Phone 'Phun' - Lot's of Phone Tricks

A small collection of tricks.


Theory:

Well the theory of this technique, is simply phone redirection. The excellent thing is, with home phones, you can redirect to telstra error messages. All those 12722 numbers can be used to create some really weird mesages when people are ringing.

Technique:

1. Okay, now the phun part. Firstly, take your list(appended on to the bottom of this file, credits to Decimalz).

2. Select a number that you wish to redirect to. I myself, am fond of the 127224* range.

3. Enter *21#

4. Ring your home number, and hear the message you selected.

5. To turn off enter #21#

List of Forwarding functions:

*21# - Immediate forward to target *61# - Forward on no answer

*61*# Forward to target on no answer, after time delay.

*24# - Forward on busy tone.

With the above technique, and below list(any number can be used, not just this list). This technique is really easy to do, and also introduces some basic principles of call redirection. It is also so very amusing, especially when you know someone will call and you dont want to talk. Its amazing how often telstra disconnects my line when i know they will ring.

Appendix. A.

The following numbers were taken from: Decimalz - Guide to Phreaking for a New Generation, part 1

Telstra Test Numbers

All test numbers for Telstra begin with 12722. so phreakers get to your nearest payphone and start scanning. here is the list so far.

12722 0 CND send status

12722 123 Own number RVA (old number 19 123)

12722 199 Ringback (old number 199)

12722 40001 "The number you have called is not available from this service"

12722 40003 "This service is not connected"

12722 40004 "Your attempt to use this feature has been unsuccessful"

12722 40005 "The feature you have tried to to use is not provided"

12722 40006 "The number you have called is not connected"

12722 40007 Recorded busy tone

12722 40008 "Congratulations. You have accessed a standard network test message recording"

12722 40009 "The person you are dialling now has a new telephone number. To find out the new number please call Telstra's changed number information service"

12722 40010 "The number you are calling is currently unavailable"

12722 40020 "The number you have called is not compatible with your equipment"

12722 40023 "The service type you have requested is not provided"

12722 40024 "You have attempted to call via a service provider network.
All lines are currently busy. Please delay your call for a short time"

12722 40033 "This number is not in service. Please use the alternate number for the person you are trying to contact"

12722 40034 "This telephone number cannot be dialled with an area code. Please try again without using the area code"

12722 40035 "Thank you for using Telstra for your long distance calls"

12722 40036 Congestion tone

12722 40037 Congestion tone

12722 40064 "Operator assisted calls are not permitted to this number"

12722 42209 "Your Telstra call waiting feature is on"

12722 42210 "Your Telstra call waiting feature is off"

12722 42211 tone... "Your Telstra call waiting feature is on"

12722 42212 tone... "Your Telstra call waiting feature is off"

ah the old call back..

12722 199

*note that number will only ring..so not like the old 199 number where you would hang up and then the phone would ring.

Optus Test Numbers

Test numbers for Optus all begin with 12723, so phreakers once again start scanning. 12723 12 Own Number RVA (old number 127 2311)

12723 22 1kHz

12723 99 Ringback



BILLING TO THE PAY-PHONE NEXT TO YOU
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As stupid as it may sound, billing to the pay-phone next to you is
sometimes a very easy way to pull off free phone calls from pay-phones.
First of all, you'll have to check if the phone next to you can receive
incoming calls. If it doesn't say anything about "NO INCOMING CALLS" on
the front, it probably does. Next, check that the pay-phone next to you has
a phone number. If it doesn't, pick up that phone and dial 1-800-666-6258.
After listening to about 30 seconds of BS, you'll hear the area code and
number of that pay phone. Next, dial up our old friends ITI, at
1-800-288-2880. After the dial tone comes on, wait for the operator. As
mentioned in Way #3, you have to give the number you're calling "from" and to,
but make sure they are in DIFFERENT STATES. Then when ITI wants to know how
you want to bill the call, say "Third-Party", and give them the number of the
pay-phone that's right next to you. ITI will call to "verify" the charges,
at which time you answer, change your voice, and of course accept the charges.
Please note that ITI is not as stupid as they were earlier this year (although
they are still VERY stupid), and they do have a good deal of pay-phones
"locked out" from billing. But of course, a very large number of pay-phones
still exist that AREN'T locked out of ITI, so have a ball while you still can.




To get free calls (local only) on a payphone, you need these items:

1. A Payphone
2. A sharp object
3. A metal wire

To get a free call on a payphone, you need to follow this procedure:
1. Enlarge hole in the speaking portion of the phone.
2. Poke the wire into the hole of the speaking part.
3. Cross the other end of the wire with the phone cord.
4. While hearing a loud noise, dial the number
5. Lift the wire up right after dialing.

Warning: Do not attempt a long distance call!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You will feel a slight shock if attempted!



Money Mad


Section 1:The coin slot

For every 5 cents you put in a phone, a sound is made. After you put
the coins in the slot, they pass through a totalizer which counts them.
They then collect in a hopper. To empty out the hopper, all you have to
do is activate the coin relay. Payphones sometimes hold $100 or more.
To activate the relay place 5 cents in the phone. Stick a magnet up the
coin slot about 5 inches. Now remove the front panel of the phone. You
will see a series of wires. Cut the red and green wires. Now in the
front of the panel you will see three screws. Touch the green wire to
the third screw. Better have a hat ready, because alot of change is
gonna come flooding out. Isn't this fun?

Section 2:free credits
If you have a friend in germany you need to call this sections for you.
One of the cheap things about pay phones is they depend on tones to tell
them you inserted money. Well if you have a red box these tones are
easily duplicated, but i want to show you how do it without boxes in
this file. Now Some thing you need are...
A set of screwdrivers. You will need both philips and flathead. Now
open the front panel of the phone and cut the red and green wires. Take
the cover off the top of the phone and insert 5 cents. You should hear
nothing. Find a green wire coming from the coin slot down to the
hopper. Disconnect that wire. Now take off the case and you will see a
small switch. Move the switch. This sets the totalizer backwards 1.
Now put the hopper cover back on and reconnect the wire. Go back to the
front panel. Feel to the right of the two screws. You should feel 4
jumpers. 1 of the jumpers should be disconnected. Reconnect it. Now
cut the top jumper. You should hear a loud pop. Now touch the green
wire to the second screw. You will hear the sound of twenty five cents
being inserted. You now have 30 cents credit. Repeat as many times as
you need. Now reconnect the green wire and dial your number.
GTE Notes:
The green wire will be white. The red one will be blue. The totalizer
is located at the bottem of the front panel.