[Q] Galaxy Nexus and SIM Toolkit? - Samsung Galaxy Nexus
Will Galaxy Nexus come with SIM Toolkit? On Galaxy S it was a huge problem that even Gingerbread update did not have SIM Toolkit. This however is a must-have application when using certain pre-paid cards, bank authentications or identification.
Does anyone know if it has it?
So no one knows? Don't people use SIM cards with added functionality?
SIM Toolkit is just another way of the carrier pushing pointless services my way e.g. horoscopes, weather etc all at a cost and not as good as apps you can get in the market. This is my experience in the UK anyway, perhaps its different elsewhere.
In The Netherlands Sim toolkit is obsolete. The services it was used for, are now offered by Google and others. Sim toolkit uses a lot of (internet)data however and that is one of the reasons why many SGS-owners rooted their device, so they could use Titanium Backup to get rid of the Sim toolkit.
chandlerweb said:
SIM Toolkit is just another way of the carrier pushing pointless services my way e.g. horoscopes, weather etc all at a cost and not as good as apps you can get in the market. This is my experience in the UK anyway, perhaps its different elsewhere.
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Perhaps I should enlighten what SIM Toolkit is used for in certain parts of Europe, especially Finland and Estonia. In Finland your pre-paid cards have SIM Toolkit related services, such as checking for balance and data usage without additional costs.
But in Estonia SIM cards can be used effectively as an identification device. That is, your mobile phone can double as your identification that is usable country-wide. You can authorize bank transfers, even do all bank-related activities right through your phone without having to fiddle with websites. It can be used to sign digital documents and authorize yourself for e-voting (Estonia was the first country in the world to effectively introduce internet-based voting for local government). All this uses a special SIM-card for that exact purpose.
SIM Toolkit is very important for those reasons. Just because some carriers blatantly misuse it does not mean it isn't important.
kristovaher said:
Perhaps I should enlighten what SIM Toolkit is used for in certain parts of Europe, especially Finland and Estonia. In Finland your pre-paid cards have SIM Toolkit related services, such as checking for balance and data usage without additional costs.
But in Estonia SIM cards can be used effectively as an identification device. That is, your mobile phone can double as your identification that is usable country-wide. You can authorize bank transfers, even do all bank-related activities right through your phone without having to fiddle with websites. It can be used to sign digital documents and authorize yourself for e-voting (Estonia was the first country in the world to effectively introduce internet-based voting for local government). All this uses a special SIM-card for that exact purpose.
SIM Toolkit is very important for those reasons. Just because some carriers blatantly misuse it does not mean it isn't important.
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I'd rather get rid of the SIM completely, unfortunately it only seems Apple is interested in it at the moment, in their own patent pending insanely closed method, and even that is just a hack.
Don't really see the SIM as an important component in the features you're talking about, and especially something like checking your datausage could easily be done using web API's, like Three has done here in Denmark.
It doesn't even have to cost data, though i'm not sure whether or not it does, they simply have to allow traffic to and from that server freely.
Sure I would love a SIM-free future, but I would also love ID card and password-free future and so on. In fact, I would love username-password free future.
But reality today is that SIM Toolkit is useful part of infrastructure in many countries, there were a lot of complaints about it being missing from Nexus S, as many use SIM Toolkit for bank services.
This is why I'm wondering if Galaxy Nexus still has SIM Toolkit. I simply would be unable to use these services otherwise. It's 2011, I should not have to use a desktop computer or mobile browser to do bank transfers and so on.
no there will not and there will never be a sim toolkit on a nexus device.
i actually dont know any country's that do use a simtoolkit.
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bank services.?
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no need for a sim toolkit.
and seeing as NFC might be the future.
there even is more reason why sim toolkit is useless.
its indeed 2011.
we shouldn't even be using a sim toolkit.
its a technology thats been laid to rest in allot of country's.
Of course bank services through an app. But app alone is not secure enough. Our bank services run through Android app, but authenticate as an extra layer of security through SIM toolkit so that even if your data is stolen, they cannot access your bank, unless they also clone your SIM.
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Of course bank services through an app. But app alone is not secure enough. Our bank services run through Android app, but authenticate as an extra layer of security through SIM toolkit so that even if your data is stolen, they cannot access your bank, unless they also clone your SIM.
