Revealing the Headphone and Car-Kit menus

             Please note that if you do these next tricks, the new menus can't be erased without retoring the factory default settings. To do these tricks you need to short-circuit the pins on the bottom of the phone next to where you plug in you charger.

1. To activate the "Headset" menu, you need to short-circuit pins "3" and "4". After a short time the word "Headset" will be shown in the display. Menu 3-6 is now enabled.

2. To activate the "Car" menu, you need to short-circuit pins "4" and "5". After a short time the word "Car" will be shown in the display. Menu 3-7 is now enabled.

THE REBOOT TRICK

This should work on all software versions of the 6110.

1. Go to the Calendar (Menu-8)

2. Make a note or reminder.

3. Enter some text into the edit box.

4. Hold "Clear" until the whole text is cleared, then press "Back".

5. Press "0". The main screen will now be showing but a space appears on the screen. (you can't see it)

6. Enter 4 digits (e.g. 1234).

7. Use the down arrow to move the cursor to the left side of the numbers and the space (Down arrow twice).

8. Now enter 6 digits and press the call button.

Wait for a few seconds, the screen should start to flash and reboots. It should alsowork on other menus like the "Profiles" menu.

EFR CALL QUALITY

To activate EFR (Enhanced Full Rate) Enter the code-

*3370#

This improves call quality but decreases batterylife by about 5%

To deactivate it, Enter the code-

#3370#

THE JAMES BOND TRICK

If you short-circuit theleft middle and right pins on the bottom of the phone with all connections touching each other, the Nokia software hangs! The profile "Headset" will be activated. Before you do this just activate the "Automatic Answer" in the headset profile and set the ringing volume to "Mute". Now you can use your phone for checking out what people are talking about in a room. Just place it under a table in a room and call it. The phone receives the call without ringing and you can listen to what people are saying.

NETWORK MONITOR

   There is a hidden menu inside your Nokia phone. If you want to activate it, you'll have to re-program some chips inside of your phone.

1.     Check your software version. You can only continue if you have v4.33, v4.73 or v5.24.

2.     Take apart the phone.

3.     De-solder the EEPROM (ATMEL AT 24C64).

4.     Read out the data with an EEPROM programmer and save it to a file (Backup).

5.     If you have v.33 or v4.73, change the address "03B8" from "00" to "FF".

6.     If you have v5.24 then change the address "0378" from "00" to "FF".

7.     Write the new data to the EEPROM and solder it back to the phone,

8.     Power on your phone and you should have "Netmonitor" enabled.

The Network Monitor gives you the following information.

·         Carrier number

·         MS RX Level in DBM

·         Received signal quality

·         MS TX power level

·         C1 (Path loss criterion, used for cell selection and reselection). The range is -99 to 99.

·         RTL (Radio link timeout).

·         Timeslot

·         Indication of the transmitter status

·         Information on the Network parameters.

·         TMSI (Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity).

·         Cell identification (Cell ID, Number of cells being used).

·         MCC (Mobile country code)

·         MCN (Mobile network code)

·         LAC (Location area code)

·         Ciphering (On/Off)

·         Hopping (On/Off)

·         DTX (On/Off)

·         Discard cell barred information

CHECK SIM-LOCK

Note - If you bought your Nokia on UK Vodafone or UK Cellnet you do not need to check this because they both transmit on GSM900, and they don't lock the phones. However if you bought your phone on UK Orange or UK One2one your phone may be blocked. The reason is that they both transmitt on GSM1800. To make a call on GSM1800 you need what is known as a "Dual band" phone. A dual band phone is able to transmit on both GSM900 and GSM1800, so they lock the phones so you can't use it with any other network simcard. If you find that your phone is locked you can try different software to unlock it. (we havn't found one that works yet), or you can ask your service provider who will gladly exchange the 10 digit code for about £35.

This is how to check the status of the 4 different locks. Aslo don't try entering the wrong number, because after 3 times it will block the phone for good.

There are 4 different locks on your Nokia phone.

·         COUNTRY-LOCK

·         NETWORK-LOCK

·         PROVIDER-LOCK

·         SIMCARD-LOCK

The code to read out the sim-lock status of your phone is

#PW+(MASTERCODE)+(Y)#

·         # = DOUBLE-CROSS

·         W = PRESS "*" THREE TIMES

·         P = PRESS "*" FOUR TIMES

·         + = PRESS "*" TWO TIMES

·         MASTERCODE = 1234567890

·         Y = NUMBER 1 TO 4

The master code is a secret code. The code has 10 digits, To read out the sim-lock status you can enter every combination you want!

