[Gta04-owner] [PATCH v2 7/7] HACK: disable some sms stuff

[Neil Jerram]

Thanks Andreas for these useful comments.  A few more from me inline...


On 25/04/17 19:47, Andreas Kemnade wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Apr 2017 19:15:15 +0100
> Neil Jerram <neil at ossau.homelinux.net> wrote:
>
>> Out of interest, has anyone made a recent survey of the available modem
>> middleware, and how well they each work with GTA04's modem ?  I ask
>> because of gammu being mentioned below - that is one that I wasn't
>> previously aware of.
>>
>> The ones I am (now) aware of:
>>
>> - gammu
>>
> I am using that often for sms management. It was mostly designed
> for attaching feature phones to a computer and send at commands
> to them works
>
> gammu --battery also displays something.
> gammu --getdatetime also works.

Also has a little extra interest for me because it has a library, 
libgammu, and so is perhaps more accessible from 
${whatever_your_favourite_programming_language_is}.

>
>> - oFono

This will probably still be my favourite, if I ever get back to GTA04 
hacking, because I like the combination of Connman and oFono.

>>
>> - FSO
>>
> dunno about status in combination with recent kernels. Should
> work with 3.7 or 3.12.

I guess FSO is dead now anyway, so would not be a good choice.

>
>> - modem manager
>>
> banned from all my media because of disturbing non-modem devices.
> AFAIK it is only for handling data connections.

Agreed that that one is definitely not useful, then.

>
>> - wader
>>
>> - direct AT command usage, e.g. as in QtMoko.
>>
> Qtmoko: works only with kernel 3.7.
>    sms works, ussd partly (menu structures do not work)
>    phone calls/answering works
>    sending dtmf works
>    probably also needs adaptations for newer modem firmware
>
> simple-gsmgui (kernel 3.7, 3.12 or 4.10.x):
> - phone calls/answering works
> - ussd works including menu structures
> - no sending dtmf
> - reacts properly on rfkill but does not do rfkill block/unblock itself
>
> Replicant 4.2 with kernel 3.12 (or with 4.10.x with my fixes from
> today):
> -  phone calls/answering works
> -  ussd works including menus
> -  sms works
>
> Regards,
> Andreas
>
>
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