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Call barring password on T-Mobile US ???

I have T-Moble here in the US and updated my Pocket PC Phone edition rom versio 4.00.16 ENG and noticed they have this call barring feature in the phone settings that lets you bar incoming or aout going calls but to activate you have to enter a call barring password does anyone know what it is.

i never used or tried it, but i was told its the last 4 digits of your social securty # or last 4 of your fone #

I tried both abd it didnt work but thanks for the info

I always thought call barring was done through the sim/service provider password.

T-Mobile also uses 1234 as a default password often.

also try 5678

Thanks again people i will try thpse suggestions today

Where did you find a 4.00.xx update for Tmobile? I just checked their site and they still had the old Nov 2002 3.16 code up there.
Thanks,

If you look at the ROM Update section of this forum you will see we have easy access to various 4.00.xx ROM updates.

SIM PIN 1 & 2
Ok, I had an experience earlier this year where one of my t-mobile phones (not the PPC) wanted "Sim Pin 2" to access a feature. I ended up getting my sim pin blocked and called up t-mo support. After a little bit of "Try to get the information out of the dumb support person" I finally had the person ask me "Well, I could give you PUK1 and PUK2, if you think that would help", I said i thought it might, and she gave me the two keys to the kingdom (Along with what SIM PIN 2 was originally, just a random string of number). The moral: Call T-Mobile, tell them you have a feature that you can't unlock and that you think you've screwed up your phone bigtime. If they ask if you want to send it in, say no, that you think you can fix the problem if they give you these weird PUK numbers or PIN numbers. They'll probably just be happy to get you off the phone, and these might be the numbers you're looking for.

Tmobile has a special plan called the "data-only" plan that automatically blocks all incoming or outgoing calls. However, it still allows emergency dialing (911) and 611 calls... Just call a rep and have them set you up with that plan! Everything costs the same...

credit checking problem

i dont know why but whenever i check my balance it pops up saying failed
anyone else having the same problem
i have flashed two roms and have flashed two radio only roms
anyone having solution to this problem??

What service and what are you using to check your balance?

I assume he's using the USSD codes eg on O2 *#10# should return the balance.
By the way I can't get mine working either despite the USSD DLL being in place and also what are I think the correct registry settings for USSD.
Mike

I did #225# and it works for me. Is there a difference between those codes and the USSD ones?
edit//using that code doesn't work for me.

gehzumteufel said:
I did #225# and it works for me. Is there a difference between those codes and the USSD ones?
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No those are the USSD codes. (of course each telecoms provider uses different codes, but yes that is an example of a USSD code)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USSD
For some reason some folks just can't get them to work and just get either a "failed" or "command not recognized" message.
I know some cooked ROMs have the USSD Dll file removed, but that's not true in my case.
Mike

yes i am using ussd codes but after switching the phone on,it works but after sending or making a call it shows failed
so what can we do and how can we check that the ussd dll is placed and where can i get this dll

Maybe those who are having problems don't have USIMs?

I'm using o2 payg. When I had a schaps rom, requesting a ussd always failed, but the automatic ussd after spending credit always worked. Now I'm using CRC's, and it always works properly.

still unsolved
actually i had schaps then i changed to the one new samsung omnia built but still same problem.i also used the schaps 8.2sunshower

will anyone please help me as it really annoys me..

Same Problem here
Hey does anyone knows what's going on with this... i currently change to T-Mobile and when trying to get the credit inf by dialing #999#(pre-paid) nothing comes out...no balloon notification , nothing...i changed the dialers from my smartphone....tried idialer(this one doesn't work because of the GC implemented in the software) , the orig wind mobile dialer ...none of them work. Strange thing same phone and an AT&T sim card does the trick when dialing *777# . I thought it was the phone but doesn't make sense...if i change the sim to any other phone it work (T-Mobile) now i'm thinking that it's a problem with the IMEI No (just a thought) when requesting The IMEI No i get something like this : yyyyyyyyyyyyyy... this is getting frustrating . Can anyone please share their thoughts ....anyone had this problem before? Could it be the USSD dll? Do you know another software that acts like USSD? Thanks In advanced

Back....no luck
I figured it up now...but still do not know how to fix it...the problem is the phone ....it has a cooked ROM- it's one of the Iphone copy M89 ...the deal is that i can't dial any numbers with # in front it worked on the at&T cause the request code for credit is *777# t-mobile has #999# i tried the sim in another phone and it works...tried it in another m89 same problem...maybe this will help if someone is reading...thanks

WM 6.1: cannot make call with caller ID setting = No one

My SX66 is running WM6.1 ROM from sun_dream.
Every are smooth except one problem:
When I set the Caller ID service to "no one", I can not make any call.
I do not know why. I test my SIM with another phone, calling works normally. So I guess the problem is on the ROM.
I did search the forum but did not find a clue.
Any suggestion/solution are really appreciated.
Thanks,

it is possible that the network setting for caller id varys from country to country but for germany for instance the code is 31.
for getting the status dial *#31#
for temporary sending of your callerid dial *31#
to disable callerif dial #31#
and to get the status of incoming id dial *#30#
either that works for you or you look up the codes for your country and/or carrier and try them, that way, you can tell whether really the setting is broken in the rom or just not compatible to your network and adjust it.

