I lost my P3XL on a accident and recently, after 8 weeks, I got it back when someone found it laying in a Bush near the place where the accident happened - it's summer time fortunately and except a little dirt the device is fine, everything is working and no water damage!
The person who found it saw the emergency information and brought it to my address, big luck!!! 8 weeks outside, 3 times heavy rain, the fabric case it had was moulding but the device itself is just fine, crazy!
When the device was lost I locked the Sim inside the device via the provider's homepage, so I got a replacement SIM a little while later... The usual stuff what people do in situations like this
Now the problem I have is the new Sim, the provider told me that it's a new generation of Sim and the module on the Sim looks different, it's silver and the module (chip on the Sim card) has a different setup, the lines are very different! According to the provider (O2 germany) the Sim uses less electricity than the previous generation and unfortunately it's not detected by my device at all, no reaction, nothing, like there's no Sim inside...
- I reseted the network settings
- factory reseted
- upgrade to Android R
Nothing helped, however the Sim is detected immediately by my 3 other Android devices and the Pixel detects all 4 Sim cards I tried, it's only the one Sim I have a contract with that makes issues. The provider sent a new replacement Sim which looks exactly like the previous one and is also not detected.
I don't think it's in relation to the weeks it was laying outside as it's only this specific Sim card, again, the card works in all others device and the Pixel 3 XL detects all other Sim cards I tried...
I luckily found a provider that offers eSim so I could register at least the virtual Sim to make calls and have data (I wanted something that is prepaid and where I can leave every month and is not to expensive, it's 'simquadrat' now)...
It's like the hardware is not capable to detect certain Sim cards with a specific module (chip on the Sim).
Any ideas, someone else with this specific issue?
Interesting problem. Do you think the provider has blacklisted your device on their network due to the supposed loss of the phone? The sim needs to detect the IMEI and perhaps that's become the issue?
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Hi all,
In my previous phone (Nokia 6230) i placed a DualSIM card. Basically meaning that I could place 2 SIM cards in one phone. A menu option was created in the phone that allowed you to switch between the 2 sims without switching the phone on/off. Ideal since I have a business number and private number... I ordered this through mobile.brando.com.hk Attached you can find a description of this tool.
Now I have a Qtek 9100, (SIMlock removed thanks to a brilliant tool found on this forum) but can't get this DualSIM to work. Does anyone have experiences with a similar trick. I hate carrying 2 phones with me all the time, so i would really like to find a dualsim that also work with PDA's / Pocket PC etc. etc.
Any suggestions / remarks?
Many thanks!
I haven't looked at your attachment, but I've used a cut sim, basically the sim where you cut your full size sims into two small ones, and fit those into a "mother sim", and put that in your phone. It's worked fine on my Magician for months. Got it from ebay for about £5. I wrote my own line switcher for use with my Today plugin so I can see what operator I'm on.
Don't buy a sim cloner. If you're in Europe, you're likely to have a modern sim. They can't be cloned yet, as far as I know.
V
Hi V,
Strange because my dualsim is the same, I have cut the golden chips out, but it won't work on the wizard.... Wonder why?
Sounds cool that you can switch using the today screen, i think everybody that knows how to write programs is brilliant... Is this program posted somewhere?
Ciao!
Hello to all! The experience that I have carried out with Simclone to
have been OK! I have a super SIM with 5 numbers and can
change number/operator through the menu of STK.
Through the plugin "dktoday" I can visualize the active operator in that moment (Vodafone, TIM, etc)!
Ciao!
Maarten78: I've never tested my cut/dual sim in anything other then a wizard. But what messages are you getting? I had to carefully "thicken" the cut sim so the contacts all made good contact, but once I'd done that it worked perfectly for months.
My plugin, (VJAudioNotes, evolved into VJEphemeris) has not been released yet. It's written for my specific setup, so I couldn't release it right now for public use. But DKToday is great!
V
Thx guys,
After your comment about thickening the dualsim it seems to work... It only pushes the back cover out a little bit, but i'll find something to solve that i think...
