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Heya,
I've been trying to ask some one in T-mobile tech support about why usb hosting doesnt seem to work with my Ameo ( i bought the 4 in 1 cable from expansys ) and after getting a few i dunno's they passed it up the chain to their tech support.
The voice mail i got from them went like, oh so i hear you want to plug your usb flash drive into your phone, well usb needs to have a master and slave device and computers are usb masters and flash drives are slave devices, and well so is your phone so you cant plug them in together, and even if you did well a phone cant have all the drivers needed for all those different usb drives, so no it cant do it.
I rang back to query that, and they wouldnt put me through. Seeing I'm a fellow t-mobile staff member and all, i thought it wasn't a very good effort.
Has any one else had any issues with T-mobile and their understanding of the Ameo?
edit... (toned down my rant)
*end rant* on the flip side of it iv'e had amamazingly good help from technical support regarding other issues with Vario's etc. i just found it a little strange some one wasn't as awear of the capabilities of the device as i wuld have hoped.
USB sticks on a T-Mobile Ameo
Hi,
I have the HTC 4 in 1 cable for the T-Mobile Ameo (HTC Advantage 7500) and the ability to access a USB thumbdrive or stick appears to depend on the device.
The following devices worked without a hitch:
- Kingston DataTraveler 1GB
- Q motion 1 GB
- SanDisk MobileMate SD+ (This a SD card reader in a USB stick format, very handy to coy data from a SD/miniSD/microSD card to your 7500 without going through Activesync)
Another noname USB stick that I have did not work.
So the trick is to find a low powered USB stick.
The response from T-Mobile is the typical CYA (cover your ...) answer of let's first say that it's not possible so that we don't have to be bothered with researching what is possible.
Cheers,
Tim
Sandisk SD+
tneese said:
Hi,
I have the HTC 4 in 1 cable for the T-Mobile Ameo (HTC Advantage 7500) and the ability to access a USB thumbdrive or stick appears to depend on the device.
The following devices worked without a hitch:
- Kingston DataTraveler 1GB
- Q motion 1 GB
- SanDisk MobileMate SD+ (This a SD card reader in a USB stick format, very handy to coy data from a SD/miniSD/microSD card to your 7500 without going through Activesync)
Another noname USB stick that I have did not work.
So the trick is to find a low powered USB stick.
The response from T-Mobile is the typical CYA (cover your ...) answer of let's first say that it's not possible so that we don't have to be bothered with researching what is possible.
Cheers,
Tim
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I bought the Sandisk SD+ and tried to connect to the 4-1 cable USB port... I could not find my inserted SD card anywhere in the X7500. How and where can you see your files on the SD card??? Please help!
Are you running WM6?
You cannot blame T-Mobile for this: The 4-in-1 is an optional extra which has no bearing on the out-of-box functionality of the device.
T-Mobile neither PRODUCE NOR SELL the 4-in-1 cable. For this reason you cannot expect them to help you with it unless you're lucky enough to get someone on the line at C.S. who has one. Sure they sell the device, but they only need to know enough to get over customer connection and software issues.
It's a bit like me ringing Dell and asking them to help me with my computer desk.
Try Expansys or HTC themselves, you'll get nowhere with your network provider.
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Are you running WM6?
You cannot blame T-Mobile for this: The 4-in-1 is an optional extra which has no bearing on the out-of-box functionality of the device.
T-Mobile neither PRODUCE NOR SELL the 4-in-1 cable. For this reason you cannot expect them to help you with it unless you're lucky enough to get someone on the line at C.S. who has one. Sure they sell the device, but they only need to know enough to get over customer connection and software issues.
It's a bit like me ringing Dell and asking them to help me with my computer desk.
Try Expansys or HTC themselves, you'll get nowhere with your network provider.
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Agree with leoni's argument, unless you bought the 4 in 1 cable from T-mobile, they should not be made to support it.
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Agree with leoni's argument, unless you bought the 4 in 1 cable from T-mobile, they should not be made to support it.
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Hey, we agree on something
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Hey, we agree on something
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LOL. I would always agree with you when you talk sense.
Personally I have found T-Mobile UK's suport for the Ameo to be total pants... remember it was no more than a month or two ago that they said (and i copied their email to me onto this forum) that there will be 'NO WM6 UPDATE FOR THE AMEO AS IT WORKS PERFECTLY WELL WITH WM5' - then they change their mind (or simply didnt realise it was coming out).
