is there a way of having dual simcards in the XDA II
cheers
maxd
no... only if you use product like Sim Master or Sim Max, you can have 8 numbers in a sim card with only one active in a time
thanks... will try that out..
maxd
Max forget sim master, none of those clone sims work with uk sims unless you have a very early orange sim, I found this out after ordering a 16 in 1 supersim from hongkong and then destroying 3 sim cards when it was attempting to get the Ki number which is needed for cloning.
cheers cruisin..
will give sim master a miss... is sim max any good...
cheers
Tony
I think it is impossible to crack the Ki on ANY uk sim card, they use the new method of encoding and it is very secure. I had heard of somebody here on the forum using a twin sim with xda, problem with that is you have to cut your sim down to size and it can also destroy the sim.
cruisin-thru said:
I had heard of somebody here on the forum using a twin sim with xda, problem with that is you have to cut your sim down to size and it can also destroy the sim.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Not so. See here-
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=3961
Does that work with XDA1 or just xda2, its hard enough to get a normal sim into the xda1.
Related
i have a tmobile mda vario unlocked.. i have a dual sim card which i used for my nokia n70.. i have a question, when i use the dual sim card on n70, it works great but when i use it on my vario, there seems to be a problem.. when i switch sim card it works but when i want to switch to the first sim, my mda seems to hang...any one???
clovis_ll said:
i have a tmobile mda vario unlocked.. i have a dual sim card which i used for my nokia n70.. i have a question, when i use the dual sim card on n70, it works great but when i use it on my vario, there seems to be a problem.. when i switch sim card it works but when i want to switch to the first sim, my mda seems to hang...any one???
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hi, dual sim card ? I have seen this concept but have never worked with one. Can you tell me a abit more abt dual sim card. As far as I know, we just have one sim slot on a n70 or n90 or even wizard for that matter.
How do you get a dual sim to fit in single adaptor ?
Sorry, dont have an answer to your original question, but if you can fwd me a link, i will really appreciate that.
araje said:
How do you get a dual sim to fit in single adaptor ?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I think the OP means a TwinSim, not a Dual Sim Adapter.
A TwinSim is a copy of a Sim which is technically handled second. That means, if you use the second Sim and turn on a phone whith the master Sim, the second sim is deacitvated. Bith Sims are registered under the same number. In Germany many providers sell such TwinSims. It has originally build for GSM carphones. If you start your car, the carphone switches on and your mobile is automatically deactivated.
Ciao! Bjoern
http://cgi.ebay.com/DUAL-TWIN-SIM-C...131688020QQcategoryZ43805QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
heres a sample...ive been using this on my n70 for 5 moths and it works great. my only problem is when i use it on my mda...
i have been reading but haven't been able to crack the problem i brought a 2nd hand xda mini and its unlocked inserted 3 sim card does not read the phone but i insert a optus sim card everything is good.. i have tried the sim card unlockers but nothing can some1 help or do i have 2 sell the phone?
thanks
hello
my friend have used phone from t-mobile usa
and the phone can't read any sim except orange israel (don't know about t-mobile sim)
how can it be ?
and how it can be changed that the phone will read all the sims ?
now when i try to put any sim i got message "sim card not found"
This phone requires a certain type of SIM. Different SIMs have different shapes and sizes of contact area for the chip. Compare them and you'll see what I mean.
estallings15 said:
This phone requires a certain type of SIM. Different SIMs have different shapes and sizes of contact area for the chip. Compare them and you'll see what I mean.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
thanks for your answer
than there is anything to do to solve this ?
from 7 different carriers orange israel will be the only one will work on this phone?
btw . i now see other post you talked about the sim sizes...
in my case the sim size is identical
but i think the chip size is different
the one that work have a larger chip
look at the bottom of the sim and make sure the metal contacts are in the same place as the tmobile sim (look up a picture of tmobile sim on google if you need it) otherwise its possible that the phone is not sim unlocked
from what i see it's not on the same place as t-mobile sim
just orange israel sim is the same as t-mobile
benhouli said:
from what i see it's not on the same place as t-mobile sim
just orange israel sim is the same as t-mobile
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Take a working SIM to the carrier you want it to work with and see if they will sell you a SIM that matches that type.
estallings15 said:
Take a working SIM to the carrier you want it to work with and see if they will sell you a SIM that matches that type.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
i don't think they have that type of sim
because they new carriers that sell just the new one
there is no service that can unlock it to work with all the sim cards types ?
or this is done deal ?
