Cingular PPC-6600 User Manual
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Motorola StarTac
Press FCN00** very quickly. Continue to press 83786633 and the STO button. The phone should
display US. (If not, the FCN00** wasn’t done fast enough). Press 45# to display the signal
strength. This number is not actually a dB reading, but is referencing the dB strength. 45# should
be pressed every time you wish to see the updated signal reading. The signal strength is between
65 and 150. Signal is the best at 150. To exit test mode, press 01#.
Motorola T720, T721, T730, T731
Follow the process for V60 phones. Turn off phone off, then back on. Press MENU and the button
left of the MENU button in quick succession. The signal strength is the 3rd number down on the
left side.
Motorola W315
Quickly press Clear (C) 073887*. Security Code: 000000. Press OK. Select “TEST MODE” from
the Programming Menu. Press CHANGE, highlight “Enable” and press SELECT. The phone will
return to the Programming Menu. Pres END (Red Key). Test mode will appear automatically.
Signal strength is the first set of numbers on the 3rd line down. To exit, follow the procedure
above but choose “Disable” instead of “Enable”.
Nextel, Mike SouthernLINC (Motorola iDEN Phones)
Quickly dial # , * , Menu, RIGHT ARROW. Scroll down to System Status or RX Status, press
“View.” NOTE: On some phones you will push TRACE or MENU so the signal will automatically
update. Other phones you will have to press BACK to return to the Menu and then choose RX
Status again to manually update. On the RX STATUS Screen the top decimal number is your
Signal Quality Equivalent (SQE). This number needs to be as high as possible between 25.00
to 35.00. Your signal strength is the second number on the second or third line down. An example
would be -00dB -78 where -78 is your signal strength. To Exit turn the phone off.
Nextel Models i30, i35, i50, i55, i60, i80, i85, i88, i90, i370, i390, i500, i600, i700
Quickly dial #,*, MENU, RIGHT ARROW. Scroll down to SYSTEM STATUS and push VIEW.
Push TRACE so the signal strength will keep updating. The signal strength is the 2nd number on
the 3rd line (for example, -00db –XXdb). To exit test mode, turn off phone.
Nextel Models i205, i215, i285, i305, i315, i325, i530
Quickly dial #,*, MENU, RIGHT ARROW; the phone should display your model number. Scroll
down to the TX/RX Power. Push TRACE so the signal strength will keep updating. The signal
strength is the 2nd number on the 2nd line (for example, -00db –XXdb). To exit test mode, turn off
phone.
Nextel i710, i730, i733, i736, i830, i836
Quickly dial #,*, MENU, RIGHT ARROW; the phone should display your model number. Scroll
down to the TX/RX Power. Push TRACE so the signal strength will keep updating. The signal
strength is the 2nd number on the 2nd line (for example, -00db –XXdb). To exit test mode, turn off
phone. Press MENU to update signal strength.
For i830: Follow the standard #, *, MENU, RIGHT ARROW. Select RX STATUS. This phone does
not automatically update so you will need to back out to the menu and go back into RX STATUS
to update the screen.