[PATCH] QMI modems ignore IMEI's with 0 prefix

Aleksander Morgado aleksander at aleksander.es
Wed May 27 04:01:01 PDT 2015


>>
>> A small patch to allow ModemManager to handle the IMEI on my AT&T Beam (340u).
>> It has the IMEI printed on the back:
>>
>>     013323000226606
> 
> Yes, that is definitely valid. '01' is http://www.ptcrb.com/
> 
> You might be more careful about double zeroes, but I cannot see any
> reason why MM should refuse them.  There might even be valid use cases
> where you'd want to run MM in a lab :)
> 
> For those interested in deciphering the two first IMEI digits:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reporting_Body_Identifier
> 
> 

I truly cannot remember why I added that check in IMEI, ESN or MEID.

Dan, do you maybe recall a reason?

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Aleksander
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