Motorola Secret Codes and Hacks

Motorola Secret codes use a pause in them which I will represent with ^ which means you need to hold * until a box appears, the codes will allow you to access the field test and engineering hidden menu locations on your Motorola device.

Motorola Secret Codes and Hacks

As always the standard *#06# can be used to display the IMEI number on the handset, the following codes are available from the phone line, changing the 1 to a 0 at the end of each line will reverse or disable the changes made using these Motorola secret codes.

Codes

Code Function
^ ^ ^ 0 0 5 ^ 1 ^ Adds the phone book option to the main menu of you Motorola
^ ^ ^ 1 0 7 ^ 1 ^ Adds the messages menu to the main menu option
^ ^ ^ 0 0 8 ^ 1 ^ Line Switch Function allows you to edit the display name
^ ^ ^ 0 0 4 ^ 1 ^ Access the Change pin function
^ ^ ^ 0 0 5 ^ 1 ^ Reset the Pin using your PUK code
^ ^ ^ 1 1 9 ^ 1 ^ Enable EFR on your device
^ ^ ^ # # #^ 1 ^ Function Selection
^ ^ ^ 1 0 8 ^ 1 ^ Copies the Sim Memory to the phone book
^ ^ ^ 1 1 3 ^ 1 ^ Access the Engineering and Field Test Menu
^ ^ ^ 1 0 1 ^ 1 ^ Sets the search menu to slow
^ ^ ^ 1 0 2 ^ 1 ^ Sets the search menu to medium
^ ^ ^ 1 0 3 ^ 1 ^ Sets the search menu to fast

You can also force a Motorola to a specific frequency using the following codes in the secret engineering menu which can be accessed by entering 048263* quickly in the Engineering menu mentioned in the above table, one there you can make use of the following opcodes;

Code Frequency
10*0*3 GSM 900
10*0*4 GSM 1800
10*0*5 GSM 1900
10*0*6 GSM 900/1800 Dual Band
10*0*7 GSM 850/1900 Dual Band

If you know any other Motorola Secret Codes please send them to me via E-mail so that I can include them in this list.

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