Thank you for quick reply.
My network uses code #31#, and I tried it but could not make the call. The same with setting "No one"
I guest that the problem is with the ROM.

have you tried upgrading your radio rom? the newest one is 1.15.00 and maybe that will do the trick. or you sim unlock your device, or you try another sim card in your device. you know, the possibilities for what went wrong are pretty limitted, but i actually would blame the rom last, since that really hardly affects the calling.

Help with phone number, "unknown"

my phone number shows up as unknown under my about phone page. so when i send a text it just shows a grey box instead of my contact picture, i know its not a big deal but its driving me crazy! is there anyway to change this?

Settings->Call settings->Additional settings->My phone number

Thats only with Cyanogen mod.

Add yourself as a contact in the phonebook
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA App

that doesnt work. the phone has to read its own number off the sim card. adding yourself doesnt do anything.

What ROM are you running? I know there were instances in the past where T-Mobile did not program the phone number into the SIM properly. Supposedly you could ask their customer support guys to push the number back to your SIM. Alternatively, if you have a spare phone that supports writing a number into a SIM, you could use that to program your SIM. I know my old Nokia's and Sony Ericsson's could. Maybe my old WM phone as well?

ianmcquinn said:
Settings->Call settings->Additional settings->My phone number
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I just did this and it fixed the gray box next to my name, that box was really annoying. Thank you so much.

the additional call settings thing works just fine on CM6. my problem is that it works on some roms and not other @[email protected] annoying.

Out of curiosity, which ROM are you running? Are you saying that the number is correctly read from the SIM on some ROMs and only not on your current ROM (in which case, what I said earlier about the number not being properly stored on the SIM doesn't apply)? If that's the case, it sounds like an issue with the ROM itself and the ROM developer will need to look into it (either fixing the SIM reading code or adding in the functionality to input it in yourself like on CM).

well i switch between a few... stock, CM6, CM7, Virtuous. Here is the extremely weird thing though.....
I have an old sim card from a previous phone. The phone number used with that sim is the same as my current sim. when i put that in, say on CM7, it reads the number just fine, but when i put my activated sim in, it doesnt read it and says "unknown".
Any thoughts on whats up with that?
I know CM6 has the option to manually enter the number but CM7 doesnt have it yet. But its strange that it reads it off a different sim and not the current one.
(both sims are from same carrier too)

Call tmo, ask them to send your MSISDN to sim via OTA tool in the HLR, they'll know what to do, its a known issue with some sim cards, regardless of the rom
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using XDA App

^ okay, i shall try that tomorrow probably. i just hate having to call tech support lol, i want to be able to do it myself with the modding community, not tmo XD

Isn't there an app in the Market that allows you to add your phone number to the SIM card (in case you're not running a CM based ROM)? I know I read it somewhere on this site, but for whatever reason I can't seem to find it.
Any ideas?

Same with Andromadus ROM
Hello,
I've been experiencing the same behavior on the CM10-based Andromadus ROM prepared by Flinny as of topic http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1605016. A lot of SIM IO operations just fails, I can't see why (comparing to another Desire Z which runs stock 2.3.3 up to date).
At least, it breaks :
- SPN retrieval (Service Provider Name)
- MSISDN retrivial (your phone number)
And I think it's related to the impossibility to import contacts from SIM card.
Maybe this message can help, too https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/android-platform/zosqRzWQyNA/7QF-O09ZwzAJ

Assisted Dialing can't be turned off.

I've got the Au Carrier version, Model Number "SCV33".
The problem was that the phone came with locked network, but i unlocked it through About>Status>Sim Lock Status by registering my SIM.
The 2nd problem which i cant solve is whenever i try to call someone it keeps giving the options "Set Dialing Destination: To Japan or To Oversees"
Pressing to Japan causes it add the Japan code, and when i press oversees it tells me to enter the code for the country and to do that i have to put the code in front of every number manually or edit each number with the code, that also sometimes doesn't work cause Google sometimes wont remove the original number without the code and will keep calling that one. And there is no "more settings" in call settings, thus no assisted dialing option. I really don't want to root or flash anything.
Also the issue isn't about calling people i can deal with that, problem is i cant put codes e.g *124# *3# etc which are for getting balance info and packages.
Cheers if anyone can help me.