Hello,
On this page : https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/dipper , I can read that the mi 8 supports SD card up to 256 GB (hybrid sim slot).
Could anybody who owns this phone confirm this information ?
mi8 doesn't have an sdcard slot
Thank you Rdzeniuch
You can insert an SD card with a "Hybrid Sim Slot Phone into A DUAL SIM + MICRO SD"
Search the web and you will easily find how to do it.
Jhonny B said:
You can insert an SD card with a "Hybrid Sim Slot Phone into A DUAL SIM + MICRO SD"
Search the web and you will easily find how to do it.
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Please do not spread false information, Xiaomi Mi 8 doesn't have an sdcard slot, it only have dual sim, the adapter you mention only works to add a second sim to a device that has an hybrid slot (sim + sim or sdcard)
jrafael said:
Please do not spread false information, Xiaomi Mi 8 doesn't have an sdcard slot, it only have dual sim, the adapter you mention only works to add a second sim to a device that has an hybrid slot (sim + sim or sdcard)
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Mr. jrafael, the fact that you are a "Senior Member" does not mean that you understand more than me or others.
I'm not "spread false information", that's what I found on the net (Mostly from India).
There are hundreds of tutorials and videos that show how to add SD CARD to MI8.
I personally have not used this technology (insert Hybrid Sim Slot) because I do not need to add SD CARD.
Next, read a post before you respond.
Anyway, have a nice day.
Jhonny B said:
Mr. jrafael, the fact that you are a "Senior Member" does not mean that you understand more than me or others.
I'm not "spread false information", that's what I found on the net (Mostly from India).
There are hundreds of tutorials and videos that show how to add SD CARD to MI8.
I personally have not used this technology (insert Hybrid Sim Slot) because I do not need to add SD CARD.
Next, read a post before you respond.
Anyway, have a nice day.
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The issue that you dont understand is that the Xiaomi Mi 8 only have dual sim reader only, meaning the pins inside will never align to read a sdcard, a google search as you pointed out using the adapter you mention its onlt for phones that alow a sim + sim or SDcard, meaning that inside the simcard reader of the hybrid slot there are aditional pins to read a sim or a sdcard and the adapter allow you to insert the sdcard and pigtail the sim.
Again this is only possible on devices that utilize a Hybrid slot wich Xiaomi Mi 8 does not have, maybe other variants of the Mi8 like the Mi8 Pro or Mi8 Lite have that option but the Mi8 itself does not.
As you can see from GSM arena specs comparasion, the Mi8 DOES NOT support sdcard, however the Mi8 Lite does has it has hybrid sim slot. but again the person that posted the question asked about a Mi8 not Mi8 Lite
Compare Xiaomi Mi 8 vs. Xiaomi Mi 8 Lite - GSMArena.com
www.gsmarena.com
jrafael said:
The issue that you dont understand is that the Xiaomi Mi 8 only have dual sim reader only, meaning the pins inside will never align to read a sdcard, a google search as you pointed out using the adapter you mention its onlt for phones that alow a sim + sim or SDcard, meaning that inside the simcard reader of the hybrid slot there are aditional pins to read a sim or a sdcard and the adapter allow you to insert the sdcard and pigtail the sim.
Again this is only possible on devices that utilize a Hybrid slot wich Xiaomi Mi 8 does not have, maybe other variants of the Mi8 like the Mi8 Pro or Mi8 Lite have that option but the Mi8 itself does not.
As you can see from GSM arena specs comparasion, the Mi8 DOES NOT support sdcard, however the Mi8 Lite does has it has hybrid sim slot. but again the person that posted the question asked about a Mi8 not Mi8 Lite
Compare Xiaomi Mi 8 vs. Xiaomi Mi 8 Lite - GSMArena.com
www.gsmarena.com
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Thank you for the detailed explanation.
You may be right, but what bothered me was your comment that I was "spreading false information" so I reacted as I did before.
I emphasized that I had not tried the "Hybrid Sim Slot" on my MI8 device.
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Hi.
Yesterday I bought a P7-L10.
For what I read, it's a single sim phone, but since there are several versions, but some say they are all the same, could there be any mod that could turn my L-10 into a dual-sim phone?
Thanks in advance for your answers
No-one replied and I doubt they will.
The short answer is no you cant.
The long technical answer is the phone is made with certain hardware I would ask you first how do you think a mod would work try to think that one through logically.
The phone only has one simcard slot and one antenna and the software / drivers is compiled and installed accordingly.
If you think you can just buy a usb simcard adaptor and magically turn the device into dual sim it doesn't work that way.
And if you didn't want a external device connected by your usb plug you would need to modify the internal phones SMD surface mounted hardware and thats not easy when they are built on robotic machines as you can see in this video.
Think about rooting all system level things is behind root and the rom would need to be modified for such functionality if it even existed.
Also the actual hardware and eproms inside the phone isn't designed or coded to work this way even if there is a usb simcard adaptor.
There is a modula phone in concept Project Ara by Google and another phone had a kickstarter that failed to get the concept of the ground and this could be the only way to do it in the future if the concept is realised.
Thats the basics of it simple and technical wise.
drguild said:
No-one replied and I doubt they will.
The short answer is no you cant.
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This is not entirely true.
