[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] rags_999:
hi folks,

sorry for this delayed reply. the no cut twin sim adapter is working fine. here are the nitty gritty s.

i ve got a t-mobile mda vario uk. i first unlocked it with lockiwiz unlocker in this forum.

then got myself a no cut twim sim adapter form the link posted earlier in this forum.

as it says the gadget looks like a the alphabet C. at one end you remove the paper and stick one sim card on the the printed circuit board(pcb). quite straight forward as it will match in only one possible way. i stuck my t-mobile sim at this end. this becomes your sim1.

(*) at the other end you have the pcb, a dummy cardboard sim and a metal holder. you take out the card board bit and place your sim on the pcb and slide the metal jacket back on. i ve put an orange sim at this end. this becomes your sim2.

you then insert the sim1 into the normal sim slot in the handset.

now s the tricky bit. the arm of the adapter is a bit too long to place the sim2 anywhere. so what i did was to fold the arm on itself so that the small microchip on it comes into the well for the normal sim card and the sim 2 sits outside under the battery. carefully re insert the battery so that you dont move anything and then the cover. the cover will have a small bulge.

(*) the reduce this bulge refer back to the stage you installed sim2. after sliding the jacket use a celotape and stick the free end of the pcb/ simcard snugly. now remove the metal jacket and celotape all round so that the pcb and the sim are in good contact. now carry on to the previous step to install the battery and cover. this reduces the bulge to a very minimal level. you check before you buy the adapter by placing another sim under the battery and putting the battery and cover back on. this is the amount of bulge you will have. if you are happy with then go for it. its only barely noticeable.

right next to switch the phone on. by default it will pick up sim1 t-mob in my case. click on start, programs and the stk. here is the glitch. the sim tool kit(stk) of the adapter replaces the stk of that came originally with the phone. the t-mob stk which gives you a direct link to the various info services like the news, sport, etc. i dont use this so i dint mind. this stk menu is wiped out and replaced by the sim adapter menu. i am not sure what i would do in the other versions of the handset. i presume the same.

open the stk menu you will find sim1, sim2, switch..., switch off. at the bottom select and exit. the switch.... is probably meant for switching between sims and set times. the time interval does not come up probably due to incompatibility issues. since i do not use this feature i did not matter to me.

tap on sim1 and tap select to use sim1. and the tap on sim2 and then select to use sim2. i recomend you do not tap on the switch... button as you never know when the sims would switch. anyway if you do do it tap on switch off and tap select.

it takes about 15-20 seconds for the switch to take place. after about 3-5 seconds it switchs off the currently used sim and then starts the other sim up.

exit and come back to the home screen by tapping on the signal strength icon you can find out which sim is in use. this possible as tapping on this icon tells u the network you are using. its good for me as i use different networks. its a prob if you use 2 sims from the same network.

to get around this tap on contacts then on sim and then menu and list of own numbers and this tells u the number in use. but this is not reliable always as sometimes the nu,ber is not always displayed. i dont think there is any other way to find out which sim you are using. this is the other glitch. but not for me as i use 2 different networks.

after i first installed the adapter the handset became a bit slow but resolved straight after a soft reset. so i definitely recomend a soft reset once you have done everything.

thats it folks. hope this helps!!!!!

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