SIM Rejected/ PUK blocked sim.

[davidt]

Hi All,

Is it possible to access phone number and or sms that are stored in a blocked sim card? The fact is that the sim is puk-blocked and when put into a phone it signals :Sim card rejected. Well, I heard that according to gsm specs, the sim must be dead. Anyway, is there any tool that can directly read the memory on the sim rather than trying to access it the normal way? I was thinking of something like the type of trick usually done with a corrupted Hard Disk.

Many thanks in advance...

[Alex Railean]

Hi, that cannot be achieved.

Once the card is locked out, you can't read the files because the access conditions are changed. Think of it as of NTFS access conditions that apply to a directory, the difference is that they are permanent and cannot be overridden.


In the case of hard disks you simply take it out and put it in another computer (or take the platters out and put them in another hard disk of an identical model); but the SIM is a self-contained system and you cannot access it any way other than using the interface it offers.

[davidt]

Thank you very much for this straight answer! It will help me to refocus.

[Unregistered]

Hi, that cannot be achieved.

Once the card is locked out, you can't read the files because the access conditions are changed. Think of it as of NTFS access conditions that apply to a directory, the difference is that they are permanent and cannot be overridden.


In the case of hard disks you simply take it out and put it in another computer (or take the platters out and put them in another hard disk of an identical model); but the SIM is a self-contained system and you cannot access it any way other than using the interface it offers.

MY SIM IS REJECTED

[Alex Railean]

Which error message do you see when it is rejected?

[vincemd]

was this error sorted out already? because I got the same problem once...

[Alex Railean]

There is no way to sort out this error; the SIM is designed to prohibit access to its contents when it is locked - this is expected behaviour, so there is nothing to fix.

[GOKULAPRASAD]

PUK blocked

[Alex Railean]

What happened before the PUK got blocked?

[sgarzs91]

DOes anyone know if this sims reader card works for the Motorola Nextel i335? What I'm mainly looking for is the text and phone call history.

[Alex Railean]

It works with Nextel i335.