"Y" Shows the status of the network-lock. Here you can enter a number from "1" to "4". The "4" is for the sim-card lock.

SIM-LOCK CHECKS

 #PW+1234567890+1# = GIVES PROVIDER-LOCK STATUS    #PW+1234567890+2# = GIVES NETWORK-LOCK STATUS      #PW+1234567890+3# = GIVES COUNTRY-LOCK STATUS         #PW+1234567890+4# = GIVES SIM-CARD-LOCK STATUS.

Click Here for Nokia Secret Codes

Nokia Mobile Secret Codes:

1.  IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity)

          Code: *#06#

     Ex:   XXXXXX     XX     XXXXXX    X
               TAC     FAC      SNR     SP

TAC = Type approval code of your nokia Mobile
FAC = Final assembly code of your cell phone
SNR = Serial number of your nokia Phone
SP = Spare

2. Software revision
         

            Code:  *#0000#

3. secret menu
           

             Code:  *#92702689# [*#war0anty#]

It will take you to a secret menu where you may find some of The information below:
            a. Displays Serial Number.
            b . Displays the Month andYear of Manufacture
            c. Displays (if there) the date where the phone was
              Purchased (MMYY)
            d. Displays the date of the last repair - if found (0000)
            e. Shows life timer of phone (time passes since last start)

4  Factory Setting Rest
  

          Code: *#7780#

5.  Clock Stopping

To check weather your SIM Card supports clock stopping type-

*#746025625# (*#SIM0CLOCK#)

Hard Reset

or

Factory Reset

Hard Reset : reformat the FirmWare, wipe out files and settings in internal memory.
Factory Reset: restore phone to factory settings, wipe out account, contact, application settings.

                  Are you buying a new mobile phone? For about five years now, the question for smartphone buyers is still bit confusing.  Answering that question is more difficult than ever.

 There are many choices around there and it all depends on the features you want. Either way, today's mobile phone's become smarter and it almost replaces your compute

                 The choices are Android, Windows Phone 7, iPhone / iOS / BlackBerry and Symbian OS platforms.

So, Below is a small comparision table for Selecting a Best Smartphone

Smartphone Operating System	User Interface (On Scale of 10)	Application Availability (On Scale of 5)	Total (On Scale of 15)
iPhone OS	9	4.5	13.5
Android	9	4	13
Windows Phone 7	9	2	11
Symbian 3	7	2.5	9.5
BlackBerry OS 6	7	2.5	9.5
Windows Mobile 6.5	6	3	9
Symbian S60	6	2.5	8.5
BlackBerry OS 5	6	2.5	8.5

The iPhone OS and Android emerge out as the clear winners. Its tough to decide between them, but you can’t go wrong with either of those two. They are both intuitive and well designed. Windows Phone 7 is the new kid on the block to watch out for. It presents a completely fresh, new interface that is great at getting things done quickly, and should appeal to a large segment of users looking for no-nonsense phones.

BlackBerry and Symbian are solid operating systems in their own right, and have large (and loyal) user bases. But in an objective analysis they tend to fall behind a little when compared to the best-in-class. They will need to ramp up their game a bit (which they do seem to be doing with their latest versions), to stay among the top contenders in the long term.

Power Saver Simple Circuit:

          To design a Simple Power Saver You just need a capacitor of 5-10µF of 220V or 440V according to your area grid voltage is 110V or 220V. For this, I’d recommend buying the oil based capacitors that are used in ceiling fans. They are just 2.5µF, so you need to parallel 2 to 4 capacitors. After that, just connect them into plug and see it works.

       Unlike NiCad batteries, lithium-ion batteries do not have a charge memory. That means deep-discharge cycles are not required. In fact, it’s better for the battery to use partial-discharge cycles.

There is one exception. Battery experts suggest that after 30 charges, you should allow lithium-ion batteries to almost completely discharge. Continuous partial discharges create a condition called digital memory, decreasing the accuracy of the device’s power gauge. So let the battery discharge to the cut-off point and then recharge. The power gauge will be recalibrated.