General March 29, 2023 QPR3 Beta 2 T3B2.230316.003 - Pixel 7 Pro [Cheetah] - [thread also for future Android QPR Betas]

[PULSEBITCOIN]

I don't know why Google and Samsung keep doing this.

But at least the release notes make sense now.

I don't see the need updating modem on every update.

 

[EtherealRemnant]

Apparently eSIM MEP is back in this beta? Can anyone confirm dual eSIM? I'll upgrade in a heartbeat if so.

Google Pixel 7 dual eSIM support has finally started to arrive

Google’s showing eSIM some serious love in the next Pixel Feature Drop

www.androidpolice.com

 

[Lughnasadh]

Apparently eSIM MEP is back in this beta? Can anyone confirm dual eSIM? I'll upgrade in a heartbeat if so.

Google Pixel 7 dual eSIM support has finally started to arrive

Google’s showing eSIM some serious love in the next Pixel Feature Drop

www.androidpolice.com

I think I've seen at least 3- 4 people confirm it's working for them, via Telegram and Twitter, for what it's worth. I can't personally confirm myself as I only use 1 eSim.

 

[EtherealRemnant]

I think I've seen at least 3- 4 people confirm it's working for them, via Telegram and Twitter, for what it's worth. I can't personally confirm myself as I only use 1 eSim.

YAY!

Eating pizza. Will confirm later. LOL!

 

[tkjeeper]

Dumb question. I'm just wondering what the benefit of dual Sims are?

 

[EtherealRemnant]

Dumb question. I'm just wondering what the benefit of dual Sims are?

In my case, it allows me to go for the cheapest possible data SIM while having a $3-$5 SIM for my primary number for texts and phone calls. Means I don't have to port my number and all the hassle that comes with that (I have ported my number one time - back in 2020 when I switched to Tello - and that's only because my Google Voice number I've had since 2007 started to be rejected by companies for 2FA even though it's literally on my credit report). The Pixel allows me to assign one SIM for data and the other for phone calls and messages easily.

The key feature here though is dual *eSIM*. I have already made my primary provider an eSIM. Now my secondary provider can be too. This means all the free trial SIMs that the carriers offer mean I can literally just go for whatever is the cheapest for data, eSIM or pSIM, and I can have any mix I want instead of the traditional pSIM + eSIM configuration.

This is a landmark feature and will absolutely drive prices down once more customers become aware of it. Why would I pay Verizon $90 a month when I could pay Visible $45 for the same quality of service? Well the reason is because Visible is crap when things go wrong and they have a history of losing people's numbers when porting in or out. With dual eSIM, I can just make Visible my data SIM and if/when things go wrong, just go back to my safe and sound cheap eSIM (Tello in my case) and find something else.

I also tend to replace my phones every year. The various carriers are starting to offer free trial eSIMs. Based on the current market situation, I could easily have 3-5 months of free data service and 7-9 months of paying less than $10 each year to secure my main number.

Imagine this - here in the USA we have three major carriers. What if there was a provider that came along that ran on two of the three networks and you had an eSIM for the fourth? Well Dish Network is launching wireless service that uses their network as the first but AT&T and T-Mobile as roaming. I already have it, it's called Boost Infinite (currently running just on AT&T but the multi-network SIM cards are coming some time this year). Now I can just add a cheap Verizon provider like mobileX (currently in beta but they offer priority data on Verizon with pricing tailored to low data usage customers and they're perfect for a backup carrier) and in a few taps on my phone, switch between all three networks + Dish's regional network (I'm in their home market basically down the street and their network is all over here).

The possibilities with dual SIM are endless. And even further to the point -- who ever complained about having more options besides the carriers? eSIM has been a reality for years and it wasn't until Apple forced the carriers' hands with the iPhone 14 being eSIM only last year that they made any steps towards it being ubiquitous. Google has relied on eSIM for Fi since day one but they just didn't have the pull to do what Apple did.

 

[aeroengg]

I am on QPR2 Beta 2.1 but can't activate dual esims. I enrolled in the beta for this feature alone

 

[ziddey]

I am on QPR2 Beta 2.1 but can't activate dual esims. I enrolled in the beta for this feature alone

hmm probably not related but are you able to join the beta for the carrier services app?

 

[aeroengg]

hmm probably not related but are you able to join the beta for the carrier services app?

Thanks, I just signed up for beta and will report back here if it helps.

 

[LLStarks]

I think T-Mobile n25 was removed from this build.

 

[EtherealRemnant]

Well I have been sick (too much beer last night lol) so I haven't gotten around to flashing it yet but I'll do it tomorrow and update everyone on what happens with dual eSIM.

 

[EtherealRemnant]

How positively disappointing.

 

[ziddey]

How positively disappointing.

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Hmm looks like you have a psim installed as well? Try removing that

 

[EtherealRemnant]

Hmm looks like you have a psim installed as well? Try removing that

It used to work fine with the pSIM inserted. I had dual eSIM out of the box and then Google took it away. But no, no change.

 

[aeroengg]

Dual esim is not working even with psim deactivated

 

[LLStarks]

It doesn't work. It's server side.

 

[ShadowJP88]

Since the QPR2, the padding changed and I really don't like it for the folders. Is there any way to change that setting?

 

[albsat]

Is the toggle to separate Ring from Notification volume included in the latest QRP2?

 

[Lughnasadh]

Is the toggle to separate Ring from Notification volume included in the latest QRP2?

No, but you should be able to enable it with the following commands:

su -c device_config put systemui volume_separate_notification true

or

adb shell device_config put systemui volume_separate_notification true

 

[Gordietm]

No, but you should be able to enable it with the following commands:

su -c device_config put systemui volume_separate_notification true

or

adb shell device_config put systemui volume_separate_notification true

Yes, this works. But when you reboot it reverts back to before.