Dual Sim (Ghost Adapter) SHARE YOUR EXPERIANCE

[thakkergaurav]

many say dual sims work and many say they dont so whats the final verdict. i have an orange connection and they seem to scam me every month as i said too many text messages. i have just got one of those 300 free text message o2 sims and wanna use both of them togather without having to carry another phone.

[robboy]

i think you will find that your phone is locked to you network. so you won't be able to use the o2 sim.

[thakkergaurav]

for anyone who is scare of doing this ive doen it and it works. i have an orange contract sim card and o2 onlien pay as you go sim card working togather. these sims are both new so this has nothing to do with how new the sim cards are so thats bull.

the adapter i bought was a cheaop chinese one rather than ones people pay £15 pounds for so its dosent matter if you see a cheap one.

the hardest part was cuttiing the sims cos i was scared i would make them useless but there were stickers that helped to outline how to cut them. still i had to cut some of the sim bits as well. works fine. another diffciult bit was getting the stickers off.

dotn worry after you cut them you get a resume card which you can use to make your sim normal again and it all works fine.

im me if you have any questions ill be more than happy to assist as i can...

[pof]

I bought two adaptors because initially I didn't want to cut the SIMs and I had no idea how they phisically where. Here you can see the photos:

http://pof.eslack.org/blog/2005/05/19/dual-sim/

The first one doesn't fit, so I had to cut the sims and use the second one. It works fine for me. Just turn flight mode on and then off again to switch sims.

FYI I bought them at eBay, really cheap.

[xcalibur]

Were you able to fit it at the back? Were you able to close back the battery properly. I am worried that the space at the back will not allow such SIM adaptor. Waiting for your reply as I do intend to use another SIMCard if possible.

[pof]

The one where you don't have to cut the SIMs doesn't fit, so don't buy it.

This one is the one that fits, because its the size of a single SIM card, but contains two SIMs:

http://pof.eslack.org/blog/wp-content/dualsimholder.jpg

[thakkergaurav]

the adpater is thicker no doubt. you can push it in though. if you dont wanna get it out every so often theres no problem. if you do then you are going to have a struggle. when you do take it out do it carefully cos you dotn want to break the clip that holds the sim. i havent broken mine but always scared i will.

BUY THE ONE WHERE YOU HAVE TO CLIP THE SIM. SOUNDS SCARY BUT IF I CAN DO IT SO CAN YOU. IM NOT GOOD WITH DELICATE THINGS LIKE THAT AND I MANAGED

[thakkergaurav]

forgot to tell you one thing. it does make life simple by not having to swap sims or carry two phones. the hassle is when you have to keep switching the radio off or dooing a soft reset to swap around. someone on this forum suggested a facility where you could use two sims at the same time so you could get netrwork from both. good idea but not possible i thought about it and im not a techie.everytime i go on the tube it swaps netwroks when im underground. that is a hassle but i guess theres good and bad things about everything.

read about the sim programming sim if you can get hold of that get it cos that sounds interesting. i cannotbe bothered as this works fine for me.

[hdubli]

Why so confusion...Gaurav...go to any telephone shop and ask for a dual sim adaptor where ever u are in India....the shop man will show u differrent kinds of the adapters...choose one which fits your device ...


I am using the ghost sim,,,china made...in XDA2s very successfully since past 3 months.... 8)

[thakkergaurav]

hdubli... im indian but live in teh uk so its bit difficult. i saw them really cheap whilst on holiday last time. round here cannot find shops that seel them cheap so had to get it off ebay. think i got hold of the same one as you but i bet you got it 10 times cheaper than what i paid maybe you can start supplying to people from there. i dunno...

would be nice if there was an accessorties shop of some sort on this forum where people could buy tested items which are guaranteed to work.

[dual sim adapter]

Check out this article: Dual Sim Adapter - Is It Any Good? (http://dualsim.dnsalias.org)

It's about my personal experience with a twin sim ghost adapter and might contain information you consider useful.

[xcalibur]

I bought a Php500 (around USD9) Ghost Dual SIM Adaptor.

It works flawlessly switching between my main Globe SIM Card and my secondary 24/7 Sun Cellular SIM.

Switching is done thru Flight Mode ON/OFF. Losing signal like passing thru basement parking and elevators does not switch SIMS.

As bonus, the local mobile phone accessory stores here in Philippines have their own puncher so trimming the SIM card is not a problem. They do it for free.

[unapproachable2kx]

[robboy]

I bought a Php500 (around USD9) Ghost Dual SIM Adaptor.

It works flawlessly switching between my main Globe SIM Card and my secondary 24/7 Sun Cellular SIM.

Switching is done thru Flight Mode ON/OFF. Losing signal like passing thru basement parking and elevators does not switch SIMS.

As bonus, the local mobile phone accessory stores here in Philippines have their own puncher so trimming the SIM card is not a problem. They do it for free.

thats the same one which i had, it broke after about the 5th time i took it out

[xcalibur]

With that information, I will never remove this Dual SIM Adaptor until it is really necessary and unavoidable.

Actually, I installed mine in the store where I bought it. The first two adaptors were defective. Of course, I didnt pay for it. I expected high defects rate of these SIM Adaptors as they really look cheap construction-wise.

[tunekas]

HIIII! I'm from Portugal and i have bought a SIM MAX ( http://www.sim-max.com/ ), i´ve programed 2 of the 12 numbers that the card supports. In my Alcatel mobile phone it works, but in my Qtek 9090 only works with the 1th number, i can't change between numbers or networks....
Can any one program the Radio version to make it possible, in my alcatel, in STK menu e see the SIM options and i can change between the 12 numbers, but in my Qtek 9090 i can´t see the STK options...


Qtek 9090
Rom Version: 1.40.00 WWE
Rom date: 03/10/05
Radio version: 1.12.00
Protocol version: 1337.42
ExtRom version: 1.40.147 WWE

[dvbit]

while inserting the dual sim "container".
Not only is the cintainer "fragile", the QTEK ALSO.

I bought a dual and, while trying to insert it, I broke one of the two "metal clamps" that hold it on the sides.
Happily I can still fit the dual sim inside and, by pushing the battery on it, it stands still... and works....

However: since then the QTEK does not "feel" the backup battery anymore.
on every reset I get the "low backup battery msg" and indeed if I look at the battery level in settings a nice 0% is shown.

Annoying but at least I did not broke it altogether.

So: be careful and if someone has some clue on how to repair let me know.

Ciao