Smart Card Retriever - Phone File Pro User Manual
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1. Help manual and support A full help file for the supplied software is available to call up through the normal Help menu There are also printable manuals available in Adobe Acrobat format which are accessible through the Start menu alongside the program icon You will need to ensure that you have installed a version of the Acrobat reader which is free of charge before you can access these manuals If all else fails technical support is available via email please send your query complete with details of the software version number and the type of smartcard reader being used to phonefile support pipistrel com and we will respond as quickly as possible usually within 24 hours Please note that your phone may implement a secure delete function in which case text messages may not be recoverable and will appear blank Also some types of phone store some messages internally and others in the SIM and use various rules to determine where and when they are stored You may be able to change these settings using the phone s menu functions or use a different model of phone We are unable to advise on individual phone models and their functionality in terms of how and where text messages are stored We have tested Cell Phone Spy Elite PhoneFile Pro PhoneFile PRO carefully on a range of phones and SIMs and the techniques it uses to recover deleted SMS messages are the same as used by the Police and other forensic agencies around the world Ho2. IM from your phone and insert it into the supplied reader following the diagram on the back of the reader Make sure that the card is pushed fully home and the cut off corner is in the correct position Then attach the reader to a spare USB port on your PC When you have finished editing your data you should remove your SIM carefully from the reader and immediately replace it into your phone to prevent loss or damage Using the Cell Phone Spy Elite PhoneFile Pro software To run the software simply choose the PhoneFile PRO program icon in the Start menu Once initialised you will see a screen similar to the one shown below PhoneFile PRO uses two grids to display the names and phone numbers you are working with The one on the left hand side represents a disk file whilst the one on the right represents the contents of your mobile phone s SIM card once it has been read into the PC using the smartcard or SIM reader Each grid can be opened and closed using standard Windows menu commands or by using the buttons on the toolbar So to read and edit P ea ees aa your SIM card simply insert the ee mo SIM card into the reader and select F Card Open You will be prompted to enter your PIN number if the SIM card has been protected in this way 842 PhoneFile PRO has facilities to enable and disable PIN checking but you cannot access a PIN protected SIM card without the appropriate code PhoneFile PRO 32 F
3. he actual contents of the message or the sender information time amp date etc Therefore using the special edition of PhoneFile PRO it is possible to recover and view these deleted messages To do this firstly follow the instructions for reading your SIM phonebook by opening the card Once the complete phonebook has been gt read and displayed on the screen go to the Short Message Information X Card menu and click on SMS Messages 3 This will read all of the text messages stored Y on the SIM and display them on screen one Empty or deleted msg Source 447830000000 Time 10 01 06 095714 Are you ok to talk OK by one You can click back and forth between i each of the messages view the content and lear Msg see the message status eg Received and read Empty or deleted etc Copy Msg Pev Message 14 of 25 ns If available you can also see the associated phone number and message date and time If you are trying to recover a specific deleted text message and you find that it is not shown then it is likely that it was never stored on the SIM or that it has been over written by another incoming message or that the message data has been completely cleared which is possible using some phones delete functions or software such as Cell Phone Spy Elite PhoneFile Pro To try to preserve an accidentally deleted SMS text message it is therefore important to turn off the phone as so
4. he latest drivers for your hardware Installing your software Cell Phone Spy Elite PhoneFile Pro is supplied with a special edition of software called PhoneFile PRO The software installation should start automatically when you insert the PhoneFile PRO CD If is does not you should locate and run the SETUP EXE program on the CD using the Run function on the Windows Start menu Follow the on screen instructions until the installation is complete The first time you run the software on your PC you will need to choose the type of reader that you are using normally if you have already installed a PC SC reader successfully just this one device will be listed and enter your serial number and license key information as printed inside the box You may also need to select your preferred language All these options can be changed later if needed Note If your reader is not listed when you first run the software then you will need to check that the appropriate PC SC smartcard reader drivers have been installed correctly Once the reader s drivers are installed correctly you can configure the software by going to the Reader function in the Card menu If you select the wrong reader such as one of the older non PC SC readers included for compatibility purposes PhoneFile PRO will not work and will report an error when you try to access your SIM card Inserting a SIM into your Cell Phone Spy Elite PhoneFile Pro reader Remove the S
5. ile Edit Search Card Help Press F1 for Help Once you have opened your card you can edit the entries directly by double clicking on a line in the card grid or by selecting the line using the mouse or keyboard and pressing Enter PhoneFile PRO will not allow you to enter data that is invalid or that is too long for your SIM card to store You can also copy the entire contents of the card to the File Grid by pressing the central Copy Card button and then save it in the standard SIM file format by selecting the File menu followed by Save and entering a suitable filename This is now your backup copy stored on your PC Recovering SMS Text Messages SMS text messages that are sent to mobile phones are typically saved in a dedicated text message storage area on the SIM card although the exact rules and methods of storing these messages depend on the phone manufacturer and the particular phone s configuration options For instance some phones implement an in box that is larger than the SIM card s message storage area in which case some messages are stored in the SIM card and others are stored in the phone s internal memory You can find out how big the SIM card s message storage area is by using PhoneFile PRO to view the card s properties When an SMS text message that is stored in the SIM card is deleted by a phone the phone often simply marks the entry as empty but does not wipe t
6. on as possible to prevent new incoming messages from over writing the deleted message Managing PIN Numbers PIN numbers you can enable or disable PIN checking on the card change the PIN and also unblock the card or reset the PIN if you have forgotten it using the card s personal unblocking key or PUK all using the Card menu Other functions PhoneFile PRO has many other useful features and facilities which are described in more detail in the on line help and manuals
7. wever as with all such techniques there can be no guarantee that evidence can be retrieved in all cases Pipistrel and PhoneFile PRO are trademarks of Pipistrel Software Ltd 2009 Pipistrel Software Ltd All rights reserved Getting started with Cell Phone Spy Elite PhoneFile Pro Cell Phone Spy Elite PhoneFile Pro can revolutionise the way you manage the contact names and numbers that you can store in your GSM mobile phone s SIM card by enabling you to access them directly from your PC This is not limited in any way by the model of your phone or the mobile network that you use The software included in the Cell Phone Spy Elite PhoneFile Pro package also has special features that enable you to recover SMS text messages from your SIM card that have been previously marked as deleted and to permanently wipe SMS text messages on the SIM so as to make them irrecoverable Cell Phone Spy Elite PhoneFile Pro also comes with an advanced and compact USB SIM reader hardware which is easy to use and highly portable Installing your reader hardware IMPORTANT You should normally install your reader drivers BEFORE installing or running the included software for the first time to make selection of the correct hardware easier Usually this is done using plug and play by simply attaching your reader to the PC and following the on screen instructions Make sure you insert the supplied CD when requested so that Windows can locate t
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