I have an unbranded (unlocked) Note 8 straight from Samsung. None of the dialer/hidden codes work. Any idea how to enable them?
Dialer codes not working
- Thread starter odesskiy
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What have you tried? I have the same and they work. There's no setting to enable/disable
I don't know what to try to be honest. They just don't work. I've tried the usual ones *#1234#, *#*#4636#*#* etc. None work, the phone just does nothing.
You can use a shortcuts app to do the hidden codes. A bunch of them work. I accidentally enabled some stupid on-screen display thing so when I do power off it displays some messages that tell me it is sending a shutdown command. Now I can't remember which one it was to turn that thing off....
I believe you want *#9900# then scroll down to the shutdown option
That has a similar setting, this time the culprit was me changing the build.prop to say my device type was userdebug instead of just user. Changed it back and voila, no more shutdown text!
Still not working for me. I even did a factory reset and tried the dialer codes before even inserting a SIM card (thought Verizon provisioning played a trick on my unbranded N8). Any idea why they aren't working?
hidden menus for adjusting or testing various settings, as far as i can tell.
These work (unlocked note 8)
*#011# service mode
*#9090# diagnostic information
*#0*# hardware diagnostic
*#7353# quick test menu
This is not exhaustive, just me trying stuff out.
*#011# service mode
*#9090# diagnostic information
*#0*# hardware diagnostic
*#7353# quick test menu
This is not exhaustive, just me trying stuff out.
Yeah.... none of these work for me. None at all. I'm kinda fed up with all the small nagging issues. The phone is going back to Sammy. I'll just go get one from Verizon store.
Got a Verizon branded phone. These do not work str8 from vzw either. But vzw phones are unlocked either way. Verizon has disabled the ability to enter in codes from dialer.
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This is exactly why I as well as others are questioning why there aren't carrier specific forums for the Note 8 as there have been for every other note. There is too much confusion when we're all on the same forum to solve these problems. You have people posting how to do this or that but it doesn't work for every model/carrier.
You have to go to
/efs/carrier/HiddenMenu
And change the setting from off to on... but root is needed.
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Didn't OP specifically state he has unlocked, unbranded phone?
I have an OEM unlocked unbranded 950f and can't use dialer or phone info *samsung* app to launch codes. I tried efs/carrier and it doesn't exist.
(Almost) No secret/dialer codes
When I try to use the phone info app to use secret codes I get a whole bunch of errors and can't access any of the secret codes any help would be appreciated
When I try to use the phone info app to use secret codes I get a whole bunch of errors and can't access any of the secret codes any help would be appreciated
Try entering them manually in dialer. *#77467# takes me to ims settings. On Tmobile. Other carriers lock theres so root is needed.
This is a struggle ive been working with since switching to Vzw. I did the same thing. I started the phone without a SIM and the dialer codes work. Once I put the SIM in, the phone said it needed to restart to apply carrier settings. Once it restarted, the dialer codes no longer worked. Samsung must have special coding to lock this down once a Vzw SIM is inserted.
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