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[Tony Espy <espy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/01/2015 01:39 PM, Simon Fels wrote:
> On 01.10.2015 14:22, Pat McGowan wrote:
> > 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
>
> Just one note: That the dbus API is there doesn't mean the backend for
> the RIL service is implement for this! I am pretty sure Alfonso or Tony
> can shed some light here how far this is or if it is even implemented.

No RIL changes are required...  All the bits are present in ofono to 
handle SIM Toolkit on any supported modem.  The UI integration is the 
sole piece that's missing.

/t