Part 2 - reply to Saurav's mail
> For balance etc, I insert the SIM to my phone and check them. Also, there > is an app in Ubuntu Software Center called Modem Manager that allows you to > check balance and send USSD requests, SMS etc while data card is attached > with your PC. I havent used it so cant say if it works good or not. > Aha - - well the software is called prepaid manager (available in the repos) and quite simply it does not work ? modemmanager is built into the network manager and does not really provide any options. Infact India is not even an option - so there is no way to get that data - i tried thinking of adding the info (as suggested by the software) but it seemed a bit beyond my skills. ** To give a concrete example of prepaid pain in data cards Most of the popular gsm providers have internet data packs - *none* of them have an sms code by which one can get to know the existing balance. The *only* way to figure out the balance is to use the internet a bit and wait for a usage message to pop back. I use an idea sim - and even after using the "official" software on windows - and using the net - the usage message *does not appear* Next - to recharge , online , an idea sim - one must receive an sms code on the sim card to be recharged - and on a data card there is no way to do that. If there are error messages - there is no way one can receive them on a data card + Linux Idea has provided linux software - of course it most probably does not work - its paste binned here (http://paste.ubuntu.com/1211154/) for reference . I tried to install it as per the info provided, and the error messages are strange to say the least - and a small glance at the code reveals some mistakes that even a non coder like me can see - its basically crap which they put in to possibly get some brownie points - look boss linux also - hah I have , ( rather had until we went for a dunk in a fish pond) , a Nokia e 51 - which worked superbly as a modem as well as a phone - getting all my messages etc - and while long term use was a small a pain - it was worth some of that aggravation - so am willing to switch between data card and phone as long as the phone gives me the data infor i need. thanks again ram -- Ram _________________________________________________________<http://www.munsiari.com> Amazing Indians: Transforming lives in the hills<http://www.timesnow.tv/Amazing-Indians-Transforming-lives-in-the-hills/videoshow/4383022.cms>
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