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bizwizone · Nov 26, 2015

bizwizone , Nov 26, 2015 :

christakis said: ↑

This was originally a reply to another thread but thought I'd create a new thread for it for people who are interested to see a brief overview of how dual sim works on the OP2. If you have any questions on it let me know and I'll get back to you asap.

OK, so here's a bit more detailed description on how things look and work in Dual Sim mode. Below you can see the SIM setting menu. Here you can enable / disable each sim and also rename them. The name you give each sim is used throughout the phone so I went for simple, "Personal" and "Work". Here you can also select the default SIM for Data, Calls and Texts. For Calls and Texts and you can also select 'Ask Every Time' which will ask you which sim to use for each action. I selected Ask Every Time for Calls and Texts

Example of popup you get to select SIM when you make a call:

In recent calls, you can fastrack the selection by selecting Call (1) or Call (2). In dial pad, you can easily select which sim you want to use. See below:

Texts are more straight forward with a simple sim select option. Note this is only available in default messaging app (Not supported in sending SMS with Hangouts):

Battery-wise, dual sim probably does affect the battery slightly but battery is still reasonable. Here's my battery consumption of a normal day's work for me. Some phone calls, some internet / emails and a few meetings without much use:

Using OP2 in car with Bluetooth: Works perfectly for incoming calls, but a bit more complicated when it comes to making calls if you selected the "Ask Every Time" option. This is because if the car asks the OP2 to make a call, you manually need to select which SIM to use. You can in theory change one default SIM for calls when you're in the car but that would mean you need change SIM settings each time you get in/out of the car, which is not practical. The perfect situation will be a software update which allows you to assign a SIM to specific contacts. Another thread was raised on this specific issue:
https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/q-dual-sim-assign-sim-card-to-contacts.360402/

Hope you find this useful!
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This is a major issue. With the Moto G even though I set aak every time it gave me the option to remember the person I called with which sim. So the issue in the car would not happen unless you called someone you hadn't before. Hardware is dope but they have some work to do on the User Experience on the software side.

everettsyj · Nov 26, 2015

everettsyj , Nov 26, 2015 :

This dual sim bugs really drive me crazy.

danieljones86 · Nov 26, 2015

danieljones86 , Nov 26, 2015 :

I hope they fix the bug soon so you can specify a card for texts or calls

Deactivated User · Nov 30, 2015

Deactivated User , Nov 30, 2015 :

Apologies, this post has been deleted by author.

altux210 · Nov 30, 2015

altux210 , Nov 30, 2015 :

Really useful info from everyone, thank you.
#first-timerondualsim

Kb007 · Nov 30, 2015

Kb007 , Nov 30, 2015 :

christakis said: ↑

This was originally a reply to another thread but thought I'd create a new thread for it for people who are interested to see a brief overview of how dual sim works on the OP2. If you have any questions on it let me know and I'll get back to you asap.

OK, so here's a bit more detailed description on how things look and work in Dual Sim mode. Below you can see the SIM setting menu. Here you can enable / disable each sim and also rename them. The name you give each sim is used throughout the phone so I went for simple, "Personal" and "Work". Here you can also select the default SIM for Data, Calls and Texts. For Calls and Texts and you can also select 'Ask Every Time' which will ask you which sim to use for each action. I selected Ask Every Time for Calls and Texts

Example of popup you get to select SIM when you make a call:

In recent calls, you can fastrack the selection by selecting Call (1) or Call (2). In dial pad, you can easily select which sim you want to use. See below:

Texts are more straight forward with a simple sim select option. Note this is only available in default messaging app (Not supported in sending SMS with Hangouts):

Battery-wise, dual sim probably does affect the battery slightly but battery is still reasonable. Here's my battery consumption of a normal day's work for me. Some phone calls, some internet / emails and a few meetings without much use:

Using OP2 in car with Bluetooth: Works perfectly for incoming calls, but a bit more complicated when it comes to making calls if you selected the "Ask Every Time" option. This is because if the car asks the OP2 to make a call, you manually need to select which SIM to use. You can in theory change one default SIM for calls when you're in the car but that would mean you need change SIM settings each time you get in/out of the car, which is not practical. The perfect situation will be a software update which allows you to assign a SIM to specific contacts. Another thread was raised on this specific issue:
https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/q-dual-sim-assign-sim-card-to-contacts.360402/

Hope you find this useful!
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Does this use a lot of battery

kostomorof · Nov 30, 2015

kostomorof , Nov 30, 2015 :

i really like the function of the sim on the dial pad, make thing easier than have a pop up;

simcha · Nov 30, 2015

simcha , Nov 30, 2015 :

christakis said: ↑

This was originally a reply to another thread but thought I'd create a new thread for it for people who are interested to see a brief overview of how dual sim works on the OP2. If you have any questions on it let me know and I'll get back to you asap.
Hope you find this useful!
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First, thank you for the detailed explanation!