All that i now need is a tool to display on the Today Screen which provider I'm on... Sure i'll find something, i've tried the DKToday but that crashes my phone when i start other programs like explorer or inbox... Strange!
Thx tho, Maarten
I'm wondering about something that is perhaps the opposite of what is being discussed here, which I wonder about by seeing the name "simclone".
If one has more than one GSM phone or device, yet only one GSM phone line, one has to switch the SIM card between devices, in order to switch which phone to use.
It would certainly be convenient to have a clone of the same card, to work on more than one phone. Of course, being the same phone line, both devices would not be used simultaneously. But it would be nice to be able to switch between devices, without swapping the card in and out.
I have heard that this is possible with some European carriers, to get an extra SIM card of the same line, to use in different devices. It isn't possible to do officially anywhere here in the USA however, AFAIK.
So---I'm wondering if it is possible to do this somehow unofficially. How does this simclone program work?
What is this about cutting a SIM card in two? Would this work with US T-Mobile SIM cards?
I've seen these dualsim on sale in a few places, but they stated that they don't work with 3G networks.
Would that include T-Mobile, O2 and Orange :?:
me said:
I'm wondering about something that is perhaps the opposite of what is being discussed here, which I wonder about by seeing the name "simclone".
If one has more than one GSM phone or device, yet only one GSM phone line, one has to switch the SIM card between devices, in order to switch which phone to use.
It would certainly be convenient to have a clone of the same card, to work on more than one phone. Of course, being the same phone line, both devices would not be used simultaneously. But it would be nice to be able to switch between devices, without swapping the card in and out.
I have heard that this is possible with some European carriers, to get an extra SIM card of the same line, to use in different devices. It isn't possible to do officially anywhere here in the USA however, AFAIK.
So---I'm wondering if it is possible to do this somehow unofficially. How does this simclone program work?
What is this about cutting a SIM card in two? Would this work with US T-Mobile SIM cards?
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Woah! Cutting a SIM in half? As far as my vast intellect spans, I would imagine you would end up.....with....erm.....2 useless halves of a SIM that used to work?!?! :wink:
T-Mobile in the UK offer a Multi-Sim option for business customers of 10 handsets or more - multiple SIMs for same number, voice calls routed to unit of your choice...not sure about SMS Texts though :?
I broke and replaced the screen in my unlocked upgraded flashed-ROM wallaby and the unit now starts up and reports invalid SIM.
Is there any solution or should I re-flash the rom again and see if that works, hope for the best?
Try the SIM in a different (unlocked) phone, to make sure the SIM isn't fried. If the SIM is fried, you can get a new one from your provider. SIMs do get fried sometimes -- it happened to me a couple months back. Fortunately my provider (Cingular) has a shop just down the road from me, and they burned a new SIM in 5 minutes.
I apologise, I should have said
Sorry, I should have said, it does work in another machine and as I said, it did work immediately I used the xda flashing process to upgrade the ROM in this very unit before I dropped it.
Everything else in the new ROM seems to work which makes it infuriating that it wont recognise the SIM. I even tried calling T-Mobile and asking them if they could see the SIM on their network and they couldn't.
(I even have one of those SIM copying devices they send you free for some unknown reason when they want you to upgrade your service to some kind of higher level SIM card. I was wondering if I should try to use it again but as mine does work, this, like the whole copying device, seemed a bit academic)
Can a sim card be copied, so it can be used in 2 phones at different times? Called T-mobile and they said it could not because of a sim card identifier number, but with all the aftermarket software and ebay usb clone software, wanted to hear an unbiased answer from a moderator. Legal issues aside, can it be done so you don't have to remove a sim card from one phone and install it in another for use.
Thanks.
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Can a sim card be copied, so it can be used in 2 phones at different times? Called T-mobile and they said it could not because of a sim card identifier number, but with all the aftermarket software and ebay usb clone software, wanted to hear an unbiased answer from a moderator. Legal issues aside, can it be done so you don't have to remove a sim card from one phone and install it in another for use.
Thanks.
