Hidden Menu On Android Phone

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Hidden Menu On Android Phone

Here you will see how to pull up RTN information on your Android phone using a dial code and a create a shortcut to hidden menu!

The dial code will not work for everyone, so you have an another option, create a shortcut. Using a custom launcher, we’ll create a shortcut on the homescreen that will open up any hidden menu on your Android phone.

Whether you’re buying a new phone or getting an existing one swapped out / repaired, you might want to keep an eye out for the casually slipped in refurbished models. Repair shops, wireless carriers, and eBay sellers would love to hand you a refurb in place of a factory-new one. Why? Well, factory-new phones are just that -new- and it costs more money for carriers or stores to swap out broken models with factory-new ones. And, since it’s hard to tell (sometimes) if a phone is a refurb, many will try to “slip one past ya”. Fortunately for you, your a groovyReader and I’m going to share with you a simple technique for sniffing out a Refurbished Android Phone.

Step 1 Tap your Phone app and open up the dialer.

Step 2 Using the touchscreen keypad, Dial ##786#(aka ##RTN#). No need to press dial, the phone should automatically open up to the RTN screen. From here Tap View

Step 3 Scroll down the RTN screen to Reconditioned status. Here there are only two possible status entries:

Yes – Your phone is a refurbished model.

No – Congratulations, your phone is not a refurbished model. Instead, it is factory new.

Why should I care if my phone was refurbished?

Refurbished or “reconditioned” means your phone was previously used or damaged, and then returned, repaired, and polished up to make it look “like-new.” In most cases this means there is no longer anything wrong with the device, and it should work just like a new one. However, sometimes ‘refurbs’ have issues. The warranty is usually never as good for a refurbished device, if it even has one at all… The build quality might also be lower on a refurb since replacement third-party parts are sometimes used rather than the OEM’s (Original Equipment Manufacturer).

Refurbished devices also have a lower sale value, and this also applies to resale value. If at some point you want to sell your phone on eBay or elsewhere, a refurbished phone won’t garner the same price point as one that is straight from the OEM.

Before buying a phone, or after receiving one you bought online – the first thing you should do is check to see if it is a refurb. If the sale description did not mention that it was a refurb, you can return it and get a full refund or file a fraud claim.

How to Enable Hidden Menus On an Android Phone

Before we get started, you’ll need to make sure you have an app installed that will add the “activities” option to your shortcut creator.

Requirements:

- An Android phone. (I’ve only tested this on version 2.1 and higher)

- A custom homescreen launcher, Launcher Pro is suggested.(it’s free!)

- ADW Launcher and others also work, but the steps below are shown using Launcher Pro.

Step 1 Go to your homescreen (using a custom launcher) and Long-Press on an empty spot.

The “Add to Home screen” menu should appear; Tap Shortcuts.

This also works with ADW launcher, but the process is changed to Custom Shortcut > Pick your activity > Activities

Step 2 From the next menu, Select Activities.* Now you should be at a black screen with a list of phone activities. Slide-down to whatever activity you can find with “hiddenmenu” in the name. (e.g. on my Samsung Galaxy S Epic 4G it was called com.android.hiddenmenu.)

Tap the hiddenmenu entry and then below you’ll see a list of all hidden menus on your phone. From here you can access any one of them

Note: This may be called something else if you are using a launcher other than Launcher Pro.

Step 3 . Now you have a shortcut to one of your hidden menus on your homescreen, and you can keep adding them to your hearts content. We first chose the RTN hidden menu because several people may wonder how to access it on phones that don’t support the # codes!

Note:it may not work on all phones but always make sure to follow the steps correctly!

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this is not working with my samsung galaxy pro