It not the carrier type that is the issue. This is the hardware on the mobo. If your SIM reads, but the phone is carrier restricted then it will tell you. Unless you are getting a message to that effect this is H.A.R.D.W.A.R.E.
estallings15 said:
It not the carrier type that is the issue. This is the hardware on the mobo. If your SIM reads, but the phone is carrier restricted then it will tell you. Unless you are getting a message to that effect this is H.A.R.D.W.A.R.E.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
as u said , i am not getting any requset to put any pin or puk or any unlock code...
but there is one carrier that the phone read his sim card (with the bigger chip on the sim card), but it's just 1 from 7 carriers , because the others have different types of sim cards.(the one with the smallest chip on the sim card)..
what about cellphone labs ? they can't replace the part that read the sim to one that can read all the types of the chips (that on the sim cards)
i am the first that stuck with that problem ?
i really don't want to buy another phone
i like that phone
there is no solution for this hardware problem ?
thanks
Cell phone labs? What? Dude it's part of the motherboard. It's engineered for and soldered to the motherboard. You just need the correct style of SIM card.
There are dual SIM adapters out there that MAY work. You could try that, but it will require cutting of the SIMs to make them fit under the battery.
estallings15 said:
Cell phone labs? What? Dude it's part of the motherboard. It's engineered for and soldered to the motherboard. You just need the correct style of SIM card.
There are dual SIM adapters out there that MAY work. You could try that, but it will require cutting of the SIMs to make them fit under the battery.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
thanks again
i don't know why they bother to release phone that accept just one type of sim
that most of the phones can accept all the types
I brought S4 just another day and when I insert sim card the phone says "No sim Card" but I inserted it already!
Its micro sim i'm buying another sim card today and see if it works,
Will customer service fix this if the problem is in the phone ? If yes then is it covered by warranty ?
Any help? maybe its software problem
Julius Palad said:
I brought S4 just another day and when I insert sim card the phone says "No sim Card" but I inserted it already!
Its micro sim i'm buying another sim card today and see if it works,
Will customer service fix this if the problem is in the phone ? If yes then is it covered by warranty ?
Any help? maybe its software problem
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Definitely. Visit SSC.
BTW, use this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2192886 from next time to ask anything related to S4.
zzz
You didin't even answer my question, my question is is this hardware problem or sim card problem?
Julius Palad said:
You didin't even answer my question, my question is is this hardware problem or sim card problem?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
And how exactly he should or anyone should know what's exactly your problem? Can be hardware or the simcard. This is up to you to find out.
First try a new simcard , and try to get one micro sim factory cut if you can, if still nothing means is hardware.
Did you put it in wrong?
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda premium
I have the same problem on my s4, it doesnt recognize any sim at all. i tried several simcards but with no success
daahir said:
I have the same problem on my s4, it doesnt recognize any sim at all. i tried several simcards but with no success
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You have the answer on this topic, if doesn't work with any simcard, bring it back.
GT I9505 doesn't detect LTE sim, works fine with 3g Sim
Hello all !
I own a 2.5 year old GT i9505 (LTE variant) which works completely fine with a 3g Sim but the "Sim Card not inserted" error appears as soon as a 4g Compatible Sim is inserted. Could this be a modem issue ?
I live in India (got the phone from Europe) and have been using 3g services without any hitch for the past 2 years. Vodafone recently launched 4G services here and my phone doesn't detect the new 4G Sim card .
My phone shows the LTE/WCDMA/GSM modes but doesn't detect the Sim card.
Tried with another Sim from the store that doesnt work either.
