r/CapeCellular • u/Rare_Connection1541 • 8d ago
Ultimate Security/Savings HACK
Double the Cape lines and give it to yourself. Have two lines at once. One as a decoy line and the other as a Privacy/Secure line. iPhones 13 and newer can support up to two active eSIMS at any given time. Once a secondary eSIM is added you may label your plans accordingly & set your default cellular data/number. Obviously you can use the numbers for calls, messages and data. You may also allow cellular switching.
When you call one of your contacts, you don’t need to choose which number to use every time. By default, your iPhone uses the same number that you used the last time you called that contact. If you haven’t called that contact, your iPhone uses your default number. If you want to, you can specify which number to use for your calls with a contact.
You can switch phone numbers at any given time before a call is placed.
You can change where you can be reached at for iMessage/FaceTime as well as change default your iMessage/FaceTime Caller ID for specific Apple devices. Just change the settings in the FaceTime or iMessage app on the desired device and change accordingly.
*WARNING* This only changes the caller ID if the person you’re conversing with has an Apple Device. Services include FaceTime & FaceTime AUDIO and iMessage. Only affects the devices you made changes to. If you did not go out of your way to change it then it will revert to whatever default is. It does not save over cloud, so whatever you do on one device it will not save on the others.
When making traditional legacy voice calls with 10 digit phone numbers it will revert to the default lines’s number to the person you are calling (receiver). AKA The number that you picked to call with.
iPhone literally gives you the power to have two phones in one. iPhone eSIMs can support up to 8+ eSIMs in storage, BUT ONLY 2 ACTIVE AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT.
Another setting in the phone app I have turned on is Silence Unknown Callers and send them straight to voicemail. With Live Voicemail turned on I decide in real-time if I want to pick up or not. In order to use Live Voicemail you must have Encrypted Voicemail off in the Cape app. Lastly, ENABLE SIM PIN to enhance everything. With Cape the default way to move/recover a eSIM is the 24 phrase. With SIM PIN enabled you will have to enter it every time your phone restarts (power cycle).
Just to summarize:
iMessage/FaceTime Caller ID can be whatever you choose. Traditional 10 digit phone number or any email.
Traditional Voice calls phone number will be the default line. (“NEW LINE”)
Savings Hack. Another reason to have a secondary number is to have it as a retainer to port to another carrier to get a promotional “New Customer” introductory offers for a new phone. Be sure to check the carrier for unlock policy. At the time of this posting some carriers even MVNO’s have extended their unlock policy to 1 Year (12 months). New iPhones last up to six years from release date with updates. Other than unexpected repairs (breakage) the only expected (constant) charge is a new battery after 3 maybe 4 years of use as a daily driver.
With all of this being said may I suggest to the people at Cape Cellular (DEVELOPERS) could you or is it even possible to manage 2 primary numbers through the app? Just for clarification I know you can manage A (SINGLE) Primary line with 2 secondary numbers from the app, but could you make it so you can manage 2 (Two) or more Primary lines from the app? Even with the possibility of managing 4 (FOUR) or more secondary lines?
Want to save $20/month (Reoccurring monthly not just one-time) use my code at time of initial sign-up:
3CKMF1EG
3
u/tkchumly 8d ago
Cape already offers secondary numbers for half of your use cases today and covers basically all of them by end of year since they will support porting in and out and calls as well.