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?
--
Oliver
(replies to the "Reply-to:" address will reach me;
unless spam is sent to it, after which all its mail will
be discarded}.
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)...
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.
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:
>
>> 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/...ret_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.
--
Oliver
(replies to the "Reply-to:" address will reach me;
unless spam is sent to it, after which all its mail will
be discarded}.
On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:24:36 UTC, Theo Markettos
<theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
> Bob Eager <rde42@spamcop.net> wrote:
> > Not the actual phone number, but the number of the phone..(IMEI)...
> >
> > http://www.flatbatt.co.uk/Unlocking/...ret_codes.html
>
> *#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.
--
Bob Eager
begin 123 a new life...take up Extreme Ironing!
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:
>> 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.
Theo Markettos wrote:
> Bob Eager <rde42@spamcop.net> wrote:
>> Not the actual phone number, but the number of the phone..(IMEI)...
>>
>> http://www.flatbatt.co.uk/Unlocking/...ret_codes.html
>
> *#06# is a GSM standard (I think) so it should work on any model of phone.
>
>
That gives the serial number.
"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:
>> 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.
That code only works on Vodafone (and VMP resellers)
"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:
>
>> 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/...ret_codes.html
There are far more codes than that. Some can be quite malicious ;o)
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:
>
>> Bob Eager <rde42@spamcop.net> wrote:
>> > Not the actual phone number, but the number of the phone..(IMEI)...
>> >
>> > http://www.flatbatt.co.uk/Unlocking/...ret_codes.html
>>
>> *#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.
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.
In article <s5mozMIwkB7HFwpd@b10gw.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?
--
Regards
Jon
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:
>
> >On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:24:36 UTC, Theo Markettos
> ><theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
> >
> >> Bob Eager <rde42@spamcop.net> wrote:
> >> > Not the actual phone number, but the number of the phone..(IMEI)...
> >> >
> >> > http://www.flatbatt.co.uk/Unlocking/...ret_codes.html
> >>
> >> *#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.
>
> 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!
In message <MPG.2256ad17fd313461989740@nntp.aioe.org>, Jon
<spam@jonparker.plus.com> writes
>
>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}.
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:
>
>> 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:
>> >
>> >> Bob Eager <rde42@spamcop.net> wrote:
>> >> > Not the actual phone number, but the number of the phone..(IMEI)...
>> >> >
>> >> > http://www.flatbatt.co.uk/Unlocking/...ret_codes.html
>> >>
>> >> *#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.
>>
>> 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.
Sorry, I had intended to reply to the original poster.
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:
>
> >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:
> >>
> >> >On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:24:36 UTC, Theo Markettos
> >> ><theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Bob Eager <rde42@spamcop.net> wrote:
> >> >> > Not the actual phone number, but the number of the phone..(IMEI)...
> >> >> >
> >> >> > http://www.flatbatt.co.uk/Unlocking/...ret_codes.html
> >> >>
> >> >> *#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.
> >>
> >> 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.
>
> Sorry, I had intended to reply to the original poster.
No problem!
--
Bob Eager
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