i heard about these things but never used one myself (although i had access to a similar if ess user friendly data extraction tool called a DM3 used for nokia a

i heard about these things but never used one myself (although i had access to a similar if ess user friendly data extraction tool called a DM3 used for nokia and blackberry forensics etc) they were mainly for forensic or data recovery and sometimes unlocking or password removal. i can tell you that the left side will almost certainly be for various data clips/cables (usually over UART) which usually use an RJ45 although some older ones used the serial connector and a 3.5mm jack, use of RJ45 cables is still fairly common as some models can only be unlocked via UART im also not sure the sim card slot is actually for sim cards as such but more likely a smartcard auth token for software licences, most unlocking solutions etc are sold as a "box" which is essentially a USB>UART and a USB smartcard reader with a card for the software licence, it may even have accepted 3rd party licences such as infinity etc as i believe they were meant to be a sort of all in one solution. although it may have been for sims if it was recovering contacts and messages stored on the sim as for why it was there i guess its just ended up unused then gotten chucked out in a clear out, old kit tends to fall by the wayside in this game despite it initially being quite expensive (ask anyone in the mobile biz for any decent amount of time and they almost certainly have an MTbox/MXbox laying about) generally by the time its obsolete its more than paid for itself and is really pretty useless unless you work on a lot of very old stock places ive worked at had dozens of old unused unlocking boxes and the like which eventually ended up in various tote boxes etc and when the business moved the majority ended up in the skip (where people soon came to try and dig out any potentially worthwhile bits) i suspect this found its way to the store in a similar fashion it may not actually be much use in this day and age but its an interesting find