Motofone F3

Links

• Official product page
• manual (pdf)(fr)
• Short manual (pdf)(en)
• early draft (pdf)

Characteristics

Screen	electronic paper (Motorola refers to it as ClearVision Display)
Ringtone	Polyphonic (& downloadable monophonic ?)
Bands	900/1800 MHz GSM
Physical size	47 x 114 x 9.1 mm
Weight	68 g
Phonebook	SIM only
Call records	20 dialed, 20 received, 20 missed calls
Battery	Standard, Li-Ion 800 mAh
Stand-by	Up to 300 h
Talk time	Up to 4 h 30 min
Power supply	6.4V, 200mA (?)
Misc	Clock, alarm, speakerphone, vocal help

Inside

• Apparently Compal (Calypso+) platform
• Apparently the F3 is a SCPL (scalpel) class device which runs a Java/Linux derived OS called JUIX, aka MOTOMAGX
• Pinout (jpg) Vertically handled, there is a square of pads, one missing on the upper right. GND: middle; RX: top-middle; TX: bottom-middle
• Someone on Flickr dismantled it
• To enter boot mode: power off the phone and press 3 keys combination: *#Power On. The handset display will remain blank.
  Note that on this video they insert the battery without SIM while pressing * and #.
• Disassembly howto

Tips

• To lock/unlock quickly the keypad, instead of pressing * for 2 secs, just press ↑ *
• To reach quickly an item in the phone book, press the phone book key then the first letter of the name.

Codes

References:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_FONE_F3

The Motorola Motofone accepts many options which are not directly available from the standard menu. These codes are generally used to configure more advanced options.

Usage

The codes described here have a three asterisk prefix (***) and an asterisk suffix followed by the up action key ( *↑ ) on the top left of the keypad.

***<code number>*↑

There are also (unrelated) codes for phone information details (* * 9 9 9 9 * ↑) and phone IMEI (* # 0 6 #).

My phone infos:

trackidserialnumber	y27ul22gw2
assemblyversion	sa
boardversion	sa
pcbversion	sa
software	r3t621_g_15-38-1fr
flex	gsdtngo000rtbnl0c0

Documented codes

The following are officially documented codes:

Documented Codes

Function	Code Numbers
Reset Factory Settings	000
Restricted Calling (Phonebook only) ON | OFF	160|161
Keypad tones ON | OFF	250|251
Auto keypad lock ON | OFF	260|261
Set SIM Pin	300
SIM Pin ON | OFF	310|311
Select time format	470
Prepaid Balance Display ON | OFF	500|501
Voice Prompts ON | OFF	510|511
Change Language	520
Set Balance Inquiry Number to #	642
Set Voicemail number	644

Undocumented codes

Be advised that some of these undocumented codes can causes problems with the SIM-based address book, including a loss of data.

Undocumented Codes

Function	Code Numbers
Display total time of accepted incoming calls	111
Display total time of outgoing calls	121
Minute reminder beep ON - OFF	130|131
Display cell information ON - OFF	400|401
List available networks with option to change to another network	402
Display network currently receiving service from	480
Display list of networks within range	481
View / Edit Service Centre Number (SMS Service)	643
Delete ALL stored messages	700
Enter SMS prepay query code (?)	701
How long an SMS is offered / will be tried to deliver (?)	743

When the Minute Reminder Beep feature (code 130|131) is ON, the phone beeps every one minute during a call. It helps to monitor the total time of conversation.

Usual codes

Here is a list of common codes for GSMs.