The present invention is related to a method for signaling the status of a mobile device, said mobile device comprising a user input interface, a storage including status information of said device and a signal generator, comprising the steps of receiving a status request from said user input interface, retrieving at least one status information from said storage according to said received status request, and which is characterized by generating an output signal by said signal generator, wherein said output signal comprises at least one non-visual signal component, said non-visual signal component being indicative of said retrieved at least one status information.