diff --git a/accounts/scwallet/wallet.go b/accounts/scwallet/wallet.go
index c734da6b2..0b2d12184 100644
--- a/accounts/scwallet/wallet.go
+++ b/accounts/scwallet/wallet.go
@@ -847,10 +847,31 @@ func (s *Session) walletStatus() (*walletStatus, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	status := new(walletStatus)
-	if _, err := asn1.UnmarshalWithParams(response.Data, status, "tag:3"); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+	// There is an issue with ASN1 decoding that I am struggling with,
+	// so I unpack it manually, like is being done in the status-im
+	// card management code.
+	if len(response.Data) != int(response.Data[1])-1 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid response length %d", len(response.Data))
 	}
+	if response.Data[0] != 0xA3 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid tag %v, expected 0xA3", response.Data[0])
+	}
+	if response.Data[2] != 2 || response.Data[3] != 1 || response.Data[5] != 2 || response.Data[6] != 1 || response.Data[8] != 1 || response.Data[9] != 1 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid response tag format")
+	}
+	fmt.Println("asn1 response", response)
+	status := &walletStatus{
+		PinRetryCount: int(response.Data[4]),
+		PukRetryCount: int(response.Data[7]),
+		Initialized:   (response.Data[10] == 0xff),
+	}
+
+	/*
+		if _, err := asn1.Unmarshal(response.Data, status); err != nil {
+			//if _, err := asn1.UnmarshalWithParams(response.Data, status, "tag:3"); err != nil {
+			fmt.Println("###### asn1 err", err)
+			return nil, err
+		}*/
 	return status, nil
 }