Tuesday 13 October 2015

How to get Windows Tablet Data-only Cellular (LTE) Information

I have found several methods of obtaining information about the SIM ICCID, IMEI, provider and other details from my Windows 8.1 tablet.

Note: I had my LTE connection enabled and active at the time I carried out these actions

First option 

From Settings - Network & Internet (Wi-Fi, airplane mode, VPN) - Cellular - double-tap the desired cellular connection in the RH panel ("Telstra Mobile - Connected" in my case) - Advanced Options - scroll to Properties section to view the:
IMEI: (also known as the Device Id);
SIM ICCID: (which matches the partial number printed on the actual SIM);
and the Mobile Number: field, which unfortunately is empty on my device as this is a data-only SIM, even though the SIM is referenced/billed by my provider as an Australian mobile cell-phone number !

Second Option

Using the command line there are a number of  netsh commands which can be used to show varying views of the mobile interface information.
From a command window prompt ( e.g. c:\Users\{username}\Desktop> )
Issuing the following commands provides varying detail:
The best overview is netsh mbn sh int
From the output of this first command you have the interface (int) value (i.e. Name: ), in my case  ...
There is 1 interface on the system:
      Name              : Cellular {interface (int) name-string}
      Description    : Sierra Wireless EM7345 4G LTE
etc ...
      Physical Address      : nn:nn:nn:nn:nn:nn {16-digit hex MAC address}
etc ...
      Device ID      : nnnnnnnnnnnnnnn {15-digid IMEI number}
 etc ...

So now a series of show (sh) commands can be issued against the particular interface (int)
Connection Information netsh mbn sh connection int="Cellular"
Ready Information netsh mbn sh readyinfo int="Cellular"
SMS Configuration Information netsh mbn sh smsconfig int="Cellular"
Visible Provider Information netsh mbn sh visibleproviders int="Cellular"
Radio State Information netsh mbn sh radio int="Cellular"

Available show (sh) commands for the mbn context are:
show capability - Shows the interface capability information for the given interface.
show connection - Shows the current connection information for the given interface.
show homeprovider - Shows the home provider information for the given interface.
show interfaces - Shows a list of Mobile Broadband interfaces on the system.
show pin       - Shows the pin information for the given interface.
show pinlist   - Shows the pin list information for the given interface.
show preferredproviders - Shows the preferred providers list for the given interface.
show profiles  - Shows a list of profiles configured on the system.
show provisionedcontexts - Shows the provisioned contexts information for the given interface.
show radio     - Shows the radio state information for the given interface.
show readyinfo - Shows the ready information for the given interface.
show signal    - Shows the signal information for the given interface.
show smsconfig - Shows the SMS configuration information for the given interface.
show tracing   - Shows whether Mobile Broadband tracing is enabled or disabled.
show visibleproviders - Shows the visible providers list for the given interface.

Unfortunately neither of these methods was able to return me the "Mobile Number" associated with the data-only SIM
If anyone knows how to do this, please leave a comment

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