freerunner unable to work with 3G SIMCards?

[Kevin Zuber]

Am Montag, den 07.07.2008, 11:56 +0200 schrieb Joachim Steiger:
> Chaosspawn23 wrote:
> > [unlurk]
> > Having the same problem with my O2 SIMCard, I too would like to offer my help in
> > tracking down the problem. Just tell me if I can do something to help.
> > [/unlurk]
> 
> hey there
> 
> i've done a few quick tests with a borrowed O2 3G-sim and ran into the
> same problem.
> BUT since this sim is from a gsm-geek we quickly tested a few things:
> this sim had the pin set to 'off' (not asking, just do register) and the
> FSO milestone1 which i used for testing still was asking me for a pin.
> obviously the previously used pin was not accepted.
> then we put the sim into another phone, set the pin from 'off' to '0000'
> and swapped it back to the FR.
> after booting FSO asked for a pin again, and this time it took the 0000
> and registered fine. a quick call worked fine from that point on.
> 
> so: if your O2 3g sim does not want your (supposedly correct) pin, check
>  if the pin is really needed with a second phone, and if not, set it to
> 0000 or so.
> if this works for more people than just me, we might just have found a
> workaround.
> 
> 
> ps: i have photos of the 'tricky' O2 sim, so if youre unsure or find
> yours does the same, we should be able to identify the manufacturer by a
> nice high-res shot of the 'chip' (the layout of the pads is somehow
> 'characteristic')
> 
> 
> kind regards
> 
> 

Hi,

thanks for your tests, you rose a big hope in me, but unfortunately it
didn't work for me:
---------------
AT
STR=`AT'
RSTR=`OK'
AT+CFUN=1
STR=`AT+CFUN=1'
RSTR=`OK'
AT+CPIN?
STR=`AT+CPIN?'
RSTR=`+CPIN: SIM PIN'
AT+CPIN="0000"
STR=`AT+CPIN="0000"'
RSTR=`OK'
AT+CPIN?
STR=`AT+CPIN?'
RSTR=`+CPIN: SIM PIN'
AT+CREG=1
STR=`AT+CREG=1'
RSTR=`OK'
AT+COPS=0
STR=`AT+COPS=0'
EVENT: Netreg searching for network 
EVENT: Netreg registration denied 
cme error: 32
RSTR=`+CME ERROR: 32'
EVENT: Signal Quality: 21
---------------------------

so, same again :(.

With disabled PIN:
-----------
root at om-gta02:~# libgsmd-tool -m atcmd
libgsm-tool - (C) 2006-2007 by Harald Welte and OpenMoko, Inc.
This program is Free Software and has ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY

AT
STR=`AT'
RSTR=`OK'
AT+CFUN=1
STR=`AT+CFUN=1'
cme error: 100
RSTR=`+CME ERROR: 100'

root at om-gta02:~# libgsmd-tool -m atcmd
libgsm-tool - (C) 2006-2007 by Harald Welte and OpenMoko, Inc.
This program is Free Software and has ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY

AT
STR=`AT'
RSTR=`OK'
AT+CPIN?
STR=`AT+CPIN?'
cme error: 15
RSTR=`+CME ERROR: 15'

root at om-gta02:~# libgsmd-tool -m atcmd
libgsm-tool - (C) 2006-2007 by Harald Welte and OpenMoko, Inc.
This program is Free Software and has ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY

AT
STR=`AT'
RSTR=`OK'
AT+CREG=1
STR=`AT+CREG=1'
RSTR=`OK'
AT+COPS=0
STR=`AT+COPS=0'
cme error: 3
RSTR=`+CME ERROR: 3'
-------------

After that, I enabled PIN 0000 again and test it, but same as at the
beginning.
Anything other to test?

Kevin