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The SIM just stores your private key. The same effect can be achieved if the phone itself stores your private key. It makes no difference whether it's the SIM or the phone that's used to store the private key, as long as the private key is used in the key exchange to derive a shared key to encrypt the communications between your device and the bank, the same effect is achieved.
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Of course bank services through an app. But app alone is not secure enough. Our bank services run through Android app, but authenticate as an extra layer of security through SIM toolkit so that even if your data is stolen, they cannot access your bank, unless they also clone your SIM.
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i dont know about your bank,but i have to certify my card and pin trug some sort of special card reader.and than note that code onto my phone.and make a pin code to access my bank account.
there is no way anywhere in that process that anyone can steal that data. unless i give the pin away.
ghost010 said:
i dont know about your bank,but i have to certify my card and pin trug some sort of special card reader.and than note that code onto my phone.and make a pin code to access my bank account.
there is no way anywhere in that process that anyone can steal that data. unless i give the pin away.
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Well, in Estonia we have implemented country wide ID Cards. That is, something what UK tried and failed to implement, it works here and is a great success. Our ID cards double as passports and in fact we do not need to carry passports when traveling within EU.
These same ID cards are part of a wider infrastructure. We can sign documents with these ID cards digitally (just as valid as a written signature, for example). These ID cards carry chips that are specially encrypted for that purpose and carry public and private keys for communicating with various online services. Other than digital document signatures (for any kind of document), we also use our ID card to vote on the internet without having to go to voting offices or log into various government services and view/edit private data related to our citizen status.
We can also use these ID cards to log-in to all banks in Estonia. It is more secure than private password codes that are on a separate sheet of paper and is more convenient to the end user. When authenticating it always asks for a separate PIN code, just like with any other card of that type. These ID card chips are nearly impossible to clone, just like SIM cards.
As a result there's an option for Estonians to also make their SIM card in their phone double as identification device. Our bank applications require this on phones, when logging in it sends encrypted information to the phone that can only be unencrypted with information from the SIM card. If successful, it allows you to log in and do bank transfers. This is far more secure than any regular password-sheet methods. It works through your network and has methods to protect from middle-man attacks as well.
However, that relies on SIM Toolkit and would not be possible without it. Also note that regular SIM cards cannot be upgraded to work like that. Government issues new type of SIM cards for that purpose.
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Well, in Estonia we have implemented country wide ID Cards. That is, something what UK tried and failed to implement, it works here and is a great success. Our ID cards double as passports and in fact we do not need to carry passports when traveling within EU.
These same ID cards are part of a wider infrastructure. We can sign documents with these ID cards digitally (just as valid as a written signature, for example). These ID cards carry chips that are specially encrypted for that purpose and carry public and private keys for communicating with various online services. Other than digital document signatures (for any kind of document), we also use our ID card to vote on the internet without having to go to voting offices or log into various government services and view/edit private data related to our citizen status.
We can also use these ID cards to log-in to all banks in Estonia. It is more secure than private password codes that are on a separate sheet of paper and is more convenient to the end user. When authenticating it always asks for a separate PIN code, just like with any other card of that type. These ID card chips are nearly impossible to clone, just like SIM cards.
As a result there's an option for Estonians to also make their SIM card in their phone double as identification device. Our bank applications require this on phones, when logging in it sends encrypted information to the phone that can only be unencrypted with information from the SIM card. If successful, it allows you to log in and do bank transfers. This is far more secure than any regular password-sheet methods. It works through your network and has methods to protect from middle-man attacks as well.
However, that relies on SIM Toolkit and would not be possible without it. Also note that regular SIM cards cannot be upgraded to work like that. Government issues new type of SIM cards for that purpose.
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I know what you mean. At least one bank over here implemented login using something called BankID on SIM which required new sim cards and SIM Toolkit. It used service SMS in the background though and was recently deprecated for a BankID app that starts up in the background and handles the encrypting and decrypting personally issued certs.
I agree that SIM Toolkit should be included regardless because it's very small and doesn't show up at all in the app drawer unless your SIM includes something that needs it. The layout and icon is very outdated though but you usually never have to interact directly with it like that. The messages it pops up look fine.
