Help insertion of 2 sim cards in LG G5

[giryes]

How to insert 2 sim cards in LG G5 dual sim phone?

 

[psionandy]

put one in each slot.

 

[giryes]

put one in each slot.

It has only one slot for one nano sim and one micro sd card.
The model is LG G5 H860.
inside the menu there are sim1 and sim2 in 2 different colours. a quick button to toggle between them, It shows that sim2 not inserted.

 

[Mikestony]

Does your sim tray look like this?

 

[Mikestony]

ok, so I did a little research and it appears you use the sd slot for the 2nd sim.
Page 38 of the PDF in Chinese: perhaps @mikedt can better translate

將 SIM 卡放入卡盤中，金色觸點面朝下。
將主要 SIM 卡放置在 SIM 卡槽 1，並把次要 SIM 卡放置在
SIM 卡放置在 SIM 卡槽 2。

Roughly translated via Google Translate:

The SIM card into the chuck golden contacts facing down.
The main SIM card placed in the SIM card slot 1, and the secondary SIM card is placed
SIM card placed in the SIM card slot 2

But it appears you have to sacrifice the sd card for a 2nd sim.

Some folks are modifying the slots to accept both sim and an SD card:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g5/help/g5-dual-sim-sd-card-time-t3375545

 

[giryes]

My sim+sd tray looks like this:

I wounder if it is not a "malformation" of LG. By mistake installed the G5 dual sim minu to G5 one sim phone!

 

[Mikestony]

That is odd indeed!
Just looking at the microsd slot....would the 2nd sim fit in there 90 degrees in relation to the sim1?

 

[mikedt]

My sim+sd tray looks like this:

View attachment 108893

I wounder if it is not a "malformation" of LG. By mistake installed the G5 dual sim minu to G5 one sim phone!

That doesn't look like a dual-SIM tray to me. Although what does your SIM holder look like on the other side?

This is what they might look like, and should be marked as such. The second space is for "micro-SD" or "SIM2"

LG's India website indicates this version can be dual-SIM.
http://www.lg.com/in/mobile-phones/lg-H860-gold

Possibly there's a single-SIM version with the same model number. Where did you actually buy this phone, in the United States?

 

[mikedt]

ok, so I did a little research and it appears you use the sd slot for the 2nd sim.
Page 38 of the PDF in Chinese: perhaps @mikedt can better translate


Roughly translated via Google Translate:

But it appears you have to sacrifice the sd card for a 2nd sim.

Some folks are modifying the slots to accept both sim and an SD card:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g5/help/g5-dual-sim-sd-card-time-t3375545

Yeh, that's basically what it says.

 

[giryes]

That doesn't look like a dual-SIM tray to me. Although what does your SIM holder look like on the other side?

This is what they might look like, and should be marked as such. The second space is for "micro-SD" or "SIM2"
View attachment 109013

LG's India website indicates this version can be dual-SIM.
http://www.lg.com/in/mobile-phones/lg-H860-gold

Possibly there's a single-SIM version with the same model number. Where did you actually buy this phone, in the United States?

Dear Mikestony and mikedt
thank you very much for your patience and efforts to help.
After I 've seen the the pictures of dual sim and one sim tray, I checked the tray of my phone again..
and it IS written very tiny on the side of the microSD compartment: SIM2.
The second SIM can be installed instead of the microSD.
Hani

 

[giryes]

By the way my Lg G5 was bought from AMAZON, Shop Techno Master.
LG G5 H860 32GB ROM 4GB RAM 5.3-Inch 16MP + 8MP Dual Camera LTE Factory Unlocked International Stock No Warranty (TITAN).

 

[Mikestony]

Ah, good to hear that you can use a 2nd sim Thanks for the update!
I hope your thread here can help others!

If/when you get a chance, can you post a picture of your particular sim tray? I'm curious as to its appearance.

 

[giryes]

Thanks again.

 

[alexander336]

Can you insert two sim cards and an SD card all at one time in the dual SIM card slot?

 

[mikedt]

Can you insert two sim cards and an SD card all at one time in the dual SIM card slot?

No, as the holder only has two spaces in it.