Re: [106attendees] Singtel SIM cards: Bootloop?

Harald Alvestrand <harald@alvestrand.no> Sun, 17 November 2019 12:37 UTC

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Subject: Re: [106attendees] Singtel SIM cards: Bootloop?
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Since multiple people have mentioned this in the hallways, an update:

The fix below wasn't permanent. The bootloop came back in the afternoon.

I'm currently trying with the Singtel SIM as #1 and my home SIM as #2, 
to see if that is better.


On 11/16/19 10:59 AM, Harald Alvestrand wrote:
>
>
> On 11/16/19 10:28 AM, Sanjeev Gupta wrote:
>> Harald,
>>
>> If this is an Android phone, could you try putting the Singtel SIM in 
>> Slot 1?
>>
>> Inadequate testing assumes carrier settings apply to a single Sim card.
>
>
> That seems to have done the trick.
>
> 1) Insert Singtel SIM in slot 1
>
> 2) Reboot (happens by itself on this phone)
>
> 3) Verify that data works and no more messages happen
>
> 4) Switch back to Singtel SIM in slot 2 and home SIM in slot 1
>
> Magic!
>
>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 16 Nov 2019, 1:26 PM Harald Alvestrand, <harald@alvestrand.no 
>> <mailto:harald@alvestrand.no>> wrote:
>>
>>     Someone else might have experienced this:
>>
>>     - Buy a singtel Hi! card at airport
>>
>>     - Insert into second SIM card slot of phone
>>
>>     - Reboot, set second card as preferred for data
>>
>>     Things work.
>>
>>     Then after a minute or so, the phone says "Now installing optimized
>>     settings for your provider and rebooting". There is no "cancel"
>>     on the
>>     dialog box.
>>
>>     This seems to go on. Sometimes it resets the "preferred for data"
>>     setting to my native SIM in slot 1, sometimes it doesn't.
>>
>>     Anyone seen anything like this?
>>
>>     Harald
>>
>>
>>
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