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I know what you mean. At least one bank over here implemented login using something called BankID on SIM which required new sim cards and SIM Toolkit. It used service SMS in the background though and was recently deprecated for a BankID app that starts up in the background and handles the encrypting and decrypting personally issued certs.
I agree that SIM Toolkit should be included regardless because it's very small and doesn't show up at all in the app drawer unless your SIM includes something that needs it. The layout and icon is very outdated though but you usually never have to interact directly with it like that. The messages it pops up look fine.
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Yeah, exactly.
My main point is that it's used in many countries and is especially relevant here in Estonia. Just because some mobile service companies misuse it is no grounds for removing it. It's like removing e-mail notifications just because you're unable to use spam lists.
I just wonder if Galaxy Nexus has it or not.
Take a look at *THIS* thread. I dont know if its of any value as I havent read through the thread but it seems to be something on how to put it on your phone and I very much doubt the Galaxy Nedxus will come with it preinstalled.
Mark.
we also have ID cards here. with an NFC chip(i can scan my ID card to my phone)
but we dont use that system. only for criminal identifying.
though there might be the solution.
instead of sim toolkit.
youd have to scan your ID card to log in(NFC)
and seeing as you do need your ID card everywhere(by law)
According to this it does have it, but that phone seems to have some other abnormalities from the thread here http://91.151.218.11/showthread.php?t=18331065&page=51
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According to this it does have it, but that phone seems to have some other abnormalities from the thread here http://91.151.218.11/showthread.php?t=18331065&page=51
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Seems to be a dev-build. Those usually include it.
Alright, Galaxy Nexus DOES have SIM Toolkit, I have the phone and it is listed under all Apps, but not in app drawer. Some of its functionality also seems to be working.
But does anyone know how to make it visible in app drawer? Not sure I need it for all things, but still.
Anyways, glad it is there!
I have a UK sim-free Galaxy Nexus and the SIM Tool Kit does appear in the app drawer for me with a Telstra SIM. It works from what I can see but I never really use it and all it provides is a mobile news service (pocket news from BigPond)
From my experience with my S2 also, the app only shows in the drawer when a SIM card is in the phone that actually has something to be used with the Tool Kit. When I used another SIM card once it didn't show up.
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[Q] Copy tag to phone
Hi Here at the university we use a NFC card to check in. Is it possible to copy the tag to my phone so I don't have to carry my student card around?
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Shark_On_Land said: Depends Sent from my LS670 using XDA Click to expand... Click to collapse Wow, helpful much? I'd like to know this too.
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+1 I like to know this to.
(Here at the university we use a NFC card to check in. Is it possible to copy the tag to my phone so I don't have to carry my student card around?) Hi Samuel I believe this is not possible right now, as there are security measures in place to prevent fraudulent use, but give it a couple of months there will be apps you can download , to copy re-writeable NFC tags to your phone, making your phone work as an emulator of some sort.
virus007 said: (Here at the university we use a NFC card to check in. Is it possible to copy the tag to my phone so I don't have to carry my student card around?) Hi Samuel I believe this is not possible right now, as there are security measures in place to prevent fraudulent use, but give it a couple of months there will be apps you can download , to copy re-writeable NFC tags to your phone, making your phone work as an emulator of some sort. Click to expand... Click to collapse To emulate cards with your NFC phone, you have to have full control of the secure element. In the Nexus phones, access to the secure element is restricted to Google - only they have the codes to access it. In non-Nexus phones like the SGS2, they don't even have built-in secure elements and therefore have to rely on SIMs, which are in turn controlled by operators. Without access to the secure element, you won't be able to emulate another card. So, no, even in a few months you won't be able to copy a tag and emulate it from your phone. Unless Google opens up the secure element to, which is unlikely. To OP: Even if you could actually copy the contents of the card and then emulate it, this might not be enough. Many schools use just the UID of the card to associate it with your account on their system. This means that there's a good chance that your card actually has no data on it. Furthermore, phones aren't currently able to emulate UIDs. You're out of luck.
