After some thought, I decided that this is a hardware hack because you are talking directly to the controller on the modem board and not as a function of WM5. Although these pop up in a nice windows screen, windows is only relaying data coming from an embedded device separate from the windows device. If using ##codes to talk directly to your hardware isnt a hardware hack then I may need to re-evalueate what a hardware hack really is.

These codes are built into the modem board's operating system and allow us to troubleshoot, repair, and manage the low level functions on the phone itself. If you dont know exactly what you are doing, dont mess with these. There is a lot of good information stored here.

To use, go to the phone app and dial ## then CODE and # to finish the code. When you are done you can close it out like a windows application. CODE is of course replaced with the alphanumeric (ie ABC=2, DEF=3, GHI=4 ect) number equivelent listed.

The codes

##DEBUG# - Opens a page called field trail. Shows the cellular radio debug info, signal etc... This one is safe for even inexperienced users as you cant mess anything up here. It simply displays information.

##RTN# - Shows runtime and info on phone. This one is safe for even inexperienced users as you cant mess anything up here. It simply displays information.

##pst# - edit epst. Displays critical data allows you to edit A-key, NAM settings, CDMA settings, home SID and NID, modem settings, PRL, packet dial string, phone directiry, M.IP settings, M.IP default profile and 5 customer profiles.

##VOCODER# - vocoder??? settings are home orig and roam orig

##AKEY# - Allows you to set a AKEY for the phone

##DATA# - Main programming of Sprint vision options

##PRL# - unlock PRL

#HELP# - only one # before code... It flashes the screen but nothing else. perhaps a modem reset?

##DIAG# - Passthrough enabled

##PREV# - Allows you to set the p-rev of your phone

If I am missing any codes please post them here and I will update this list.