[Noisebridge-discuss] Noisebridge (GSM) cell phone equipment

[Christie Dudley]

>
> However, it's also contingent upon any subsidy locks present on the
> phone or your SIM. On the Dev Phone, it is possible to open a function from
> within
> Android settings menu and select a specific mobile carrier.


On the standard android build, you can select your carrier as well.


> Even in the presence of these locks, it may be possible to "drown out"
> your regular carrier's signal (a-la Limor's WaveBubble or similar) and
> get your phone to "roam" onto a Noisebridge BTS and trick it into
> thinking that it has registered itself.


Sounds like a neat hack.  I'd be pretty irritated, though, if I couldn't
make outbound calls from Noisebridge because of it, though because we were
shutting down the outside signal.

Christie


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