Using the latest LCR rom now and cant seem to get to my contacts on the sim. When i try to import or se them the phone just cant find any. Tried the sim in another phone and they are all there.
Any idea what it can be?
Hmm... tried again to take out and put in the sim (fourth time now) and of course he finds em all.
I had this happen before...
I put the phone in airplane mode and then removed it and all my contacts were there...
Try that and report back!
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hi im due to buy an o2 xda executive heres what the guy has put in the advert
( It has one significant fault which means the phone functions do not work, as it has difficulty in recognising when a SIM card is inserted. I have used it with O2 and Vodafone SIMs and it was sold to me as unlocked, but most of the time now it says a SIM is not inserted, even when it is.)
what i want to know is does anyone know if this is a common problem and is it easy sorted is it ususaly software or hardware related and is it worth buying if the price is right then geting fixed or is it a problem easily sorted something i could do myself
btw i need help quick if possible before it sells
thanks
Talking about phones in general.. this is usualy a hardware problem.
Perhaps you could find out how old the unit is and (if under a year) claim off the warrenty?
thanks
ahhh cool thanks for your reply
i was just thinking the guy emailed me and said he reset the device to wipe all his info off it and now its showing that it has a sim card in it but he has done this before and it goes back to how it was (showing no sim card )
my question is wouldnt this point more towards a software problem rather than a hardware problem
help update please
right i got the thing now it wont work with an o2 sim
so i popped a vodaphone on in and it worked for a while
then i took sim out looked at sim holder and sim contacts and all looks perfect so i put the vodafone sim back in and im back to the invalid or missing sim card error what next guys ?
when the device boots up i get these three things on the screen
r 1.04.02
g 42.37.p8
d 1.13.82 wwe
i suppose thats the 3 things you were teling me about ?
could someone point me in the direction to the files i need and the order i need to put them on ?
and mabey a quick readthough or point me in the direction of a post relating to this problem
i get similar things when my xda boots too. I am pretty sure everyone does. Does it display an error message with the O2 sim in? Providing the phone is unlocked to all networks, this shouldnt cause a problem.
TBH I cant see that it not reading the sim could be a software problem (someone please correct me if I'm wrong). Even though the contacts look clean, you could try cleaning them anyway. I use the rubber-end of a pencil, or an elastic band if I cant find one. But dont go rubbing the contacts away altogether.. lol
ah right sorry ignore the (suppose thats the 3 things you were teling me about ?) bit in the post that bit was for another forum the reason why i typed all the info on where the thing boots up is because someone told me the radio may be corrupt and to reinstall or install the newest one so thats why i typed all that info and i was wondering where to get the files from in what order to do them and was there a sticky and where is my bloody pencil with a rubber on it !
Just to confirm, you ARE using a 3G sim, right? I don't think it works with normal sims
3g ?
no im not using a 3g sim but the vodafone one i tried worked for a while and that was not 3g i have also cleaned the sim card contacts and the phones contacts to no avail
i have also just unlocked it using the HTC_Universal_Radio_for_SIMunlock_v0.00.00 file
still wont recognise my sim
someone mentioned elsewhere that the radio stack was possibly messed up and i wouldnt be able to use the wireless connection ? but i can so that rules that out ? so its possbily hardware related but all looks ok inside
GaZ said:
Just to confirm, you ARE using a 3G sim, right? I don't think it works with normal sims
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FYI mine worked fine with a normal O2 sim, bar the 3G stuff ofc
suggestion
try putting a piece of paper between the sim and the battery to push it down a bit. Its a longshot but I know of someone who had a similar problem and it was solved like that.
Hi
That's right try to use a piece of paper stick right behind the sim card to push aginst the sim card to force a good contact, but before doing so try to use a Q tip and small amount of rubbing Alcohol to clean the sim slot metal contacts because from time to time the metal contact might being oxidize and preventing it from a good contact with the sim card. If after trying all this still not work than you might want to try flash it with a new Rom.
any ideas what next please
hi
i have tried the paper behind the sim i have tried the cleaning of the contacts and i have upgraded the radio so as the title says any ideas what to try next as none of thme make my universal think theres a sim in it it just says missing or invalid sim ?
also at the moment my radio is 00000000 so its unlocked but if iwanted to upgrade it whats the best one to upgrade too ?
is it either UNI_radio_1[1].08.00 or is it best to upgrade to UNI_radio_1[1].09.00
and what do i do with the nbf file ? is there an upgrade program please
update
hi all
today ithought i would try a vodaphone sim out of my works phone in the universal and after 3 resets it worked the phone kept a signal for about half an hour then went back to the invalid or missing sim error so i put it in flight mode then turned flight mode off and the thing worked for the next 5 hours but now after leaving it alone for half an hour im back to the error ?
anyone any ideas please
another update
hi
last night i flashed my universal with the sim card in and when it booted up the phone was working there was a strong signal e.c.t. it stayed on for hours but when i got up in the morning and checked it it said missing or invalid sim card so i put it in flight mode then turned flight mode off and it started working again it has now been on for like 3 hours so has anyone got any ideas why it keeps coming up with this missing or invalid simcard error because i would like to get it fixed
i havnt got a clue what im talking about but could it be the antenna or something ? or is there something else i could try
thanks for all your help so far
morestyles
cmon guys please
hasnt no one got any ideas ???????????
after i flashed it it can stay on for hours even the full day but then i get sim isnt inserted error
plz plz plz help !
Sorry if this has been covered but i have my contacts on my sim card but need them on the phone to sync to "my phone" (storage place) question is how do i delete the ones on the phone afterwards without going through all 200 contacts manually?
