For Some Reason, Every Samsung Phone Has a Chihuahua Hiding in It.
I am not trying to deceive you. If you own a Samsung Galaxy—pretty much any of them—then you have a hidden chihuahua on your phone. You would never stumble upon him, so you probably never saw or knew about him, but he is there, lurking, ready to greet you at any moment.
The Chihuahua is an image, but it’s not the Galaxy Gallery app – it’s in a hidden menu called “diagnostic mode.” These diagnostic tools are not endorsed by Samsung in any way, and you won’t find them by digging around in the Settings app (or even by entering developer mode ).
How to Run Diagnostic Mode on Your Samsung Galaxy
To start diagnostic mode on any Samsung Galaxy device, open the Phone app and dial *#0*#. No matter which Galaxy you have, you’ll see a simple menu with a range of options that let you test different features of your phone. For example, you will most likely see “RED”, “GREEN”, or “BLUE” at the top of the grid, which tests the screen’s ability to display those colors. ‘RECEIVER’ plays a beep until you exit the test, and ‘TOUCH’ lets you test the accuracy of the touch screen.
Your options may vary depending on your Galaxy device as Samsung makes so many different smartphones. For example, their Fold and Flip series likely have options that standard Samsung smartphones don’t have. The only Galaxy device I have is on the older side, so I see an option for the “LED” test that newer phones wouldn’t have.
How to find a hidden chihuahua
But enough explanation – we are here because of the chihuahua. In the open diagnostic mode, touch “SENSOR”. Here you will see a bunch of data and buttons, but we need a “PICTURE TEST” at the top of the screen. Hit her and woof: Chihuahua .
There is no explanation for its existence. Whose is she? Why is it hidden on every Samsung phone? If this is a test image, then why is the quality so bad? These are questions that will probably haunt the tech community forever unless Samsung comes up with an explanation. I didn’t know about this quirk myself until I stumbled upon this TikTok from the creator of tbvrgg who showed off a hidden chihuahua on brand new Galaxies in the store . Whether you pick up a Galaxy today or pull an old one out of a drawer, the chihuahua will be there. It has always been there.