Decoding Mobile Carrier Configurations: Carrier-Explode

Carrier-Explode 1.0 Carrier-Explode 2.0 has officially arrived, featuring a significantly overhauled backend for better performance.

Project Mission: To extract, decode, and provide a comparative analysis of carrier settings sourced from Galaxy, Pixel, and iPhone firmware.

📱 Supported Ecosystems

The tool allows users to investigate specific network parameters across the most popular hardware:

🛠️ Core Functionalities

The platform provides deep insights into how carriers configure their networks:

• Detailed Lookups: Analyze APNs, VoLTE, Wi-Fi Calling, and 5G specifications for any given device.
• Comparative Analysis: Contrast two different carriers or two different versions of the same build to identify exactly what was modified.
• Data Portability:
  • Fetch raw data via the API in JSON format.
  • Download the daily CC0 public domain dataset.

⚙️ Technical Workflow

The process of transforming binary firmware into readable data can be visualized as follows:

📊 Data Logic

When comparing two builds, the system essentially calculates the delta ($\Delta$) between the configuration sets: $\text{Change} = \text{Build}_{new} \setminus \text{Build}_{old}$

💻 API Example

You can retrieve settings using a simple request. Here is a conceptual representation of the output:

{
  "carrier": "ExampleTel",
  "settings": {
    "volte": true,
    "wifi_calling": "enabled",
    "apn": "internet.example.com"
  },
  "version": "2.0.1"
}

🤝 Get Involved

The project is still evolving, and the team is actively seeking help to refine their decoding logic.

• Improve iOS decoders
• Enhance Samsung firmware parsing
• Expand Pixel configuration support

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Current Status: Filtering by iOS, Pixel, or Samsung... Waiting for index...