Using FP2 via bluetooth in car?

Help Fairphone 2
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Hello there,

I have trouble to use my FP2 via bluetooth in my car (Skoda OCTAVIA). The problem is as follows: Whenever I try to dial a number from the list of contacts via the buttons on the steering wheel, a dialog box pops up on the FP2 asking which sim card to use. Via the car’s bluetooth interface, however, I cannot select the SIM to be used, which results in the call being canceled. So in essence, I need to avoid that FP2 asks for a sim to be used.

  1. unsuccessful solution approach:
    Setting either SIM1 or SIM2 as preferred for calls in settings menue.This does work for any number dialed number-by-number via the car interface, but for the ones from the list of contacts. Choosing any one of them, I am still ask which sim to be used. The problem remains unsolved.

  2. unsuccessful solution approach:
    I switched off (deactivated) one of the simcards in the FP2 settings. Does this solve the problem? Surprisingly, not for the contacts in my address book. FP2 stills ask to choose a simcard for dialing the number.

To it seems as if there is a bug in the OS and how it handles the two sims. Does anyone have a suggestion what I could try to make a call while driving without taking the hands off the steering wheel?

Thanks in advance.

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You can also set the preferred SIM directly in the Phone app, it seems that in some cases the app ignores the general settings.
In the menu go to Settings --> Call settings --> Phone account settings --> Make calls with.

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Thanks Irina. Your suggestion works. :slight_smile: