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how to get msl easy

i think there might have been a step missed. when you dial ##3282# you have to actually go to one of the options and hit view if im not mistaken, doesnt really matter which one. the phone need the code to even access that info but you dont have to put it in yourself to just view it, you only have to know it to modify the info. once youve viewed some of the info in that data menu you can go back to alogcat and try searching for the word code

and sorry im not running stock so i cant use the code to show you but im sure youll spot it if its actually there
 
Here's what I did, in order.

Clear aLogcat (to make it more readable)
Open phone and dial ##3282#
Tap on each item and press view
Open aLogcat and search 'code'

The window shows up blank. I also tried searching 'msl' but that didn't work either.

So I still am not getting it. Maybe there's something I'm doing wrong? And yes, I'm using stock ROM.
 
well, i dont really remember what alogcat looks like. if i could remember what i was doing it might be more helpful. but im gonna assume somehow alogcat stopped recording... if the window was blank when you re-entered alogcat from doing the code and viewing the menu items then that is your issue, if it wasnt then i dunno what is going on unless youre actually including quotes with the word code
 
im gonna assume youre doing the search right, but if you search "code" or 'code' and dont get anything thats because youre doing it wrong, the word is code, no quotes nothing else just
code
 
thats what i figured, is there any kind of readout on alogcat at all when you go back into it? if not maybe try not clearing it, just let it run and keep running thats what i did, not gonna get many hits with the word code in it really from a fresh boot
 
I've tried it both ways. Next time I try it, I'll post the output from a clean boot and all entries containing 'code'. Maybe it's in there and I'm just not seeing it.
 
theres a good chance it is, probably just hard to spot. it may not be just a number it may be an entire sentence containing a number or a series of numbers containing a 0. another way to do this if you want to give me your input and have me sort it out is to post the logcat output from the terminal. you could either do a logcat command through a terminal emulator on the phone or through the computer using "adb logcat" then output it to a file

go to either the terminal emulator or use command prompt on the computer with the adb command and do one of the following

adb logcat > c:\logcat.txt


or if youre using the phone itself and a terminal emulator

logcat > /sdcard/logcat.txt

itll print it to a file which im sure you can find but make sure in command propt you press ctrl c to end the terminal output or on the phone you exit the terminal to stop the writing to the file before trying to mess with it

do the command, wait about 10 seconds, then kill the command prompt or terminal session. this being after youve accessed the menu of course
 
unless there is a way to output using alogcat. if you can make a list automatically of just everything that has code in it that would be better, or if you can at least use alogcat to copy it all instead of having to do it manually im sure youd prefer that. i can sort it out myself though if you dont have a means of just getting the lines with code in them easily. post it up on pastebin or upload the text file as an attachment here if you prefer, and i can run a search through the output myself
 
in linux terminal it's real easy, not sure about other platforms

Code: 
adb logcat | grep -P 'sec_code'

If nothing comes up right away then do the ##3282# stuff

edit: this can also be done easily in terminal emulator on your phone
Code: 
su

logcat | grep 'sec_code'
then do the ##3282# stuff

note: you must be rooted for the terminal emulator method
note2: the msl is the 6 digit number in your output using both methods
 
huh, it never showed up... you sure you went into one of the options then hit one of the options in the menu to get the View/Edit option then hit view? just looking at the menu itself wont work you have to read one of the options, doesnt matter which i dont think but you have to view something
 
I went to every single option and pressed view. Then I even choose edit on one and put in am invalid code to see if that might do it. So much for 'get msl easy'...
 
otacon239 said:
I went to every single option and pressed view. Then I even choose edit on one and put in am invalid code to see if that might do it. So much for 'get msl easy'...
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try what i posted. it will get your msl without having to filter through all the garbage. The only results shown will be lines with your msl number ;)
 
problem is superr that i looked through that entire logcat and didnt find one instance of it... its not showing up, and i dont know why. maybe its something they changed in b09, maybe you didnt do the menu thing again just before getting that logcat, but something is horribly wrong here. just wanna make sure its clear that if you clear the log or reset the phone after going to the menu and doing a view it wont work, but i think the problem here is that its just not coming through at all

maybe try verbose mode, maybe try a -b radio or whatever, i dunno really this is confusing as hell lol
 
I am running b09 and i also don't get the code when I follow the alogcat instructions. What I posted works for me :D
 
but technically if its doesnt show up under code i dont see why it would show up under sec_code. if it does it does thats great but thats just messed up
 
OK. What I did exactly:
1. ##3282# hidden menu shows
2. Hit "home" button
3. Open alogcat app
4. Search (magnifying glass) "Code"
5. 6 digit # = msl
 
for you, yes, for us, i dont think that works on boost branded ones, only public mobile

i wonder if i could use the grep method to make it a menu item in settings though lol, just go to device info and there it is. i know i should be able to add the hidden menu to the options with no problem, that way you dont gotta use dial codes, but actually making the msl itself appear...
 
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