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SIM card not inserted - anyone else had this problem?

Hi all,
Just got home, looked at my mobile and it said there was no signal - so I turned it off and back on again, then it said there was no SIM inserted. Keep restarting the phone, keeps saying the same thing. Why?!
Am going to try it in my old SE K850i to see if it's the SIM card or the phone at fault.
In the mean time, does anyone else know of this fault and how to fix..?
I didn't the drop the phone or anything, it was just in my pocket, on it's own - like it always is!
Cheers

Tried it in my K850, works fine. Please someone help

yeah i usually dont put the sim card all the way in but slightly in and it works

I've re-opened this thread due to me misreading....DOH! Apologies (Mental note to one self.......follow own advice and read before posting).
Ta
Rick

you could try to clean the contacts on the sim card connector of the phone with a q-tip, and see if that solves the problem.
also check if any of those contacts appears to be bent or something, and so doesn't make a connection with the card.

Everytime I open the back up to remove the SD card, I get the SIM card missing bit even though I have not touched it! My HD is only 3 months old and it has done this from the start. I just have to remove it a bit - shove it back in and the phone accepts it is there. Annoying but not enough for me to send it back.

hmm, maybe try to make the sim a bit thicker so it doesnt move around (it shouldn't move by removing the back cover, but it seems to happen on your phone / sim combination.
try putting a thin piece of paper on top of the sim (not the contacts side, but the side facing to the battery cover)
maybe that prevents this problem?

Missing simcard
I have the same problem with my simcard. Though something strange happens when the phone is off for more then 10min, it works fine and notices there is a simcard for like 30 sec after which the error pops-up again. I have tried all of the above things, my simcard works fine in my other phone, adding some paper to thicken it doesn't work either
Anyone who could help me with this?
P.S. sorry for the bad english

As in post 7# written, put some papersheet in the simholder above your simcard to increase the contactpreasure. This surely helps.
Tis trick is also useful for all dualsim users who thik the dualsimadapter does not work in their device (but after using this trick get astonished!)

for Thysiey:
Try to switch to Gsm mode to test . Maybe you have bad umts signal? Happens at other places too, or only at one place?

Got the same issue here...
I cannot move the SIM because it is being hold in place by the battery. (to little room)
Adding a piece did not work either.
Anyone got another solution?

anyone? My mothers HD just got this problem now. She has a new phone and for the contract renewal she had to read the backside of the sim. The phone all of a sudden didn't recognizes the simcard anymore.. I tried a few other simcards but it won't read it anymore.
My plan was to sell the old phone but now it's almost worthless just a shame it is still a great phone to operate.. handy with the navigation and all

Restart phone during conversation

I recently bought a Touch 2. So far so good, i think.
But wen I pick up a phone, sometimes during the conversation
my phone reboots.
In the phoneshop they returned the phone and gave me
a new one, but unfortunatly i have the same problem.
Someone knows the reason? and even more, the solution?

It is possible to be from the SIM.Try with another SIM.

Or at least try to change the sim card, and do a hard reset to see if it happen again.

already done, had a simcard that was aged. But the problem still exists with the new simcard.

Bad SD Card? Tmo-US

I got my first HD2 on release day last week and it ran laggy, after few days i did a hard reset and it seemed to run smoother for a day. Then i ran into this problem that seems to affect the phone dialer software part of the phone. When i attempt to place a call the phone dialer will lock up, i can usually it in windows and move around all the other tabs but the phone dialer is locked up in the back ground.
I did 2 more hard resets with same problem with the phone dialer. I finally returned the phone as i couldn't send or receive any calls.
Luckily they had more in stock at Walmart, so off i go with a new phone yesterday. Everything working great installed around 288 contacts set up 2 gmail accounts and gmail calendar sync. Cookie home tabs and that was about it. Then this monopoly game i got from an HD2 app blogsite which i had also installed on other phone.(coincidence?)
Today i have the same problem with the new phone where the phone dialer locks up and i cannot send or receive calls. Even removing the battery and rebooting leaves me unable to bring up the phone dialer.
I then discovered removing the memory card while the phone dialer is locked up will make the phone bleep and the phone dialer then becomes unlocked and works as normal.
Can someone figure out what is happening as currently i dont have the memory card in the phone as i cant dial out if i do. Is there a way to format the card, is there anything i need off the card other than Transformers am i maybe doing something to the phone i dont realize that is causing this problem?
Any help appreciated my 14days to return is coming up next Wed im trying to stick in with this phone but nothing but trouble with it.
thanks Giles

bump
no one got any ideas whats going on?

