[q] magicsim elite - galaxy s3 dual sim adapter

zardoz99 · Aug 30, 2012

Has anyone had any experience of the MAGICSIM ELITE - GALAXY S3 DUAL SIM ADAPTER? I have tried it in my SGS3 and a) it's incredibly tight and b) it reports "no SIM".

It may be that I am being paranoid but I really don't want to force the micro-SIM and the adapter in too hard. Even when I think I have it in OK, it doesn't see the SIM cards.

Teach me....

mattsnap · Aug 30, 2012

Yep I've got one, works fine. Just pushed it in with my finger nail until the spring load clicked in place. If in doubt maybe just email Magic-sim?

Szadzik · Aug 31, 2012

I got mine a few days ago and the STK menu does not work. I am unable to switch between SIMs.

I have contacted Magic-SIM and am awaiting a solution.

neric421 · Sep 7, 2012

it seems Magicsim ELITE doesn't exist ... check on magicsim.com there is no ELITE product ... I've ask them and they are not aware about "ELITE" ... so it's smell fake product their are more expensive and have the same software/hard as magicsim 28th PLUS as you can find on www.magicsim.com/site

mattsnap · Sep 8, 2012

It looks more like it was developed especially by them as I have both the older 28th version and the new elite one and they are definately different.

zardoz99 · Sep 8, 2012

http://www.magic-sim.com/product/id/7/ELITE_GALAXY_S3.html

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mattsnap · Sep 8, 2012

neric421 said:
it seems Magicsim ELITE doesn't exist ... check on magicsim.com there is no ELITE product ... I've ask them and they are not aware about "ELITE" ... so it's smell fake product their are more expensive and have the same software/hard as magicsim 28th PLUS as you can find on www.magicsim.com/site

Nerdic421 all of your posts are advertising a company called eurodualsim which seem to sell fake Magicsim products..... Looks like youve been BUSTED! Lol

Nice try.

zardoz99 · Sep 11, 2012

OK, I finally got it installed and fired up with the help of Danny at www.magic-sim.co.uk.

Pity that it really doesn't work at all well. The Dual Sim application is visible and flips between SIMs. However, it's REALLY REALLY slow to register the SIM at boot time and then at switchover time. It is also very unstable and will drop both SIMs out of service at times, which kinda makes the phone useless.

All in all £35 wasted, but "Caveat Emptor" I guess. I have given up with this.

Z.

mattsnap · Sep 11, 2012

zardoz99 said:
OK, I finally got it installed and fired up with the help of Danny at www.magic-sim.co.uk.

Pity that it really doesn't work at all well. The Dual Sim application is visible and flips between SIMs. However, it's REALLY REALLY slow to register the SIM at boot time and then at switchover time. It is also very unstable and will drop both SIMs out of service at times, which kinda makes the phone useless.

All in all £35 wasted, but "Caveat Emptor" I guess. I have given up with this.

Z.

I had a similar responsiveness issue with a dual sim adapter I got for my old S2 but it was because I was using a sim card that was about 3 years old and that was causing the issue. Once I replaced that it was fine, maybe this is the issue you're having. This ones working really well in my S3, takes about 20 seconds to switch sims and has been extremely stable so far.

zardoz99 · Sep 11, 2012

The primary SIM is a micro SIM and is about 4 weeks old direct from T-Mobiles local store. The other one is an elderly FIDO SIM but that's not even getting looked at during the boot process.

mattsnap · Sep 11, 2012

zardoz99 said:
The primary SIM is a micro SIM and is about 4 weeks old direct from T-Mobiles local store. The other one is an elderly FIDO SIM but that's not even getting looked at during the boot process.

I'd bet you my right arm that your outdated sim is what's causing you mischief. These things rely on the full circuit so even when you're just using the first sim the signal is running through the second sim. My issue was also because of an old sim in the sim 2 slot.

Change that sim and I bet it works as it should!

pharaohs · Sep 11, 2012

Just installed this myself and so far all is perfect. No problems switching :good:

mattsnap · Sep 11, 2012

Has anyone tried the Gmate+ btw?

pharaohs · Sep 11, 2012

mattsnap said:
Has anyone tried the Gmate+ btw?

Nope although i only want 1 sim active at a time so a dual sim adapter is very good for me, i am happy with the Magicsim Elite for now.

liamhammond · Sep 18, 2012

Brillo! Moved overto the S3 a week ago and my Magicsim ELITE is working nicely. I've got experience with these but I found installation easy.

Kurai Kitsune · Sep 19, 2012

There's like 3 magicsim websites out there. Which one is the legit one or the best one for us UK ppls?
Also, have any of you had a problem with the fit under the cover? seems to me like there might be a bit of a bulge. Any issue with cases?

liamhammond · Sep 20, 2012

Kurai Kitsune said:
There's like 3 magicsim websites out there. Which one is the legit one or the best one for us UK ppls?
Also, have any of you had a problem with the fit under the cover? seems to me like there might be a bit of a bulge. Any issue with cases?

I've had a few from www.magic-sim.com and always experienced a great service and product. They're also based in the UK so I've always had the item the next day. No bulge at all btw.

syamsoul · Dec 13, 2012

can someone confirm me, the magicsim is ok to buy or not. and is it effecting NFC usage?

Markoldfield · Dec 15, 2012

syamsoul said:
can someone confirm me, the magicsim is ok to buy or not. and is it effecting NFC usage?

Yep I've had a few items from them over the years

dragonii · Feb 13, 2013

The ones for which the adapter is working, can you tell me what kind of subscriptions you have (3G, LTE)?

My issue is that I can go up to HPSA+ on my SIM 1 (the one fitting the original S3 SIM slot) while on the second SIM, I'm blocked at EDGE. I tested the second SIM on another phone and there it goes up to HSPA+.

Also, to get it to EDGE, I have, after switching to the SIM 2, activate GSM only networks on the settings so that it register itself to the network first and then activate data services. A complete mess...

Could it be that SIM 2 is too old for dual sim adapters? How can one tell this?

Thanks in advance

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