Other GNU/Linux on HTC Universal mobile phone tips

To query the credit balance on your mobile phone in GNU/Linux:

• $ titchy-phone-daemon atcmd 'at+cusd=1,"104#",15'

• In a few seconds the operator's GSM system will send back your balance. It is recorded in the titchy-phone-daemon log.
• To view it:

  $ tail -n 1 /var/log/titchy-phone-daemon

  It is ASCII values, hex-encoded.
• To decipher this into regular ASCII text, install xxd, unless you have vim installed which has xxd included.
• To install xxd, download xxd-1.10.tar.gz originally found here:

  $ wget -c http://sumou.com/hoka/vebu/xxd-1.10.tar.gz

• Compile xxd:

  $ tar xvf xxd-1.10.tar.gz $ cd xxd-1.10 $ make

• Put the xxd binary somewher in your path.
• To read the mobile credit balance now:

  $ tail /var/log/titchy-phone-daemon ][ grep CUSD ][ sed 's/.*0,"(.*)",15/1/' ][ xxd -r -p