How to get the best from Dual SIMs on Android

A while back we wrote an introductory article on Dual SIM Android smartphones, which are becoming increasingly popular in Australia. Having recently acquired a dual SIM Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro, it’s time to get serious about it.

The first step in setting up the new phone was transferring data from two phones to the one new phone. All three smartphones used the same Google account, so contacts synced as soon as the Xiaomi logged in.

But we also wanted two lots of past SMS and MMS messages, and call histories, to transfer to the new phone. In a previous article we found that the free Backup Your Mobile app (available from the Google Play