Motorola Advisor Elite alphapager - password breaker?

chipjumper · Post by **chipjumper** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 6:51 pm

I am not looking for RSS (I already have access to a legally purchased/owned copy).

One of my co-workers purchase several Motorola Advisor Elite alphanumeric display pagers a while ago on eBay. Apparently there is a password on each pager (prompts for it immeadiately after reading the pager) and there are only a few tries left until it "time bombs".

Anyone have a password cracker or know how I can reset it? I have access to a genuine programmer with good RSS.

Thanks

chipjumper · Post by **chipjumper** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 7:02 pm

Ah yes, i totally forgot about cousin Yuri in the Kamchatka...I'm checking with him right now...

The Pager Geek · Post by **The Pager Geek** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 7:30 pm

You most likely won't find a software that will bypass the password. The only way I know to bypass an Elite password is by changing the prom.

tpg

chipjumper · Post by **chipjumper** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 8:11 pm

ok...how do I change the prom?

The Pager Geek · Post by **The Pager Geek** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 9:10 pm

The microprocessor is a :o, unless you have a hot air machine for SMT chips. Just replace it with a new micro, all is good!

tpg

Big Blue TO/\/\ · Post by **Big Blue TO/\/\** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 11:07 pm

just happened to be doing a search here about another paging issue...
I found the link below...
That may get you where you want to be. If not on that page, within that site is LOTZ of info.

http://www.gadgettech.org/pager/passwd.html

2wayguru · Post by **2wayguru** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 4:08 am

what company are the pagers from? This will help when searching for the password on the internet..

Johnny Galaga · Post by **Johnny Galaga** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 6:02 pm

My understanding is that there is someway you can read the codeplug with a hex editor and find the password. I don't know the specifics of it, but perhaps this might lead you in the right direction.

There was someone on a mailing list who did this for me a while back. I e-mailed him the codeplugs on 2 Advisor Elites that were locked, then he e-mailed back the passwords and they worked.

The Pager Geek · Post by **The Pager Geek** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 6:31 pm

Yes, if you can read the pager to begin with. Most pager programming software requires a password before the pager is read. If you already have a codeplug, it is an encrypted password. Pretty simple to find... very limited ASCII characters in the data transfer. Look for the 10 character alphabet soup combination.

Let me know...

tpg

chipjumper · Post by **chipjumper** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 6:46 pm

interesting...if this helps, they are all labeled "Advanced Wireless".

That could be anywhere. I'll post a pic of the logo just in case someone could recognize. I figured its a widely used name since I know the owner of a communications retailer with the same name that has no affiliation. Also searched the net with no good results.

If the pager timebombs after being read past the first 7 (i think its seven), can it be saved? Pager dude - do you want me to send u one to play with (you can have it too).?