If as a company you are going to stock a convergence device (let's face it the Ameo is certainly no phone - it's a very good PDA that happens to have phone functionality!) they should be able to suport all it's features - especially if the support needed involves an OFFICIAL accessory manufactured by the maker of the device! At the very least they should be able to point you in the right direction for support, plus they shoudl never LIE which is basically what they did above - the device DOES suport host usb - and they just said 'a PC can but a phone can't' - what bull that is! It clearly shows they do not know what they are talking about and should not be on second line support!
Agreed!
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Personally I have found T-Mobile UK's suport for the Ameo to be total pants... remember it was no more than a month or two ago that they said (and i copied their email to me onto this forum) that there will be 'NO WM6 UPDATE FOR THE AMEO AS IT WORKS PERFECTLY WELL WITH WM5' - then they change their mind (or simply didnt realise it was coming out).
If as a company you are going to stock a convergence device (let's face it the Ameo is certainly no phone - it's a very good PDA that happens to have phone functionality!) they should be able to suport all it's features - especially if the support needed involves an OFFICIAL accessory manufactured by the maker of the device! At the very least they should be able to point you in the right direction for support, plus they shoudl never LIE which is basically what they did above - the device DOES suport host usb - and they just said 'a PC can but a phone can't' - what bull that is! It clearly shows they do not know what they are talking about and should not be on second line support!
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Especially since HTC will not support a T-Mobile branded device. They just tell you to go to.... T-Mobile, as it's an Ameo, not an Athena!
This is ridiculous. If you have any experience of customer services you will realise that it is hit and miss. There is no customer services department in the world that's perfect: they all have trainees and incompetent staff lurking somewhere. This problem is not exclusive to T-Mobile, but in this situation I wouldn't have expected ANYONE to have the information you sought.
The 4-in-1 cable is an accessory. It might well be official but it is NOT SUPPLIED WITH THE PHONE, nor sold by T-Mobile. Even the best company in the world does not have every detail about everything that can be bought for every product they sell.
Your arguments are absurd and make you seem like the sort of person who just likes to moan about corporations, despite that fact that you are in the full knowledge of where to find help and information about a product.
I bought the 4-in-1 myself from Expansys, had I had any problems with it my first port of call would have been google or HERE followed by Expansys - I really can't understand what possessed you to try and glean information from your network supplier about an accessory you hadn't even bought from them.
And then posted a thread moaning about them.
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This is ridiculous. If you have any experience of customer services you will realise that it is hit and miss. There is no customer services department in the world that's perfect: they all have trainees and incompetent staff lurking somewhere. This problem is not exclusive to T-Mobile, but in this situation I wouldn't have expected ANYONE to have the information you sought.
The 4-in-1 cable is an accessory. It might well be official but it is NOT SUPPLIED WITH THE PHONE, nor sold by T-Mobile. Even the best company in the world does not have every detail about everything that can be bought for every product they sell.
Your arguments are absurd and make you seem like the sort of person who just likes to moan about corporations, despite that fact that you are in the full knowledge of where to find help and information about a product.
I bought the 4-in-1 myself from Expansys, had I had any problems with it my first port of call would have been google or HERE followed by Expansys - I really can't understand what possessed you to try and glean information from your network supplier about an accessory you hadn't even bought from them.
And then posted a thread moaning about them.
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@leoni1980
Dude, if HTC won't support it because it'sa a T-Mobile BRANDED device, who else are you going to turn to? T-Moibile. When they bought the device from HTC and sold it as their own, they also bought the responsibility to support it...
A Jaguar X-type is a Ford Mondeo... Ford won't fix it if it breaks, though - they'll tell you to go to Jaguar!
leoni1980 said:
This is ridiculous. If you have any experience of customer services you will realise that it is hit and miss. There is no customer services department in the world that's perfect: they all have trainees and incompetent staff lurking somewhere. This problem is not exclusive to T-Mobile, but in this situation I wouldn't have expected ANYONE to have the information you sought.
The 4-in-1 cable is an accessory. It might well be official but it is NOT SUPPLIED WITH THE PHONE, nor sold by T-Mobile. Even the best company in the world does not have every detail about everything that can be bought for every product they sell.
Your arguments are absurd and make you seem like the sort of person who just likes to moan about corporations, despite that fact that you are in the full knowledge of where to find help and information about a product.
I bought the 4-in-1 myself from Expansys, had I had any problems with it my first port of call would have been google or HERE followed by Expansys - I really can't understand what possessed you to try and glean information from your network supplier about an accessory you hadn't even bought from them.
