Dual Sim Android One OS query

[Noobsaibot21]

Hi All,

I have a Nokia 5.3 and have asked this question on the Nokia forums but might get better info here. This phone runs Android One and is a dual sim phone so I am hoping to use this as both a work and personal phone however, I do not want to have all contacts, phone logs and messages in the one "inbox". I have seen and tried some apps such as Island and Shelter and while these are fine for apps such as Chrome, Teams, Outlook etc... however, I don't seem to be able to clone just the standard dialer, Contacts and messages properly (tells me only admin can do it... and I have enabled device admin for the app). All I'm looking for is:

* Two dialers with separate call logs (one for each sim)
* Two Contacts lists (again separate, again one for each sim)
* Two Messages inboxes for SMS (again, separate and one per sim)
* The means to turn off calls/texts etc.... to and from the work sim after hours

Is the above possible in any way on this particular Android phone? I believe Samsung offer something like this on some of their newer phones so I'm wondering if this just a device manufacturer feature not enabled/configured on the Android OS or what. Or is there a suitable third party app that could do this for me? It sounds so simple that I almost expected it to be a normal thing for dual sim phones but I can't find anyone doing it outside of Samsung (and I really don't want to get a Samsung). I would imagine the creator of such an App could get plenty of cash to develop something offering this.

Any thoughts?

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! Have you tried adding using the multiple user feature (if your phone has it)? https://www.androidcentral.com/how-add-multiple-users-and-use-guest-mode-your-android-phone

 

[Noobsaibot21]

Hi,

Thanks, I tried that. Sadly, for the dialer/call log, SMS messages and contact list, I can only share these functions between the two accounts or disable them for the second account. I cannot specify the main account to use sim 1 and the secondary account to use sim 2 (and keep them in separate logs/lists/inboxes)

 

[mustang7757]

Hi,

Thanks, I tried that. Sadly, for the dialer/call log, SMS messages and contact list, I can only share these functions between the two accounts or disable them for the second account. I cannot specify the main account to use sim 1 and the secondary account to use sim 2 (and keep them in separate logs/lists/inboxes)

Hi, welcome to AC!
I think if your phone is dual sim capability and it doesn't have separate message app or dialer for each sim then most likely can't

 

[Kizzy Catwoman]

I have never seen this option. I think pixel phones may have a work mode, or used to, but I haven't seen that on my dual SIM Samsung S10+ or any other dual SIM phone I have owned.

 

[Noobsaibot21]

Looking further, it seems that even samsung's 'Dual messenger' does not allow this for SMS messages - only third party chat apps like whatsapp and the like.

I wonder if this is a technical limitation of the android operating system or if it's simply a case that developers have never bothered to utilize this as a potential feature. I can't be the only one who'd like to avoid having to lug around (and regularly keep charged) both a work phone as well as a personal one.