[Noisebridge-discuss] how to get into an android phone

[Gopiballava Flaherty]

Unless they've changed it recently, contacts on the SIM card were limited to a single shortish string and a number  - no address, etc. A lot of phones nowadays have SIM import export options but don't actually store to the SIM. 

I'm pretty sure that SMS is similar. The phone can use the SIM card for SMS storage but it doesn't have to and most modern operating systems don't. You can't store an MMS either. 

This security hole can be fixed by programming a PIN into your SIM card. Most platforms let you do this. Get it wrong too many times and you have to type in another magic long code which probably came on the packaging for your SIM that you threw out ages ago. 

Thanks,

gopi at iPhone


On Oct 29, 2012, at 14:17, Snail <snailtsunami at gmail.com> wrote:

> If you just want to return it to the owner, you don't need the phone
> data most likely. You could examine the SIM card and either by pop it
> into another phone (I've read that you might get the SIM's recent
> contact history and be able to call people who know the phone's recent
> user) or return it to the provider's company.
> 
> Though, the thug (who you've established as a person who likes
> stealing things) and the original phone's owner may not be the same
> person.
> 
> SIM cards sound like a big security hole if you lose them & other
> people are able to pop them into their own phones and extract your
> contacts & SMS history...
> 
> 
> On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 1:53 PM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:
>> my friend heard someone trying to break into his truck and went out there
>> and found the guys' phone on the ground.  It's an android phone and it's
>> locked with a pattern.  Ironically my friend swiped it properly the first
>> time he looked at it, but now he can't repeat the act and the phone
>> threatens permanent lockout if he tries incorrectly again.
>> 
>> does anyone know anything about this?  I would like to see if it's possible
>> to get in there and download the data.  So i can return the phone to its
>> rightful owner.
>> 
>> actually it's been more than six months since he found the phone so i doubt
>> anyone cares about it anymore, but i would like to see how hard this can be.
>> 
>> it's an LG MS690
>> 
>> probably not rooted because based on the texts that scroll across the top of
>> the screen (which the owner never read) the owner is clearly a thug.
>> 
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