ADVANCED USERS ONLY: Unlock Hidden Engineering Screen on Storm

[Daniel Camacho]

Originally Posted by Wheelman74

Right? i feel all C.I.A.-ish tinkering with stuff never meant for the public to find. i wish i knew what equation or algorithm they used to generate the 8character access code to get into the screen for incase i need to do it away from a computer!

Now that would be a nice app to install on the phone...

[risk235]

Originally Posted by gtstang462002

You will be the first one complaining that you bricked your phone because you think you are an advanced user.

This reminds me of how over at avs forums people enter their TVs service menu and start messing around in there and now have a blank screen and want help to fix it. The service menu is hidden for a reason folks.

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[AgTitan06]

There's a ton of stuff hidden in cars and trucks...but people still mod them...what's the difference here?

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[fatbbsman]

u guys do anything to the gps stuff? im thinkg of doing something?

[howarmat]

Originally Posted by risk235

This reminds me of how over at avs forums people enter their TVs service menu and start messing around in there and now have a blank screen and want help to fix it. The service menu is hidden for a reason folks.

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exactly

Civic stated that a consumer cant actually brick a BB since they dont have access to the bootloader and i assume she means this set of options too but i wouldnt bet my life on it.

[Daniel Camacho]

Originally Posted by daveastra

hi there, firstly gotta say when i ran the test on mine and the one in our store it didnt kill the battery, so im sorry it did that, if id known i would said

on a more positive note its being fed back to rim as we speak

I just ran the test it seems very stable, and now I can't get out of it...

[Aug0211]

Yeah I ran the test mentioned above and I'm stuck in the light sensor test. Sorry to get off topic but anyone got a tip?

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[AgTitan06]

Goto JVM Engineering screen then goto processes...then find the one that says selftest, then highlight it and kill process..its obvious this self test was made for trackball devices

Originally Posted by Aug0211

Yeah I ran the test mentioned above and I'm stuck in the light sensor test. Sorry to get off topic but anyone got a tip?

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[Daniel Camacho]

Originally Posted by AgTitan06

Goto JVM Engineering screen then goto processes...then find the one that says selftest, then highlight it and kill process..its obvious this self test was made for trackball devices




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Thanks that did it... whoooo

[jdmoore81]

is there a way of changing the radio signal with this so i can have better recption or is it just the phone it sel i was once a dumb phone user and i got 3 - 4 bars and now i am lucky to get 1-2 bars

[Thyth]

Originally Posted by howarmat

exactly

Civic stated that a consumer cant actually brick a BB since they dont have access to the bootloader and i assume she means this set of options too but i wouldnt bet my life on it.

The engineering screens you're accessing are in the native firmware, and are not served by the operating system. You don't have that insulation layer if you majorly screw up by changing settings in there.

It's clear RIM doesn't want people accessing that part of the system without authorization, which is why they made the access control dependent on the device unique PIN, and a transient up time value. The mere mortal carrier representatives aren't even given access to the official generator.

If you don't know what you're doing, don't use my reverse engineered generator. It's easy to screw up your device if you don't have a clue what those settings do.

It's not as risky as loading a manufacturer testing firmware via the leaked internal tools, or trying to change device PIN, but you have plenty of rope with which to hang your device via engineering screen settings.

[wayfr]

one or more of those radio or modem settings is most likely the culprit for why GSM users cant tether their storms and repeatedly get error code 678.
anyone feeling brave?

[jlawler4]

Originally Posted by Aug0211

Yeah I ran the test mentioned above and I'm stuck in the light sensor test. Sorry to get off topic but anyone got a tip?

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I think this is why its for advanced users…i aint touchin this

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[howarmat]

Originally Posted by jlawler4

I think this is why its for advanced users…i aint touchin this

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exactly. If you dont have a understanding or guide on what something does dont touch it. This forum is filled with people that rush into to loading crap on their phone and then complain about how its screwed up.

[Archangel00195]

Anyone else see Light sensor?