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Dual Sim Card

Hi
Just installed a Dual sim card in my XDA2.
I bought a "King of Double card" the other day and it seems to be working fine.
I can jump between sim cards by turning the flight mode on and off
I would like to know if anyone has had any bad experiences with these type of cards?
Hope there is no long-term damage... :!:

Hi Frogger,
I have had the same dual sim card for some months now. All is great. No problems at all.
Have fun.

Frogger / Quenmzar: What 'model' of 'king of double card' dual sim is it you ordered.
On ebay there are about two sellers of 'king of double card'. The quality of those dual sim adapters is good, but one need to specify the 'model'.
(and XDAII/MDAII/iMate/Qtek 2020 is not listed).
Until now I did not get any useable feedback from the sellers other than buying a ghost-adapter for which you will have to cut sim's (which is something I do not want to do.

I can't see where there is any room to fit these in an XDAII? How do you manage to squeeze it in?

This is the dual SIM I actually bought. If you put it UNDER the battery it fits ok. Bit of a squeeze but works just fine.
http://www.mobileplace.co.uk/product/508

i did a reveiw of dual simcards here
http://www.tekguru.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2444&highlight=dual+simcard
Jim

I know of the mobileplace.co.uk dual sim. It costs GBP 10
The king of double card costs around USD 6
Now you know my motivation to find out the type of 'king of double card' I need . . . .

Dual sim on XDA2
This is how the Dual sim card is installed on my XDA2

Dual SIM Card
I recently purchased the dual sim card holder from mobileplace.co.uk for GBP12. They shipped me the king of double card, so I suppose the difference in price between ebay and mobileplace.co.uk is the very fast and good service I got from mobileplace.co.uk. However, after a few weeks my XDAII started to run slowly and then the other night went dead. A hard reset fixed the problem but I suspect it had something to do with the adaptor. Also each time I would take the back cover off the unit, even with the main battery still in, it does a hard reset. I don't know if other people experience. I really did enjoy using the adaptor but have taken it out for now

Hi, i've been looking for this here in the Philippines but I couldn't find one that is for XDA II. Are there really ones made for XDA II or you're just using the one from other phone models? I tried using the Dual SIM (King of double card) for nokia but it doesn't work, it won't detect the SIM and the cover cant even b closed although the SIM slot fits fine.

I bought one off eBay at the beginning of October. The model is described as
6220/6310i/7250/8310/T230/T68i DUAL SIM CARD
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I had to tell them what device it was for and I told them XDA II.
It works fine - no problems yet.
I installed it much the same way as seen in the picture in frogger's post above. It's a bit tricky - I needed to feed the flat cable in front of the battery, avoiding the battery connector, then, with the SIMS installed, bend it down flat on top of the battery. Its a bit of a squeeze to get the back cover on, but it will go.

I've got a similar one. The ribbon cable is actually quite strong. I made a 45 degree crease so that the ribbon bends through 90 degrees and folds over the top of the battery ( ithink thats what is pictured above). Only downside is that the rear case needs to flex a bit, and doesn't quite fit flush at the top, allowing some dust in.

I've got 1 sim card with 2 lines. What I have to do is different. I have to go to programs/ sim tool kit/ my lines/ switch lines.
Is there any software around that would give me the same functionality as you guys have? just turning the flight mode on and off? Is there any program that creates macros for this particular function at the press of a button?

Qtek9090 and Dual Sim
Does anyone know whether there is a Dual Sim card for the Qtek 9090.
Cookiem

It will be just a case of trying.
Can you post a picture of the location of the SIM slot location in the battery compartment of the 9090?
Maybe I can give you some advice then.
Personally I prefer the King of Double card dual sim adapters by saintjoy_03 on eBay: cheap, quick, reliable. But you have to specify the correct model as they dont know the HTC devices.

i use this one for some time now
but not for the faintharted cause your sim card has to chopped
anyways nowadays they got 16 in one and so on sim adaptors.
ah well still, searching for a way to use them both at the same time!
tip anyone ?
oh yeah addition: you do get some sort of adaptor in which you can place your downsized simcard. so it can be used in seperately if needed...

