The US GTA02 I still have (FCC EUNGTA02) uses 3546510116xxxxx. I have not tried inserting a SIM, but I have heard that frequencies have been repurposed and that it probably wouldn't work in the US and more.
On Fri, 18 Aug 2017 15:12:21 -0800 Mychaela Falconia <mychaela.falco...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Openmoko and FreeCalypso communities, > > I am doing a survey of Openmoko device users to see what portions of > Openmoko's IMEI number range (TAC 35465101, a range of 1 million > possible numbers) have been used to number the 15 thousand or so > devices that have been made, and what portions are unused. Given that > fewer than 20 thousand units have been made out of the range of > 1 million IMEI numbers, simple logic says that at least 980000 numbers > out of Openmoko's IMEI range must be still unused, and thus > potentially usable for new production of GTA02 verbatim clones and/or > FCDEV3B boards which are just the modem part of the GTA02. But I > need to make my very best effort to determine WHICH portions of Om's > IMEI range have already been used, so I use a different subrange for > new device numbering. > > Unfortunately it appears that no official factory records of IMEI > assignments have survived the demise of Openmoko-Inc (I tried asking > Sean M-P several times by email, but never heard anything back), hence > I am making my best effort to reconstruct this lost knowledge by way > of a community survey. > > To everyone reading this solicitation who owns an Openmoko device: I > would love to hear from you if your device falls into one of the > following 3 cases: > > 1: If you have a GTA01 (I have never seen one with my own eyes) as > opposed to the more common GTA02, I would love to hear if the first > 8 digits of its IMEI are 35465101 (same as GTA02) or something > different. > > 2: If you have a GTA02 hardware variant with "US" bands, i.e., > 850/1800/1900 MHz (FCC ID EUNGTA02), as opposed to the much more > common "EU" variant (900/1800/1900 MHz, FCC ID EUNGTA02E), same > request as above: I would like to know if the first 8 digits of the > IMEI are 35465101 or something different. Like with the GTA01, I > have never seen a "US" FreeRunner with my own eyes. > > 3: All Openmoko devices, whether GTA01 or GTA02, "EU" or "US": if the > first 8 digits of your IMEI are 35465101, but the following two > digits are something other than 16 or 96, I would like to know what > those two digits are. > > The two digits after the 35465101 TAC prefix are the first 2 digits of > the 6-digit SNR (serial number) field, and it is the usage of this SNR > space that I am after. So far the only Openmoko devices I have laid > my hands on have been GTA02 "EU" version units, their TAC has always > been 35465101, and the SNR field has always been either 16xxxx on > older units or 96xxxx on newer ones. However, if there have been > Openmoko devices made with something other than 16xxxx or 96xxxx in > the SNR field of the IMEI, I would really like to know about them so I > can avoid stepping on those subranges and pick a subrange that has not > been used at all. > > TIA for your participation in the survey, > > Mychaela Falconia > Mother of FreeCalypso > www.freecalypso.org > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