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from what i have read. no. but check this out http://www.vavolo.com/productdetails.asp,ProductID,3303,,.htm..im sure there is probably a way for the carrier to stop this but again...i dont know
anyone?
ps - SO CAL IN THE HOUSE!!!!
edit: http://prague.tv/qa/technology/duplicate-t-mobile-twist-sim-card:4221
Completely Possible
I have done this before, but not lately. You need to find the IMSI (International Mobile Subcriber Identification) which is printed on the SIM and you also need to extract the KI (Key Identifier). Getting the KI is the hard part. Using a SIM card reader and KI extraction software, you could be successful at this. Once you get this info you can either burn own sim (difficult) or buy a multi to one sim card. These can be found all over Ebay (look for 16 to 1 sim). The card uses multiple sim lock codes assigned to access each of the 16 stored KI/IMSA combinations. For this exercise, 16 is overkill.
I haven't done this in a while since most of the companies are now using Comp 128V.2 or Comp 128V.2 to encrypt the card. I was able to decrypt a older Tmobile sim that was encrypted using Comp 128V.1 and I never let them replace it. I have 2 device sharing using a cloned sim. I never use the original anymore and it is stored away.
You can not use both phones at the same time. The last phone to be active on the network will receive incoming calls. The other will not. If ou use a phone while the other is in a call, the call will disconnent. Although "TwinSims" are offered in some parts of Europe, American providers hve not embraced the idea so don't give them any reason to suspect what you are doing by having 2 cloned sims seperated by 2000 miles light up their network from 2 seperate locations.
Hey, I have my One v for about half a year now, and it worked perfectly with one sim, few weeks ago I changed to a different service provider, and the sim worked fine too.
Few days ago, I look at my phone and the bars just start to disappear, until it got to a state where I couldn't receive calls, SMS, surf the 3g web and so on. This morning (and yesterday's evening) I had bars fro few minutes, then it simply showed the name of the provider in the notification area, now there's just "no service". I tried swapping Sim's with my sister, which has the same phone - my sim worked on her phone, her sim didn't work on mine.
So my lucky guess is that the sim slot is dead, I wanted to know if there's any solution I should try before sending it to a store to find out wat is happen, or I should just do that and forget about it. Also, if the sim slot if dead, how much will it cost approximately to fix it?
Slot may not connect - maybe it's time to use "toilet paper solution" (as originally named for Nokia N900)? You should make piece of paper the same size as sim card and insert it with SIM card to slot to hold it with connectors and disallow separation. If not working experiment with paper with other thickness or size. Try this one and say about any changes.
And try with prepaid / old card
it may seem obvious, but have you already tried cleaning the sim slot by blowing all the dust out of it? that used to fix this sort of problems in my dumbphone.
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I owe my life to trees everywhere. Thank you dskowronski! it worked! tried doing what you told me, second time it worked - then I tried without the paper and voila!
Okay, first a little prespeach. I bought used LG G3 phone (which is working perfectly btw) in my born country (Bosnia), and used my SIM card without any issues, signal always was full and even I used internet without any problems, that was like 1 week long. Cause I study in diffrent country (Croatia) and I had to go, I inserted my other working SIM from that country and signal appears like 10 seconds and than searching for signal. First I thought it was damaged PIN connectors but than I insterted again my SIM from my born counry and it again was working fine for whole day. Then I went to that carrier (in Croatia) to replace my SIM card (I thought maybe SIM damaged), but when I inserted that new SIM, everything was same. I tried to buy other carriers SIM cards from Croatia, but everything was same, signal is there for max 10 minutes and than there is sometimes warning sign that said: Please insert working SIM card and phone must restart and when it restarts and again searching for signal. Currently I'm in Croatia and using my SIM from Bosnia (in roaming) which is working perfectly without any signal drops and searching signals. Before this phone, I used S3 Neo dual SIM and both cards worked fine without any problems.
So, my problem is not damaged pins, cause my SIM card is working perfect (from Bosnia) but any SIM card from Croatia is losing SIM signal. And my phone is unlocked (I think so).. Any advices what to do, or to go to the phone repair shop? Thank you!