NOKIA MOBILE PHONES "SECRET CODES"

Nokia secret codes:


these codes will work on most nokia mobile phones to activate/deactivate advanced
hidden functions that you can t change through the phone menu
*3370# activate enhanced full rate codec (efr) - your phone uses the best sound
quality but talk time is reduced my approx. 5%
#3370# deactivate enhanced full rate codec (efr)

*#4720# activate half rate codec - your phone uses a lower quality sound but you
should gain approx 30% more talk time

*#4720# deactivate half rate codec
#pw+1234567890+1# provider lock status. (use the  *  button to obtain the  p,w      
and  +  symbols)  

#pw+1234567890+2# network lock status. (use the  *  button to obtain the  p,w  and        
    +  symbols)

#pw+1234567890+3# country lock status. (use the  *  button to obtain the  p,w  and        
    +  symbols)

#pw+1234567890+4# sim card lock status. (use the  *  button to obtain the  p,w      
and  +  symbols)  

12345 this is the default security code
*#21# allows you to check the number that  all calls  are diverted  

*#43# allows you to check the  call waiting  status of your phone.  
*#61# allows you to check the number that  on no reply  calls are diverted to  
*#62# allows you to check the number that  divert if unreachable (no service)                                        
calls are diverted to
*#67# allows you to check the number that  on busy calls  are diverted to  

*#0000# displays your phones software version, 1st line : software version, 2nd
line : software release date, 3rd line : compression type

*#9999# phones software version if *#0000# does not work
*#06# for checking the international mobile equipment identity (imei number)
*#67705646# removes operator logo on 3310 & 3330

*#73# reset phone timers and game scores
*#746025625# displays the sim clock status, if your phone supports this power
saving feature  sim clock stop allowed", it means you will get the best standby                                                                          
time possible
*#94870345123456789# deactivate the pwm-mem

press and hold # lets you switch between lines
*#7760# manufacturers code

*#7780# restore factory settings
*#8110# software version for the nokia 8110
*#92702689# displays - 1.serial number, 2.date made, 3.purchase date, 4.date of
last repair (0000 for no repairs), 5.transfer user data. to exit this mode you
need to switch your phone off then on again
**21*number# turn on  all calls  diverting to the phone number entered  
**61*number# turn on  no reply  diverting to the phone number entered  
**67*number# turn on  on busy  diverting to the phone number entered  

*#06# for checking the imei (international mobile equipment identity).

*#7780# reset to factory settings.
*#67705646# this will clear the lcd display(operator logo).
*#0000# to view software version.

*#2820# bluetooth device address.
*#746025625# sim clock allowed status.
*#62209526# - display the mac address of the wlan adapter. this is available only
in the newer devices that supports wlan like n80
#pw+1234567890+1# shows if sim have restrictions.
*#92702689# - takes you to a secret menu where you may find some of the
information below:
1. displays serial number.

2. displays the month and year of manufacture
3. displays (if there) the date where the phone was purchased (mmyy)
4. displays the date of the last repair - if found (0000)

5. shows life timer of phone (time passes since last start)
*#3370# - enhanced full rate codec (efr) activation. increase signal strength,
better signal reception. it also help if u want to use gprs and the service is not
responding or too slow. phone battery will drain faster though.

*#3370* - (efr) deactivation. phone will automatically restart. increase battery
life by 30% because phone receives less signal from network.
*#4720# - half rate codec activation.

*#4720* - half rate codec deactivation. the phone will automatically restart

if you forgot wallet code for nokia s60 phone, use this code reset: *#7370925538#
note, your data in the wallet will be erased. phone will ask you the lock code.
default lock code is: 12345
press *#3925538# to delete the contents and code of wallet.
*#7328748263373738# resets security code.

default security code is 12345
unlock service provider: insert sim, turn phone on and press vol up(arrow keys)
for 3 seconds, should say pin code. press c,then press * message should flash,
press * again and 04*pin*pin*pin#
change closed caller group (settings >security settings>user groups) to 00000 and
ure phone will sound the message tone when you are near a radar speed trap.
setting it to 500 will cause your phone 2 set off security alarms at shop exits,
gr8 for practical jokes! (works with some of the nokia phones.)

press and hold "0" on the main screen to open wap browser.

