On Thu, 1 Oct 2015 08:22:50 -0400 Pat McGowan <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 4:36 AM, sturmflut <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Good morning dear list, > > > > I agree that SIM Tookit support is crucial for many countries. As far as > > I know, ofono has a D-Bus API for it and the functionality is very > > simple, so we might "just" have to build a simple, unconfined core app > > that talks to ofono? > > > > Yes one could do that. The app would only get notifications if it was > active but many menu functions could be implemented which could satisfy > most of the use cases. > https://github.com/rilmodem/ofono/blob/master/doc/stk-api.txt > > Pat > > > > > > cheers, > > Simon > > > > > > > > On 09/29/2015 10:29 PM, Thibaut Dedreuil_monet wrote: > > > > > > Dear all, > > > > > > I just wanted to share with you my experience with the lack of Sim > > toolkit on UT. > > > I have reported Bug #1323837 in May 2014 concerning the lack of sim > > toolkit on UT. Few people have already acknowledge that this is a problem > > on the bug report but from my recent conversation with a UT developper, > > full SIM toolkit support is not even on the roadmap of UT. I am hoping by > > this email to convince the product team to reconsider the inclusion of sim > > toolkit support on UT and accelerate the development of the simtoolkit > > support. > > > > > > My network provider is a cheap MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operators) > > on the name of vectone mobile. http://www.vectonemobile.co.uk/ > > > When i am abroad, i cannot use my phone network ( no call, no data, and > > no location) if i do not have a basic sim toolkit support as i need to > > change my sim parameters via it to enable me a network connection. > > > For a short while I used my girlfriend's phone in order to set my sim > > card correctly and was able to use it after on my UT phone. > > > Not having the sim toolkit on my UT had the effect on me missing some > > very important phone calls when i was abroad and i personally feel i should > > not have to carry a second phone to use my UT abroad. I was able to do this > > on all the previous phone i owned as all supported SIM toolkit while UT do > > not. > > > > > > While i understand that this is a very ancient technology and its not > > used in all country, Sim toolkit support should be considered as a priority > > as some network providers are still using this old technology. > > > > > > Following the bug report this also used in Norway for banking and some > > users considers this has a must have in order to be able to use a UT. I > > quote "Sim-toolkit is also used by BankID in Norway. There is no way I can > > use the phone as a daily driver without this since it is used to access my > > bank and many other services. > > > I want to add that this is supported by all other smartphone OSs, > > Firefox OS even. This should be a requirement." > > > > > > I am hopping that this email might be able to speed up on a decision on > > enabling a proper basic sim toolkit support on UT. While i wish i could > > help develop a solution for this, i do lack the skills to do so. > > > > > > Kind Regards. > > > > > > Thibaut > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > > Post to : [email protected] > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > In the bug report you can find a link to the meego app which could be ported. https://gitorious.org/meego-ux/meego-app-satk/source/6296ebb569697c5a80ee6b518ccf8c331d7cb840:doc/sim_toolkit_design_draft.txt#L61 -- Thibaut -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
