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2011-12-27 , 12:54
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Hello,

I've bought a used N900 from ebay which works great, except of one thing.

When replacing the sim card or restoring a backupmenu image, the n900 sends 2 silent sms. I've noticed it direct at first boot with the sim-card, because the inserted sim was empty and the phone operator sends 2 sms back. -> "sry, message could not be delivered, no money, blah"

First intention was to search for processes and files of

smscon xttp://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=60729
imhere xttp://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=50246
prey xttp://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=73725
SMS-based stolen phone locator xttp://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=60516

but could not found any sms tracking like program.

Then another 2 sms arrived from my mobile operator with the gprs settings.

Maybe maemo requests gprs/umts settings at first boot with a new sim card?
Anybody heard of something like this and can give me an advice?


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Last edited by eight; 2011-12-27 at 15:14.
 
michaaa62 is offline michaaa62
2011-12-27 , 13:43
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This pretty much sounds like imhere. These are the uninstall information
Code:
sudo gainroot
 killall imhere-0.3
 rm /var/lib/dpkg/info/imhere-0.3.prerm
 rm /var/lib/dpkg/info/imhere-0.3.postinst
 dpkg --purge --force-remove-reinstreq imhere-0.3
 

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2011-12-27 , 14:46
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That was my first thought, but there are no processes or files named "imhere".

Code:
Nokia-N900:~# ps -e | grep imhere
 3140 root      2816 S    grep imhere
Nokia-N900:~# ls /var/lib/dpkg/info/imhe*
ls: /var/lib/dpkg/info/imhe*: No such file or directory
More precisely it goes like this:

empty sim:
- boot
- 2 sms arrive "send failed, no money"

charged sim:
- boot
- 2 sms arrive with gprs settings, 2 sms debited from credit

I just noticed that it only happens one time after first boot with every new sim-card, or after restore from backupmenu.

Tomorrow i can check the reciever number, but until now this is all i've got.

Any help would be appreciated, maybe some commands i can throw into xterm to get further. Thanks in advance.
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don_falcone is offline don_falcone
2011-12-27 , 15:46
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Maybe it's just cherry a.k.a. MyNokia registration.
 

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2011-12-27 , 19:49
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Thanks for the hint! Never heard of my nokia, just saw it in the settings-menu and assumed it's deaktivated. (My last Nokia was a 9300 )

Well, that was a little strange.
The 2 messages from OP about failed sms delivery did only appear because the card was empty. With a charged simcard nothing appears and they don't get debited, was my fault (forgot about 2 sms transmitted that day). And on top of that my operator sends me exactly 2 sms with the gprs settings.

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Does anybody know more about these two sms?
What is the content and recipient number?
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