Spark + Vodafone Dual SIM iPhone 12 Pro

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bitserf

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#283991 24-Mar-2021 14:02

I am getting an iPhone 12 Pro through work, and I'm planning to use my personal Spark plan with the eSIM, and the nanoSIM for my work Vodafone plan.

Will this work? Any gotchas?

Thanks

bonkiebonks

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#2679841 24-Mar-2021 14:19

Not really.

I currently have the same setup. I think 5G doesn’t work when in dual SIM mode. But you can always disable one of the cellular connections if 5G is necessary.

antonknee

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#2679843 24-Mar-2021 14:26

I have this exact set up - works really well for me.

The major "gotcha" is that if you receive a call on one line, the other line will show no service.

5G is not currently available for dual SIM, however I believe this is part of iOS 14.5.

bitserf

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#2701394 3-May-2021 19:34

I noticed the 5G connection availability issue, but 14.5 upgrade did not seem to fix it for me.

Adding insult to injury, I could get only 3G on the work Vodafone physical SIM while colleague standing next to me with identical phone and also a work Vodafone physical SIM on the same plan was happily on 5G.

Is it a provisioning issue perhaps?

MaxineN

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#2701396 3-May-2021 19:36

Does the same thing happen on another Vodafone certified 5G handset? If yes, then it's a provisioning issue.

edit: Does this happen when you've only got the Vodafone sim active instead?

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