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Don Sorcinelli
09-06-2010, 02:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.askvg.com/google-android-hidden-secret-codes/' target='_blank'>http://www.askvg.com/google-android...n-secret-codes/</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Recently I got a Google Android mobile phone Samsung Galaxy I7500. While I'm loving playing with it, I also found some interesting secret codes which can enable/disable lots of hidden settings in the mobile phone. These codes can also show many useful information about the phone."</em></p><p><em><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/adt/auto/1283624234.usr9516.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #d2d2bb;" /></em></p><p>Microsoft MVP Vishal Gupta owns a web site dedicated to "tweaking" a variety of things, from operating systems to applications and beyond. This ongoing technology journey into modification has now expanded into the world of the Android OS. Apparently there are a great number of special "#" codes that can be used to uncover a variety of information and perform special tasks. Note that many of these "tasks" are not for the faint of heart and can potentially make a device unusable.</p><p>If you are an Android developer or <em>very</em>&nbsp;experienced Android user, you might want to check out this list of secret codes as a way to help you diagnose device conditions or issues. Just be certain to read this post carefully and proceed with caution.</p>