And then posted a thread moaning about them.
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@leoni1980
Dude, if HTC won't support it because it'sa a T-Mobile BRANDED device, who else are you going to turn to? T-Moibile. When they bought the device from HTC and sold it as their own, they also bought the responsibility to support it...
A Jaguar X-type is a Ford Mondeo... Ford won't fix it if it breaks, though - they'll tell you to go to Jaguar!
Hello,
Some days are better than others...
I managed to break several of the small metal pins in the sim reader, don't ask me how but I did it =(
I unmounted the phone and it's really just a small circuit board linked to the motherboard with a single ribbon
I have googled for where to find this spare part but no chance so far
Would you know where I could find this part and help me revive my Nexus S ?
Thanks for your help
Thanks for deleting my useless post : just found out a link in the post below !
Sorry =(
Did you find a solution ? My sim card reader (or sim card tray) is broken too and I can't find the replacement part to buy...
Couldn't you guys just do a warranty claim? It shouldn't break that easily unless you were messing with it.
I can't claim warranty since it's "customer induced damage" : needed to insert my sim card into an Ipad. Not willing to lose my micro sim adapter, I put it in the Nexus S without a sim in an tore the pins when taking it out
Moreover, I live in Europe and Samsung has after-sales per region, if not country. they would'nt accept an US purchased handset anyway.
Didn't find any trace of this spare part on any other site but globaldirectpart and it's still showing as "Coming soon"....
I am in Brazil and the phone hasn't arrived in here so Samsung Brasil don't touch it.... despite the fact that they are going to say that this is not covered by warranty.
I did not find anywhere else too...
How about insurance then? But I'm assuming you don't have that either or can't.
Good luck to finding the part though. Globaldirectpart seems to have a tendency of inflating price.
DKYang said:
How about insurance then? But I'm assuming you don't have that either or can't.
Good luck to finding the part though. Globaldirectpart seems to have a tendency of inflating price.
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Don't have any insurance for my phones and it wouldn't work either cos I damaged the phone myself =)
I don't really mind the price since it would cost me about 50 euros including shipping due to the exchange rate between $ and €. Just missing my phone a lot and tired of waiting =)
rahan95 said:
Don't have any insurance for my phones and it wouldn't work either cos I damaged the phone myself =)
I don't really mind the price since it would cost me about 50 euros including shipping due to the exchange rate between $ and €. Just missing my phone a lot and tired of waiting =)
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here goes the replacement part right here but they are out of stock for now
http://www.globaldirectparts.com/Nexus-S-GT-I9020T-SIM-Card-Tray-p/smsng6098700.htm
Thanks but we've known that for weeks =)
The best part is the "Coming soon" !!!
Yep! We still waiting for the replacement part to be available... I read about a guy that replaced it with a Galaxy S part... but I did not figure out how.
I called a few suppliers in Asia but no luck so far
it's killing me to have my Nexus S in a drawer for a 10 bucks spare part =(
Yes, me too... that's why I love Apple and my iPhone... Samsung sucks... If I find it anywhere I will post it. I will try to find some more information about replacing it with Galaxy S part.
Do you have any link about this guy using the Galaxy S tray ?
update
Anyone have an update on this? I just broke one of the pins inside the sim tray as well....I am unable to find the parts anywhere online. This is driving me nuts....I'll even pay to repair it!
How did you break yours? I can see the op breaking his with an empty micro sim adapter, but if this is breaking from normal usage, that's not good..
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Not yet. I've read that it is possible to replace it with the Galaxy S sim tray. I've bought one and I am waiting it to arrive. I should have it in one week.
It seems that this sim tray is not good at all...
Bad News! The Galaxy S connector is different from the Nexus S one. Look at the picture:
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I believe that the guy who changed it, changed only the sim part, keeping the "sim board" the same... I don't know how to do it, I will try to find out, if anyone know, please help me.
if you read the post carefully, the guy did say sim tray, you can use most sim tray, as long as the pins are position 3+3 at each sides, but you must know how to solder/desolder.
Do you know how do I do it ? I know how to solder/desolder, but I don't know exactly what should I do.
Here is a picture of the Galaxy S Sim Tray. Should I desolder this points marked by the red arrow (and off course in the oposite side) and sold it to the Nexus S board ? Is the sim tray just fixed by this solded points ?
