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ayckoster
Asked: 2012-10-31 04:55:47 +0800 CST

How to disable popup "SIM PIN Unlock Required"?

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I installed Ubuntu 12.10 on my Lenovo W500 and this annoying popup keeps appearing on start up.

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The text sais: "SIM PIN unlock required" and "The mobile broadband device 'Ericsson F3507g' requires a SIM PIN code before it can be used." (for search engines)

I do not plan on using this device and I just want to disable this popup.

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6 Answers

  1. You have to know the PIN of the SIM if you want to disable PIN checking. There are two possibilities:

    1) Put the SIM card into your mobile phone, enter the pin. Look for "disable PIN" in the settings of your mobile phone.

    2) Use gsmctl as described here:

    sudo apt-get install gsm-utils
sudo gsmctl -d /dev/ttyUSB0 -o unlock sc all 1234

    where 1234 is the PIN. Check for the device path (ttyUSB*) with dmesg after plugging in the GSM modem. It should look similar to this:

    [13274.395894] option 2-4:1.0: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
[13274.396084] usb 2-4: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB0
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  2. Best Answer

    I just had the same problem with my W520 on Ubuntu 14.04 (I don't want to use the device at all but I also don't want to add any special settings) and solved it by completely disabling mobile broadband:

    • Enter the BIOS
    • Navigate to Security -> I/O Port Access
    • Set Wireless WAN to Disabled

    No more popups.

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  3. For me, only mmcli works:

    1. list modems

      mmcli -L

    2. get path to sim

      mmcli -m "MODEM-NUMBER"

    3. disable PIN

      mmcli -i "PATH-TO-SIM" --pin="PIN" --disable-pin
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  4. Is the Mobile Broadband card removable, i.e. just a card? You could just pull it out then. Also, if you fire up Network Manager (Network Connection), and click the "Mobile Broadband" tab, you should be able to either Edit it, and tell it to never connect, or delete the connection altogether. Sorry, I do not have a mobile broadband card, so I cannot give more detail.

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  5. Tick mark on option Automatically unlock this device. You can disable it permenantly from making PIN disable. You can ask your provider to remove Pin of sim.

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  6. Since you don't want to use your inbuilt 3G-modem you can disable it device:

    Open in command-line sudoedit /etc/rc.local and before the line with exit 0 add:

    rfkill block wwan
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