Hi everyone,
the SIM I use in my android phne contains some strange settings. The Line1 number field is empty (which is a bit annoying to identify the correct SIM in my dual sim phone) and the operator name field content is weird since it contains "Willkommen" (german word for welcome) instead of the company name that sold the SIM, which is the usual content. In case you figure out similar behaviour of your phone, validate the SIM's field contents with SIM +.
I've found out, that there is an API class "TelephonyManager", that can deal with these issues by providing the methods "setOperatorBrandOverride" and "setLine1NumberForDisplay". So at least on the lowest level of customization there is a way to get rid of the described issues. Since I am (still) not familiar with Android application programming, can someone tell me, whether there are apps around, that can fix thebehaviour or whether there is a method how to deal with the API without designing a highly sophisticated app?
Thanks a lot in advance! :good:
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I have a utility that i can use to clone an XDA via an SD card. This works great for quickly producing lots of devices with the same config. However, it also makes the "Device ID" the same on each device.
I know you can rename the Device ID, not a problem. The problem comes that although the device ID name (text) is different, the names within the registry are not.
I am basicly looking for a way to give the device a new SID?
does anybody have a utility for this? Its causing me a real problem with my management software.
Thanks
Resolved.
Problem was a .ini file in the storage location
Hi Noodleman
I am looking for some software to achieve the same thing.
Can you tell me what you use ? (Plus give me some tips on how to use it)
I would really appreatiate the help on this !
I want to remove the label "Owner:" that appears before owner information on the Today Screen. It's just taking up space and keeps me from being able to enter Name and Phone Number in the Name field and have it fit on one line. I've tried to find a registry entry or setting that may affect the label, but I suspect it's coded and, therefore, a little beyond my skills. Can anyone either tell me how to change it or perhaps create a small script to remove the label. Thanks!
It's not possible (certainly not by script). Even if whatever DLL is responsible for displaying owner details (I am fairly sure it is not a stand alone regular plugin) could be hacked to remove the string resource it would still not align the writing to the left.
My suggestion is to google for alternatives (there are even free ones) for the "owner" plugin.
ownerinfoX
Try this.
Thanks for both replies
ownerinfoX is a nice little app. Perfect for what I needed.
Thanks again.
I could never get OwnerInfoX to work on my PPC6700. Is it WM5 compatible?
We have a large ambition of using Android phones or tablets to help us track equipment inventory. We need to track both equipment that we currently own (sitting in one or our two yards) as well as equipment that is available for purchase.
We currently have an Access database that handles these records as well as handling linking to the pictures stored in structured directories identified by stock number.
So here's the idea we have:
A user would walk up to a given piece of machinery and enter the stock number (stock numbers are painted on the equipment). This would create a record (either text or database on the Android device) and would add GPS coordinates to the record. The user could go on to take pictures of the item that should be linked to the stock number entered at the beginning. The user would then click a button to say that he's finished.
I'm seeing numerous problems with this and hoping this community can help me think through this.
1) It would be nice if the device could have a small copy of our inventory database so that the user's entry could be validated against our existing records.
2) Should we try to connect to the live Access database (if/when possible, won't always work) or would it be better to employ some type of upload/synchronization?
3) Is it even possible to program what I'm asking for? I did see code online to control the camera and it looks like you could easily choose (in the code) where to save the pictures. I'm assuming we would create folders for each stock number and place the pictures inside with names like 53595-001.jpg. Any ideas on how or if this will work and how much programming it's going to take?
4) I'm an experienced Windows programmer using VBA, ASP/VBScript, and some VB6. Would I be better off trying to do this with a Windows Mobile device? I don't have any experience programming in Android/Java or other related languages.
I would like to make APP which simulates SIM card in software on android. I would load 2 or 3 SIM cards into phone and then I would chose which one I need in android.
Do you think that it`s possible to be done? I don`t know how phone communicates with SIM card, it`s by SW or HW?
Thanks for any advice.
to make it more clear what I want, I want it to work like deamon tools in Windows for cd-rom, but i want to emulate sim cards
You can get most of the source code from market enabler or market access. It does that in order to allow users to buy apps
XDA App
Actually I doubt that it's possible to emulate SIM card, take a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subscriber_Identity_Module at least.
The SIM card is designed not to allow the Ki (Authentication key) to be obtained using the smart-card interface. Instead, the SIM card provides a function, Run GSM Algorithm, that allows the phone to pass data to the SIM card to be signed with the Ki.
Thanks for reply. Market enabler doesn`t do what i really need. As I looked in the source code of it I found that it only rewrites system variables in which is stored Operator ID and string ID of Operator.
I know SIM cards have protection, but I know that there are ways to copy it, don`t know how yet but it`s not my problem right now. My problem is if it`s possible to emulate it in android or not if I will have it copyied.
Thanks.
Hi,
the search function doesn't work right now, and I'm looking for a solution for hours now. So please excuse me if this is solved already and please redirect me to the solution if so. If its important on any level: My phone is rooted and I use Nexus 5 Experiance rom 9.3 CAF
At work, we have a NFC key tag to open doors and use our copymachines. I would love to copy the Tag on my Nexus 4 and use it instead.
So, what I have done till now: I can read the NFC Tag (with NFC Tools and i can make a copy of it with NFC ReTag), and its a Mifare Classic 1k (NFC Tools, tells me, the Technology is "NfcA" and the serial number, which are 4 hex digits, one ATQA and one SAK number). Also if I hold my Nexus to the NFC Readers next to the doors, they respond to me, that they can't read it (which makes sense, because its just a Phone with NFC enabled, but without the needed information of the key). Summary: I can read my tag, can copy it to my phone, and the Readers also respond to my phone.
But: I can't come up with a solution to use this information, to use my phone as the key instead of the tag. As I understand, I need to copy the information on my phone and than tell it to be a tag instead of a phone (emulate). Now I read, that KitKat introduced HCE(host card emulation), which sounded like the right thing, but after reading a lot here I found, that this feature is specificly designed to money transactions (which probably was only implemented for Google wallet).
Now, dear community: I know, that this is indeed a security risk for the company, if this would really work (to copy the key), and this should not be possible in theory. But thats another topic. We use this system for 6 years now and maybe there is a possible way now.
So my question is: Is this possible at all? That means: Can somebody redirect me to the solution? Or is this NOT possible at the moment? Or will this not be possible at all (also in the future) with my Nexus 4, because of some technical differences, and I don't need to bother searching any longer?
edit: So I just found NFC Taginfo and it tells me, that Mifare Classic is not supported by the device. I still don't know, what to think, because NFC Tools had no problem of reading the Tag