SIM Card reading using a USB modem?

[geoffrey mendelson]

On Jun 14, 2012, at 2:20 AM, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> As nobody gave a better answer:
>

Thanks.

> AFAIK, there are standard AT commands for that. Thus you should give a
> shot to e.g. gnokii.


Yes, that helped immensely. Looking for generic AT command software, I  
found gammu, which does the job I needed from a command line, and  
wammu, GUI front end.

(for someone seeing this in the future)

Once I was able to configure the port for the modem, all I needed to  
do was:

	gammu backup <file name>

swap SIMs and then:

	gammu addnew <file name>

This backed up all the contacts in my SIM and put them in the new one.

I did add instead of replace so that the customer service number,  
voicemail and SMS center (for sending SMS's) were kept. I then had to  
manually delete the old voicemail number. The new SIM is for a  
different company (Golan versus Orange).

You can do the deletion with Wammu, in the backup file with a text  
editor, or on the phone itself.

Geoff.


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