The last round I bought from Amazon was awful. Some wouldn't even fit my SIM. I need a couple quality adapters for when I flop back between the GN and the 900. Suggestions?
bmstrong said:
The last round I bought from Amazon was awful. Some wouldn't even fit my SIM. I need a couple quality adapters for when I flop back between the GN and the 900. Suggestions?
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why do companies use micro-sim cards, like do they want us to damage our sim pin connectors on our phones while switching between micro and regular. Oh, wait I forgot "normal" people don't switch, damit we are screwed. Back on topic, It's hard finding a good, if you find a good one let me know also.
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why do companies use micro-sim cards, like do they want us to damage our sim pin connectors on our phones while switching between micro and regular. Oh, wait I forgot "normal" people don't switch, damit we are screwed. Back on topic, It's hard finding a good, if you find a good one let me know also.
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Indeed. I had a fantastic one for years and it broke recently. I've been unable to remember when I got it from and there were no markings on it to identify it by.
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Indeed. I had a fantastic one for years and it broke recently. I've been unable to remember when I got it from and there were no markings on it to identify it by.
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I been doing the cheap way using the mico sim and placing it in a way that it doesn't move in regular sim card connector..
htc fan89 said:
I been doing the cheap way using the mico sim and placing it in a way that it doesn't move in regular sim card connector..
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Can you show us how in a pic?
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Can you show us how in a pic?
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Okay, that might be hard since, I switched carrier and they don't have micro-sim cards... If you want to see how I position the micro card I can show that.
i found a really good one for just 3€ in a Chinise store here in italy, it has no brand but it works just fine, i can put my iphone microsim inside my father old BB and in my old Nokia e75 without any problem. I think it's just a bit of luck since it's a cheap piece of plastic.
The story is that my SIM/SD-CARD board went due to water damage some 8 months or so ago.
I sent it to a distributor that supports HTC products but they said the N1 was not a product on their list.
I am thinking rather than having this brick that can't read SIM or SD-Cards, I would prefer it working and give it to my child. I know both the mic and phone listening points work.
So I am wondering if I can tell the HTC distributors to replace the SIM/SD-CARD board on my N1 with an HTC Desire one (which they support) at my own risk if it does not work? I know the phones have similarities. But is this board one of them?
In the meanwhile I am getting myself ready for a DIY by looking at ifixit.com.
edit - that must be some of the worst threat title work
milomak said:
The story is that my SIM/SD-CARD board went due to water damage some 8 months or so ago.
I sent it to a distributor that supports HTC products but they said the N1 was not a product on their list.
I am thinking rather than having this brick that can't read SIM or SD-Cards, I would prefer it working and give it to my child. I know both the mic and phone listening points work.
So I am wondering if I can tell the HTC distributors to replace the SIM/SD-CARD board on my N1 with an HTC Desire one (which they support) at my own risk if it does not work? I know the phones have similarities. But is this board one of them?
In the meanwhile I am getting myself ready for a DIY by looking at ifixit.com.
edit - that must be some of the worst threat title work
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is this a CDMA Desire or the GSM version?
I just took my CDMA Desire and my GSM N1 apart and the SD tray on the Desire is NOT compatible with the N1. if its the GSM version I won't be able to help
GSM version
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GSM version
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well then, as we dont see that very often over here, I have no idea. I DO however have a spare N1 SIM/SD Tray if youd like it
SD/SIM card dock
Ebay also has them for $6.50 shipped.
Search for: "microsd sim nexus one" without the quotes.
lhamilton1807 said:
Ebay also has them for $6.50 shipped.
Search for: "microsd sim nexus one" without the quotes.
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its not even worth paypaling me the $1 to ship it so if you need this, its yours
Is there any way to convert my weirdly "single sim" (second sim slot is factory closed on the little sim slot extension) to a dual sim? anything I should flash to get the second slot working? The sticker on the back of the phone has both sim slot IMEI numbers there, the slot is just solid plastic on the removable part... any help would be greatly appreciated! Model number is M2101K7BNY
Certainly sounds like a manufacturing error, with a machine just not stamping out the plastic part properly. The second sim slot should work out of the box saying "unknown" or "not available" (if using in English) in Android phone settings. You could contact Xiaomi to see if they'd send out a functional sim tray, or you could cut a section out yourself, it is very flimsy plastic though.
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Certainly sounds like a manufacturing error, with a machine just not stamping out the plastic part properly. The second sim slot should work out of the box saying "unknown" or "not available" (if using in English) in Android phone settings. You could contact Xiaomi to see if they'd send out a functional sim tray, or you could cut a section out yourself, it is very flimsy plastic though.
