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JSMS - desktop app to use your free text message allocation (multi-operator)

fbradyirl · 2006-06-02 10:42:28

For all you Meteor Ireland customers out there, I have created a small program you can use to send free texts via Meteor website without having to log in each time. You dont even need to open a web browser. Note: You must have a valid Meteor Ireland phone number and meteor.ie password to use this tool. Features: *…

02-06-2006 10:42AM

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For all you Meteor Ireland customers out there, I have created a small
program you can use to send free texts via Meteor website without
having to log in each time. You dont even need to open a web browser.

Note: You must have a valid Meteor Ireland phone number and meteor.ie password to use this tool.

Features:

* Phonebook function.
* No limit on the characters you may send (it breaks them up into separate messages).
* Shows remaining messages (currently 300 per month on Meteor)
* Enter your login details only once.
* Very simple interface. Press 'Enter' to send the SMS.
* Works behind proxies (not fully tested with all types).
* Works on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux & Solaris.

Check my webpage to download for free:

http://finbarr.brady.googlepages.com/home

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#2 02-06-2006 12:19PM

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Nice. Will this out later....thanks!

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#3 02-06-2006 12:31PM

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nice little prog! great for during work, thanks

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#4 02-06-2006 12:41PM

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Fair play finabrr - great little app!

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#5 03-06-2006 04:55PM

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Looks cool indeed Any way you could make the source-code public ?
My 2 reasons:
- I'm wondering how you sorted out all the http posting to send the messages
- I don't like entering my phone number and PIN in a piece of software that could potentially do anything with it, including sending it to you (I'm not saying it's the case here ... but if I wanted to get peoples' phone numbers and PINs, I would think of this as a very good way)

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#6 03-06-2006 05:48PM

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Any way to change the message countdown limit to 30? (PAYG customers only have 30 free texts a month).

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#7 03-06-2006 07:05PM

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Thirdfox wrote:

Any way to change the message countdown limit to 30? (PAYG customers only have 30 free texts a month).

we've had this conversation many times on this board. only certain customers have 30 messages, the people who have free texts for life for example. if you don't have the free texts and don't mind switching to the new leisure time plus or anytime plus tariffs then ring them up and you'll get 300

nice app by the way. thanks

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#8 03-06-2006 07:32PM

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Bob24 wrote:

Looks cool indeed Any way you could make the source-code public ?
My 2 reasons:
- I'm wondering how you sorted out all the http posting to send the messages
- I don't like entering my phone number and PIN in a piece of software that could potentially do anything with it, including sending it to you (I'm not saying it's the case here ... but if I wanted to get peoples' phone numbers and PINs, I would think of this as a very good way)

Hi Bob,

Yes, I always have the latest version of the code up here

http://finbarr.brady.googlepages.com/src.zip

As you can see, once you enter your number & pin, it is written to a text file (so if you share your PC then maybe watch who can view that file).

On a different note, If anyone wants to modify my app to work for O2/Vodafone then feel free. I made it using Java.

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#9 04-06-2006 04:06PM

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Would love one for the vodafone free texts thing. Great work though.

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#10 04-06-2006 05:41PM

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any chance that this could be made into a java midlet. Could be a nice way of sending text cheaply.

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#11 04-06-2006 05:57PM

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Akula wrote:

any chance that this could be made into a java midlet. Could be a nice way of sending text cheaply.

What is a midlet?

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#12 04-06-2006 05:59PM

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It would be like the Java games or programs you download for your phone, if I'm not mistaken.

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#13 04-06-2006 08:35PM

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Akula wrote:

any chance that this could be made into a java midlet. Could be a nice way of sending text cheaply.

you read my mind..was about ask the same question!!
So???

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#14 04-06-2006 08:37PM

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Have no exprience in making apps etc so could post a vodafone one...pretty please....with a cherry on top.....erm...please!

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#15 04-06-2006 08:39PM

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anyone know if it can be easily modified to work with Vodafone? i think that would be handy and also the midlet thing for mobile phones would be excellent

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#16 04-06-2006 08:45PM

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Wouldn't a midlet require the phone to establish a GPRS connection to use it ?
I know you'd be saving the cost of a text but you'd be using GPRS so it would probably cost about the same.

