Hi
To all I am completely new to the M1000 after upgrading from a SPV c500 and throwing my old PDA away.
I have been reading through the forums about the Dual Sim
At the mo I have 2 Orange Sim Cards 1 on contact and 1 Pay as you go I would like to put both sims in the phone so that I can use my free minutes on contract and my free texts on Pay as you go.
I was thinking of buying the King of Double card Dual Sim Card form e-bay.
I have read that you can swap sims by turning on/off flight mode ???
I have regestered my interest in WiVit for there Today screen sim switcher. But this not yet ready.
3 Questions
1. Has anyone done this
2. How do you switch sims using flight mode
3. How can you tell if both are on orange which one you are cureently using??
If anyone can answer this for me please please include idiot instructions as i dont want to break this terriffic phone
Many many thanks
To swap sim using flight mode, click on the top of screen where the signal/antenna is, choose flight mode............click same place again, click turn off flight mode, your sim is now swapped. To find out which sim you are using you could choose programs/sim manager/tools/list own number, that should give you the phone number of current sim in use, there is probably an easier way but I cant think of it right now.
I used dual-sim on my nokia for ages until they stopped it working.
To get around the problem with knowing which sim is active, I stored all my numbers in the phone, then had 1 number in each sim, with a dummy number so I didn't dial by mistake.
e.g. 'Private', '000' for my own sim.
and 'Work', '000' for my worktime sim.
(on the nokia, I had to put 'a' in front so this number was always at the top of my phonelist, but this is not needed on the XDA.)
Hey guys if i get the invalid sim card message does that mean I must get a new sim card? If so how much would this cost me?
pakakid said:
Hey guys if i get the invalid sim card message does that mean I must get a new sim card? If so how much would this cost me?
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The sim card that is required for our devices to be able to use wifi calling is labeled with a TM9177 (newer sim card) so if you have a TM9073 (older sim card) you need to update that at your local T-Mobile store. it didnt cost me anything. they replaced it with no problems at all.
s10shane said:
The sim card that is required for our devices to be able to use wifi calling is labeled with a TM9177 (newer sim card) so if you have a TM9073 (older sim card) you need to update that at your local T-Mobile store. it didnt cost me anything. they replaced it with no problems at all.
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I've been seeing a major bug lately with WiFi calling. Sometimes (seemingly at random, though always when I am trying to connect to a WiFi after being connected to cell network) the icon will turn RED and give me the dreaded SIM error. Generally this is fixable with a reboot. So if you have a TM9177 SIM and for some reason you are getting the SIM Error code then try a reboot first.
Of course if you have an older SIM then yes, you need to get a new SIM. Call TMO first and tell them to put a note on your account that you are able to receive a free SIM. Otherwise some of the more A-Holeish stores may try and charge you 20 dollars.
No problem so far with wifi calling on my phone.
just goto your local t-mobile store and tell them to change your old card for a new one. they know what to do. and it's free.
safeplayer22 said:
No problem so far with wifi calling on my phone.
just goto your local t-mobile store and tell them to change your old card for a new one. they know what to do. and it's free.
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Curiosity....what ROM are you using? I wonder if the wifi calling bugs I'm seeing are a ROM issue...
Thank you guys, I will call them first in head of time and then go to the mall. Thank you all!
hi, i will try to explain my setup then, describe the issue
i live in mexico and the phone its really expensive, anyway, i did buy in ebay and activate through a mexican CDMA carrier called iusacell, everithing works well: 3G, voice, sms... but the phone had android 2.3.2 and of course i cannot update through OTA, actually, i updated via SEUS(to 2.3.3)
the issue it's when i turn on/off the fly mode, the phone ask me for a sim card .
i try to insert a sim card and the message go away, but the sim card dont work xD.
some one else have this behavior?
note: the phone was activate with QPST build 366
Hi there,
I'm on vaca for one month in Africa and I am trying to use my sim card but I have this message :" Your SIM card does not allow a connection to this network "
I tried two different sim cards but I still have the same issue.
Note that the phone was working perfectly yesterday with my Tmobile Sim Card.
It's an international One X so I don't think that I need to unlock it.
Do you guys have any solutions?
Thank you
it sounds like something tmobile end has changed on your account, if possible i'd call them to see if they can help get it working again
other thing to check is the roaming settings, check its enabled etc
Thanks for the reply.
I'm not using that Tmobile sim card anymore. But an Orange one.
Should I factory reset it and see if it'll work?
Thanks
i had this happen on mine, ive got tmobile sim, it went to tmobile orange signal, i tried to manually switch it back to tmobile (better signal coverage) and it said the same thing.
A reboot didnt fix it so i went into settings, storage, make more storage and then cleared all temporary data for all apps.
this seems to temp fix the issue and allows me to reconnect to my peferred network it still happens every now and then so it could be a software gitch with the hox
Just tried it. Didn't work
I will restore it and see how it goes
Even with the New Rom, Superwipe I still have the same issue ?
Hi. i have unlocked Sony Xperia Ion LT28at.Was using it for couple of months but recently phone start shutting off, first battery lower than 30% but now even with 100%. Found out that it only when tmobile card is inserted. Tried my wife's card ,the same. without card phone still works and also when I inserted att card .I also just did factory reset Like I said phone worked perfect until like a week ago.
