I’m pretty sure if I accidentally press “OK”, I get charged extra. In addition to the pop-up, I get the same thing as a permanent notification until I reboot – if I try to disable the notification, I get “These notifications can’t be modified”, as it is using the built-in system SIM Toolkit. I am using GrapheneOS. Name and shame: MOVISTAR.

  • anonfopyapper@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    These popups are so called “emergency notifications”. They are not supposed to be used for advertisement. Guess who abuses it…

  • aleats@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    2 months ago

    It is possible to disable the SIM Toolkit app if you know how to use ADB, at least on some devices. There’s a few guides around for it.

    It’s worth noting that disabling it doesn’t really cause issues in most cases, since the actual chip functionality is handled by other programs.

    Edit: Looks like the link I sent got redacted somehow, but either way searching for stuff like “adb disable sim toolkit” seems to give you answers.

    • LiveLM@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Yup. Fuck em.
      Use ADB to disable the SIM Toolkit app and enjoy quiet and peace.
      Though note it might come back from time to time, just had to repeat the process on my parent’s phones this weekend.