Huawei suggested there was dual-SIM capability in the Ascend P7 at its launch, with a second SIM supposedly able to sit in the SD card slot if you value connectivity over storage space.
samoborac said:
This is not entirely true.
Huawei suggested there was dual-SIM capability in the Ascend P7 at its launch, with a second SIM supposedly able to sit in the SD card slot if you value connectivity over storage space.
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That is true for the dual Sim models like L00 that I use as I do use 2 sims.
The question was how to mod his single sim phone L10 to dual Sim which I answered correctly as the single Sim models hardware is lacking the physical bits and drivers in the kernel etc for a second Sim card likewise how the L00 lacks the internal hardware components and drivers in the kernel for NFC, this is also why the Roms are incompatible between models as well as different components like the radio freq for different regions which they all use different kernel drivers.
It would be the same if a L00 user asked how to mod NFC into his phone when there is no physical tag reader component on the circuit board.
The question was not if the p7 came in a dual Sim variant.
I was also correct on project Ara concept as no phone currently available in the world let's you change internal components like upgrade or swap your camera from 8mp to 15mp or swap in in a screen with higher DPI, memory or internal storage or even swap the sdcard module for a second Sim or something.
It's a concept Google and some others are looking at our of interest just because they can.
i think drguild is right. may be the same reason why huawei didn't include the L-10 to the list of phones that will recieve OTA firmware upgrade., Only the L-10 phone can't use dual sim., it doesn't even have any features or some sort of settings for it., even if the micro SD slot can adopt the nano sim. it seems that it doesn't have a way to operate it.,
this is not a down for this phone. single sim phone has lot of advantages than dual sim phone. like battery consumption., and phone speed.
some samsung models can enable single sim to dual sim. like s7. some asus phones can changing sim module to dual enabling dual sim but with single imei. i have damaged p7 single sim i tired change sdcard slot to dual sim holder but does not worked.
Hey because the mi note pro has no NFC is there Any way to add it?like with an adapter or so?I need it for my door to open.
I know there are SD cards but I can't find where to buy
Any other way?
Thanks
anyone who can help
No there is no way to have nfc, apart from sd cards which mi note pro does not support. Only other way is a Sim card with a nfc reader. Ask your phone operator.
Hey everyone, apologies if this has been answered but I couldnt find a clear cut explanation from searching.
I have the single sim varient of the phone and I'm aware that its possible to place a second sim via an external cable.
I was wondering if something like this would work for a single sim variant?
It's a product from Simore and its a dual sim hybrid that allows the use of two sim cards and the micro sd card.
It mentions that its made for dual sim but could someone explain to me why it wouldnt work with my model?
Asking before I make the purchase.
Thanks for all your help
Hey all, so looking at the sim trays for the p20 lite and the pro they seem almost identical, with the p20 like sd one looking a bit longer than the dual sim version (which matches the p20 pro one from the images I can find).
It makes sense in my mind that they would have a similar board and internal layout to save on production cost of the different models, so I'm wondering if anyone has tried the p20 lite tray in the p20 pro. I do see more contacts than just a single sim would need, however there is a dual sim model of the phone, I can't get a good enough view to see if there are any that mach up with an sd card.
I've been googling and can't seem to find any evidence of anyone else suggesting or trying this. I would greatly love to be able to put my sizeable music collection on an sd card for this phone, I knew when upgrading that it was pretty much a given that it wouldn't have a micro sd card slot but I wonder if this has potential to work, especially after discovering my music collection is larger than I thought, and with the difficulty I'm having copying it to this device, where if it had an sd card tray, I could just pop it in.
Simply, no. There is no micro SD card tray for P20 and P20 pro...
Danchibald said:
Simply, no. There is no micro SD card tray for P20 and P20 pro...
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Has it actually been tried? There is also the mate 20, which looks similar, but there aren't nearly as many pictures to compare the two types.
The ifixit teardown pictures are relatively unhelpful in trying to see if there are also sd card contacts physically present.
I sell these phones at work. No it doesn't work (I did try just on the of chance you were correct) they are completely different internally.
marcushesketh1991 said:
I sell these phones at work. No it doesn't work (I did try just on the of chance you were correct) they are completely different internally.
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Well, that's a shame.
You cant put micro usb to type C port. Its the same with this, the port is for a sim, not for a microSD card. )
ZeusftW97 said:
You cant put micro usb to type C port. Its the same with this, the port is for a sim, not for a microSD card. )
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That's a horrible example, that situation is a ridiculous one, whereas manufacturers will often share parts between the same line of phones, it's cheaper to do that because you need less board revisions, you don't change the assembly line nearly as much, and you don't need to buy different parts, in this case it would be the physical pin assembly that would have the contacts for the sd card. This is already obvious since they ship the single sim units with a different tray, but you can root the phone and there's some sort of paid service to enable the second sim.
Hello just bought the phone, everything is fine except that although it's a dual sim phone and according to many sites like gsmarena have a dedicated slot for sd, can't find any single guide that explain how to have sd card & dual sims enabled. Anyone can step in and help a bit? ty in advance
It's a hybrid SIM device so You can use SIM+SD or 2 SIM cards at the same time. For "full Dual SIM" You would need an adapter like this one:
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61X+L+uXFbL._SX425_.jpg
I use one with my Xiaomi Mi Max 2 and it works fine. However I don't have full cover case for my Z3 Play, so I dunno where I could hide this thing.