Guest guest0001 Posted December 24, 2010 Report Share Posted December 24, 2010 (edited) > I'm just curious as to where the code that validates the SIM unlock code is kept? > > To my knowledge; the phone itself verifies the unlock code from the network. If the phone > verifies the code then couldn't one program an application to brute-force the code? > > Failing that, couldn't you reverse-engineer the code that verifies the unlock code? > > Thanks > -G [uPDATE - 24/12/2010] I found out that rild (the Radio Interface Layer Daemon) controls Android communicating with the SIM, which has it's own minimalistic OS that's normally vendor-specific which controls the network lock. Using the daemon would let me possibly bruteforce the unlock code. I'll keep posting my progress here as I go! Edited December 25, 2010 by guest0001 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ergo911 Posted December 30, 2010 Report Share Posted December 30, 2010 and how far are with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 1, 2011 Report Share Posted January 1, 2011 if you could do this that would be great! :unsure: wanting to switch to giffgaff when my 6 month free internet runs out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest0001 Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 [uPDATE - 05/01/11] @ergo911, Beedham1: I'm still working on setting up my development environment, but once I get that underway i'll start working on the program! :unsure: -G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Thar Posted April 23, 2011 Report Share Posted April 23, 2011 if you could do this that would be great! :) wanting to switch to giffgaff when my 6 month free internet runs out! Me too! Any update on this? TIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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