Paul. (yes there is allways one!....me.)
try sim manager
Sallcho thanks for reply but i still cant do it, (sorry)
i have gone on sim manager but cant seem to delete the contacts on phone but leave the ones on the sim. there is to many options!
Paul.
Oh, I thought u need to delete the SIM ones and leave the phone ones. So if you need to delete the phone ones, and leave the SIM ones, just take out the sim card and try going to sim manager again(I think it should still work with SIM card taken out) and try deleting it there Your SIM contacts will be saved cuz no sim card is inserted
Wicked! thanks mate, btw couldnt go on sim mnger cos there was no sim! so just went on contacts and deleted there,thanks for sending me in right direction
Paul.
Need the cabinet files to configure phone for Airtel mobile network(India).... I believe clubimate.com had these settings... but that site does not work anymore...
Thanks
can't seem to get any help around here....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=427092&highlight=Airtel
found by using search for the word Airtel if you need other hits
well i've tried dat b4, but it doesnt seem to help, my phone is not detects the SIM card but its always on 'off'... i can't access STK or SIM contacts either...
These problems started appearing after I fitst flashed over the original ROM that came with my phone(why didnt I take a backup ),
It actually started I think when I messed with the EXTRom, I feel this cos now my extrom does not auto execute after a hard reset or after a flash... 0
So i feel some necessary files aren't being installed...
Any ideas?????
same thing with my htc vox. wont detect sim card.
Clean the contacts.
flyboy
do u mean SIM card contacts??? or phone contacts?
I don't really have any contacts on the phone memory cos I dont use that phone now, for obvious reasons..... but the SIM card works perfectly on any other phone...
And what do u mean by 'cleaning'? As in just delete all the contacts or sumthin???
Thanks
errmm....
metal contacts on sim and phone!!!!!
lol
flyboy
well it does detect the SIM card so I dont think theres any problem with the contacts of either SIM or phone..
The problem is it just says 'phone is off' with no option to turn it on...
The reason why I know it detects the SIM card is cos when I remove the SIM card the network icon says 'No service', and when I insert the SIM card I get the message 'The phone is off'..... So that obviously mean it detects the SIM card on the phone but its not able to turn on...
Any ideas?
I really need some help here... I bought an imate phone edition from Bahrain(in the Middle East), where it worked fine with the Batelco SIM(Bahrain's network operator)... even when I inserted my airtel(bangalore) sim into it it was reading the SIM(i.e. SIM contacts, SIM tool kit...etc.), so I can't make or receive phone calls, cant send or receive SMS, pretty much cant do the basic functions of a phone... There is an X on the network symbol...
I did a couple of flashes... tried WM 2005,6.1,6.5...etc... now after a hard reset my phone doesn't auto execute anything from Extended ROM and I dont get any Phone signal... All I get is a message that the phone is 'off'... And there is no option to turn it on...
Even it doesn't access SIM contacts, I tried a network wizard and specified AirTel India.. Still doesn't work... Anyone know what I need to do here??? I have a feeling that something important isn't loading from the Extended ROM on startup...
I've unlocked my phone as well(thinking that was the issue) using itsme's tool. Still no effect...
I'm currently using this SIM card on another phone till I can resolve this, so I am sure that the SIM is completely fine....
Any help will be GREATLY appreciated...
Ok so since nobody wishes to answer in direct rom forums, I'm going to ask my question here. I was very successful with Android as that's easy. Installing WP7 was also a breeze and the whole unlock thing cool. Problem is no matter what WP7 rom I try I always have an "Invalid Sim" error emergency call only. I am in canada with my provider being WIND mobile. Am I correct in saying that windmobile sims just dont work with windows mobile? or is anyone else having the same issue or is there a fix for this. All i am asking for is a simple "proper" response without the flaming. I've searched. I'm not new to xda but i am new to wp7. thank you
WOW Ok..
Can you borrow a different carriers SIM (from friends / family / colleagues) to test with, see if that works? That would help to understand if it is your SIM or the install of WP7. TBH it does sound like it is the SIM that is at issue.
edit: I just checked and the HTC connection setup app (from the market) does list both Canada and WIND, try it
Hey first of all thanks for a response. I'm also thinking it's not the sim (i'll try my wife's rogers sim card when she gets in from work.) because it works perfect with winmo 6.5 and Android without issue. I tried 3 WP7 roms and none worked with the sim..which boggles me
OK so after using my wife's rogers sim card it worked perfectly so it IS the wind mobile card that is not compatible with wp7. I guess i need to find a way to make it compatible if there is one.
I've gotten sim errors on my real hd7. To fix it, I have pulled the battery and reseated the sim. You might try to get a new sim from your carrier, just tell them your old one is acting up.
Tried that a few times and figure it may just be my SIM period although it's strange that it works without error with the android roms. But yeah imma go into Wind and grab a replacement and see how that goes
daeshawn said:
Tried that a few times and figure it may just be my SIM period although it's strange that it works without error with the android roms. But yeah imma go into Wind and grab a replacement and see how that goes
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Did a new SIM help you, or did you do anything else?
After I have entered my PIN my sim is working fine, but after some time it says Invalid SIM.
/Regards Lars
I think it's an issue with the Roms. I think there are a lot of people getting the invalid sim error. I use the BlackSideSeven rom and I've seen several posts about it in the thread. There are also several other threads started about possible fixes and stuff.
Here's a link.
The easiest way to resolve is to turn on airplane mode and then switch it off. It doesn't stop it from happening, but at least you don't need to reboot.
Error in Android as well
I am having the same problem with MDJ Froyo 2.2. When I reboot into winmo 6.5 great signal all fine. I did notice that the simm card did move in the slot possibly bad connection. Now that I reseated the Simm all is fine. I also just read about antenna issue with the HD2 going to open and fix it to see if that helps.