Does this trigger a confirmation dialog before typing the number? if not, installing another app that hooks up the dialer intent should work as a workaround.
USSD code to factory data reset a Galaxy S3 can be trigged from a HTML page
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Re: USSD code to factory data reset a Galaxy S3 can be trigged from a HTML page
#32Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've yet to scan one of these codes, or see anyone scanning one. It seems like something from the 90s just came back for one last dying breath.
At FTF (Freescale Technology Forum) in 2011 at least (didn't go this year), used them on everyone's name tags and booths, so rather than passing out business cards, you used the iPod to scan them and it would send you a nicely formatted email along with the contacts for easy importing into whatever contacts you used. It was about the only time I felt they were done right. And if you scanned the codes that were given…
Or you could take a picture of peoples name tags and it could just do OCR... surely?
Re: USSD code to factory data reset a Galaxy S3 can be trigged from a HTML page
#33Page text was: the USSD code to factory data reset a Galaxy S3 is *2767*3855# can be triggered from browser like this:
does that mean premium rate numbers can also be triggered?
I don't have a Galaxy S3 to test this, but my experience with the Galaxy S and Galaxy S2 is that for normal phone numbers, you need to specifically confirm that you want to dial the number. For the code to factory reset the phone, though, simply typing in the code is sufficient, you don't need to press dial. It might be the same here, so that only that specific USSD code can be triggered without a confirmation from the user.
Re: USSD code to factory data reset a Galaxy S3 can be trigged from a HTML page
#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
At FTF (Freescale Technology Forum) in 2011 at least (didn't go this year), used them on everyone's name tags and booths, so rather than passing out business cards, you used the iPod to scan them and it would send you a nicely formatted email along with the contacts for easy importing into whatever contacts you used. It was about the only time I felt they were done right. And if you scanned the codes that were given…
Or you could take a picture of peoples name tags and it could just do OCR... surely?
"just do OCR"
It's the future, alright.
Re: USSD code to factory data reset a Galaxy S3 can be trigged from a HTML page
#35Looks like this thread may have been a source for the code initially [1]
[1] http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1687249
Re: USSD code to factory data reset a Galaxy S3 can be trigged from a HTML page
#36Can anyone on HN confirm this exploit?
Re: USSD code to factory data reset a Galaxy S3 can be trigged from a HTML page
#37http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=Q2-0B04H... demo on the issue
video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2-0B04HPhs
Re: USSD code to factory data reset a Galaxy S3 can be trigged from a HTML page
#38+++ATH0
Can you explain this please?
Re: USSD code to factory data reset a Galaxy S3 can be trigged from a HTML page
#39+++ATH0
Can you explain this please?
This was/is an infamous modem vulnerability:
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?id=10020
It could force a modem to hangup and redial a number.