Hi guys. Is there any physical difference, other than thr sim tray, between S9 G960F and G960FD? I got my S9 on contract from MTN South Africa, and their policy is "no dual sim phones". Is it possible to activate dual sim functionality by putting a different rom version on?
JK8787 said:
Hi guys. Is there any physical difference, other than thr sim tray, between S9 G960F and G960FD? I got my S9 on contract from MTN South Africa, and their policy is "no dual sim phones". Is it possible to activate dual sim functionality by putting a different rom version on?
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Apologies, seems to have posted this in the incorrect place. How do you delete it?
I think both phone versions have the same firmware so.... maybe they have a different hardware or when you insert the sim card from your carrier the second slot is blocked by the firmware.
Mine is unlocked, dual sim. I really don't know if you unlock it do the trick!
JK8787 said:
Hi guys. Is there any physical difference, other than thr sim tray, between S9 G960F and G960FD? I got my S9 on contract from MTN South Africa, and their policy is "no dual sim phones". Is it possible to activate dual sim functionality by putting a different rom version on?
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Enviado do meu SM-G960F através do Tapatalk
Ive heard that some guys in Taobao can change G965N into duo sim but it requires no root and bootloader locked firstly. I guess it might be basically just flash FD firmware or some what idk, my 965n had rooted and that duo sim service costs like 200-300RMB for korean variant S9/+/Note9. does anyone know how it works???
No, you cannot convert a single sim into a dual SIM. There's more to it than just the SIM tray unfortunately. The FD has additional hardware.
It's impossible.
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Greetings,
This will be my first ever Sony unit and I really don't
know what unit to get! I always get an unlocked version
and put Rogers Sim card in it.
Is there a North American variant available?
If not, is there an international version then?
And what is the difference if any between single and dual sim units?
Thank you for your help.
samteeee said:
Greetings,
This will be my first ever Sony unit and I really don't
know what unit to get! I always get an unlocked version
and put Rogers Sim card in it.
Is there a North American variant available?
If not, is there an international version then?
And what is the difference if any between single and dual sim units?
Thank you for your help.
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Your best bet is to search the web for answers. The truth is out there
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samteeee said:
Greetings,
This will be my first ever Sony unit and I really don't
know what unit to get! I always get an unlocked version
and put Rogers Sim card in it.
Is there a North American variant available?
If not, is there an international version then?
And what is the difference if any between single and dual sim units?
Thank you for your help.
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don't know which to get ?
Well, use the force, Luke !
North American (international minus fingerprint functionality) == no finger print scanner (?), enable via firmware flash [details in forum]
single, dual sim - single has single, dual has dual sim functionality
I recently bought the international version and am using it on Rogers. Works perfectly been using it for a month.
Hi to you all.
I'm about to buy a S9 from Vodafone.
Vodafone blocks the dual-sim functionality on all dual-sim devices that they sell.
However, a year or two ago I came across with a Huawei P8 Lite for my kid and there was a trick that managed to make the P8 dual sim once again.
We had to unlock the device with the proper code and then install the TPH Rom from Huawei.
Do you think that the same thing will happen with the S9?
plantunes said:
Hi to you all.
I'm about to buy a S9 from Vodafone.
Vodafone blocks the dual-sim functionality on all dual-sim devices that they sell.
However, a year or two ago I came across with a Huawei P8 Lite for my kid and there was a trick that managed to make the P8 dual sim once again.
We had to unlock the device with the proper code and then install the TPH Rom from Huawei.
Do you think that the same thing will happen with the S9?
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I don't think so. On Samsung (not sure about others) they do not assign a secondary IMEI on the single SIM versions so that will be the biggest problem even if you find a way to activate it.
My point is that Vodafone does not have single sim phones. They sell the dual-sim S9 but they block the 2nd SIM functionality.
Not a hardware problem.
plantunes said:
My point is that Vodafone does not have single sim phones. They sell the dual-sim S9 but they block the 2nd SIM functionality.
Not a hardware problem.
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That might be true for Huawei phones but that has not been my experience with Samsung. Typically the dual SIM Samsungs are a different SKU, they are even labelled as 'Duos' on the device (I am looking at my dual SIM S7 now).
s4vva said:
That might be true for Huawei phones but that has not been my experience with Samsung. Typically the dual SIM Samsungs are a different SKU, they are even labelled as 'Duos' on the device (I am looking at my dual SIM S7 now).
