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SIMgo
Read a SIM without changing it
Get everything off a SIM in under a minute, without changing it. Put the card in any PC/SC reader and SIMgo returns its identifiers, the phone number wherever it's stored, where the SIM last registered, and its contacts, calls and messages.
The problem it solves
A SIM is easy to damage as evidence: a wrong PIN can lock it, and general SIM tools can write to it. Most suites treat the SIM as an afterthought to the handset. SIMgo is built for a quick, safe triage of the SIM on its own, with a record of every command sent to it.
Who it's for: Digital forensic units, mobile examiners and investigators who need a SIM's identifiers and content quickly and safely.
What it does
- Read-only by design. Only read commands reach the card reader. Anything that could change the card is refused before it's sent.
- Safe PIN handling. Reads whether the PIN is on and how many tries are left without using one. It never guesses, and never tries a PIN when only one try is left.
- The phone number, wherever it is. Collects every place the number might be stored, and marks the ones a user could have typed in.
- Last known location. The location, routing and 4G tracking areas where the SIM last registered, plus forbidden and preferred networks with operator names.
- Contacts, calls and SMS. Every phonebook, last numbers dialled, call logs, and received, sent and draft messages. Deleted messages are recovered from records the phone didn't wipe.
- Evidential output. A JSON extraction with the raw bytes and SHA-256 of every file and a timestamped command log, plus an HTML report, CSV export and a tamper check on reopening.
At a glance
- Platform
- Windows 10 and 11, with any PC/SC smart card reader
- Cards
- UICCs (USIM / ISIM, 3G, 4G and 5G) and 2G SIMs
- Outputs
- Hashed JSON extraction, HTML report, CSV
- Works offline
- Yes
- Pricing
- From £295, then £75 a year
Good to know
- The phone number often isn't stored on a SIM. SIMgo shows every place it might be, but the operator holds the definitive record.
- Location is the area the SIM last registered in, not a point. The operator can say which cells it covers.
- Micro and nano SIMs need an adapter for most readers. SIMgo never reads authentication or ciphering keys.
SIMgo is in development
It isn't on general sale yet. Request early access to use it on your own material before release, report what works and what doesn't, and help shape the finished version. Early-access users get launch pricing locked in.
Planned launch prices, excluding VAT. A unit licence covers every workstation in one force's forensic unit.
- Try it before release on your own material
- Direct line to the developer for feedback
- Launch pricing locked in for early-access users