year old patch from ubuntu's ofono flavor.
commit d9b8a16f0878868396bbecb61941d0325f07e662
Author: Alfonso Sanchez-Beato <alfonsosanchezbeato@yahoo.es>
Date:   Wed Oct 2 09:49:46 2013 +0200

    Fix for LP #1231320: GPRS provisioning is broken for old (non-USIM)
SIM cards in Ubuntu

diff --git a/include/sim.h b/include/sim.h
index ed850f9..f63324a 100644
--- a/include/sim.h
+++ b/include/sim.h
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ void *ofono_sim_get_data(struct ofono_sim *sim);
 const char *ofono_sim_get_imsi(struct ofono_sim *sim);
 const char *ofono_sim_get_mcc(struct ofono_sim *sim);
 const char *ofono_sim_get_mnc(struct ofono_sim *sim);
+unsigned ofono_sim_get_mnc_length(struct ofono_sim *sim);
 const char *ofono_sim_get_spn(struct ofono_sim *sim);
 enum ofono_sim_phase ofono_sim_get_phase(struct ofono_sim *sim);
 
diff --git a/plugins/provision.c b/plugins/provision.c
index 4e9e2a7..78f4f5b 100644
--- a/plugins/provision.c
+++ b/plugins/provision.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ static int provision_get_settings(const char *mcc,
const char *mnc,
        int ap_count;
        int i;
 
-       DBG("Provisioning for MCC %s, MNC %s, SPN '%s'", mcc, mnc, spn);
+       ofono_info("Provisioning for MCC %s, MNC %s, SPN '%s'", mcc,
mnc, spn);
 
        /*
         * TODO: review with upstream.  Default behavior was to
diff --git a/src/gprs.c b/src/gprs.c
index e379f7b..0218696 100644
--- a/src/gprs.c
+++ b/src/gprs.c
@@ -2967,7 +2967,7 @@ static void provision_context(const struct
ofono_gprs_provision_data *ap,
        gprs->contexts = g_slist_append(gprs->contexts, context);
 }
 
-static void provision_contexts(struct ofono_gprs *gprs, const char *mcc,
+static int provision_contexts(struct ofono_gprs *gprs, const char *mcc,
                                const char *mnc, const char *spn)
 {
        struct ofono_gprs_provision_data *settings;
@@ -2977,13 +2977,15 @@ static void provision_contexts(struct ofono_gprs
*gprs, const char *mcc,
        if (__ofono_gprs_provision_get_settings(mcc, mnc, spn,
                                                &settings, &count) ==
FALSE) {
                ofono_warn("Provisioning failed");
-               return;
+               return -EINVAL;
        }
 
        for (i = 0; i < count; i++)
                provision_context(&settings[i], gprs);
 
        __ofono_gprs_provision_free_settings(settings, count);
+
+       return 0;
+       ofono_dbus_signal_property_changed(conn, path,
+       ofono_dbus_signal_property_changed(conn, path,
+                                       OFONO_SIM_MANAGER_INTERFACE,
+                                       "MobileNetworkCode",
+                                       DBUS_TYPE_STRING, &str);
 
        sim_set_ready(sim);
 
@@ -1772,8 +1783,12 @@ static void sim_ad_read_cb(int ok, int length,
int record,
        if (!ok)
                return;
 
+       if (length < 3) {
+               ofono_error("EFad should contain at least three bytes");
+               return;
+       }
        if (length < 4) {
-               ofono_error("EFad should contain@least four bytes");
+               ofono_info("EFad does not contain MNC length");
                return;
        }
 
@@ -2234,6 +2249,14 @@ const char *ofono_sim_get_mnc(struct ofono_sim *sim)
        return sim->mnc;
 }
 
+unsigned ofono_sim_get_mnc_length(struct ofono_sim *sim)
+{
+       if (sim == NULL)
+               return 0;
+
+       return sim->mnc_length;
+}
+
 const char *ofono_sim_get_spn(struct ofono_sim *sim)
 {
        if (sim == NULL)

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