MOTOROLA MOBILE PHONES "SECRATE CODES"

Motorola secret codes:


imei number: * # 0 6 #

net monitor on: * * * 1 1 3 * 1 * [ok]
net monitor off: * * * 1 1 3 * 1 * [ok] * - press this until box shown up
t205/t19x

*#06# -> displays imei
*#300# ok -> list the software & hardware version
*#301# ok -> full keypads functional test
*#303# ok -> set default language to english

*304# ok -> set off engineering mode
#304*19980722# -> set on engineering mode
*#305# ok -> location: 1 ok

*#307# ok -> engineering test mode
*#311# ok -> phone code changed to default code
*#400# ok -> adc, cal val*

*#402# ok -> adjust display intensity/contrast
*#403# ok -> list the manufacturing informations
19980722 ok -> master unlock code for phone & sim lock
*#302# ok -> acoustic test*

*3370# -> enhanced full rate
#3370# -> deactivate enhanced full rate
*#72837726# ok -> confirm?, data saved

1234 ok phone code default
*#0000# ok -> settings saved, restore set phone to default language
imei number:

*#06#
code to lock keys. press together *7
note: [ ] (pause) means the * key held in until box appears.
select phone line - (use this to write things below the provider name): [ ] [ ] [ ] 0
0 8 [ ] 1 [ ]

add phonebook to main menu: [ ] [ ] [ ] 1 0 5 [ ] 1 [ ]
add messages to main menu: [ ] [ ] [ ] 1 0 7 [ ] 1 [ ]
copy sim memory (phonebook menu): [ ] [ ] [ ] 1 0 8 [ ] 1 [ ]

eng field options (main menu): [ ] [ ] [ ] 1 1 3 [ ] 1 [ ]
slow (frequency of search menu): [ ] [ ] [ ] 1 0 1 [ ] 1 [ ]
medium (frequency of search menu): [ ] [ ] [ ] 1 0 2 [ ] 1 [ ]

fast (frequency of search menu): [ ] [ ] [ ] 1 0 3 [ ] 1 [ ]
enable efr: [ ] [ ] [ ] 1 1 9 [ ] 1 [ ]
function : [ ] [ ] [ ] # # # [ ] 1 [ ]
change pin: [ ] [ ] [ ] 0 0 4 [ ] 1 [ ]

unblocking using the "puk" number: [ ] [ ] [ ] 0 0 5 [ ] 1 [ ]
there are lots of similar codes exist. if you change the last number to 0 you can
deactive that code. the 3 digit number at the middle are from 0 to 999. i put the
most interesting codes. (efr):enhanced full rate codec.

you can change gsm frequencies to 900/1800 by entering the enginnering model.
following the below steps:

enter menu and press 048263* quickly, then you will enter the secret engineering
menu

under "opcode"
input 10*0*3 for gsm 900
10*0*4 for gsm 1800
10*0*5 for gsm 1900

10*0*6 for dual band gsm 900/1800
10*0*7 for dual band gsm 850/1900
to add extra message space 4 your motorola c350 c450 c550 or c650, press menu
button, press 048263* quickly, then on the popup menu enter 47 press ok.press 50
and ok.press 1 ok.press 64 ok.press 1 ok.press 186 and ok.you will receive an
extra 50 msgs memory space.switch phone off and back on.(not tested)

Scholarship 2009-2010 Management System of Uttar Pradesh from scholarship.up.nic.in

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3 reasons why Sun Microsystems `failed'

Software major Oracle Corp recently completed its takeover of hardware company Sun Microsystems Inc for $7.4 billion. The deal, which was announced nine months ago, would transform the IT industry, Oracle claimed in a statement.

But what was it that led Sun Microsystem to put `On Sale' board. For, Sun was always this hot technology company that was even dubbed the poster boy of the Internet economy. Where then did Sun go wrong? Many have tried to find answers to this question. But there are no easy answers.

Dan Baigent, who was senior director of corporate development with Sun Microsystems when the company got acquired, wrote a candid inside view on the mistakes that he thinks Sun Micro made and brought it to its knees from the heydays of a peak valuation of $200 billion.

In a series of blog posts, Baigent sought to identify Sun's top 10 failures that finally brought Sun to the point that it had to be bailed out by Oracle in a $7.4 billion acquisition last month.

