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?
matmutant said:
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)
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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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
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What are the differences?
scandiun said:
What are the differences?
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Not sure,
Dash 1 is boot locked, Verizon
All others are unlockable, not sure but mostly at least.
The 02 is the dual sim version. 03 not sure, I think it is a China version.
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EvlSkillz said:
The 02 is the dual sim version. 03 not sure, I think it is a China version.
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-02 is also sold as single SIM. My US unlocked single SIM is XT1635-02.
Visually it appears there may be contacts for a Sim in slot 2, so it may only be a firmware difference between single and dual Sim -02s. Haven't hunted around fit a teardown video (if there is one) to try to find out. I'd actually benefit from a dual Sim at the moment, but not convinced it's worth the risk of flashing a dual Sim firmware on a single Sim model to try to find out.
dandrumheller said:
-02 is also sold as single SIM. My US unlocked single SIM is XT1635-02.
Visually it appears there may be contacts for a Sim in slot 2, so it may only be a firmware difference between single and dual Sim -02s. Haven't hunted around fit a teardown video (if there is one) to try to find out. I'd actually benefit from a dual Sim at the moment, but not convinced it's worth the risk of flashing a dual Sim firmware on a single Sim model to try to find out.
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What does it say under "About phone" - "Hardware information" last line "Dual SIM"? True or false?
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EvlSkillz said:
What does it say under "About phone" - "Hardware information" last line "Dual SIM"? True or false?
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That line doesn't exist in my "hardware information" menu. NFC is last line.
Here is mine. I'm guessing you don't have dual sim capacity? Hmm...always thought 02 stands for dual sim
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EvlSkillz said:
The 02 is the dual sim version. 03 not sure, I think it is a China version.
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You are right 03 is China version
01 - Verizon (locked)
02 - ROW (Rest Of World)
03 - Chinese variant
Alberto97 said:
01 - Verizon (locked)
02 - ROW (Rest Of World)
03 - Chinese variant
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Hah. TIL ROW stands for rest of world.
Ok, but how do we differentiate between single SIM vs dual SIM, 32GB vs 64GB? Is there any special naming for this?
scandiun said:
Ok, but how do we differentiate between single SIM vs dual SIM, 32GB vs 64GB? Is there any special naming for this?
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hi there
I've got two versions. XT1635-02 it is UK dual sim version in my case... ( I was very surprised it is dual sim when it came, I bought it on Motorola UK website..) and I've got XT1635-03 which I bought on aliexpress. It is Chinese dual sim version with 64GB . The latter came with unlocked bootloader for some reason ( box was factory sealed or at least looked like..) and I cannot use Android pay... , however very happy with both.
scandiun said:
Ok, but how do we differentiate between single SIM vs dual SIM, 32GB vs 64GB? Is there any special naming for this?
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However I don't know how to differentiate them... Only when get to the settings I guess...
agaryt said:
hi there
I've got two versions. XT1635-02 it is UK dual sim version in my case... ( I was very surprised it is dual sim when it came, I bought it on Motorola UK website..) and I've got XT1635-03 which I bought on aliexpress. It is Chinese dual sim version with 64GB . The latter came with unlocked bootloader for some reason ( box was factory sealed or at least looked like..) and I cannot use Android pay... , however very happy with both.
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I didn't know there were a dual SIM version with 64GB. Can you post a picture or screenshot of something?
scandiun said:
I didn't know there were a dual SIM version with 64GB. Can you post a picture or screenshot of something?
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there is picture in my post above yours
agaryt said:
there is picture in my post above yours
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I can see it's 64GB but there no mention to dual sim.
scandiun said:
I can see it's 64GB but there no mention to dual sim.
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look at this picture very carefully once more.....
at the top just next to the battery icon.... one card has 4G signal second one 3G .... still don't believe?
well even help desk uk didn't know that such model exists when I phoned them.... and there you are...
scandiun said:
I can see it's 64GB but there no mention to dual sim.
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just to make it clear I attach another picture which states it is dual sim XT1635-03 with 64GB
agaryt said:
just to make it clear I attach another picture which states it is dual sim XT1635-03 with 64GB
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I see thank you very much!
agaryt said:
hi there
I've got two versions. XT1635-02 it is UK dual sim version in my case... ( I was very surprised it is dual sim when it came, I bought it on Motorola UK website..) and I've got XT1635-03 which I bought on aliexpress. It is Chinese dual sim version with 64GB . The latter came with unlocked bootloader for some reason ( box was factory sealed or at least looked like..) and I cannot use Android pay... , however very happy with both.
