Carrier-Explode
Infrastructure
carrier configuration archive
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LovedMost comments that take a side are positive
13 positive, 15 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 29 comments about the project. Thread score +0.43.
Design: 1 for, 1 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against
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What people liked
Useful public resource for carrier configuration data
From 3 comments
Nice! Thank you for this public service. Phone makers & carriers should be ashamed of themselves for hiding such important configuration behind proprietary formats. If you…
rustcleaner on HNThis is very cool ngl I like it
zeneno on HNbro this is neat
arslan9063 on HN
Interesting to see non-US carriers listed
From 2 comments
This is super cool. Particularly for the fact that it just showed my country's operators rather than the usual America First.
etatester on HNSame, there was a moment of shock to see a list from HN that started with Vietnam, followed quickly by appreciation. Good job, more like this please.
esperent on HN
Objections
Interface looks dated
From 1 comment
Very early-2000s
mjhagen on HN
Requests
Add community data contribution
From 2 comments
Neat. How can I contribute data?
The_SamminAter on HNopen an issue on github about it please :)... am thinking of adding support for community feeds; ive found some cool projects like…
simplyalec on HN
Contribute data to GNOME mobile broadband provider info
From 2 comments
It would be great to contribute whatever's applicable to https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mobile-broadband-provider-info/
seba_dos1 on HNwill look into this :)
simplyalec on HN
Questions
What is the data used for?
From 2 comments
What do you use the info you have gathered for? It seems comprehensive but curious as to how you use it?
mycofunguy on HNAlso interested in this - what does this information unlock?
willio58 on HN
Can settings be modified to enable or disable services?
From 2 comments
Are these configs read-only on the phone or is it possible to manipulate them using the data here to de/activate any service?
ahmedfromtunis on HNYou 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…
simplyalec on HN
Alternatives named
GrapheneOS carrier settings overrides
From 1 comment
Depends on the OS. GrapheneOS can override a bunch of them: https://grapheneos.org/usage#carrier-settings-overrides
flotzam on HN
open-carrier-data project
From 1 comment
open an issue on github about it please :)... am thinking of adding support for community feeds; ive found some cool projects like…
simplyalec on HN