Interestingly, he managed to post only his three reasons (10, 9 and 8)before they were pulled down. We have recaptured the three reasons responsible for Sun's failure as enumerated by Baigent.

Reason No. 1: Failed to understand the x86 market

"We approached the market in the only way we knew how - as an extension of our high-end, low-volume, high-value approach to network computing. And not just in terms of product features and capabilities, but in terms of sales, partnerships, channel programs and supply chain management."

Reason No. 2: Messing with the Java brand

"(N)umerous attempts by well-meaning marketing folks at Sun to try exploit the value of the Java brand itself and how that ultimately reduced the very value they tried to exploit. To some degree, this is as much about the lack of value in the Sun brand (at least outside our loyal customer base) as it is about Java".

Reason No. 3: Fumbling Jini

"The real problem was that the engineers had built this technology using the latest Java platform...and had incorporated specific changes into J2SE 1.2 to support the Jini requirements. When launched, Jini could not run in anything smaller than a device with 64MB of memory and a Pentium-class processor.... Meanwhile, Marketing and PR were off describing uses of the technology that were all about small devices (cameras, printers, cell phones, etc.) that were completely unable to run RMI, nonetheless the Jini on which it was built.”

Fleeing the prison of technology - by "Pritish Nandy"

There was a time I could multiply 196 by 832, call my friends, family, lovers without referring to a phone book, remember the birthdays of those who mattered most to me, spell every word I knew without the slightest hesitation. I never owned a dictionary nor a phone book. Yes, I had a calculator on my desk but that was not to add, subtract, divide or multiply. It was for multiple calculations, finding square roots of impossibly large figures which I needed while solving mathematical puzzles, my favourite source of short term amusement.

Today I use my cell phone to add and subtract, recall phone numbers and faces, remind me about birthdays. My laptop tries to correct my spellings, language, grammar and often makes mistakes itself. I can still beat the computer at chess but it's so easy I have long given up playing. No, I don't need to remember anything at all. Google helps me find it in an instant. What was the song Bade Ghulam Ali sang in Khudita Pashan, Tagore's unforgettable ghost story that Tapan Sinha directed, for which Ali Akbar Khan wrote the music? Who directed Edward Scissorhands? When will Rajiv's assassins walk out of jail? Who was India's first Education Minister? Was Jailhouse Rock the King's first big hit? Which was the first big scam that shook Independent India? What did Mountbatten say when he first caught Edwina in Jawaharlal's arms? How does one become a citizen of Melchizedek? Google has an answer for most things, from curing your cat's diarrhoea to which old bookshop in London may have the 1921 edition of Lorca's Libro de Poemas. When Google fails, there's twitter. Somebody, somewhere will always have an answer to the question bothering you. The answer need not always be right. None of us look for right answers in life. We look for answers that comfort us. It's a bit like finding God. If he doesn't exist, we'll have to manufacture him.

No, it is not Alzheimer's nor stress (nor the refusal to eat fish) that's slaying my memory cells. It's this continuous acceptance of technology that's being thrust into my face, demanding it be used. I may not be as quick as a calculator but I'm certainly better than a dictionary or thesaurus. I may not be able to do Rubik's cube in under two minutes, as Aamir Khan apparently does, but I'm ready to take a Mensa test with anyone. The problem is not in my faculties. It lies in the dependencies being forced onto me by technology I have no need for. I am ashamed I have to remember my father's death anniversary by an alarm on my cellphone. Or that a website has to remind me two days ahead to send flowers to my wife on our wedding anniversary. I fear I'm becoming a technology victim.
I'm not alone. That's pretty obvious. I get flowers at least four times a year from friends and acquaintances. That's because different sites have published different birth dates for me and they stay in Google memory. I get anniversary cakes on wrong days. Google informs that these dates do not even match the date of my earlier marriage leave alone my current one. Many of my more famous friends now celebrate multiple birthdays and marriage anniversaries simply because they enjoy partying. I don't. What's worse, I get confused and have now reached a stage where I don't even remember my own birthday till Maria reminds me the evening before with a discreet sms.

