Michael
23-01-2005, 11:23 AM
> >> > A lot of that information is obtainable in other ways, via
> >> > USSD or SMS
> >>
> >> USSD - do you mean Unstructured Supplementary Services Data?
> >>
> >> If so, how do we use that? Maybe I'm missing something
> >> obvious, but I've never found a way to get that sort of info
> >> out of USSD commands like "AT+CUSD".
> >
> > On Telstra its #100# and Optus its something like #121#
>
> OK, thanks. That USSD request triggered a SIM Toolkit SMS from
> Telstra which set up an on-screen menu. It looks like the
> front door to some (chargable) WAP stuff.
Its not WAP at all.
Just read through the menus. The items that are chargeable are indicated by
a star and the charge appears next to them.
> Now to catch that incoming SMS somehow and and manually decode
> it before it auto-deletes...
Some of the content has an option, once you read it, for it to be SMSed to
you
>
> John
> >> > USSD or SMS
> >>
> >> USSD - do you mean Unstructured Supplementary Services Data?
> >>
> >> If so, how do we use that? Maybe I'm missing something
> >> obvious, but I've never found a way to get that sort of info
> >> out of USSD commands like "AT+CUSD".
> >
> > On Telstra its #100# and Optus its something like #121#
>
> OK, thanks. That USSD request triggered a SIM Toolkit SMS from
> Telstra which set up an on-screen menu. It looks like the
> front door to some (chargable) WAP stuff.
Its not WAP at all.
Just read through the menus. The items that are chargeable are indicated by
a star and the charge appears next to them.
> Now to catch that incoming SMS somehow and and manually decode
> it before it auto-deletes...
Some of the content has an option, once you read it, for it to be SMSed to
you
>
> John