[PATCH] cli: fix description of --pin argument in --enable-pin help message

Aleksander Morgado aleksander at lanedo.com
Thu Sep 26 11:22:46 PDT 2013


On 09/26/2013 06:35 PM, Dan Williams wrote:
>> What? --enable-pin will enable the PIN lock if the lock was disabled;
>> > but it doesn't change the PIN. --pin needs to be used to pass the
>> > current PIN. Changing the PIN is done with --change-pin=NEW --pin=OLD.
> So Ben's patch was suggested by me, because I couldn't find out how to
> set a PIN for my SIM which currently didn't have one enabled.  To make
> things worse, I have no idea what the "default" PIN code is, so even
> trying to enable the PIN I don't have any clue what to send for some
> cards.  Apparently it's 0000 or 1111 (AT&T) or 12345, and apparently
> it's sometimes in the manuals that come with the phone.  What a mess.

In my case when I get a new SIM card I always get a card where the
current PIN and PUK are specified; and the current PIN given in a new
SIM card is never 0000 or 1111 or 1234; just some other random number.

-- 
Aleksander


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