How to disable popup "SIM PIN Unlock Required"?

I installed Ubuntu 12.10 on my Lenovo W500 and this annoying popup keeps appearing on start up.

The text sais: "SIM PIN unlock required" and "The mobile broadband device 'Ericsson F3507g' requires a SIM PIN code before it can be used." (for search engines)

I do not plan on using this device and I just want to disable this popup.

You have to know the PIN of the SIM if you want to disable PIN checking. There are two possibilities:

1) Put the SIM card into your mobile phone, enter the pin. Look for "disable PIN" in the settings of your mobile phone.

2) Use gsmctl as described here:

sudo apt-get install gsm-utils
sudo gsmctl -d /dev/ttyUSB0 -o unlock sc all 1234

where 1234 is the PIN. Check for the device path (ttyUSB*) with dmesg after plugging in the GSM modem. It should look similar to this:

[13274.395894] option 2-4:1.0: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
[13274.396084] usb 2-4: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB0

I just had the same problem with my W520 on Ubuntu 14.04 (I don't want to use the device at all but I also don't want to add any special settings) and solved it by completely disabling mobile broadband:

• Enter the BIOS
• Navigate to Security -> I/O Port Access
• Set Wireless WAN to Disabled

No more popups.

For me, only mmcli works:

1. list modems

   mmcli -L
   

2. get path to sim

   mmcli -m "MODEM-NUMBER"
   

3. disable PIN

   mmcli -i "PATH-TO-SIM" --pin="PIN" --disable-pin