LoveNFC said: To emulate cards with your NFC phone, you have to have full control of the secure element. In the Nexus phones, access to the secure element is restricted to Google - only they have the codes to access it. In non-Nexus phones like the SGS2, they don't even have built-in secure elements and therefore have to rely on SIMs, which are in turn controlled by operators. Without access to the secure element, you won't be able to emulate another card. So, no, even in a few months you won't be able to copy a tag and emulate it from your phone. Unless Google opens up the secure element to, which is unlikely. To OP: Even if you could actually copy the contents of the card and then emulate it, this might not be enough. Many schools use just the UID of the card to associate it with your account on their system. This means that there's a good chance that your card actually has no data on it. Furthermore, phones aren't currently able to emulate UIDs. You're out of luck. Click to expand... Click to collapse Clearly, a direction NFC will follow. There's no way users will allow something like that to remain as neutered as it currently is. It just (seemingly) has not worked that way in the past.
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NFC card with credit copy-able to phone?
As title suggests Would it be possible? Or would it depends on the secruity/encryption of the original tag? Here in Hong Kong there is a thing called an "octopus card" which contains credit that can be recharged from convenience stores, tube stations etc. Would it be possible to copy/transfer the data from that card to my phone so I can just use my phone?
droid_does said: As title suggests Would it be possible? Or would it depends on the secruity/encryption of the original tag? Here in Hong Kong there is a thing called an "octopus card" which contains credit that can be recharged from convenience stores, tube stations etc. Would it be possible to copy/transfer the data from that card to my phone so I can just use my phone? Click to expand... Click to collapse No, these cards are specifically designed with security to prevent such a thing. The closest thing is if the provider of the card puts hooks into their financial to permit using NFC card emulation with their services, such as how Citi partnered with Google to allow PayPass accounts to be used with Google Wallet.
Every time you use your credit card, it reads/generates/writes a new code, so its never the same. Sent from my Rogers SGH-I727R using my XDA Premium app
Try "八達通餘額閱讀器", search that on Google Play, that app should able to read the balance of your card. AFAIK, octopus card has some kind of security lock and you are unable to modify the data inside, but you can read some of the data(like balance, card serial no., etc).
Samsung Ezon NFC Unlock
I have the door lock and have some NFC stickers which work great I have the Note and am trying to figure out how to use it with the door lock, but i cant get it to work i have NFC on and downloaded some apps I put the Ezon in setup mode and the stickers register fine but not the phone, so im sure something is not right, but have no idea which
Won't work.. xboxhaxorz said: I have the door lock and have some NFC stickers which work great I have the Note and am trying to figure out how to use it with the door lock, but i cant get it to work i have NFC on and downloaded some apps I put the Ezon in setup mode and the stickers register fine but not the phone, so im sure something is not right, but have no idea which Click to expand... Click to collapse As I understand it, the only way to get your phone to unlock the Samsung Ezon is to be using Google Wallet and use the Loyalty Cards feature. I don't think the Note has Google Wallet so you might be out of luck. I have been trying to do the same thing for months now with a One X, One, S4 and Nexus to no avail.
from a google search I found this quote your mobile phone to be your access key. This would then allow you to control when your card is active and when it is not. If you have an Android device that supports Google Wallet, you’re all set. The trick is to have Google Wallet installed with at least one “Loyalty Card” setup in the wallet, then make sure the card is enabled. Doing this enables NFC card emulation on your device which will present a UID to the EZon when it is within range. This type of card emulation is different from your payment information (so you don’t have to worry about the lock charging your bank account each time you unlock it). You can then enroll your phone just like a physical access card to the EZon and use your phone to unlock the device. The added benefit is that when your phone’s screen is turned off, card emulation is off as well which makes things a lot harder to tap and then clone. Click to expand... Click to collapse ..
I just installed my Ezon 6020 on saturday, and I havent been able to get it to detect me phone using the Commonwealth bank contactless app D: it doesnt detect my usual credit cards either which surprised me... did you find anything OP ?
any updates on this?
if a nfc/rfid card is disactivated?
lets say a nfc/rfid card for a job or apt is disactivated. Is there a way you can reprogram the card in anyway for it to be able to gain access again to those places?
