How to disable PIN on SIM card

11.10 gnome network-manager 3g mobile-broadband

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Solution 1

You can disable PIN checking using the built in GSM modem as described here.

Solution 2

To avoid the popup, you can disable the PIN on your SIM card. As an alternative to using gsmctl as in the accepted answer, you can use qmicli. Assuming your PIN is 1234:

sudo apt-get install libqmi-utils
sudo qmicli -d /dev/cdc-wdm0 --dms-uim-get-pin-status
sudo qmicli -d /dev/cdc-wdm0 --dms-uim-set-pin-protection=PIN,disable,1234
sudo qmicli -d /dev/cdc-wdm0 --dms-uim-get-pin-status

(qmicli can also disable PIN2, should anyone need that.)

Solution 3

You can store the PIN in the configuration, then network-manager won't ask for it again.

Graphical Way

Open Network-Connections, go to tab 'Mobile Broadband'

Screenshot, Network-Connections

Click 'Edit' and go again to the tab 'Mobile Broadband'

Screenshot, Mobile Broadband

Enter your PIN here, then it shouldn't ask for it again.

Command-line

This is an alternative to the way described above. No need to do both ways!

cd /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/

There open the configuration-file of your broadband with your favorite editor. In my case: sudo gedit ./beeline There should be a [gsm]-section, here you can add your PIN code pin=1234. If the gsm-section does not exist add the following to the end of the file:

[gsm]
pin=1234

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d_inevitable

Updated on September 18, 2022

Comments

d_inevitable over 1 year

My SIM card is stuck inside the slot of my laptop and I can't get it out without causing further damage to my laptop.

Every time I log in gnome-shell prompts me for the PIN. Whether I am about to use it or not.

On my phone I know I can disable the PIN altogether so that it doesn't get requested again (even if place the SIM card on another device). How can I do the same in Ubuntu?
- Huckle almost 12 years
  
  I don't have a piece of hardware like this on my computer to test with. Do you know the name of the daemon that is prompting for your password? Try sudo pstree while it is present and looking for something that might look like it. From there we might be able to alter it's config, uninstall it, or disable the hardware
- Takkat almost 12 years
  
  This is bug #704123 marked as `fix released'. As a bug report this is off topic here.
- d_inevitable almost 12 years
  
  @Takkat, how is this a bug-report? I am asking for a workaround. I am on 11.10
- d_inevitable almost 12 years
  
  @Huckle I suppose that would be NetworkManager.
- Takkat almost 12 years
  
  @d_inevitable: meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1317/…
- d_inevitable almost 12 years
  
  @Takkat I am not informing about a bug. I know the bug exists and I know that it is known and I know that it was apparently fixed. However it's fixed for me. So I need some help about getting to to work for me. And also as I've said, id rather disable the PIN on the SIM rather than simply saving it in NetworkManager. A bug report is a description of something that does not behave as it is supposed to. Not knowing how to disable the PIN or not knowing how to work around an existing and confirmed bug is clearly something else!
d_inevitable over 11 years

That looks promising, but how do I determine the path of the modem? After all it is inbuilt and I cannot unplug it.
d_inevitable almost 11 years

I was able to find the device with hwinfo.
d_inevitable over 10 years

In 11.10 due to a bug it did ask for a pin if you had carried out the steps you have described. It was a known bug. Not sure how it is now, as I've disabled the PIN on the SIM card.