@ Micron:

Sorry for this to happen, could you mail me your log file of smscon (is in /tmp/smscon.log) for analysis? (BTW, if you have rebooted your phone after this incident the log file is deleted)

Did you use the last version of smscon (0.5-9) and have you fully configured the smscon_config file before use of smscon?

PS: When smscon is configured to lock the phone after activation & the lock has never been used before on you phone the default code is 12345 (it is wise to change this).