Just bought me a new(er) car. I asked the dealer if the stereo was bluetooth capable and he said "It's better than that (Jim) it's full GSM capable!" Wonderful, except that it needs a bloody sim in it! A bi like the old days of car-phones. Rather than keep hoiking the sim out the pocket phone and jamming it in said carfone, is there a way I can get my sim duplicated? I've spoken to my operator O2 and I might just as well have been asking for next weeks lottery numbers. Not much luck from Voda either. I've looked at a cheap PAYG sim and diverting the incoming call, but that would cost a fortune. Any suggestions of where one might find a "friend of a friend" that can duplicate said sims? TIA -- Greybeard FLHR -03 UK (95 cu-in Stg 2. Big Boy 2!) Garmin Zumo 550, To get me home! ukrm@foxtails[dot]co[dot]uk
You cannot. SIM's use pretty serious encryption. An Israeli cracked it a few years ago but I'm not aware of implementation outside Menwith Hill and GCHQ
So it seems ;o( It means that due to the silliness of the airtime cartels, most new car with built in gsm/sat/audio systems are pointless. Having to have it's own sim means that we are going back to the early days of car fones where you have to keep diverting numbers and incurring massive expense. The airtime cartels love this!! -- Greybeard FLHR -03 UK (95 cu-in Stg 2. Big Boy 2!) Garmin Zumo 550, To get me home! ukrm@foxtails[dot]co[dot]uk
Agreed, but shirley , customer service/satisfaction would be a nice little bonus? No sorry, I guess I was asking too much. -- Greybeard FLHR -03 UK (95 cu-in Stg 2. Big Boy 2!) Garmin Zumo 550, To get me home! ukrm@foxtails[dot]co[dot]uk
Hmmm. At a wild guess the second sim won't be a duplicate as such but will be registered to the same phone number as the first. So as far as the end user is concerned it is a duplicate Having a phone built in to a car is just daft unless 'duplicate' (co-registered?) sims are readily available. Presumably will happen eventually.
All I wanted was the Bluetooth radio! but I ended up with an all dancing load of crap. And a bloody high price! -- Greybeard FLHR -03 UK (95 cu-in Stg 2. Big Boy 2!) Garmin Zumo 550, To get me home! ukrm@foxtails[dot]co[dot]uk
