sim problems (sim+ vs simple)

[Anton Xuereb]

Afaik someone had mentioned that the problem may reside with the firmware of
the gsm modem and FIC were working with the company supplying them in order
to get a firmware upgrade in order to fix the issues..that's just what i
remember tho... not having a neo myself yet i cannot try out stuff ;)

On 8/9/07, Alon Levy <alonlevy1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi List,
>
>  I've had some experience with dialing from the neo which I want to share
> and hear if it is unique / not.
>
> I've used two types of sims: they have the same formfactor, but one has
> "simple" written on it, the other "sim+".
>
> simple - worked for me, it is an orange network (israely), a subscriber
> card.
> sim+ - I tried two of these, both didn't work. (same orange network).
>
> I tested both gsmd with libgsm-tool and also cu -l, with cu -l and
> at+cmee=2 I get the error:
>
> at+cops=0
> +CME ERROR: network not allowed - emergency calls only
>
> otoh, with the simple it just worked (at+cops=0\nOK) and dialing worked (I got another phone to ring :) - couldn't answer though, but that's a different horse.
>
>
>
> So, to summarise:
>  * sim+ doesn't work (for me), simple does.
>  * Can anyone confirm this experince? Can anyone *explain* the problem
> with sim+? Can anyone help me get my sim+ to work
>
> Any help appreciated,
>
> Sincerely,
> Alon Levy
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