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you'd think that it was a manufacturing error except we got 2x of the same phones and the second IMEI on the box of each phone has a blank sticker pasted over it by the service provider we bought it from as well. (Vodacom) I tried cutting my own but I'm not getting much success in that regard.. I am very confused honestly. Very happy with the phone, was just looking forward to putting both my numbers in the same phone
(IMEI is still shown by the sticker on the back of the phone though since they did not break the factory seals it seems)
Sounds like this 'Vodacom' carrier might have some deal with Xiaomi to limit customers to their network. I don't know which country you're in and I doubt this is the case here but according to Xiaomi there are plenty of clones of their products circulating, or so they claim, so there's also a possibililty it might not be a genuine device.
The note 10s was advertised worldwide as having 2 sim slots so it shouldn't matter where it was purchased, but maybe you signed up to a service in your country that only allows one sim on their network, you'll have to re-read your t+c's you agreed to when you signed up.
I'd be surprised if it was locked down in the hardware though, which regional rom is your phone running?
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Sounds like this 'Vodacom' carrier might have some deal with Xiaomi to limit customers to their network. I don't know which country you're in and I doubt this is the case here but according to Xiaomi there are plenty of clones of their products circulating, or so they claim, so there's also a possibililty it might not be a genuine device.
The note 10s was advertised worldwide as having 2 sim slots so it shouldn't matter where it was purchased, but maybe you signed up to a service in your country that only allows one sim on their network, you'll have to re-read your t+c's you agreed to when you signed up.
I'd be surprised if it was locked down in the hardware though, which regional rom is your phone running?
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I'm South African, and it does not seem to be carrier locked, only that the secondary sim slot isn't enabled I guess? I do believe the hardware is there since I do have 2x IMEI numbers on the back of the phone, why would they do that if the hardware wasn't installed? where would the secondary IMEI come from otherwise? Where can I find a rom that might "bypass" this if I might need to flash a (in samsung terms) modem that circumvents this?
I'm loving the phone, but I really needed the dual sim functionality and it was one of the main reasons we took the phone in the first place since everywhere we checked it was advertised as a dual sim, however vodacom does not list anything other than space, ram and camera quality.
I do believe it is a legit xiaomi since I would notice if it was not in terms of GPU and software. everything looks legit and the phone is better than my old Samsung galaxy S9 in terms of graphics (gaming FPS etc.) etc.
Battery is the most amazing I've had, camera is 64mp as advertised, 6gb ram 128gb storage, phone is fast. MIUI 12.5.1. Charges super fast. great charger. I love the "click" when plugging in a charger, it is so satisfying vs how flimsy it felt on my samsung galaxy S9
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I'm South African, and it does not seem to be carrier locked, only that the secondary sim slot isn't enabled I guess? I do believe the hardware is there since I do have 2x IMEI numbers on the back of the phone, why would they do that if the hardware wasn't installed? where would the secondary IMEI come from otherwise? Where can I find a rom that might "bypass" this if I might need to flash a (in samsung terms) modem that circumvents this?
I'm loving the phone, but I really needed the dual sim functionality and it was one of the main reasons we took the phone in the first place since everywhere we checked it was advertised as a dual sim, however vodacom does not list anything other than space, ram and camera quality.
I do believe it is a legit xiaomi since I would notice if it was not in terms of GPU and software. everything looks legit and the phone is better than my old Samsung galaxy S9 in terms of graphics (gaming FPS etc.) etc.
Battery is the most amazing I've had, camera is 64mp as advertised, 6gb ram 128gb storage, phone is fast. MIUI 12.5.1. Charges super fast. great charger. I love the "click" when plugging in a charger, it is so satisfying vs how flimsy it felt on my samsung galaxy S9
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Why don't you buy a spare sim card tray on AliExpress or somewhere else and try for yourself?
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Why don't you buy a spare sim card tray on AliExpress or somewhere else and try for yourself?
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because shipping to and from south africa is a problem atm most of the vendors on ali express charge over $100 just for shipping now. Where I used to get free shipping. also I did cut the tray open and attempted to insert a simcard with no luck. There is a vodacom app etc installed on the phone so not sure if they locked the slot on a software level. but if I do get my hands on a tray that isn't selfcut I will try it as well, but no luck so far.
