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[Pat McGowan <pat.mcgowan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 4:36 AM, sturmflut <sturmflut@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Good morning dear list,
>
> I agree that SIM Tookit support is crucial for many countries. As far as
> I know, ofono has a D-Bus API for it and the functionality is very
> simple, so we might "just" have to build a simple, unconfined core app
> that talks to ofono?
>

Yes one could do that. The app would only get notifications if it was
active but many menu functions could be implemented which could satisfy
most of the use cases.
https://github.com/rilmodem/ofono/blob/master/doc/stk-api.txt

Pat


>
> cheers,
> Simon
>
>
>
> On 09/29/2015 10:29 PM, Thibaut Dedreuil_monet wrote:
> >
> > Dear all,
> >
> > I just wanted to share with you my experience with the lack of Sim
> toolkit on UT.
> > I have reported Bug #1323837 in May 2014 concerning the lack of sim
> toolkit on UT. Few people have already acknowledge that this is a problem
> on the bug report but from my recent conversation with a UT developper,
> full SIM toolkit support is not even on the roadmap of UT. I am hoping by
> this email to convince the product team to reconsider the inclusion of sim
> toolkit support on UT and accelerate the development of the simtoolkit
> support.
> >
> > My network provider is a cheap MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operators)
> on the name of vectone mobile.  http://www.vectonemobile.co.uk/
> > When i am abroad, i cannot use my phone network ( no call, no data, and
> no location) if i do not have a basic sim toolkit support as i need to
> change my sim parameters via it to enable me a network connection.
> > For a short while I used my girlfriend's phone in order to set my sim
> card correctly and was able to use it after on my UT phone.
> > Not having the sim toolkit on my UT had the effect on me missing some
> very important phone calls when i was abroad and i personally feel i should
> not have to carry a second phone to use my UT abroad. I was able to do this
> on all the previous phone i owned as all supported SIM toolkit while UT do
> not.
> >
> > While i understand  that this is a very ancient technology and its not
> used in all country, Sim toolkit support should be considered as a priority
> as some network providers are still using this old technology.
> >
> > Following the bug report this also used in Norway for banking and some
> users considers this has a must have in order to be able to use a UT. I
> quote "Sim-toolkit is also used by BankID in Norway. There is no way I can
> use the phone as a daily driver without this since it is used to access my
> bank and many other services.
> > I want to add that this is supported by all other smartphone OSs,
> Firefox OS even. This should be a requirement."
> >
> > I am hopping that this email might be able to speed up on a decision on
> enabling a proper basic sim toolkit support on UT. While i wish i could
> help develop a solution for this, i do lack the skills to do so.
> >
> > Kind Regards.
> >
> > Thibaut
> >
> >
>
>
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