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    Dual-SIM + OTA-20 on Mi A2

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    • messayistoM
      messayisto @PhAndersson
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      @phandersson can't confirm. Running two SIMs from different careers without problems.

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        A Former User @messayisto
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        I also have OTA-20 with 2 SIM slots to run on Merlin. I have had another problem with calling for two or three days. There is a network but there is no network in the call part. I'll reset the entire system, it works best.

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          magnargj @PhAndersson
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          @phandersson hi, I moved it back to check, but it still doesn't work in slot nr. 1...

          Volla 22, Xiaomi Mi A2, Nexus5 (backup)

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            A Former User @magnargj
            last edited by A Former User

            I cleaned my sim cards today with a cotton swab and alcohol. So far everything is working but I deleted everything. What else you can do is rename the sim slots to both sim 1. Or do you also have a defect in the other slot? Sometimes the fault is somewhere else. But if you can use at least 1 slot it's ok.

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              PhAndersson
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              Many thanks to all those who commented.

              I'll apply OTA-20 in the coming days and report back.

              Xiaomi Mi A2 (16.04 OTA-25/stable) with 2 SIMs

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                PhAndersson
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                Just upgraded to OTA-20: the upgrade process itself went flawlessly, but the SIM card in slot #1 is no longer detected!

                • during startup, I'm prompted for only one PIN code (the prompt no longer identifies the SIM, but the code only matches SIM #2)
                • in "settings | mobile", only one SIM and matching operator is listed (the one for SIM #2)
                • same thing in the top-of-screen quick access bar
                • "setting | about" reports OTA-20

                Is there any information I could collect on the phone to help troubleshoot this?

                Xiaomi Mi A2 (16.04 OTA-25/stable) with 2 SIMs

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                  A Former User @PhAndersson
                  last edited by A Former User

                  @phandersson https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/device/jasmine-sprout/

                  Which Android did you install back then? It says something about Android 9 in the device link. I don't know for sure as I have Xiaomi Redmi Note 9. But even here I had to downgrade to Android 10, because I also had problems with the SIM card at the beginning. I would have tried to reset the system to factory settings after the update. If that doesn't help, test the available channels for the software. Sometimes it also helps to gently clean the SIM card with alcohol. Or simply switch flight mode on and off or reboot several times. Otherwise, wait and see what others say.

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                    rosenfeldpj @PhAndersson
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                    @phandersson I have MiA2 with OTA 20 with 2 SIMS and it works for me. Available for more questions.

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                      A Former User @rosenfeldpj
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                      @rosenfeldpj It's nice if your device works now. Good luck for the future.

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                        PhAndersson @A Former User
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                        @dpitti The device initially came with Android 8.1, but I flashed it with v9 as recommended before proceeding with the UT installation.

                        Xiaomi Mi A2 (16.04 OTA-25/stable) with 2 SIMs

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                          PhAndersson @rosenfeldpj
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                          @rosenfeldpj Many thanks for your offer. It's already a relief to know that a solution most likely exists.

                          I found out 2 ways to start investigating this issue.

                          1./ firmware versions
                          In a recent post (https://forums.ubports.com/topic/6813/unable-to-turn-on-bluetooth-on-mi-a2/29), @nauvpp mentioned upgrading the bluetooth firmware on his device from an archive bundle called firmware_jasmine_sprout_V11.0.28.0.zip. I've downloaded that ZIP and looked at its contents, but how can I check whether any of the .img files contained within are more recent than the ones already on the phone?

                          2./ 'dmesg' output
                          I collected the dmesg output after the upgrade (unfortunately, I don't have any example dating back before the upgrade, so I can't compare).

                          In there, searching for the "radio" keyword, I see the following messages:

                          [    5.226487] init: Received control message 'interface_start' for 'android.hardware.radio@1.0::IRadio/slot2' from pid: 28 (/system/bin/hwservicemanager)
[    5.226518] init: Could not find service hosting interface android.hardware.radio@1.0::IRadio/slot2
[    5.226602] init: Command 'exec_start update_verifier_nonencrypted' action=late-fs (/init.rc:390) took 0ms and failed: Service not found
[    5.226747] init: Received control message 'interface_start' for 'android.hardware.radio@1.1::IRadio/slot2' from pid: 28 (/system/bin/hwservicemanager)
[    5.226763] init: Could not find service hosting interface android.hardware.radio@1.1::IRadio/slot2
[    5.226861] init: processing action (post-fs-data) from (/init.rc:392)
[    5.227228] init: Received control message 'interface_start' for 'android.hardware.radio@1.2::IRadio/slot2' from pid: 28 (/system/bin/hwservicemanager)
[    5.227257] init: Could not find service hosting interface android.hardware.radio@1.2::IRadio/slot2
[...]
[   13.012729] init: Received control message 'interface_start' for 'android.hardware.radio.deprecated@1.0::IOemHook/slot2' from pid: 28 (/system/bin/hwservicemanager)
[   13.012794] init: Could not find service hosting interface android.hardware.radio.deprecated@1.0::IOemHook/slot2

                          The first message block repeats 3 times. The second block occurs only that one time. But is this relevant?

                          Coming back to my "firmware" line of thought, I see a lot of firmware modules being loaded (often with some hint about their version), but do you have any idea which one I should be looking for?

