Let us see if I can help with this. All my new cards do not work. I did clean off the numbers.. Even if it is not needed. http://www.batbuilds.com/working_front.jpg http://www.batbuilds.com/working_back.jpg http://www.batbuilds.com/failed_front.jpg http://www.batbuilds.com/failed_back.jpg
Hope this helps. -Adam P.S. I will see the Openmoto team at SF Linux world. If they want all these sims, I will donate them to the cause. On Mon, 2008-07-14 at 02:18 +0200, Joachim Steiger wrote: > steve wrote: > > Michael and Brenda. I want a Page on the wiki showing which carriers have > > issues, a table by country by carrier. > > hi steve, michael, brenda, community. > > that does not make real sense. > the issues we are seeing with some sim-cards are not carrier-related, > but related to which specific model of sim-card they bought. > > currently it seems that old gemplus sim-cards have this issue, but we > need more people with and without problems to submit pictures of the > contact-side if the sim. > the only universal way we currently have to identify which manufacturer > and model the sim really is, is to have a scan/sharp photo. > the numbers on it are not unified and thus cannot be universally used to > look up which type it is. > also carriers tend to have multiple types of sim in use over the years > and also switch manufacturers from time to time. > > see the attached pictures on ticket 666 > http://docs.openmoko.org/trac/ticket/666 > > at the moment i am not yet sure if we have a electrical or mechanical > problem, but the current state from my point of view is: 'some type of > gemplus simcards (the 2 different types with round edges/ contact > plates) give trouble/do not work. > > > This is vital for solving those cases where folks have problems and for > > advising people prior to purchase. > > indeed. also this needs more samples of which sims work and not work to > finally know whats going on and what to tell people to do as workaround. > > so please do a shot like this: > > http://docs.openmoko.org/trac/attachment/ticket/666/sim1.jpg > > sharp, contact side. label the file as 'sim working' or 'sim notworking' > and attach it to this ticket in the wiki. > > also would be nice to have some comment about which carrier, and when it > was given out, if you think its a '3g sim' and, if you want, the numbers > on it. > but thats 'cream on top', not essential, since this is a > carrier-independant problem it seems. > > kind regards. > > > ps: because it seems a often asked question: > the numbers of the sim are not directly 'secret' or need to be kept > confidential. > one cannot clone or locate your sim/phone with knowledge of these. > only the carrier who gave the sim out could identify or duplicate the > sim, and would not need the numbers on the original for that because > that information which one could look up is in their databases already. > so no harm done by having them in a photo. > > _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