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q-live said: lets say a nfc/rfid card for a job or apt is disactivated. Is there a way you can reprogram the card in anyway for it to be able to gain access again to those places? Click to expand... Click to collapse Afaik, there is no 'activation' or 'deactivation' on nfc. Afaik, again, the readers interpret what the card has written on it. Let's take opening a door. On the card you have an unique ID, the reader goes through a list of authorized IDs, and if yours is in there, it opens the door. Via an NFC reader app you should be able to replicate any card you like, and I also think reprogramming is possible. If your ID is not allowed to cross a gate anymore, you would have to scan a tag which can and emulate it. This goes without saying, don't do anything illegal. Also, there could (should) be some more layers of protection, like encryption of the data on the tag, which could prevent advanced editing. Of course, these are my two cents, I may be ridiculously wrong. Sent from my XT1068 using XDA Free mobile app
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[sm-t705] build.prop question (spoofing)
Ok so my network (Three uk) disabled my unlimited wifi teathering some time ago which rendered the tablet i used at work useless. So i went out and found myself a new big screen phone, the sm-t705, a little unwieldy as a phone but hay it works. Only here comes the snag, when i put the sim card into the device the internet would not work, an error page tells me to put the sim card into a phone to get net, three tech support told me that my phone is a tablet and cant make phone calls .....i was using it to call them lol Anyway, to the point, i recently read that a rooted device (i am rooted) can pretend to be another device by changing the build.prop there are tons of guilds on how to change it, though from the view point of making google play see it as a different device to install unsupported applications, seems straight forward (if a little risky) but here are my questions, 1) what sections do i need to change so the phone reports as a normal phone? 2) what phone should i spoof as? (im thinking i should spoof as a phone as close to my specs in terms of processor etc as possible to avoid installing a version of an app that may have different cpu requirements or may burn out my phones gpu) 3) anyone done this? any tips if you have? Thanks in advance,all advice greatfully recieved.
Regarding your old tablet, have you tried Foxfi? Foxfi doesn't need a tethering plan or root and can create a hotspot using either Bluetooth or wifi. It works great for me. Barnacle wifi also used to be good on older devices, but seems to have issues with newer ones. I used it to create a hotspot on a device that didn't even support it. All you need is Foxfi on the phone and pdanet on the tablet for the 2 to connect via Bluetooth. Foxfi provides the instructions and links to pdanet to get it up and running in minutes. For your new tablet if the sim is detecting it is a tablet and three are blocking it from mobile data then I don't think a spoof using the build.prop will fool it as it uses the imei as far as I know. You may be better off with an xposed module to spoof the device, even then I think your success will be limited. It's a bit crap of three to do this. I use O2 and have no issues using my phone sim in any tablet. Does the tablet not even make a mobile data connection? Have you checked the apn settings are correct? Sent from my SM-T280 using XDA-Developers mobile app
I used pdanet for a while, but would prefer to just use one device, the old tablet was sold to pay for the t705 (will part pay, damn this thing was pricy) Does the imei reveal the device model?
mrgreaper said: I used pdanet for a while, but would prefer to just use one device, the old tablet was sold to pay for the t705 (will part pay, damn this thing was pricy) Does the imei reveal the device model? Click to expand... Click to collapse It's used to identify the device, so they will know it's a tablet. There is an xposed module called device faker, but like I say I think success will be limited as I think the sim will identify the imei from the hardware. It's seems three don't want you using your tablet for data, do they have an explanation for this? Maybe all you need is an updated sim card. I have a three sim card that I can use for data, but if I want I can also make calls with it if I put credit on it. Sent from my SM-T280 using XDA-Developers mobile app
This explains the issue better then I can, http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/opinion/...y-monthly-account-from-use-with-ipad-3368856/ As for why, the lady at the three shop told me the data to a tablet is different to the data to a phone as it's not the same operating system......I did my best to not laugh and asked to speak to a higher up, they told me that as it is a tablet and not a phone I would be breaching my contract if I used my simcard in it..... The actual reason, someone who uses a tablet is more likly to use data and therefore they can get more money out of them via tablet plans with limited data... To sum up, greed. My temporary solution is to use a bt simcard which gives me access to the world's most unstable bt WiFi network (which disconnects every 30 mins or so) I was hoping the build.prop would be the magic solution doh
