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hidden battery power in mobile

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  • #2
    Sam Vimes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,611 ✭✭✭✭Sam Vimes


    On the page you linked to:
    yeah, false, here's the full info on that urban legend...

    3. Press *3370# to access 'reserve battery power.'
    False. On some Nokia phones, users can punch in special codes and toggle between speech codec modes to 1) enhance voice transmission quality at the cost of diminished battery performance, or 2) enhance battery performance by decreasing voice quality. Apparently, some users have misconstrued the latter as "tapping into reserve battery power." On that score the email is doubly erroneous because *3370# is the code for enhancing voice quality, so using it actually decreases battery life!

    Apparently there are ways to do it here:
    http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060812140616AAKs9zD

    by decreasing call quality etc but none of the codes that claim to do it work on my N95


  • #3
    Rsaeire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,888 ✭✭✭Rsaeire


    RLJ wrote: »
    Does anyone know the code to access the spare hidden battery power in a mobile when the battery runs down. It is a combination of numbers and hash and star etc. EDIT, OK found it at

    http://www.phonedog.com/community/forums_thread_hidden-battery-power_58349.aspx

    From reading that thread, it actually does the reverse to what you want it to do. The *3370# code increases call quality, thereby reducing battery life. I remember hearing about these GSM codes back in the day when I had a Nokia 3310.


  • #4
    Davy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,340 CMod ✭✭✭✭Davy


    I think the code is just a myth.


  • #5
    Rsaeire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,888 ✭✭✭Rsaeire


    Sam Vimes wrote: »
    On the page you linked to:

    Beat me by a minute, well done. ;)


  • #6
    Rsaeire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,888 ✭✭✭Rsaeire


    Davy wrote: »
    I think the code is just a myth.

    When I tested it back in the day, I think it was the same code I mentioned above, the handset did recognize the code and gave a confirmation. Whether or not it did what it said it did, that I don't know.


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  • #7
    RLJ
    Closed Accounts Posts: 370 ✭✭RLJ


    well i tried it on anold nokia 3310 with a dead batt and it did restart and showed it half charged with bars


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