accessing phone or SIM number for software protection?

[tridcomm]

I found on Symbian page:
http://www3.symbian.com/faq.nsf/f91c9c36047592a3802569fc00535d0a/755962c83e20287e80256b27004fdd46?OpenDocument

Question:
Can I access the IMEI number of a phone from code on Symbian OS?

Answer:
The IMEI number is accessible through a native ETel API. Unfortunately, for C++ developers this is not a publicly released API but is part of the advanced GSM API to which only licensees have access. However the API is accessible from Java code using the methods of JTAPI mobile, as follows:

JtapiPeer peer = JtapiPeerFactory.getJtapiPeer("com.symbian.javax.telephony.EpocJtapiPeer"
provider = peer.getProvider("EpocGsmMobileProvider"
Address[] addresses = provider.getAddresses();
origAddress = addresses[0];
println("Host number is " + origAddress.getName());
Terminal[] terminals = provider.getTerminals();
origTerminal = (MobileTerminal) terminals[0];
println("IMEI number is " + origTerminal.getTerminalId());

[Nokia_Archive]

Is there going to been an API that can be used to access either a SIM or phone number? That would be a nice way to create unique serial for software protection

Posted by Jean Mountford, jean_mountford@yahoo.com
on May 06, 2002 at 17:50

[Nokia_Archive]

Posted by Vitaly Goncharuk, filfob@filfob.com.ua
on May 06, 2002 at 23:22



you can use JavaPhone functions ( IMEI : com.symbian.epoc.etel.Etel.getPhone().getPhoneId().serialNumber )... but when i received this number, my program has taken off.