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Hey i have the chinese dual sim 64 gb version and i have the exact same problem. I haven't received any OTAs, and Moto support tells me my phone has been rooted before! I bought it brand new, and the box was sealed!
Have you received any OTA on your Chinese one?
I know EVR-L29 represents the dual sim model But are there any single sim models?
Reason I ask is, a shop here in the UK is selling one but don’t say if it’s dual sim or not.
Google struggle to finds any mention of a single sim model.
GSMArena shows a global model and and China model.
Thanks.
bigup7 said:
I know EVR-L29 represents the dual sim model But are there any single sim models?
Reason I ask is, a shop here in the UK is selling one but don’t say if it’s dual sim or not.
Google struggle to finds any mention of a single sim model.
GSMArena shows a global model and and China model.
Thanks.
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Don't see any single sim
https://www.frequencycheck.com/brands/huawei?utf8=✓&q[full_name_cont]=Huawei+mate+20+x&commit=Search
rocky272727 said:
Don't see any single sim
https://www.frequencycheck.com/brands/huawei?utf8=✓&q[full_name_cont]=Huawei+mate+20+x&commit=Search
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Perfect. Thanks
Hi, I spotted the XT2013-4 version of the phone in a store and was wondering if it had dual SIM?
I couldn't find much about that specific version online. It appears some versions are dual sim, some other are not, but couldn't figure out which one.
Thank you
BigBlarg said:
Hi, I spotted the XT2013-4 version of the phone in a store and was wondering if it had dual SIM?
I couldn't find much about that specific version online. It appears some versions are dual sim, some other are not, but couldn't figure out which one.
Thank you
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It may depend on the location. The one I bought from Costco Canada is not dual sim.
Thanks, Costco Canada is where I spotted it.
BigBlarg said:
Thanks, Costco Canada is where I spotted it.
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Same for me, The one I bought from Costco Canada in january 2020 is not dual sim
So,
Apparently Samsung implamented the eSIM tech within the S20 family...does anyone have a CLEAR understand of which model has what? Normally techwall has a great description of the different models. But there, not once does it mention eSIM, and only ONCE does it mention Dual Sim (988B/FD).
So (2),
988N -> Korean Exynos SingleSim(?) eSIM(?) Snapdragon confirmedOnly one IMEI
9880 -> normally the HK version with dual sim (the note10+ 9750 is dual sim), but is it? or does it have the eSIM enabled
988U - > US unlocked version normally dual SIM
988B/FD - > Dual SIM Exynos (with eSIM also, so you have the choice to use the 2 physical SIMs or 1 physical & eSIM & sd card)
So my questions is summerized by this :
Which Snapdragon has dual "physical" SIMs and which ones have 1 SIM and 1 eSIM... this is so confusing to me
SAO said:
So,
Apparently Samsung implamented the eSIM tech within the S20 family...does anyone have a CLEAR understand of which model has what? Normally techwall has a great description of the different models. But there, not once does it mention eSIM, and only ONCE does it mention Dual Sim (988B/FD).
So (2),
988N -> Korean Exynos SingleSim(?) eSIM(?)
9880 -> normally the HK version with dual sim (the note10+ 9750 is dual sim), but is it? or does it have the eSIM enabled
988U - > US unlocked version normally dual SIM
988B/FD - > Dual SIM Exynos (with eSIM also, so you have the choice to use the 2 physical SIMs or 1 physical & eSIM & sd card)
So my questions is summerized by this :
Which Snapdragon has dual "physical" SIMs and which ones have 1 SIM and 1 eSIM... this is so confusing to me
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They all have an esim, its up to samsung, and carrier to enable it though.
VZTech said:
They all have an esim, its up to samsung, and carrier to enable it though.
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Thanks for your reply.
as they "all have eSIM"... does that mean they also ALL have two IMEIs? as that is hardware based also i think. As you can see on this video : Sakitech on s20U at 0:27 there is onyl 1 IMEI. Maybe because it's a dummy version?
