topic Re: About XZ Premium Dual in XZ Series

Dual SIM + microSD?

AlienWCY — Sun, 21 May 2017 13:44:13 GMT

Can the Xperia XZ Premium use 2 SIM with microSD together?

Re: Dual SIM + microSD?

Jeffrey77 — Mon, 22 May 2017 05:22:28 GMT

No. It's a Hybrid Sim Tray. 2 Sim card or 1 Sim card + MicroSD card.

Re: Dual SIM + microSD?

Qatrium — Mon, 22 May 2017 22:00:03 GMT

@Jeffrey77

@AlienWCY

Sony Xperia France has confirmed that the dual-SIM version of the Xperia XZ Premium (as well as the XA1 and XA1 Ultra) will be able to combine two SIM cards and an SD card simultaneously. So, good news, for anyone looking to pick up an Xperia XZ Premium Dual.

EDIT: Seems like Xperia France got us all confused, they added #xperiaxzpremium in a tweet that was entirely about Xperia XA1. So the info I posted above is not correct after all.

Re: Dual SIM + microSD?

Jeffrey77 — Tue, 23 May 2017 00:30:50 GMT

Thanks. That's a great news.

Re: Dual SIM + microSD?

yuunanase — Wed, 24 May 2017 01:13:28 GMT

Can someone from Sony developers confirm?

Apparently, one of the reviewers confirmed that its a hybrid sim slot.

Re: Dual SIM + microSD?

_alexdon_ — Wed, 24 May 2017 04:30:41 GMT

@yuunanase

http://www.xperiablog.net/2017/05/22/xperia-xz-premium-dual-has-a-dedicated-sd-card-slot-no-hybrid-sim-tray-in-sight/

Re: Dual SIM + microSD?

JensG — Wed, 24 May 2017 16:06:35 GMT

Hi all!

This seems like something we need to look into. I haven't seen the Dual Sim model myself so I'm not sure.

Re: Dual SIM + microSD?

Jeffrey77 — Thu, 25 May 2017 03:34:28 GMT

Yes it's Hybrid Sim Slot. Here in HK in a Smartone Shop I tried the Showcase Xperia XZ Premium Dual.

Re: Dual SIM + microSD?

AlienWCY — Fri, 26 May 2017 12:56:45 GMT

I have confirmation from Sony support, too bad it cannot use 2 SIMs with microSD simultaneously...

Re: Dual SIM + microSD?

ClarkLong — Sun, 28 May 2017 20:35:03 GMT

Owner of XZ premium dual sim variant, I can confirm the hybrid slot =(

Re: Dual SIM + microSD?

JensG — Wed, 31 May 2017 08:34:19 GMT

True, sorry about the mistaken communication @Quester and that we wasn't able to refute it earlier @alexdon. As others confirmed the SIM tray is the hybrid variant. The user guide now available on the website states the following:

Using two SIM cards and a memory card at the same time is not possible. Tray 2 allows you to use either a second SIM card or an additional memory card. Do not cut your SIM card, as this may damage your device.

@AlienWCY and @Jeffrey77 Would you normally use the SD card slot as an extended storage or more like a replaceable, e.g. for moving data from old phone to new?

Re: Dual SIM + microSD?

AlienWCY — Mon, 12 Jun 2017 07:17:31 GMT

@JensG

I will use it as extended storage, as i keep lots of photos in my phone. To me the hybrid SIM slot is a huge disappointment, and caused me hesitation to upgrade over my Z5 (which I can use 2 SIMs + microSD). In my opinion since XZ Premium is the flagship phone it should have all the best things in it.

About XZ Premium Dual

Spinnsk — Fri, 16 Jun 2017 09:16:38 GMT

Is it possible to insert two sim cards and a memory card into the "dual" model simultaneously?

Re: About XZ Premium Dual

najodleglejszy — Fri, 16 Jun 2017 09:23:29 GMT

no, it's got a hybrid SIM card tray, so either two SIM cards or one SIM and one SD card.

Re: About XZ Premium Dual

akaii — Thu, 24 Aug 2017 14:19:56 GMT

Hey @Spinnsk

Sony really dissappointed me iwth this hybrid slot! 😕 and so i prefer not to upgrade my z5 premium or suggesting others.

Anyway, there is a same problem got a solution but

:smileycool:"ON YOUR OWN RISK" ::smileycool:

http://www.noreplied.com/how-to-insert-2-nano-sim-dual-sim-enabled-and-microsd-card-in-samsung-galaxy-s7-edge/

Good luck

Re: About XZ Premium Dual

pribambas — Thu, 24 Aug 2017 20:36:35 GMT

This won't work. I tested. Later I looked through the kernel source code and found out that a MMC related module probes for an SD card at startup and then enables the SIM2 serving hardware if couldn't initialize the SD card. So to make this work we have to do a small kernel modification and this AFAIK couldn't be accomplished without unlocking the bootloader. Another way I guess might be a very tiny electronic module that would temporarily 'hide' SD card from the kernel logic until it supply the power to SIM2. The module would be placed into the hybrid slot along with the SD card and SIM2.

Re: Dual SIM + microSD?

AlexTanMcR — Fri, 08 Sep 2017 06:26:46 GMT

I live in malaysia and I owned a Sony Xperia XZ Premium Dual

it has two SIM slot and a dedicated micro sd card slot in it，price is same as the single sim version so better stick with dual

Re: Dual SIM + microSD?

mildimdim — Thu, 23 Nov 2017 14:46:02 GMT

very disappointed...I just bought a dual sim one with only 64GB internal memory, cause I thought I could have my SD card....this really diminishes the value of the dual sim....

I confirm it's a hybrid slot.

Re: Dual SIM + microSD?

lowtoneg — Sun, 17 Dec 2017 14:39:43 GMT

Too bad as the XA1 Dual had dedicated slots for all 3 cards and they work simultaneously...