I have a question about the actual calling (phone in use) scenarios.

Q1. When sim 1 is on an active call, will an incoming call on sim 2 get a busy signal? or will I see an incoming call on sim 2? - and if so,

Q2: will i see the caller id for that call? - and if so,

Q3: will I be able to answer the call on sim 2 while call on sim 1 is on hold?

Q4: will I be able to technically have 4 lines at one time on my phone? 1 call and 1 call waiting on each sim 1/2

I am not expecting these scenarios per se, I just want an understanding of how it will work, as in the past (years ago) I had issues with dual sim phones...

Thanks in advance!

babarlo · Dec 6, 2015

babarlo , Dec 6, 2015 :

Thank you for all useful information. I'm new with OPT and I took it not only for the nice design and hardware but also for the dual sim capability.
I'm noticing that when I pair the phone with my in-car bluetooth it happens that the phone switch to "always ask" for outcoming calls which results in a quite un-usable feature in the car.
As far I understand it is a bug. Even if since 2 days ago It seems to me that I was able to use the preferred sim fior outgoing call now it seems that I'm not able anymore. Maybe I don't remember well..
My question is:
Is there any third party application you suggest which provides an override to the default sim manager that I can use to select the default sim for outgoing call?
Thank you in advance for your kind suggestions.

EDIT.
Gone back in the thread and found the Dual Sim Selector app. Just installed the trial version. I'm going to check if in the car it works.

stanly01 · Dec 11, 2015

stanly01 , Dec 11, 2015 :

When are you going to fix this dual SIM prompt, I set the preference but it still ask me to select the SIM when I make calls or message etc...

jindalvinay · Jan 21, 2016

jindalvinay , Jan 21, 2016 :

i have a problem with dual sim
I have OnePlus two a2005, oxygen os 2.2.0 and I have 2 Sims, Wind (sim 1) & Rogers (sim 2).
The first one is for phone calls, sms. The second is only for data. Same is updated in Sim Card settings

For both sim cards, it is using cellular network for sim2.
Making sim1 to always go into roaming.

If anyone has experinced same issue, please help.
I have tried switching sim cards but no luck

gas14 · Jan 21, 2016

gas14 , Jan 21, 2016 :

very useful thanks

Weegerink · Feb 12, 2016

Weegerink , Feb 12, 2016 :

I've got my OPT a week ago and trying to figure out how to deal with my carkit.
I've selected the option "ask which sim to use for each call"
However, when I'm in the car, the OPT always may use sim 1
So if I'm connected with my carkit, use sim 1.
I've installed Dual Sim Selector, which has the bluetooth selection option, but now it seems that whenever my bluetooth is on, it will use sim 1. My bluetooth is always on...
What am I doing wrong here?

gaurav1737 · May 13, 2016

gaurav1737 , May 13, 2016 :

hi...i am not able to find dual sim selector app in playstore. Can anyone share the link please?

Saeed Ashif Ahmed · May 13, 2016

Saeed Ashif Ahmed , May 13, 2016 :

Useful Article Thanks

christakis · May 16, 2016

christakis , May 16, 2016 :

gaurav1737 said: ↑

hi...i am not able to find dual sim selector app in playstore. Can anyone share the link please?
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.pixelrush.dualsimselector

christakis · May 16, 2016

christakis , May 16, 2016 :

Weegerink said: ↑

I've got my OPT a week ago and trying to figure out how to deal with my carkit.
I've selected the option "ask which sim to use for each call"
However, when I'm in the car, the OPT always may use sim 1
So if I'm connected with my carkit, use sim 1.
I've installed Dual Sim Selector, which has the bluetooth selection option, but now it seems that whenever my bluetooth is on, it will use sim 1. My bluetooth is always on...
What am I doing wrong here?
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Did you ever find a solution to this?

gkirko · May 17, 2016

gkirko , May 17, 2016 :

Deactivated User said: ↑

Apologies, this post has been deleted by author.
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Possible issue both sims on a same network. I have this issue - when i connect to different network i see both running...

dejan16v · May 17, 2016

dejan16v , May 17, 2016 :

christakis said: ↑

I disabled by WiFi and called my Sim 2 while downloading a large image through LTE on Sim 1. In that case it rang as engaged. I then repeated the test whilst tried browsing on normal websites and facebook and the phone call came through as normal. So in theory, if you are using data 100% it will probably ring engaged but in real life terms, it will be ok as data come in small chuncks and hopefully download faster than your eyes can read . I suppose the problem is a bit more obvious when watching videos but even they buffer.... You don't have the prob when you are getting data from WiFi.
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It is good that you had tested this.
Anyway I think it would be usefull to state which variant of OP2 you are using, A2001 or A2003?

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