, Theo Markettos
><theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
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>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.
Chris
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| In article < s5mozMIwkB7HFwpd@b10
gw.deletespam.org.uk>,
oliver@b10gw.deletespam.org.uk says...
> A few days ago a friend showed me an email he had received which quoted
> a code that can be keyed into virtually any mobile phone to get it to
> display the phone number of the SIM card in it. I can't remember the
> code exactly, but it did work on my phone (Nokia 1100).
>
> The code was, IIRC:
> one or both of # and *
> followed by a 2 or 3 digit number containing a 6,
> then one or both of # and *.
>
> Can somebody inform us what that code is?
There isn't one.
IMEI number is *#06#, but that has nothing to do with phone number.
Why not just ask your friend again?
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Regards
Jon
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| Bob Eager 2008-03-28, 4:33 am |
| On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:16:28 UTC, Chris Blunt <mail@nospam.com> wrote:
> On 27 Mar 2008 22:42:18 GMT, "Bob Eager" <rde42@spamcop.net> wrote:
>
>
> 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.
--
Bob Eager
begin 123 a new life...take up Extreme Ironing!
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| Oliver W 2008-03-28, 10:34 am |
| In message <MPG. 2256ad17fd3134619897
40@nntp.aioe.org>, Jon
<spam@jonparker.plus.com> writes
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>IMEI number is *#06#, but that has nothing to do with phone number.
>
>Why not just ask your friend again?
I'll do that - I expect to see him on Monday.
--
Oliver
(replies to the "Reply-to:" address will reach me;
unless spam is sent to it, after which all its mail will
be discarded}.
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| Chris Blunt 2008-03-28, 10:34 am |
| On 28 Mar 2008 07:34:06 GMT, "Bob Eager" <rde42@spamcop.net> wrote:
>On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:16:28 UTC, Chris Blunt <mail@nospam.com> wrote:
>
>
>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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| Bob Eager 2008-03-28, 10:34 am |
| On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:30:24 UTC, Chris Blunt <mail@nospam.com> wrote:
> On 28 Mar 2008 07:34:06 GMT, "Bob Eager" <rde42@spamcop.net> wrote:
>
>
> Sorry, I had intended to reply to the original poster.
No problem!
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Bob Eager
begin 123 a new life...take up Extreme Ironing!
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