Low-cost engineer / net-monitor handsets

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Jens David jens.david at jens-david-consulting.com
Sat Oct 3 07:02:23 UTC 2009


Good old Sony-Ericsson T610 has 3-pages persisting GSM network monitor  
mode and 1 page GPRS. Assigned TMSI is not part of it, unfortunately,  
but everything else.

-j

Am 03.10.2009 um 08:45 schrieb Mike Haben:

> Slightly off-topic, but this may be of use when testing OpenBSC...
>
> Some mobiles made by Pantech have an engineering mode built in -  
> displays various parameters of the network like LAC, BSIC, ARFCN and  
> signal-strength (C1 value) of serving and neighbour cells, TMSI  
> assigned to phone, timing advance etc.  The two models I've played  
> with are:
> PG-C3 - very comprehensive data (10 screens of it!), engineer mode  
> persists when power-cycled, but US tri-band, so does not cover  
> 900MHz band.
> PG-C520 - quad-band, but data not so comprehensive (e.g. no timing  
> advance), engineer mode does not persist
>
> I bought mine from an Ebay shop in the USA:
> http://stores.shop.ebay.co.uk/Khala-Ki-Dukan__W0QQ_armrsZ1
> Both models were < 100 Euro, even with postage from the States and  
> import tax.  If anyone's interested, email me and I'll post some  
> screenshots.
>
> Does anyone know of other phones with built-in net-monitor /  
> engineer functions (other than the old Nokias!)?
>
> Thanks,  Mike H.
>
>

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