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. 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.