Do we need so much technology in our lives? Do we really need taps that go off on their own or lights that come on when we walk into a room? Don't we want to do these things ourselves? Do we really need 11 digit phone numbers that no one can recall without assistance? What about simple, easy to remember word/number combinations like Maggie69Wow? Must we perfunctorily celebrate all birthdays? Why not stick to 20 people who really matter to you and call them instead of sending fancy bouquets to hundreds of people with notes from florists? Why send a V-Day e-card when a simple kiss can do? Why do I need 8GB of music on my iPod when running in the gym? Why can't I let my imagination chase that gorgeous babe two treadmills away? Why must technology isolate us instead of bonding us with a real world of real people, real passions? How can internet sex be a substitute for The Real Thing? Yet porn is the biggest business on the net. How can a Tamagotchi (or any e-pet) replace the love of a real pug? Yet the Japanese are hooked on it. How can any cell phone chat (with a zillion call drops) be a substitute for talking face to face with someone you love? Yet 700 million cell phone users here cootchie coo on it.

So as this year stumbles to an end, I make this promise to myself. Let me slave technology, not let it run my life for me.

The assassination of Savita Bhabhi

I love Indian women. They are beautiful, charming, sexy and (usually) infinitely cleverer than the men I meet. They are also less pompous and self important. In fact, they deliberately stay under the radar just to play the men around them.

This is why I love working with and sharing my life with women. I don't have to suffer locker room jokes or hear tall tales about fantastic sexual exploits. I can relax with women, have fun and (O yeah) crack jokes about men. I don't see the six yard sari as a sign of sexual bondage. I see it as a great liberating force. For me, it's far sexier than jeans, mini skirts and the horrible designer gowns that have suddenly become fashionable. The sari for me, is the ultimate turn on. Remember the rain soaked Madhubala walking into the garage in Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi? Or Kareena Kapoor dancing in the rain in Chameli? These are iconic images of sexuality. Both Madhubala and Kareena were sari clad, fully covered. Neither were doing the jhatka matkas you see even pre-pubescent little girls do on reality shows today. Yet they symbolised a rich and vibrant sexuality. As indeed did Meena Kumari in Saheb Biwi Ghulam and Waheeda Rehman in The Guide.

Now you know why I love Savita Bhabhi. She's Indian. She's sexy and she wears a sari.

By banning her site, the I&B Ministry has demonstrated (yet again) how men want to control women all the time. What is Savita Bhabhi's greatest appeal? That she is a typical Bharatiya nari who is brave enough to demonstrate that when it comes to sex she's no pushover. I have known many women like her who pretend to succumb to the sexual politics that men incessantly play around them and yet manage to get their way by cleverly manipulating the XXL male ego. So even as they play coy and subjugated, they are actually free women who live their lives on their own terms. I admire such women and worship on their altar.





No wonder Savita Bhabhi for me is iconic. She's the woman who can take all her sexual decisions on her own without fretting over them. Over 60 million fans flock to her site every month, no mean achievement for a sari clad desi nari, her long dark tresses parted dutifully in the middle where the bright red sindoor flames, while a mangalsutra dangles between her ample breasts. The idiots who argue that her's is a porn site should go visit what real porn sites look like. To begin with, every porn site uses photographs. Filthy, vulgar, exploitative photographs of actual women, not comic book characters having some harmless fun spoofing the way we Indian men treat our women.

Savita Bhabhi is a symbol of freedom, of empowerment, of the sexuality our women can wield if they are allowed to escape the sham world we Indian men trap them in because of our own fears of sexual inadequacy masquerading as machismo. That's why so many rapes happen. We feel inadequate when it comes to having sex with an equal partner. So we want sex slaves as wives, maids, friends, work colleagues, even underage kids. Savita Bhabhi challenges this mindset. The more virgin and demure she looks, the more powerful she is as a symbol of defiance against male chauvinism.




Animation underlines that symbolism. It affirms unequivocally that she's not out to titillate; she's out to prove a point. The amazing artists who brought her alive (Deshmukh, Dexstar and Mad) have created a person who will survive in our history books as the first Indian comic book character who took on the pigs and made them wince. So much so that the Government of India had to invoke the IT act of 2000, amended in 2008, which allows it the power to ban any website that "threatens the sovereignty or integrity of India, defence and security of the State or hampers friendly relations with other states.

No, till date, I have not seen Savita Bhabhi seduce Sarkozy or Berlusconi though I am sure she would have done a pretty decent job of it. Nor have I seen her sleep with the Al Qaida. Even if she did, I would believe she did it in our national interest, rather than to sell any military secrets. Sari clad Indian women don't usually do that even when they have sex on their minds.

