[Q] EAP-SIM authentication on Android

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Does anyone know if EAP-SIM is coming in Android 3.0, already there but hidden, or simply not possible?

I saw in the link below an unsubstantiated claim that the Galaxy S supports EAP-SIM, so I wonder whether that is in the OS or if Samsung added support...

http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=9329

Cheers peeps.

-M

PS I noticed a 6-year old thread asking a related question, but thought an Android-specific discussion might be more relevant.

maybe up to the OEM?

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A bit of reading here https://github.com/CyanogenMod/andro...royo/defconfig seems to indicate the possibility that it might be possible to enable EAP-SIM in the hostapd build.

Might be a red herring, of course...

Worked on HTC Desire

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Hi guys,

I made it work without any strong modifications on my Desire/Bravo HTC stock Gingerbread (2.3.3) (but rooted).
Maybe it could work on other android phones.

0) deactivate/turn off wifi
1) as root you have to make the modification in /data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf to add Freewifi_secure parameters.

network={
ssid="FreeWifi_secure"
key_mgmt=WPA-EAP IEEE8021X
eap=SIM
priority=8
}

2) Then you have to go to Parameters (Paramètres) -> Security (Sécurité) -> Set password in section credential storage (Définir le mot de passe dans la section stockage des identifiants) and define a password.
3) Make sure you have also check/activate the "Use secure credentials" ("Utiliser des identifiants sécurisés")

Then
4) activate wifi
5) choose to connect to Freewifi_secure (it won't connect to Freewifi_secure right now)
6) Then Add a Wi-Fi network, call it whatever you want but choose under Security: 802.1x Enterprise
7) the phone will then ask for your credential, the password you define in step 2)
8) Don't save the Wi-fi network and Cancel it

Et voilà: you can now connect to Freewifi_secure \o/


-> With further test, it seems that step 6 and 7 are to be done every time you reboot your phone.

-> For the explanation and upon my opinion, since you can't create Freewifi_secure through the GUI, the phone don't "activate" the
"use of secure credentials" (seems to be needed to use EAP SIM). And when you are creating a dummy Wifi_network that is
a 802.1x one, the phone open the access for all wifi networks to the secure credentials.


cheers,
F.

eap sim and freemobile provider french topic here=>>http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...5#post25753005

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