Do you have a Samsung mobile? So access your hidden and secret menu

This information is of interest to you if you have a Samsung phone. Manufacturers, and this is no exception, have menus on their devices that are not visible to users. They are configuration and testing, and are made available to technical services to check possible device failures. We have prepared this article so you can see how you can access the hidden menu of your Samsung phone. It can give you information about bugs, or if not, so you can browse it.

Access the hidden menu of your Samsung mobile

First you have to go to the phone application screen, as if you were going to make a call. Once there, follow these steps:

• Access the «Keyboard» menu. It is the one you use when you are going to dial a number that you do not have in your agenda.
• Dial the following code: * # 0 * #
• Then, and without having to do anything else, you can access Samsung’s hidden menu.

Thanks to this menu you can put your device to the test. for example, you can make the screen reproduce some predefined colors. If you put it in black you can easily see if you have a pixel in bad condition.

You can also check if the device touch is working properly or, on the contrary, there are dead zones. The vibration function, speaker, cameras or the iris sensor are just some of the functions or parts that can be tested.

In this way, and with this self-diagnostic tool, the device functionality, and thus go directly to the root of the problem. On the other hand, leaving the menu is simple, you just have to exit as you do with the icon with which you exit any app or let a few moments pass.

Samsung and its desire to develop folding mobiles

This field of action is already a reality for the South Korean company, but it intends to continue shaping it immediately. The manufacturer has announced a new edition of Devices by Apps: “Display” your talent. This year the challenge It consists of two challenges related to folding devices, for the community of local developers Samsung Dev Spain, which currently has more than 9,800 members. Participants have until September 12 to develop or optimize their apps and compete in both categories. In this way, it is intended to recognize and reward the work of developers in the creation of applications that enrich the ecosystem of Galaxy Store applications, through new applications or with the improvement of existing ones for folding devices.

If your desire is to open up your field within folding devices and you are a developer, you can sign up at the following link. This year’s challenge is made up of two different options: “Unfold your mind” Y “Adapt your app”.

• “Unfold your mind”: the challenge is to develop 6 apps to foldables, of which, only a maximum of 2 may be games. The person who achieves it will be able to win a Galaxy Z Fold2.
• “Adapt your app”: the second challenge asks to adapt 15 apps published in the last 3 years, optimizing them for foldable devices. In this case, the prize is a Galaxy Z Flip.