AT&T Apple iPhone Field Test Mode Discovered

[dgridley]

Dialing *3001#12345#* turns your Apple iPhone into a mobile field testing station, popping up a menu that provides detailed reporting on strengths and characteristics of the cell towers in your area, plus numerous other details AT&T would perhaps prefer you didn’t see.

Warning: Dialing this number could adversely affect both your iPhone and/or your cellular network. Although it seems that most of the information is read-only (so you can’t change anything), field modes like this have the potential to damage your phone and possibly interfere with the phone network. We are providing this information as-is; we cannot be held responsible if anything you do in this field mode damages your phone or the phone network.

That said, if you dial the number and create a problem for yourself or your network, don’t say you weren’t warned!

Thanks to Richard Baguley from WirelessInfo.com for the info.

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[BrewerFan]

That is insane. I could almost see a developer of the phone leaving that in there on purpose. This is one of the reasons I don't buy things when they first come out. There are so many errors that need to be patched. Luckily with a cell phone they can patch the towers and it will auto update.

 

[dgridley]

Yeah, I don't expect it to last long..

That is insane. I could almost see a developer of the phone leaving that in there on purpose. This is one of the reasons I don't buy things when they first come out. There are so many errors that need to be patched. Luckily with a cell phone they can patch the towers and it will auto update.

 

[ChrisChris]

This is one of the reasons I don't buy things when they first come out.

Plus this ridiculously inflated price :hehe:

 

[James]

Plus this ridiculously inflated price :hehe:

plus America or Asia getting it first :D