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Thanks for your reply.
as they "all have eSIM"... does that mean they also ALL have two IMEIs? as that is hardware based also i think. As you can see on this video : Sakitech on s20U at 0:27 there is onyl 1 IMEI. Maybe because it's a dummy version?
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It wont have 2 imei's until the esim is activated.
VZTech said:
It wont have 2 imei's until the esim is activated.
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Gotcha, as i'm getting the 9880 next week, i hope it works with dual ... numbers.
SAO said:
Gotcha, as i'm getting the 9880 next week, i hope it works with dual ... numbers.
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That one is dual sim, so it will work out of the box
No eSIM
according to the global site, in the specs there is NO eSIM on the s20s. But there IS on the zflip.
Portair75 said:
according to the global site, in the specs there is NO eSIM on the s20s. But there IS on the zflip.
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wrong
Search for eSIM... but it says "Global Variant"... so i guess the US models won't have them.
This is all very confusing.
I can't post the links cause I'm a new user. But Google for Galaxy s20 specs will get you to the global site. Compare those with the z flip on same site. S20s don't say eSIM. Z flip does.
Portair75 said:
I can't post the links cause I'm a new user. But Google for Galaxy s20 specs will get you to the global site. Compare those with the z flip on same site. S20s don't say eSIM. Z flip does.
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Well it's written on their global site :
View attachment 4960021
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Well it's written on their global site :
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Ok strange it is not on the first 2 lines as it is on the z flip.
Portair75 said:
Ok strange it is not on the first 2 lines as it is on the z flip.
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Thus my thread... things are not clear.
So which ones have physical dual-sim? Does US model supports 2 nano-sim?
Us unlocked version never has dual sim. You are thinking internation version
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johnwayne27 said:
Us unlocked version never has dual sim. You are thinking internation version
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Thanks.
Sad to be stuck on exynos to get dual-sim
hoppy_barzed said:
Thanks.
Sad to be stuck on exynos to get dual-sim
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There are Snapdragon versions with dual SIM.
Usually it's the Hong Kong version.
Here's a question. Can people who have the same model number but don't have 5G enabled (Indonesia), etc be able to activate it via a firmware upgrade, or through XDA magic? Max Weinbach mentioned that the 5G and non 5G phones are exactly the same.
eyeatoma said:
Here's a question. Can people who have the same model number but don't have 5G enabled (Indonesia), etc be able to activate it via a firmware upgrade, or through XDA magic? Max Weinbach mentioned that the 5G and non 5G phones are exactly the same.
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Possibly, though Samsung may have put some kind of efuse in place and blown them on the non 5G models
_Dennis_ said:
Possibly, though Samsung may have put some kind of efuse in place and blown them on the non 5G models
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Sorry can you explain what you mean by efuse?
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Apple has had dual radio capability since the XS. (2018)
Kind of ridiculous we don't have it in USA with Samsung. Dual SIM is great, no more toting around two (or more) phones. In the past when they were SMALL it wasn't a problem but pushing 7" screen size, it's an issue. Fortunately my Grip6 belt can handle it!
Few threads indicated that there is no dual SIM support, but then I saw a post where (unless it was April's fools day) someone said sim cards go back to back instead of side by side and it is a dual sim phone. Since I travel often to Europe, I need dual SIM feature. Could someone definitely answer this question, please? I bought mine directly from OnePlus U.S. website and it is already back in the box because of this issue, waiting for a RMA label to arrive and I don't want to open it again. I did not see second IMEI number is settings, but maybe it is hidden somewhere and can be activated by a factory code?
European version is dual sim: https://www.oneplus.com/uk/9-pro/specs but US version is not: https://www.oneplus.com/9-pro/specs
mx109 said:
European version is dual sim: https://www.oneplus.com/uk/9-pro/specs but US version is not: https://www.oneplus.com/9-pro/specs
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Thanks, but that totally sucks. Completely illogical move IMO.
I bought my phone from oneplus from France.
My build is Oxygen OS 2.2.2. LE15BA (BA is European version I think).
You can put 2 sims in the tray back to back, and I'm currently using it with 2 sims.
Here are some screenshots, and a picture from the back of the phone box where you can see there are 2 IMEI i.e. 2 sims.
for those who are interested, i have a dual-sim Chinese version new stellar black op 9 pro selling on swappa.
I am in US west coast.