Dual SIM: One for Wi-Fi hotspot, the other for all other apps?

runswithascript · 12-11-2016 04:09PM #1

I am the proud new owner of a Motorola G4 Plus 32GB running Android 6.0.1, there seems to be an update available, though it will not update from here as there is no Wi-Fi, therein the reason for this post.

My personal Vodafone SIM that has 4G most of the time, but with a 15GB limit, and I have a work Three SIM, that rarely gets 4G, but I have confirmed with my employer has no limit.

The SIM settings have an option to select which SIM to use for mobile data manually, but what I would really like to do is use my work SIM for when I tether my laptop to my phone using the Wi-Fi hotspot (which is often where I live at the moment), and my personal SIM for all other apps on my phone.

Anyway to achieve this?

ED E · 12-11-2016 05:49PM

Simultaneously? No. Only one sim can run the radio at once.

If you want to make the configuration easier you could setup tasker (learning curve is a little steep) to:

Upon entering home area
- Toggle Sim to Sim2
- Toggle Hotspot on

And the inverse for leaving.

NFC tags would be the battery saving way to do this, but isnt available to that phone.

runswithascript · 12-11-2016 06:17PM

You know, Tasker rings a bell, this sort of thing is the exact reason I use Android instead of IOS - everything is customisable!

Thanks for the recmmendation.

Amalgam · 12-11-2016 07:04PM

Just to point out some Tasker scripting requires root.

Dual SIM: One for Wi-Fi hotspot, the other for all other apps?

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