[maemo-developers] How do I get my own phone number?

[From: Cláudio Sampaio]

2010/3/17 Frédéric Ledain <frederic.ledain at onmobile.com>

>
> > Is this a software or hardware limitation? My previous mobile phones
> showed me the number correctly when I inserted a new chip.
>
> AFAIK, no API gives the SIM phone number, as this is an information
> which belongs to the mobile operator.
> Actually, the correspondance IMSI <-> SIM phone number is made at mobile
> operator side.
>
> I think that anti-theft mecanism can securely be based on IMSI swap
> detection.
> Phone number doesn't add any valuable information in this context.
>

Agreed, but try not to think as much as a software engineer and think as a
simple user. Some people just forget their number - and it's useful if they
can see it on the mobile, for telling other people. Some people carry a few
SIMs around, and this information - the phone number - is useful to them.

It might be that regular mobile phones use some kind of workaround to get
this information - like, say, getting the destination number when they get a
call - but nevertheless it is useful information that can be show to the
user.

So, really, no way to get it from the OS data?

Best regards,
-- 
Cláudio "Patola" Sampaio
IRC: ptl  - Yahoo: patolaaa
Campinas, SP - Brazil.
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