[dundee] wvdial and sms?

[Nistur]

Yeah, I may end up going into the shop tomorrow in my lunch break,
although I was planning on spending that shouting at TalkTalk, telling
them I want to cancel my contract but refuse to pay a cancellation fee
as it's their fault they cant' bloody find me and refuse to try.

Anyway, that was mainly the thing that lead to the question of whether
or not I can send sms with my USB modem :P I apologise, I do have the
tendancy to waffle on with background and not explain the main thing
much.

Thanks again
Nistur

On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 11:11 AM, Sean McRobbie <lug at seany.us> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> The shop can certainly do it for you - my grandad got his unlocked that way..
>
> As for unlocking it via credit card... not so sure as I don't trust them with my details.
>
> Perhaps it is one of these situations where it'd be quicker to use a windows virtual machine (or old machine) to use their crappy client.
>
> Regards,
> Sean McRobbie
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Nistur" <nistur at googlemail.com>
> To: "Tayside Linux User Group" <dundee at lists.lug.org.uk>
> Sent: Sunday, 13 June, 2010 10:12:44 AM
> Subject: [dundee] wvdial and sms?
>
> Why do I always have internet problems? I'm pretty sure not everyone
> has as many issues as me.
>
> Anyway, I've been having issues with TalkTalk. They claim I don't
> exist, so they can't move my account.
>
> In desparation I've gone to T-mobile and temporarily got a USB modem thingumy.
>
> I am using it with wvdial (technically using it with the Sakis3G script...)
>
> The modem is a ZTE USB Stick 120
> $ lsusb
> Bus 001 Device 036: ID 19d2:0031 ONDA Communication S.p.A. ZTE MF636
>
> Now, it's working fine. I can connect and everything. Surfing the web works.
>
> There's just one problem.
>
> T-Mobile have parental controls. Now, I swear this isn't for naughty
> sites... but the principle... Site filters have a tendancy to be too
> strict just in case they accidentally let something through and they
> get sued for exposing a 12 year old to porn which they've never seen
> before anyway... anyway... I don't like people telling me what I can
> and can't look at... like most here... so I went about removing the
> parental filter... this was either go into tmobile shop (closest is
> not close and shut early saturday, and all day sundar) calling from
> the mobile in question (it's a modem... and I can't be bothered to put
> the sim card into a phone... it's damned hard to get out...) or
> register online. Bingo. I registered. Then it said they sent a PIN
> code to activate the registration to the mobile. hmmm. again faced
> with the possibility of removing the sim. I did a bit of googling and
> found that _some_ USB modems have had successes sending/receiving sms
> using gnokii... but I can't for the life of me find any instructions
> for any modems like the one I have.
>
> Does anyone know if this is possible? Know how I might attack the
> modem into getting it to play nice, or give me some options to play
> around with?
>
> Thanks
> Nistur
>
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