Dual sim (or twin sim ) (or ghost sim ) adapter in prophet

Hi all!
which is the best dual sim adapter for prophet?
I saw many auctions on ebay, but I don't know which one to buy..
is this good?
http://cgi.ebay.it/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...50007856399&rd=1&sspagename=STRK:MEWA:IT&rd=1
Of course I don't want to cut the sim, but I don't know if there is enough room for bending the adaptor, or if it does fit well and it isn't too thick..
I also saw this one (I know that it requires to cut the sims):
http://cgi.ebay.it/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...50007376601&rd=1&sspagename=STRK:MEWA:IT&rd=1
is this ok? or is it too thick?
If someone is successfully using such a device, could kindly answer to this thread putting images of the PDA and the adapter?
Thank you

Sim card question

I need to recover my lost contacts off my sim card. Active sync isnt an option, long story.
I already have a data recovery software. But i guess it wont read it through usb-phone itself, so i picked up a 51 in 1 card reader. I plug it into it and it wont read it, it reads my micro sd fine. My question is what type of sim card is the one in the 8525, Phoenix type, or PC/SC?

Sorry, I can't add much to this other than to advise you not to buy one of those cheap usb sim card readers. The ones made in China, they fit in the palm of your hand and are usually a colored semi-transparent plastic.
I bought one and it sucks, the software is horrible, and I lost the CD so now I have no drivers....can't find any on the internet and there are no markings on this reader to determine who made it.
I believe they usually go for under $15

eagercrow said:
Sorry, I can't add much to this other than to advise you not to buy one of those cheap usb sim card readers. The ones made in China, they fit in the palm of your hand and are usually a colored semi-transparent plastic.
I bought one and it sucks, the software is horrible, and I lost the CD so now I have no drivers....can't find any on the internet and there are no markings on this reader to determine who made it.
I believe they usually go for under $15
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If your Card Reader still requires a driver, either your computer/OS or your card reader is too old. Most cards produced in the last 3-4 years do not require special drivers.
Also there seems to be a mix-up with SIM card (for phone connection) and Memory card (e.g. SD, CF, MS.....) reader in this post!

eagercrow said:
Sorry, I can't add much to this other than to advise you not to buy one of those cheap usb sim card readers. The ones made in China, they fit in the palm of your hand and are usually a colored semi-transparent plastic.
I bought one and it sucks, the software is horrible, and I lost the CD so now I have no drivers....can't find any on the internet and there are no markings on this reader to determine who made it.
I believe they usually go for under $15
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Yup i know what your talking about, It a USB thumb drive for sim cards. I think im going to order one, There pretty cheap.
I downloaded a sim card data recovery about a month ago and just getting into it now. So i found the only simcard reader i could find at a local store, But its an all in one memory card reader. And the software dosnt work with it.

gulakpi said:
If your Card Reader still requires a driver, either your computer/OS or your card reader is too old. Most cards produced in the last 3-4 years do not require special drivers.
Also there seems to be a mix-up with SIM card (for phone connection) and Memory card (e.g. SD, CF, MS.....) reader in this post!
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nothing is too old, I'm running a computer that is under a year old, with windows XP, the card reader is also less than 6 months old.
This isn't mine, but except for the color it looks exactly the same and the price is about what I paid....http://www.meritline.com/usb-sim-card-reader.html
My point was these SIM card readers are crap, and yes even in today's plug and play world some things still need drivers to work correctly, this being one of them.

eagercrow said:
Sorry, I can't add much to this other than to advise you not to buy one of those cheap usb sim card readers. The ones made in China, they fit in the palm of your hand and are usually a colored semi-transparent plastic.
I bought one and it sucks, the software is horrible, and I lost the CD so now I have no drivers....can't find any on the internet and there are no markings on this reader to determine who made it.
I believe they usually go for under $15
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One more question, Could you acess your sim at all from windows of did u have to rely on the software? I was under the assumption that you could access it like any other memory card.
And i miss read your message, thought you were recommending one of those cheap ones. I took your advice and ordered a namebrand one so hopfully I dont have any compatibility issues with my recovery software.

[Q] HTC Magic A6161 SIM connector

Hi,
Just brought a A6161 wholesale (therefore no warranty), turns out the SIM connector may be faultly; (does not recognise that a sim card has been inserted into the phone) any recommendations on replacement part? Ie. what model of SIM connector is found in the phone?, how much should I expect to pay? and where is the best place to look for replacement parts?
I dont really want to be opening up and playing around with the phone if its not going to be viable.
Cheers

Is it possible to replace SIM card reader?

I was thinking of buying this and trying to fix the SIM card reader:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/162499464479?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
It has a clean IMEI but the reader doesn't work.
Do you think this is a problem with the reader itself? Or a motherboard problem? Is the reader replaceable without micro-soldering?