I would like to make APP which simulates SIM card in software on android. I would load 2 or 3 SIM cards into phone and then I would chose which one I need in android.
Do you think that it`s possible to be done? I don`t know how phone communicates with SIM card, it`s by SW or HW?
Thanks for any advice.
I know the contacts, call and text logs, apps, app settings and data, etc. will all be wrong but can I swap Captivates with a friend by simply swapping SIM cards? i.e. our phone number and plan and data plans move to each others phone.
If so, can all that other stuff be Titanum Backed up to the external sd and then restored on the proper phone?
Yeah, it will work just fine. The only thing that will change is your IMEI, this will only be an issue if you try to file a warranty or insurance claim.
Both Captivate accounts are on the AT&T network so I'm supposing the IMEI is not an issue except as you say for warranty purposes and whos name is on the account for that particular phone IMEI.
What about doing the Titanium Backup on each phone to the SD card then after swapping the SD cards doing a restore to the phone? Will Titanium Backup complain that the backup file doesn't match the phone?
rscheller said:
I know the contacts, call and text logs, apps, app settings and data, etc. will all be wrong but can I swap Captivates with a friend by simply swapping SIM cards? i.e. our phone number and plan and data plans move to each others phone.
If so, can all that other stuff be Titanum Backed up to the external sd and then restored on the proper phone?
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Not that it really matters, but why are you switching Captivates? What's the advantage of trading the same phone?
Well, they're not really the same phones since my friends phone is stock Eclair and mine is unofficial Froyo with root and lag fix.
My friend is very impressed with the speed of my phone compared to his but is afraid of bricking his phone and/or losing all his apps and data. So I thought rather than chance it with OS updates and such, maybe just a swap of SIM cards (and data and such) would let him try it for a few days to see if it's worth the chance.
If you have titanium backup folder on your external card no problem. I have 2 captivates that I swap back and forth ever so often and never have an issue with tibu restoring.
Since you are running different ROMs, do not back up and restore ANY system data with TiBu after the switch. I would just flash his phone for him. He will be able to restore all his apps and if he's using Google to sync he can easily get his data back. You're really complicating things by swapping phones.
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Since you are running different ROMs, do not back up and restore ANY system data with TiBu after the switch. I would just flash his phone for him. He will be able to restore all his apps and if he's using Google to sync he can easily get his data back. You're really complicating things by swapping phones.
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Just flash his phone to the official Froyo rom for him (after backing up everything that can be backed up and restored from 2.1 to 2.2), if it messes up, he can always go get another phone from AT&T as a warranty replacement... Rooting and the Lagfix isn't very risky so he really has nothing to worry about there, most of the big issues come with installing custom roms/recoveries...
I recently upgraded my Defy to CM7 but when I try to make it import my contacts from the SIM card it says there is none.
I'm sure there were some contacts there since I used that SIM card on an old phone, is there a way for me to get these contacts back ?
ps: Unfortunately my contacts weren't on my google account, for another reason, so there is no way to get them there.
The same thing has happened to me but I deleted them from your phone happens to me sometimes when I turn off or reboot. However, not have them stored on a file in memory card?
No, unfortunately I don't have any kind of backup, that's why I wanted to know if there isn't a way to check if those contacts are still there, or some kind of tool to get them back.
What I don't understand is how they disappeared, I never deleted them or messed with the SIM options.
Sorry for the shameless bump, but...anyone ?
This is probably impossible but.. Here it goes is there any possible way to create some kind of toggle on off for the sim card? app maybe?
Why would you want to?
Signature.
you could use airplane mode it would do basically the same thing.
got the new one today and put in my sim card from the old one but none of my stuff is there other than my contacts. music gone, messages, and everything else. How can i get it back. dont want to start all over again. Please help
None of those things are stored on your Sim card. They are either on the phone's internal memory or on an SD card if the phone has one. You need to use a USB cable to retrieve them from the old device.