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- Technical
Notes:
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- CLONING CELLULAR
TELEPHONES
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- IN
GENERAL
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- There has
been much written about the legality of
cloning one cellular phone to another. There
is also much confusion as to whether or not a
person who "clones" a phone is actually
breaking the law.
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- And just
what is cloning? Cloning is the act of making
one cellular phone "act the same" as another.
This is accomplished by copying the identity
and phone number of one phone and inserting
it into another. The phones do NOT have to be
the same model or even the same
brand.
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- The second
phone is now for all purposes the same as the
first. It will ring if one when the original
phones rings. It will cause any charges
incurred, to be billed on the original
phone's monthly billing
statement.
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- Herein lies
the problem. By stealing somebody else's
mobile number (MIN) and Electronic Serial
Number (ESN), a person can "clone" a cellular
phone and then make calls which are charged
unlawfully to another. This is clearly
illegal. Its called fraud.
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- What
however, if the person who owns the original
phone also owns and uses the clone? Then
there is NO theft of service; no crime. No
fraud. The second phone becomes an
'extension' so to speak. Why would anybody
want an extension? Look in you own home for
the answer. Cellular phone users generally
use the cellphone to expand their
communications capabilities.
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- When in a
car, a more powerful, permanently installed
unit can be used. When departing the car and
say, going up an elevator to work, a smaller,
less powerful pocket model can be used.
Putting both on the same number makes sense.
Who wants to have several numbers? How many
phones can you talk on at the same
time?
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- Why then all
the concern about people using a cloned
phone? First, the media has lumped "cloned
phones" into the "it's illegal category",
without knowing "that of which they speak".
All cloned cellphones are NOT used illegally.
But, hey, you knew that. The real situation
is that the phones are typically given away
for free to entice buyers. No money to be
made here.
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- Money is
made by selling you service for the phones.
Want a second phone. Get a second service and
pay twice. Ever see anybody use two phones at
once? No. How about a person watching two TVs
at the same time? Nope.
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- This is an
old argument the should have been settled
years ago when the Bell Telephone Company was
told to let customers buy their own phone and
NOT have to pay for extensions. Cable TV
companies tried and got away with for years
charging families twice for two cable
services to have two separate TVs on one
cable line. One for the kids in the TV room,
and one for the adults in the Living
room.
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- The reason
phone companies can get away with saying
cloning is illegal, is that there exists a
law which prevents tampering, for fraudulent
purposes, with the ESN of a cellular phone.
The law is so poorly written the in its first
incarnation, legitimate technicians were
"guilty of a crime" just for servicing the
things. But no technician has ever been
arrested for service work, even though the
law say they are "committing a crime". Click
here.
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- The law has
since been updated. Interesting enough, some
cellular companies are now starting
(11-4-1998) to offer cloning as part of their
service package(s). Check with your local
cellular providers to see if they offer these
services in your area. If they say no, ask
them if they know who will.
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- It all boils
down to this, "Who has their hands" in your
wallet or pocket book. You, or the phone
company. You make the decision.
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- CLONING
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- To clone one
phone to another requires the extraction of
the ESN (Electronic Serial Number) from the
master phone and insertion into the phone to
be cloned. This is typically accomplished in
older phones by opening up the master phone
and removing the PROM or EPROM holding the
ESN, and other data, and copying it. In newer
phones, the data is removed via a serial
cable connection to a computer.
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- A file is
made from the original extracted data
changing data as necessary. Once a computer
file has been made, a second blank chip, the
same type as in the phone to be cloned, is
then reprogrammed with the ESN and other data
from the master. The entire procedure can be
completed within 1 hour, much less after the
first phone is done. With later models
phones, the data is sent back to the cloned
phone via the same serial cable.
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- NOTE: Check
with an attorney in your area to see if this
procedure is legal or not where you live.
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- EQUIPMENT
REQUIRED:
- IBM-PC/XT/AT
Computer or clone(you supply)
- EPROM
programmer and suitable adapter (if required)
to read/ write the chips you are using.(you
supply)
- Editing
software to modify and save files changes
(typically supplied with EPROM Burner)
Supplied by EPROM Burner manufacturer plus we
supply extra software for editing (binary and
hex file editors).
- Instructions
for reprogramming each phone (from
CELLULAR
PROGRAMMERS
BIBLE)
- Programming
Cables for each particular Cellular Phone,
such as Motorola Flip, etc. Printed
Instructions for making programming cables
are included in Cellular
Hackers Bible Volume
2.
- Cellular
Hackers Bible Volume 6, $
35.00.
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- Some
cellular telephones can be reprogrammed
without using an EPROM burner
(CELLULAR
HACKERS BIBLE
Vol.2
has instructions on how to make cables for
most popular models). Reprogramming
instructions for the majority of phones are
contained in our "CELLULAR
PROGRAMMERS
BIBLE"
book.
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- If your
cellphone is late model Motorola, i.e.,
STARTAC, or Ericsson, NEC or other small
phone with a serial port, you'll most likely
require the use of a "Copycat" device to
change the ESN. Click here for a list of
sellers. Newer phones can always be a "master
phone" with their ESN/MIN put into an older
phone as a clone or extension phone. Its
typically easier to put an newer phones
number into a older cellphone, rather than
the other way around.
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- Our latest
video, "BAGPHONE VIDEO BIBLE" shows how to
work with files and compute checksums, as
well as resurrect "dead" phones. Although it
shows only a Nokia (Radio-Shack) phone, the
principles are the same for all cellular
phones.
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- PROCEDURE
FOR CLONING DIFFERENT PHONES:
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- Read and
make file of master phones PROM or EEPROM
using BURNER
- Read and
make file of clone phones PROM or EEPROM
using BURNER
- Print both
files for hardcopy
- Locate
information to be swapped in both files i.e.,
ESN, MIN, SIDH, etc.
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Cellular Hackers Bibles Vol. 1 & 2 and
Bagphone Video for information.)
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- Swap data
(above) from master in to clone file using
printed hardcopies as reference
- Compute
checksum on completed clone file (use
software supplied with EPROM
Burner)
- Insert
checksum into clone file at proper location.
(See Bagphone Video)
- Burn new
PROM or EEPROM with modified clone
file
- Install new
chip into clone phone and reassemble. (See
Bagphone Video).
- Turn on
power. Clone phone will now power-up.
- If not, you
most likely have not computed checksum
properly. Checksum MUST be correct or phone
will refuse to come on-line after power-up.
(See Bagphone Video).
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- Reprogram
clone using reprogramming instructions from
CELLULAR PROGRAMMERS BIBLE.
- You can
change all information from the handset
except the ESN, typically.
- Phone is now
a "CLONE" of master.
- CLONING
PROCEDURE FOR IDENTICAL PHONES:
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- Copy EPROM
or EEPROM or PROM holding ESN
Information
- Make
duplicate copy of this chip
- Insert the
duplicate into second phone.
- Reprogram as
necessary (usually not required).
- If phones
are EE3 models (Moto), the ESN can only be
removed or reprogrammed with
- the use of a
"Copycat" device. These devices are no longer
advertised for sale in this country as this
law has forcesd sellers of such devices to
remove them from the marketplace.
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- Digital
Cellphone Cloning.
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- Newer EE3
ESN/MIN pair, however, can be put into an
older phone. Digital phone ESN/MIN pairs
cannot be put into non-digital phones as the
two service(s) are not compatible. In some
areas this may be possible if the service
provider has both services in
place.
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- COSTS ARE AS
FOLLOWS:
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- EPROM
programmers are $100-and up. Any used IBM-XT
or AT clone computer at approximately
$50-$200.00 complete. The videos are $ 25.00
each and the CELLULAR
PROGRAMMERS
BIBLE
is $ 45.00. Blank chips are $2.00 to $5.00
each, typically.
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- Some phones
can be cloned without the use of an EPROM
Burner. Software and instructions are in the
CELLULAR
HACKERS BIBLE
Vol.2.
The models covered can be cloned by building
a small interface cable and by running the
menu driven software included with the book.
All cellular phones can be cloned "manually"
by extracting EPROM or PROM information with
the use of an EPROM Burner and a computer. In
any event, an IBM computer or clone is
required to manipulate data.
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- * Motorola
Sync Software
- * CCC ESN
Loader Manual
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Phone Tools PRO
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- NOTE:
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- Information
in these book(s) may only be used for
educational purposes and within the law as
defined in "Unlawful Acts.--Section 1029(a)
of title 18, United States Code, as
amended.
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