J5 Prime single to dual SIM conversion

[missioner]

Hi all in XDA land

I recently bought this stunning phone and I'm thoroughly enjoying it.

On my travels through Google I have noticed many like mine are advertised as Dual SIM models, whereas mine is a single SIM Vodafone model.

My question to the community is this, is it possible to convert the phone to a dual SIM and what would I need to do to make the second SIM work?

I have inspected the second SIM slot and it appears that the hardware to read the SIM is present physically, so it seems that it's more of a software/firmware related thing.

Thanks in advance.

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[missioner]

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[tutibreaker]

nice joke dude, the j5 prime has the same design in all his variants single or dual sim, the single sim has the slot but is not funcional in hardware or software.

 

[missioner]

nice joke dude, the j5 prime has the same design in all his variants single or dual sim, the single sim has the slot but is not funcional in hardware or software.

Serious question. I am not very familiar with how the OEMs put hardware together so I was hoping somebody else more knowledgeable could shed more light on the subject.

If say the second SIM card slot is functional, how would one get it to work?

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[tutibreaker]

Serious question. I am not very familiar with how the OEMs put hardware together so I was hoping somebody else more knowledgeable could shed more light on the subject.

If say the second SIM card slot is functional, how would one get it to work?

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it'wont

 

[tigmar]

Conversion from single to dual sim

Serious question. I am not very familiar with how the OEMs put hardware together so I was hoping somebody else more knowledgeable could shed more light on the subject.

If say the second SIM card slot is functional, how would one get it to work?

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Here is a YouTube showing it can be done - using Chimera.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbYL4cIUEVI

 

[missioner]

Here is a YouTube showing it can be done - using Chimera.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbYL4cIUEVI

That's awesome, but Chimera is paid software. I have previously looked into it and it costs $200. It's enough that I could go buy a new dual SIM phone and have change.

It defeats the purpose of adjusting the old phone to suit new functionality and extending usefulness.

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[tigmar]

Chimera

That's awesome, but Chimera is paid software. I have previously looked into it and it costs $200. It's enough that I could go buy a new dual SIM phone and have change.

It defeats the purpose of adjusting the old phone to suit new functionality and extending usefulness.

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Fair comment. I hadn't pursued it because the video was too fast/not clear.
Didn't know it was expensive software.