825532 - Can't call an emergency number without a SIM card

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Firefox OS Graveyard :: Gaia::Dialer, defect, P2)

Description

[Julien Wajsberg [:julienw] (PTO -> Mar 16)]

Attachment: ril log

STR
* have a phone without a SIM card
* open the dialer
* try to call 112 (France)

Expected
* the call should work

Actual
* a message shows saying "No network connection, emergency calls are not allowed by the network"


IMHO this is because the normal dialer app calls the number without the emergency call flags, and therefore the call is rejected.

The log message that proves that is :

I/Gecko   (  108): RIL Worker: Received DOM message {"rilMessageType":"dial","number":"112","isDialEmergency":false}

Complete RIL logs in attachment.

Comment 1

[David Scravaglieri [:scravag]]

Could it be tested in other countries than France ?

Comment 2

[Etienne Segonzac (:etienne)]

I was once told this was by design.
Daniel do you know/know who would know?

Comment 3

[isabelrios]

In Spain with today's build it is not reproducible. It is possible to call to emergency number without SIM Card. That should be the correct behaviour
Unagi
Gecko-49bd828
Gaia-bf20d71

Comment 4

[Julien Wajsberg [:julienw] (PTO -> Mar 16)]

Isabel> did you use the standard dialer, or the dialer from the lock screen ?

Same thing happens for me with a locked SIM card (ie I didn't enter my PIN code)

Comment 5

[Julien Wajsberg [:julienw] (PTO -> Mar 16)]

I think the most important is to know if this works in Brazil, right ?

Comment 6

[isabelrios]

I used the regular dialer.

Comment 7

[Daniel Coloma:dcoloma]

The device should always try to make the call (even without a  SIM card) but in some countries those calls aren't progressed by the network because of local regulations. Brazil is one of those countries. VIVO reviewed this behavior and it is the expected one.

Comment 8

[Julien Wajsberg [:julienw] (PTO -> Mar 16)]

I just tried with an Android phone and actually it doesn't work either.

Therefore I'm concerned with the message "emergency calls only" in the lock screen, when we can't pass them. Note that that is the same on Android: when I try to call in, I get a message "out of the coverage area" (I get it in french so it may not be exactly this in english ;) ).

Then I'd be ok with either closing this bug or making it post-v1 to try and detect if we can _really_ have emergency calls.

Comment 9

[Julien Wajsberg [:julienw] (PTO -> Mar 16)]

FWIW I've just read on Wikipedia that calling emergency calls without a SIM card or with a locked SIM is disabled in France because it's mandatory to be able to localize the caller, and it's not possible in these cases.

Comment 10

[Joe Cheng [:jcheng] (please needinfo)]

Triage: Per comment 3, comment 7 comment 9, working as expected in various countries.