I am not familiar with samsung builds, but i had this problem on my motorola phones, (tether locked and forbidden) Ok, in motorola we have 2 prop files: build.prop And cda.prop In the cda.prop , i found a line ro.tether.denied=true try find this line on your device If the line does not exists, try force to exist Sent from my XT320 using xda premium ---------- Post added at 12:26 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:22 AM ---------- And your carrier will nevermore be able to remotely set your device again forcing by a init.d script or putting this command in /system/bin/debuggerd: setprop persist.radio.adb_log_on 0 Sent from my XT320 using xda premium
Dethfull said: I am not familiar with samsung builds, but i had this problem on my motorola phones, (tether locked and forbidden) Ok, in motorola we have 2 prop files: build.prop And cda.prop In the cda.prop , i found a line ro.tether.denied=true try find this line on your device If the line does not exists, try force to exist Sent from my XT320 using xda premium ---------- Post added at 12:26 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:22 AM ---------- And your carrier will nevermore be able to remotely set your device again forcing by a init.d script or putting this command in /system/bin/debuggerd: setprop persist.radio.adb_log_on 0 Sent from my XT320 using xda premium Click to expand... Click to collapse Tethering isn't really the issue, it's that three block my simply from data access when I put it in my sm-t705 so I was hoping to make 3 think my sm-t705 was infact a Xperia z3 for example
mrgreaper said: Tethering isn't really the issue, it's that three block my simply from data access when I put it in my sm-t705 so I was hoping to make 3 think my sm-t705 was infact a Xperia z3 for example Click to expand... Click to collapse I'll ask again, do you or do you not get a mobile data connection? [emoji53]
ashyx said: I'll ask again, do you or do you not get a mobile data connection? [emoji53] Click to expand... Click to collapse Yes and no Any page you try to access goes straight to a page three has to say that your sim card won't work in this device and to put it back in a phone, so while technically you have data you can't use it, no apps can use it either
mrgreaper said: Yes and no Any page you try to access goes straight to a page three has to say that your sim card won't work in this device and to put it back in a phone, so while technically you have data you can't use it, no apps can use it either Click to expand... Click to collapse So you actually do get a mobile data connection it's just any data sent is blocked. Have you tried using a vpn, this can circumvent most carrier restrictions. DotVPN is free and very good, available on play. There is also TouchVPN, but DotVPN is better as its truly anonymous. I use these to circumvent Sky's stupid restrictions. Worth a go.
Vpn? He will have to use vpn? Forever?, i believe your carrier is denying access due to fake id. . .return to yor real roots, or you will get troubles, Example , is imposible, strictly forbidden change IMEI number of mobiles, So i may able to SHOW a fake IMEI for really nonsense apps that NEVER interest my IMEI. THAN THE CARRIER. The carrier, will recognize my real IMEI EVER. If i change the code inside the IMEI, They will suspend the services. So. . . Sent from my XT687 using xda premium
Dethfull said: Vpn? He will have to use vpn? Forever?, i believe your carrier is denying access due to fake id. . .return to yor real roots, or you will get troubles, Example , is imposible, strictly forbidden change IMEI number of mobiles, So i may able to SHOW a fake IMEI for really nonsense apps that NEVER interest my IMEI. THAN THE CARRIER. The carrier, will recognize my real IMEI EVER. If i change the code inside the IMEI, They will suspend the services. So. . . Sent from my XT687 using xda premium Click to expand... Click to collapse They already have suspended his services and no he doesn't need to use a vpn forever, he can always update his plan. What's wrong with a vpn anyway? I use one all the time and he only needs to use it for mobile data not wifi. We're looking for solutions here to unreasonable restrictions not statements to the obvious.
Sadly what I use most of my data for is Netflix, I work as night security. A vpn would be bad. To chap further up, nothing is spoofed at the minute, three detect the sm-t705 when I have thier sim in it and block data access, put the sim in my phone and the block is lifted, I'm looking for a way to make three think my sm-t705 is saying Xperia z3 and leave my data along
Your IMEI correspond to your device model number. If You change or reformat your IMEI partition with a new number and device model number and id, the carrier will blacklist and suspend your device, simcard. Is imposible to fake IMEI to carrier provider I am able to spoof IMEI to all that i judge nonsense apos, minus the carrier... Sent from my XT320 using xda premium