Is there any way of doing this....

Luis-FlightManWithAPlan

Hello I have a tricky situation and need some advice!

I have two phones,one on Orange and one on Vodafone,both handsets I think are locked in.

I want to sell my old vodafone phone as I can get £30 cash for it ( and seeing as I dont use it that much then :money: )

Now comes the tricky part.... I want to have two numbers but im not sure if I can on one handset? Is this possible??

The reason I ask is the old phone number I have is on pretty much everything form wise from banks to work and competitions.The new phone I use to ring abroad as Orange offer cheap rates ( plus Orange sometimes cuts me off so its nice to have another option)

So basically can I have the best of both worlds,can I have two number on one phone? Or is there any way of having two sims on one phone?

thanks!

below24

Well you can get a phone that takes two sim cards but its rubbish and looks awful.

Maybe speak to orange, but i don't think that just anyone can get to lines on one phone. Do you keep both phones on you at all times?

PNEfan

You can buy a "dual sim" adaptor from ebay. There are various ones - depending on the phone you are using. Some need you to trim the 2 sim cards, others require no trimming. Some switch automatically between sims, others give a menu option. If you search ebay and MSE you will find more information about them.

I tried buying a sim cloner/copier from ebay which should (theoretically) allow you to copy 2 sims onto another, but I was unable to get it to work.

Dickieburd

Some phones you have room under the cover to lay a spare sim card like on top of the battery, you could try that and replace the cover. So if you need to call abroad take the cover off and take the battery out and switch sim cards. Or you could keep the Orange sim in your wallet so you have it available.

I base this on what you said that the Vodafone number is one people will call you on, and you said that you only use the Orange sim for making calls abroad.

When Orange launched in 1994 and everyone was on analogue including me, one of their sales pitches was that you could have Line 2 which was a second phone line with its own number and you could switch between the two lines. Similar to the twin sim card arrangement I suppose. You could get your Vodafone number transferred to Orange which could be Line 1.

Another option is get your Vodafone number ported over to Orange and use the one sim for incoming calls on your old number and as it would be on Orange you get your cheap calls abroad all on the one sim. Not much good of course if you use Vodafone Stop The Clock or any other plan.

Luis-FlightManWithAPlan

Dickieburd wrote: »

Some phones you have room under the cover to lay a spare sim card like on top of the battery, you could try that and replace the cover. So if you need to call abroad take the cover off and take the battery out and switch sim cards. Or you could keep the Orange sim in your wallet so you have it available.

I base this on what you said that the Vodafone number is one people will call you on, and you said that you only use the Orange sim for making calls abroad.

When Orange launched in 1994 and everyone was on analogue including me, one of their sales pitches was that you could have Line 2 which was a second phone line with its own number and you could switch between the two lines. Similar to the twin sim card arrangement I suppose. You could get your Vodafone number transferred to Orange which could be Line 1.

Another option is get your Vodafone number ported over to Orange and use the one sim for incoming calls on your old number and as it would be on Orange you get your cheap calls abroad all on the one sim. Not much good of course if you use Vodafone Stop The Clock or any other plan.

Thankyou for your help

I wanted to keep both the networks as I often have problems with one of them,meaning I cant always make calls or receive them!

I have the Sim stored in the back right now (figured it out last night ) So its handy just have one hand set and switch them over when needs be! tho I will look into what PNEfan said about dual adaptors,would that mean I can receive incoming calls on both numbers without having to change over?

Dickieburd

Depending on which dual sim adaptor you get as one of them you have to switch the phone off and then on again to select sim 1 or sim 2. The other one you can swap sim as an option in your phones menu such as Messages, Contacts, Dual Sim, Settings etc.
Having the dual sim adaptor is like having 2 handsets and when you switch to sim 1 then calls and texts to sim 2 phone number will be treated like a handset that is switched off so if you had voicemail switched on then the calls would go there and texts would be stored on the system until you switched over to that sim in which case sim 2 would be like switching that handset off. You do not get calls and texts to both sims at the same time, some people may use sim 1 during working hours for work calls and when they finish work switch to sim 2 for their personal calls thus switching off their work phone line.
However, do check the sim adaptor will physically fit in your phone by looking at the location of the sim socket in your phone and to be sure lay a spare sim under the battery where the extra sim should lie and make sure the battery locks into place.

Luis-FlightManWithAPlan

Dickieburd wrote: »

Depending on which dual sim adaptor you get as one of them you have to switch the phone off and then on again to select sim 1 or sim 2. The other one you can swap sim as an option in your phones menu such as Messages, Contacts, Dual Sim, Settings etc.
Having the dual sim adaptor is like having 2 handsets and when you switch to sim 1 then calls and texts to sim 2 phone number will be treated like a handset that is switched off so if you had voicemail switched on then the calls would go there and texts would be stored on the system until you switched over to that sim in which case sim 2 would be like switching that handset off. You do not get calls and texts to both sims at the same time, some people may use sim 1 during working hours for work calls and when they finish work switch to sim 2 for their personal calls thus switching off their work phone line.
However, do check the sim adaptor will physically fit in your phone by looking at the location of the sim socket in your phone and to be sure lay a spare sim under the battery where the extra sim should lie and make sure the battery locks into place.

Thanks for all your help! Im off into town today to the market,they should have some there tho it that kinda place:p

I'll see if I can test one first :money: