Tips for using Engineering Mode

Tips for using Engineering Mode (Test mode) for motorola P2K GSM phones

You may not know that we can use the Engineering Mode (or test mode) to check the battery status, such as battery type, battery voltage, battery level, charging status, etc.

Steps
1. open menu "Engineering" or "Test Mode";
2. select "Field Test Status";
3. select "Availability";
4. select "SBCM";
5. press Left Soft key to go back. Message "FTS setting changed" is shown.
6. press Menu key, then Left Soft key quickly;
7. you will see a screen with white lines and orange background;
8. press Up or Down keys to browse through the pages of battery info. We can't understand all the info, but you will be able to find battery type, battery voltage, battery level, charging status, etc. It is useful for us to check the current voltage of the battery, so you will know at what voltage you will get the low battery warning.
9. press Menu, the Left Soft key again to quit the screen.

We can also use the Engineering to turn on/off "GPRS auto attach".

Steps
1. open menu "Engineering" or "Test Mode";
2. select "Phone Capabilities";
3. select "GP Auto Attach";
4. select on or off.

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