I wasn't saying it couldn't be functional. It would cost a network provider money to make those kinds of changes so they probably wouldn't go to such effort, although they clearly spent something to have a different sim tray in your model. Your best bet is to buy a sim card slot tray as heinhuiz suggested above if you can't get your sim lined up in a diy tray to test it. You can find them on ebay/amazon, etc, too, I'd be surprised if you couldn't get hold of one somewhere without paying daft shipping fees to SA.
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I wasn't saying it couldn't be functional. It would cost a network provider money to make those kinds of changes so they probably wouldn't go to such effort, although they clearly spent something to have a different sim tray in your model. Your best bet is to buy a sim card slot tray as heinhuiz suggested above if you can't get your sim lined up in a diy tray to test it. You can find them on ebay/amazon, etc, too, I'd be surprised if you couldn't get hold of one somewhere without paying daft shipping fees to SA.
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I'm just wondering if they couldn't do a disable of the secondary slot on a kernel level or something? I'll look around for a tray and hope to get one without a major shipping price.
You can get a replacement tray from mydailydeals.co.za I have ordered one it should be here in a week or 2
Mistress123 said:
You can get a replacement tray from mydailydeals.co.za I have ordered one it should be here in a week or 2
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Meant to say R109 plus R95 shipping. I am also waiting to see if it works.
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Meant to say R109 plus R95 shipping. I am also waiting to see if it works.
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Thank you! will order one as soon as I can! would you mind sharing your findings with me if possible? I'm self employed in a small town with one stop street total so I gotta gather enough for emergency expenses and month end expenses before I gather spending money and month end is around the corner so I'll probably only buy next month since February was a little short so cutting things a little close. (sorry if I'm over explaining myself)
anyways I'll be taking a look this weekend if I get some time to try some software changing, maybe flashing a different Kernal or downloading a stock rom online and loading it instead of this RSA rom.
btw do apps on Xiaomi usually have adds? I find it a little odd that file manager and the security that pops up after you install something from the play store both have adds imbedded in them is this a world wide thing? I don't mind it the adds are super non intrusive or in my face at all but it is rather weird that stock applications have adds in them so if it means better cheaper phones then by all means. loving the phone for R199 a month and 175 worth of airtime, I'm basically paying for my xbox game pass Ultimate (R150) with the contract so in all fairness the phone is costing me (with 25 rand worth of airtime) like R50 a month?
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Meant to say R109 plus R95 shipping. I am also waiting to see if it works.
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I checked my Redmi note 8 tray and found it identical to the 10s . I tried 2 sims in the 10s . No luck the phone does not recognize the second sim. it looks like I might have wasted R200 Vodacom stated that they did not advertise as a dual sim tough luck to us was the impression I got.
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I checked my Redmi note 8 tray and found it identical to the 10s . I tried 2 sims in the 10s . No luck the phone does not recognize the second sim. it looks like I might have wasted R200 Vodacom stated that they did not advertise as a dual sim tough luck to us was the impression I got.
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yeah, I think it is software locked they don't advertise much of anything probably for this very reason. but what fascinates me is the fact that on the back of the phone, that sticker has 2x IMEI codes on them, the one being my simcard one IMEI so the second one should then be sim slot two, even on the box of the phone vodacom / ICASA just put a sticker over the second IMEI, but is on the box if you peel that off
welp gotta wait 168 hours before I can unlock my bootloader >_< but yes I do believe we have a custom version of the stock ROM since no one else has MIUI Global 12.5.1.0 (RKLZAVC)
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I checked my Redmi note 8 tray and found it identical to the 10s . I tried 2 sims in the 10s . No luck the phone does not recognize the second sim. it looks like I might have wasted R200 Vodacom stated that they did not advertise as a dual sim tough luck to us was the impression I got.
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I did it! I unlocked my bootloader and loaded one of the Global fastboot roms and I have access to sim slot 2! I now have a vodacom and MTN simcard in my phone without any issues!
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I did it! I unlocked my bootloader and loaded one of the Global fastboot roms and I have access to sim slot 2! I now have a vodacom and MTN simcard in my phone without any issues!
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Hi there. Pleese share more details on how you did this
RandomGuy21 said:
Hi there. Pleese share more details on how you did this
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1. Unlocked my phone bootloader with Miunlock (register an account if they prompt you to)
2. wait the cooldown period if there is one.
3. Download any FASTBOOT rom from the list here, if you click details you can choose between recovery rom or FASTBOOT rom, download the fastboot rom
4. Flash the rom onto phone from PC.
5. enjoy dual sim.