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#17 05-06-2006 10:53AM

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I agree with Santa Claus. If you made it into a midlet then you will probably be charged a minimum connection fee of about 10 or 15 cent for GPRS so what is the point? Plus it might be tricky to integrate this with the phone's phone book. Anyway, I have never created a midlet so if someone else wants to try this then work away. The code is there for anyone to use.

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#18 05-06-2006 11:45AM

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gprs is 3c a kilobyte on meteor. there's no minimum connection fee

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#19 05-06-2006 12:07PM

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My app does the following:
1. Gets 2 cookies from the meteor web server
2. Logs in
3. Sends the text
4. Gets remaining text messages

When you add all these things up, its gonna upload & download a lot so it will likely cost you more than a normal text message. Until GPRS charges go down I don't see the point.

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#20 05-06-2006 01:10PM

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can you change to be used with vodafone

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#21 06-06-2006 10:54AM

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neacy69 wrote:

can you change to be used with vodafone

I dont have a Vodafone or O2 login so afraid not. Plus I don't have time at the minute. Source code is there so anyone else can give it a shot.

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#22 06-06-2006 01:15PM

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For all you Meteor Ireland customers out there, I have created a small
program you can use to send free texts via Meteor website without
having to log in each time. You dont even need to open a web browser.

Note: You must have a valid Meteor Ireland phone number and meteor.ie password to use this tool.

Features:

* Phonebook function.
* No limit on the characters you may send (it breaks them up into separate messages).
* Shows remaining messages (currently 300 per month on Meteor)
* Enter your login details only once.
* Very simple interface. Press 'Enter' to send the SMS.
* Works behind proxies (not fully tested with all types).
* Works on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux & Solaris.

Check my webpage to download for free:
http://finbarr.brady.googlepages.com/home

More info on this thread:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054940719

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#23 06-06-2006 02:58PM

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Sounds good man, Gonna try it out now.

I keep getting a connection error??

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#24 06-06-2006 04:06PM

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Great little program man be nice if there was a sys tray feature, its very kool thanks...

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#25 06-06-2006 05:24PM

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ricey wrote:

Sounds good man, Gonna try it out now.

I keep getting a connection error??

Could be:

1. # If you are in college or work for a company, you may be behind a proxy. Enter your proxy name and port in the file ProxyConfig.txt (you can find out what your proxy settings are in your web browser connection settings) in the following format proxyname:port

e.g [url]www.proxyname.ie:8080[/url]

2. Check your phonenumber & pin are correct in the LoginDetails.txt file

3. Obviously ensure you are connected to the internet

4. It is also possible that Meteors website is down

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#26 06-06-2006 06:08PM

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fbradyirl wrote:

I dont have a Vodafone or O2 login so afraid not. Plus I don't have time at the minute. Source code is there so anyone else can give it a shot.

This looks like a useful tool. I have an O2 account, so I spent half an hour looking at what URLs and cookies might be involved - it lookes like o2 sets about 8 cookies on login, thought they might not all be necessary.

Maybe I'll try to modify your app for O2, if I can get the JDK working - it's been a while since I did any programming!

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#27 06-06-2006 10:27PM

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any chance of you putting the source up somewhere?

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#28 06-06-2006 10:41PM

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stebishop wrote:

any chance of you putting the source up somewhere?

Here:
http://finbarr.brady.googlepages.com/src.zip
Excellent idea and a nice little app.
Could someone that knows what they're doing do a Vodafone one?:o

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#29 06-06-2006 10:47PM

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One that will work with O2, Vodafone and Meteor here:
http://www.mackers.com/projects/o2sms/

Written in Perl, will run on Windows, Linux, Solaris, etc.

I wrote one in Java in the past for all the sites, but it needs to be updated, if I get some time I'll dig it up and update it.

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#30 06-06-2006 10:49PM

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Its askin for my 4-digit pin but i've changed mine for a 5-digit pin?

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#31 06-06-2006 10:49PM

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Well done with that, fbradyirl.

I've been using this one for a while now:
http://www.mackers.com/projects/o2sms/
It's command line which suits me, and it's excellent.

It's a script which covers O2 and vodafone as well.
It often has meteor issues, and if you've sorted those
at the moment, it might be worth both of you having
a chat and improving the two apps for all networks.

Good luck with it,
NiallB

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