I just make factory reset and tried to play with the phone with different sims i collected over years. It works perfectly with Orange, Play,Cingular,ATT sims, but when I put old prepaid tmobile, it is shutting off again.
latawiec said:
Hi. i have unlocked Sony Xperia Ion LT28at.Was using it for couple of months but recently phone start shutting off, first battery lower than 30% but now even with 100%. Found out that it only when tmobile card is inserted. Tried my wife's card ,the same. without card phone still works and also when I inserted att card .I also just did factory reset Like I said phone worked perfect until like a week ago.
I just make factory reset and tried to play with the phone with different sims i collected over years. It works perfectly with Orange, Play,Cingular,ATT sims, but when I put old prepaid tmobile, it is shutting off again.
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Old sim's do that. They short circuit your phone, because they are old. Don't use it, or change it with a new one.
zupadroid said:
Old sim's do that. They short circuit your phone, because they are old. Don't use it, or change it with a new one.
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It may be so, but the same sim card work without the problem in another phones and the 12 year old cingular card does does not cause the problem, only tmobile cards. My daughter card is like a year old and it is causing shut down also.
latawiec said:
It may be so, but the same sim card work without the problem in another phones and the 12 year old cingular card does does not cause the problem, only tmobile cards. My daughter card is like a year old and it is causing shut down also.
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Call tmobile and let them know about the sim problem.
Someone says that it is a "safety" measure built in the system.
I'm not sure about that though.
Ok right now I reflashed the phone with current firmware, there is no programs installed. tried old sim cards from Orange,cingular, ATT and one more company I think Play, all works with the phone no shutting down. Then I tried my old prepaid Tmobile then my daughter's and my wife's tmobile cards all of them are shutting it down within a minute. I am using replacement unlocked samsung and have no problem with my sim card , same my wife's tmobile samsung and my daughther HTC oneS. Have only problem when I want to pair sony ion with any tmobile sim.
Try to disable the PIN CODE just for a few minutes. See what that goes.
zupadroid said:
Try to disable the PIN CODE just for a few minutes. See what that goes.
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Don't know exactly what a pin code is, but just re-flashed the phone to LT28i, did not helped. phone still shutting off.
I had the same problem too.This worked for me:
1.Open your phone without sim
2a(Ice cream Sandwich):Then Go to the settings->more->mobile networks->Network mode or 2b(Gingerbread) Settings>Wireless and networks>Mobile networks>Network Mode
3:And change network mode to WCDMA only(this worked for me).
4:Insert your Sim and restart your phone
If "WCDMA only" doesn't work you can try "GSM" only.
Old thread but I hope someone else gets helped by this.
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I'm not sure at 100% that it ll work for u but i personaly tested it and worked fine
so you just have to activate the pin code on security and location setting
but the SIM card must be inserted to activate the pin code
If you never activated the pin code, then the default code must be 0000
if the phone turn off before u get acces to the setting menu so u have to
- boot without the sim
- turn on flight mode
- power off and insert the sim card
- boot with sim
- after this follow the above instructions
- reboot and after u enter the pin code turn off flight mode and see if the phone shutdown or not
- if it shutdown try to go back on setting and set mobile network to use gsm only
if u don't understand reply !
I hope it work for u
Is there any solution to this problems? Previous suggestion is not work..
- When insert sim card, the phone will shut down when try to search the network.
- The phone will not shut down if switch on without sim card
- But if the phone was connect to the charger, it can switch on with the sim card.
I don't think the battery is bad...
mohdikramj said:
Is there any solution to this problems? Previous suggestion is not work..
- When insert sim card, the phone will shut down when try to search the network.
- The phone will not shut down if switch on without sim card
- But if the phone was connect to the charger, it can switch on with the sim card.
I don't think the battery is bad...
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I just realize that, the problem is went want to search th 2G (GSM network). My area did not have 3G (the phone have poor 3G reception). So, the phone need to be in 2G mode, so it keep going shut down.
The problem is simple. The battery contacts need to be cleaned. Use a cotton swab, damp it with rubbing alcohol and clean the battery contact on both the battery and of the phone. The rubbing alcohol is safe for the metal contacts. Install the battery back and turn the phone on. This took care of in my case. Avoid touching these contacts as they're sensitive.
Amazing workaround!
ariss1986 said:
I had the same problem too.This worked for me:
1.Open your phone without sim
2a(Ice cream Sandwich):Then Go to the settings->more->mobile networks->Network mode or 2b(Gingerbread) Settings>Wireless and networks>Mobile networks>Network Mode
3:And change network mode to WCDMA only(this worked for me).
4:Insert your Sim and restart your phone
If "WCDMA only" doesn't work you can try "GSM" only.
Old thread but I hope someone else gets helped by this.
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Amazing! This is a great workaround. The reason is actually batteries getting faulty. I moved to 110V country from 220V and used a voltage transformer in front of adapter to charge the phone. It did something bad with the batteries. Though phone works fine when on charging- no shut down. It shuts down only when I try to place a call. Also I now charge it via laptop usb and disabled the fast charging and I think that also made batteries a bit better as phone is not switching off that frequently as it used to be. So also see how u are charging the batteries