C'mon Ms Minister, stand up for women's rights and sexual freedom. Get your goons off Savita Bhabhi; set her free. Remember what Woody Allen said. Assassination is just an extreme form of censorship and I'm sure you don't want to kill off India's first symbol of the sexually liberated woman. There are a hundred surreptitious ways of still meeting Savita Bhabhi on the net but why should we? The Taliban hasn't taken over India yet.

The Importance of Awards

Why do we work? For money? For success, fame, honour, self realisation? For the good life? Each of us is driven by an entirely different set of compulsions.

But one thing is certain. Some professions are meant for those who want to make money and some, for those who want to discover themselves. Teachers are clearly not those who enter the profession in search of money though it’s true that some teachers today are indeed very rich. Just as gamblers are clearly in the casino to make money but most of those who enter a casino come out flat broke. The pursuit of mathematics, on the other hand, can go either way. You can become one of the greatest scientists of our time. Or you can, if you are so inclined, build a fortune on Dalal Street using your love for numbers to outwit others.

Even when you succeed in your calling, rewards can differ. Some become, like Mukesh Ambani, owner of the most prized enterprise in the country. Others become, like Sachin Tendulkar or Shah Rukh Khan, unqualified leaders of their own profession. There are others like Rahul Gandhi who are blessed with the opportunity to change the nation’s destiny, should they want to. Or like Sunil Mittal who, while building his huge personal empire, has changed India forever through his telecom moves. Ambition always begins with a dream, a purpose. And even though money may be an important part of it, I frankly doubt if it really matters that much. Most people strive, excel, achieve for reasons other than money. It’s the desire to prove themselves. Even those who we frown upon, a Ramalinga Raju or a Linda Lovelace were actually pursuing the same objective, each in their own, unique way.

But not all those who strive, succeed. That’s where the role of awards and public recognition comes in. Awards do not only acknowledge success; they recognise many other qualities: ability, struggle, effort and, above all, excellence. For every Shah Rukh who succeeds and hits the jackpot, winning wealth, fame and honour, there are hundreds of equally gifted actors who do not make it. Not because they are any less talented but because life has this curious habit of being unfair, even to the best among us. Guru Dutt killed himself out of sheer disappointment. For every Sachin, there are hundreds of brilliant young sports people in India who never get the grooming and the break they need. And, even when they do, they are stymied at every level by a disrespectful system. For every RK Pachauri, there are thousands of environmental activists doing the most amazing work in towns and villages we have not even heard of. We come to know of them when they win an award and are outed before the media. Would you have heard of Mahasweta Devi or Aruna Roy, MC Mehta or Deep Joshi were it not for the Magsaysay? Would you have gone out and bought Kiran Desai or Aravind Adiga were it not for the Man Booker?

That’s where awards play a crucial role. Not everyone’s lucky to get the money and the rah-rah he or she deserves. Those who do not, manage to get by because of the support and recognition awards give them. When the history of cinema is written, Satyajit Ray will be remembered for his great films. He may not have made money from them. Some of his negatives may be irretrievably damaged. But the awards endorse him as one of the century's greatest film makers. Likewise, every year, some truly remarkable Indians win fame and encouragement to pursue their excellent work through different awards but the most notable among them are the three National Awards: the Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan. I am not even counting the Bharat Ratna here. There are only five Bharat Ratnas living among us: two singers, a musician, a scientist and an economist. Average age: 80.

That’s why we value the National Awards. That’s also why it’s important that they are chosen carefully, transparently, wisely. We cannot allow yet another institution to be subverted. That would not only destroy the awards but also undermine the achievements of all those remarkable men and women who have received them over the years. This is possibly their only claim to posterity in an age when popular media has made it impossible for us to recall anything beyond the immediate and the in-the-face. So when a Sant Singh Chatwal is awarded a Padma Bhushan after facing five CBI cases for cheating banks in India and other frauds in the US, it’s a shame that will take us years to live down. Interestingly, our Embassy in Washington DC was asked to recommend him for a Padma Shri. When they refused, his award was upgraded to a Padma Bhushan as if to score a point. Now the only way the Government can save its face is if Chatwal quietly returns the award and saves everyone the blushes. But will he? And will we ever get to know who recommended him?