GT-I9192 S4 Mini Duos dual sim usage

[pingu2000]

Hi,

I'm looking at this as my next phone but have a couple of Qs about the Dual Sim usage.

On my Lenovo P700i, you can set it to ask which SIM to use every time you make a call/text. From what I've seen of the Samsung, you have to specify a default.

So what happens if you go into contacts, select one and then press the call button? Does it use the default SIM? Is there a way to get it to ask?

What happens with contact shortcuts? Is it possible to specify which SIM to use without changing the default?

It'd be really cool if a contact had a default SIM, but I don't think any dual SIM phones do that at the moment.

Thanks,
pingu.

 

[Rojhan]

So what happens if you go into contacts, select one and then press the call button? Does it use the default SIM? Is there a way to get it to ask?

pingu.

When you press call, a screen pops up asking which SIM to dial from. This can be changed in Settings - My Device - SIM Card manager - Voice call (change to always ask or select a SIM to always call from that SIM)

When you write an SMS, you can see SIM-1 and SIM-2 in place of SEND. Choose which SIM to send the SMS from.

 

[pingu2000]

Thanks for that - that works the same as the Lenovo P700i I have then.

I wish they'd implement 'contact binding' though, so that you have default contacts to certain SIMs...

 

[pingu2000]

Hi,

I've been living with the S4 Mini Duos (GT-I9192) for a few weeks now and there seems to be a big flaw in the dual sim implementation. If you have sim management set to "Always ask" as I do (I have personal = SIM1 and work = SIM2) and you connect to a bluetooth car system, then when you make a call, the SIM choice dialog box still pops up which is stupid as the phone is either in my pocket or it is not safe to get it out and select.

Other brands I have had (e.g. Lenovo) just go ahead and use SIM1 under those conditions.

The ideal solution is contact binding where you can bind contacts or contact groups to a SIM and it uses that if specified or a default if not.

Next best would be to use the "Current SIM" if connected via bluetooth.

Third best would be that Samsumg make shortcuts for the SIM Management settings so other apps like Llama could automatically switch the mode to "Current SIM" or "SIM 1" if it is connected via bluetooth and then back to "Always ask" when disconnected.

I've tried the SimSelector app but it doesn't work properly (doesn't override the sim mode).

Has anyone found a satisfactory solution to this?

Is there somewhere I can send these suggestion to Samsung? I've tried support but I just get useless auto-replies.

Thanks,
pingu.