                          Xiaomi Mi A2 (16.04 OTA-25/stable) with 2 SIMs

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                            PhAndersson
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                            Further debugging info. Here is a list of all the firmware modules and associated devices being loaded (or whose load is attempted) by the kernel:

                            cc00000.qcom,vidc:firmware_cb
dbmd4_va_fw.bin
dbmd4_va_preboot_fw.bin

adsp.mdt (/devices/soc/15700000.qcom,lpass/firmware/adsp.mdt)
adsp.b02 -> adsp.b23 (/devices/soc/15700000.qcom,lpass/firmware/adsp.b02 -> ...)

a530_pm4.fw (/devices/soc/5000000.qcom,kgsl-3d0/kgsl/kgsl-3d0/a530_pm4.fw)
a530_pfp.fw (/devices/soc/5000000.qcom,kgsl-3d0/kgsl/kgsl-3d0/a530_pfp.fw)
a512_zap.mdt (/devices/soc/soc:qcom,kgsl-hyp/firmware/a512_zap.mdt)
a512_zap.b02 (/devices/soc/soc:qcom,kgsl-hyp/firmware/a512_zap.b02)

cdsp.mdt (/devices/soc/1a300000.qcom,turing/firmware/cdsp.mdt)
cdsp.b02 -> cdsp.b07 (/devices/soc/1a300000.qcom,turing/firmware/cdsp.b02 -> ...)

cmnlib64.mdt (/devices/virtual/qseecom/qseecom/cmnlib64.mdt)
modem.mdt (/devices/soc/4080000.qcom,mss/firmware/modem.mdt)
cmnlib64.b00 -> cmnlib64.b06 (/devices/virtual/qseecom/qseecom/cmnlib64.b00 -> ...)

mba.mbn (/devices/soc/4080000.qcom,mss/firmware/mba.mbn)
msadp (/devices/soc/4080000.qcom,mss/firmware/msadp)
modem.b02 -> modem.b28 (/devices/soc/4080000.qcom,mss/firmware/modem.b02 -> ...)

tas2557_uCDSP.bin (/devices/soc/c1b6000.i2c/i2c-6/6-004c/firmware/tas2557_uCDSP.bin)
wlan/qca_cld/WCNSS_qcom_cfg.ini (/devices/soc/18800000.qcom,icnss/firmware/wlan!qca_cld!WCNSS_qcom_cfg.ini)
wlan/qca_cld/wlan_mac.bin (/devices/soc/18800000.qcom,icnss/firmware/wlan!qca_cld!wlan_mac.bin)
cpp_firmware_v1_12_0.fw (/devices/soc/ca04000.qcom,cpp/firmware/cpp_firmware_v1_12_0.fw)
venus.mdt (/devices/soc/cce0000.qcom,venus/firmware/venus.mdt)
venus.b02 -> venus.b04 (/devices/soc/cce0000.qcom,venus/firmware/venus.b02 -> ...)

                            Xiaomi Mi A2 (16.04 OTA-25/stable) with 2 SIMs

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                            • c4pp4C
                              c4pp4 @PhAndersson
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                              @phandersson said in Dual-SIM + OTA-20 on Mi A2:

                              Just upgraded to OTA-20: the upgrade process itself went flawlessly, but the SIM card in slot #1 is no longer detected!

                              Hi, I faced the same problem. I remember it was upgraded via delta, not full image. After full image "re-upgrade" two sims appeared in my case.

                              You can try this: Through the settings change channel to devel, close settings, start settings again, there should be devel upgrade available, don't upgrade and change channel back to stable and close settings again, now when you start settings there should be stable upgrade available - full image (cca 500 MB). Do the upgrade and you will see.

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                                PhAndersson @c4pp4
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                                @c4pp4 I tried to follow the procedure you suggested, but without success so far.

                                Right after switching to the "dev" channel, the phone downloaded a 500MB installation image (which I didn't actually install, obviously), but once I returned to the stable channel, nothing more happened. It still shows the dev image ready for install, but nothing new for the already installed system (see attached screenshot).

                                screenshot20211222_154432281_cropped.png

                                Likewise in "About | Check for updates" -- it checks, then shows the exact same thing.

                                Xiaomi Mi A2 (16.04 OTA-25/stable) with 2 SIMs

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                                • LakotaubpL
                                  Lakotaubp @PhAndersson
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                                  @phandersson If you are on OTA20 yoh will not get a new stable version until the next OTA is ready. You could try installing the dev download, see if two sims show then change straight back to the stable channel and see if they remain.

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                                    c4pp4 @Lakotaubp
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                                    @lakotaubp said in Dual-SIM + OTA-20 on Mi A2:

                                    If you are on OTA20 yoh will not get a new stable version until the next OTA is ready.

                                    I disagree, the procedure I described works in my case - Xperia X and Mi A2.

                                    @PhAndersson
                                    If you are unlucky with it, do what @Lakotaubp said.

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                                      PhAndersson @Lakotaubp
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                                      @lakotaubp Following your suggestion, I just switched to "dev" channel and installed the image (ver. 763).

                                      I'm happy to report that this restored access to both SIM slots -- see screenshot below:

                                      screenshot20211222_174645799_cropped.png

                                      I'll now switch back to the stable channel and report again.

                                      Xiaomi Mi A2 (16.04 OTA-25/stable) with 2 SIMs

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                                        PhAndersson
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                                        Well, I can select the stable channel again, but nothing happens: the updater doesn't detect anything to download (even after closing and restarting the "Settings" app).

                                        Xiaomi Mi A2 (16.04 OTA-25/stable) with 2 SIMs

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                                        • LakotaubpL
                                          Lakotaubp @PhAndersson
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                                          @phandersson Try a complete shutdown and reboot of the phone sometimes this does play up.

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                                            PhAndersson @Lakotaubp
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                                            @lakotaubp Same behaviour after power cycle.

                                            What's strange is that after switching back to the stable channel, the main "Settings" screen shows 1 update available (see screenshot below):

                                            screenshot20211222_201303889_cropped.png

                                            But when tapping on that line, and after "checking for updates", it still returns "Software is up to date".

                                            Xiaomi Mi A2 (16.04 OTA-25/stable) with 2 SIMs

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