freerunner unable to work with 3G SIMCards?

[Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller]

Am 07.07.2008 um 15:05 schrieb Kevin Zuber:

> Am Montag, den 07.07.2008, 14:46 +0200 schrieb Dr. H. Nikolaus  
> Schaller:
>> Am 04.07.2008 um 17:19 schrieb Kevin Zuber:
>>
>>> Any news here?
>>>
>>> I got the same error with the commands:
>>> AT
>>> STR=`AT'
>>> RSTR=`OK'
>>> AT+CPIN?
>>> STR=`AT+CPIN?'
>>> RSTR=`+CPIN: SIM PIN'
>>> AT+CPIN=MYPIN
>>> STR=`AT+CPIN=MYPIN'
>>> cme error: 3
>>> RSTR=`+CME ERROR: 3'
>>>
>>> What could be the reason?
>>>
>>> Thanks alot.
>>
>> I got this error 3 on a very old D2 (Vodafone) SIM card when using  
>> the
>> command line access.
>> But PIN entry and registration through the GUI works. So, this one
>> must be a different error.
>
> That was only a syntax error. Try it again with AT+CPIN="MyPIN". Don't
> forget the " and ". Then it should work with your D2 SIM card using  
> the
> command line, because I tried it with an 9 year old D2 SIM card
> yesterday.

Ok, works now.

Unfortunately, this does not help those with a non-working 3G SIM card.

Nikolaus