Details :
AP: I9505XXUHOJ2
CP: I9505XXUHOJ2
CSC: I9505EURHOJ1
All ideas and solutions are appreciated.
It's possible that there is something wrong with the phone's sim card reader. You could replace the reader for not a lot of money and it's easy to do yourself.
Maybe your phone is unable to detect LTE Networks from Vodafone India because from what I research, India uses TDD-LTE. You could Google-d LTE bands that used in India and compare it with your phone's supported LTE bands.
Sent from my GT-I9500
audit13 said:
It's possible that there is something wrong with the phone's sim card reader. You could replace the reader for not a lot of money and it's easy to do yourself.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks for your reply.
I considered that option but a 3g sim works perfectly. Do you still think it would help ?
krasCGQ said:
Maybe your phone is unable to detect LTE Networks from Vodafone India because from what I research, India uses TDD-LTE. You could Google-d LTE bands that used in India and compare it with your phone's supported LTE bands.
Sent from my GT-I9500
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks for your reply.
I guess I am just lucky my phone supports both.
http://www.cnet.com/news/why-your-next-4g-phone-should-have-fdd-lte-and-tdd-lte/
Still no luck !
I don't know that much about sim card technology. Have you tried the LTE sim card in a very old phone to see if the old phone detects the sim?
audit13 said:
I don't know that much about sim card technology. Have you tried the LTE sim card in a very old phone to see if the old phone detects the sim?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I did infact it works with every phone except this one.
Leads me to conclude it is the sim reader or motherboard if no LTE SIM cards work. Doesn't seem like software.
So I purchased a used note 3 ( N900A )
I just switch to straight talk. So I had a full size sim and cut it down to fit my note 3 . When I try to go into my apn setting it says insert a sim or something like that.
I know the sims registering , to the phone I can read stuff from it.
So has any one went down the road I am . Is my sim locked or something like that.
Also there is an app called "Sim App." it will first say icc-id and give what looks like about 15-16 numbers then click ok it reads imei check sum gives 4 digits next reads random number gives 8 numbers.
then asks for an unlock code . If entered wrong it will say you have X amount of trys lefts.
Does this have anything to do with why my sim card is not registering to the phone?
Do any sim card works in the phone? Does your sim card work in other phones? Was the phone tested with a sim card before purchase? Was the phone locked to AT&T?
audit13 said:
Do any sim card works in the phone? Does your sim card work in other phones? Was the phone tested with a sim card before purchase? Was the phone locked to AT&T?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes if I switch the card to the other phone . It works.
Im not sure if this matters the orginal phone was a throw away`alcatel. Its not a smart phone.
Are you using the SIM card in another phone that also uses a micro sim? Does the note 3 recognize any SIM cards?
audit13 said:
Are you using the SIM card in another phone that also uses a micro sim? Does the note 3 recognize any SIM cards?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I only have this one sim .
The note is reading the sim card with certain aps . You know how if you up power up a phone , missing a sim it will say so if you pull down the top banner usually with a message like insert sim. When you pull down the top banner it doesn't say that . There is no warning about missing a sim . So it recognizes it has one . I can read stuff off the sim card when i open certain aps that are meant to access sim cards but when I go to change APN setting it will say insert sim card to access network settings.
Without another sim card to try in the phone, it could be the way the sim card was cut or there is something wrong with the phone.
Is the phone sim unlocked? Did you try a sim card in the phone before buying it?
audit13 said:
Without another sim card to try in the phone, it could be the way the sim card was cut or there is something wrong with the phone.
Is the phone sim unlocked? Did you try a sim card in the phone before buying it?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I dont think the phones sim is unlocked.
No I didnt try a sim . It was from a family member so Im not to worried. The sim card works in my throw away straight talk phone.
How do you unlock the phones sim?
BTW thank you for your help.
In order to determine if the phone is sim unlocked, power off the phone, insert a sim from another carrier, and power up the phone. If phone asks for a network unlock code, the phone is not sim unlocked and you will need to get an unlock code.
Was the Note 3 n900a from AT&T?