Show HN: Carrier-Explode: iPhone, Pixel and Galaxy carrier settings decoded (carrierexplode.com)
130 points by simplyalec 3 hours ago
Showing off carrier-explode, one of my side projects that continuously archives carrier settings for all major phone brands.
carrier-explode also contains decoders and explanations for all the common baseband configurations, etc.
There’s still quite a bit of work to be done in checking my assumptions, but the tool has already been proven useful for a few enthusiast groups.
tantalor a minute ago
How did you build the UI? Is it custom?
isomorphic 2 hours ago
I saw this linked from MacRumors during the AT&T iPhone 18 Pro Max lockup news discussions. It was interesting to see what AT&T/Apple did to try to get ahead of the issue. So far it looks like they disabled 5G Standalone mode, possibly just to prevent a bug from literally destroying the hardware (possibly only on one batch of phones).
Apple/AT&T still haven't released any kind of statement addressing the issue other than to replace affected hardware.
etatester 2 hours ago
This is super cool. Particularly for the fact that it just showed my country's operators rather than the usual America First.
seba_dos1 2 hours ago
It would be great to contribute whatever's applicable to https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mobile-broadband-provider-inf...
simplyalec 2 hours ago
will look into this :)
denysvitali an hour ago
What's more useful, or at least was a while ago, is the CA combos list - basically showing which bands can be aggregated and how.
A while ago I built a decoder for that (Qualcomm only!), it was fun and helped me improve the support of my device for my carrier.
mycofunguy 2 hours ago
What do you use the info you have gathered for? It seems comprehensive but curious as to how you use it?
tylergetsay 3 hours ago
Reminds me of the CDMA days when the qualcom software got leaked
ahmedfromtunis 2 hours ago
Are these configs read-only on the phone or is it possible to manipulate them using the data here to de/activate any service?
simplyalec 2 hours ago
You 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 isn’t available: https://github.com/ios-bundles/CarrierSIM
flotzam 2 hours ago
Depends on the OS. GrapheneOS can override a bunch of them: https://grapheneos.org/usage#carrier-settings-overrides
dorianmariecom 3 hours ago
very interesting here is my carrier for instance https://carrierexplode.com/ios/carriers/Free_fr/72.0/setting...
mrweasel 3 hours ago
Not really sure what to do with the information, but I love the UI.
mjhagen 2 hours ago
Very early-2000s