Show HN: Carrier-Explode: iPhone, Pixel and Galaxy carrier settings decoded

(carrierexplode.com)

211 points | by simplyalec 6 hours ago

13 comments

isomorphic 5 hours ago
I saw this linked from MacRumors during the AT&T iPhone 18 Pro Max lockup news discussions. It was interesting to see what AT&T/Apple did to try to get ahead of the issue. So far it looks like they disabled 5G Standalone mode, possibly just to prevent a bug from literally destroying the hardware (possibly only on one batch of phones).
Apple/AT&T still haven't released any kind of statement addressing the issue other than to replace affected hardware.
etatester 5 hours ago
This is super cool. Particularly for the fact that it just showed my country's operators rather than the usual America First.
seba_dos1 5 hours ago
It would be great to contribute whatever's applicable to https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mobile-broadband-provider-inf...
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- KetoManx64 7 minutes ago
  Probably not a good idea if you used AI in any way to help with obtaining this info, they will ban you at the tiniest whif of you using AI
- simplyalec 5 hours ago
  will look into this :)
mycofunguy 5 hours ago
What do you use the info you have gathered for? It seems comprehensive but curious as to how you use it?
roundup 2 hours ago
Can I use these settings to disable incoming calls? Does GrapheneOS have this option at the android level?
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- dogma1138 0 minutes ago
  These are baseband settings, they are overridden by the carrier.
tantalor 3 hours ago
How did you build the UI? Is it custom?
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- simplyalec 2 hours ago
  plain old CSS w/ svelte (and their new-ish remote functions)!
denysvitali 4 hours ago
What's more useful, or at least was a while ago, is the CA combos list - basically showing which bands can be aggregated and how.
A while ago I built a decoder for that (Qualcomm only!), it was fun and helped me improve the support of my device for my carrier.
https://github.com/denysvitali/ca-combos-editor
tylergetsay 6 hours ago
Reminds me of the CDMA days when the qualcom software got leaked
ahmedfromtunis 5 hours ago
Are these configs read-only on the phone or is it possible to manipulate them using the data here to de/activate any service?
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- simplyalec 5 hours ago
  You can trick iOS into running different bundles for your carrier up until the most recent beta (just fixed)
  A very common thing to do in Russia for instance where WiFi calling isn’t available: https://github.com/ios-bundles/CarrierSIM
- flotzam 5 hours ago
  Depends on the OS. GrapheneOS can override a bunch of them: https://grapheneos.org/usage#carrier-settings-overrides
mrweasel 6 hours ago
Not really sure what to do with the information, but I love the UI.
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- willio58 1 hour ago
  Also interested in this - what does this information unlock?
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  - chiefwilsion 52 minutes ago
    nerd tier 8. and after that you get nerd tier 9
- mjhagen 5 hours ago
  Very early-2000s
dorianmariecom 6 hours ago
very interesting here is my carrier for instance https://carrierexplode.com/ios/carriers/Free_fr/72.0/setting...
arslan9063 8 minutes ago
bro this is neat
decodingsi 4 hours ago
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