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Your iPhone's phone dialer accepts codes that open hidden diagnostic menus, reveal your actual signal strength as a number instead of bars, display your IMEI without digging through Settings, and check call forwarding status Apple does not surface in the UI. This guide covers the codes that still work in 2026, what they show, and when they are actually useful.

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