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That was true until the S8....indeed Dual Sim models were different from single-sim models.
But with S9, there is no single-sim model in Europe, so the S9 that Vodafone will receive is the same... they just block de dual-sim conectivity, just as they did with the huawei models, that were all dual-sim.
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That was true until the S8....indeed Dual Sim models were different from single-sim models.
But with S9, there is no single-sim model in Europe, so the S9 that Vodafone will receive is the same... they just block de dual-sim conectivity, just as they did with the huawei models, that were all dual-sim.
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Oh wow had no idea, thank you for the heads up. I have always wondered why Samsung have the option for either single or dual sim when buying direct from their site, particularly as they are the same price.
I'm considering getting a fold but I need dual sim capability. Physical sim cards, not esim. I can't find any definitive information about it. Does anyone know?
Thanks.
I don't think there's a dual SIM variant, it's just 1 physical SIM and in some countries an esim
Wooba99 said:
I'm considering getting a fold but I need dual sim capability. Physical sim cards, not esim. I can't find any definitive information about it. Does anyone know?
Thanks.
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I have mine from jbhifi and there is one sim and another is esim.
So gotta deal with it.
Try looking for indian unit. It will have dual sim.
ptlsajan said:
I have mine from jbhifi and there is one sim and another is esim.
So gotta deal with it.
Try looking for indian unit. It will have dual sim.
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Thanks.. that's a pity. I just looked at the UAE website and the Indian website. UAE is Esim too, and the Indian version doesn't even have that unfortunately. Hopefully my provider supports esim soon.
My phone is going to be delivered this weekend. However, it is NA version with single sim. Has anyone own a oneplus 8 pro to 8t NA before has the experience to flash to EU rom to have the dual sim functionality unlock before the official rom from NA?
You can definitely do that, but the physical SIM card tray actually has a piece of plastic preventing you from using it as a dual SIM tray on the AA variants.
So you will either need a new dual SIM tray, or modify it yourself to be compatible..
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You can definitely do that, but the physical SIM card tray actually has a piece of plastic preventing you from using it as a dual SIM tray on the AA variants.
So you will either need a new dual SIM tray, or modify it yourself to be compatible..
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I know that. I don't need to use it now but in the future when I am travelling. I need to do business traveling a lot between different countries.
I have 9 pro 2120 models. Can I change 2123 with upload eu rom ?
I recently bought a moto g 5g and everything that I read said it was a dual sim phone.To my surprise when the phone arrived it was only single sim.Can I buy a dual sim sim tray and dual sim will work?
gearrys said:
I recently bought a moto g 5g and everything that I read said it was a dual sim phone.To my surprise when the phone arrived it was only single sim.Can I buy a dual sim sim tray and dual sim will work?
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If the device only displays 1 IMEI, then is cannot support Dual SIMs, do you have the exact model number?
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If the device only displays 1 IMEI, then is cannot support Dual SIMs, do you have the exact model number?
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Thanks for the information. Moto support reached out to me and told me I have an Australian model (XT2075-3). It's crazy because everything I read about the phone online did not mention anything about single sim model. Before I bout it I even googled the model number and found nothing.
That's sad :\
gearrys said:
Thanks for the information. Moto support reached out to me and told me I have an Australian model (XT2075-3). It's crazy because everything I read about the phone online did not mention anything about single sim model. Before I bout it I even googled the model number and found nothing.
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So, come to find out motorola sells 2 phones with the same model number. 1 is the carrier version that is single sim and the second is the retail version that is dual sim
gearrys said:
So, come to find out motorola sells 2 phones with the same model number. 1 is the carrier version that is single sim and the second is the retail version that is dual sim
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yeah, we had the same problem with at least Moto G 1st gen and Moto G5 : both signle and dual SIM were available (it was even worse with 1st gen as there was also a 4G/LTE version)
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So, come to find out motorola sells 2 phones with the same model number. 1 is the carrier version that is single sim and the second is the retail version that is dual sim
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That sucks, i got mine from jb hifi and its definitely dual sim. Id be blaming telstra/optus for the single sim thing, no doubt they have more than a little say in it.... Cant have you using one of the other carriers cards in there now