No different then any other memory card. Stick it into a card reader and format it. No card reader you can use the phone, stick in plug it into the computer and you should be asked if you want to active syn or disk drive. Choose disk drive, go into my computer, selected the correct drive and format it.

ok thanks for the info, i will format the card after i have taken everything off it. I will try put things back 1 by 1 to see if i can find the problem. I have tried searching the forums and cant seem to find a similar problem to mine with the phone dialer locking up and its now happened on 2 phones. Would like to find the reason why.

[Q] Unable to open people on WP7!!

Hi,
I installed WP7 on my HD2 a couple of months ago and all has been going well (except for the reboot issue which is a known SD card problem!!). However since yesterday I have been unable to access any of the contacts on my phone.
When on the home screen, if I select the "people" widget I get a blank screen for a second then it returns me to the home screen. If I try to send a message and type in the persons name in my contact list, no matches are displayed in the To bar. I have tried different ways to access my people contacts but it always returns me to the home screen?!?!
The annoying thing is I know my contacts are still on the phone. When I get a phone call/text message it displays my contacts name on the screen?!?!
Has anyone ever come across this error before and if so how do i get around it???
Cheers,
Colin

I am having this same issue as well. This is my second time having this problem. First time I managed to fix it by pulling everything out of my phone and reinserting them (sd, SIM, battery). Now everything I try doesn't seem to work either. I might just have to re-flash.

its probably worth reflashing, try using a different SD card or for a quick test reflash without the SD card, you wont be able to install much and it will be slow but it will give you an idea if its the SD or not

Man! you should not open people. It hurts them.

Data is slow

So, I have a friend at work with an S5. She just switched over from the iPhone and I so want her to love android but she has emailed, called me about 3x a week to fix problems with it. She is not getting anything to load right. I took a look at it today and I think there is something wrong with her sim card slot but I want to be sure.
Neither of her gmail accounts will sync. It says something is wrong with sync but it will be back shortly. I tried her sim card in my phone and added her accounts......fine. ( I have an S4). I loaded my sim card in her phone and still nothing. Won't sync, Facebook won't connect. Nothing. Her sim works fine in my phone, and neither are syncing in hers. The slot itself is different from the S4. The s4 slot is spring loaded so you just push on the sim and it pops out. Hers the sim just slides in. I had to use a paper clip to get it back out. I'm thinking this is wrong. Shouldn't it be spring loaded? Shouldn't you be able to get the sim out easily? I advised her to ask for a replacement phone.

318sugarhill said:
So, I have a friend at work with an S5. She just switched over from the iPhone and I so want her to love android but she has emailed, called me about 3x a week to fix problems with it. She is not getting anything to load right. I took a look at it today and I think there is something wrong with her sim card slot but I want to be sure.
Neither of her gmail accounts will sync. It says something is wrong with sync but it will be back shortly. I tried her sim card in my phone and added her accounts......fine. ( I have an S4). I loaded my sim card in her phone and still nothing. Won't sync, Facebook won't connect. Nothing. Her sim works fine in my phone, and neither are syncing in hers. The slot itself is different from the S4. The s4 slot is spring loaded so you just push on the sim and it pops out. Hers the sim just slides in. I had to use a paper clip to get it back out. I'm thinking this is wrong. Shouldn't it be spring loaded? Shouldn't you be able to get the sim out easily? I advised her to ask for a replacement phone.
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Sounds like a replacement device is in order, and while at it, why not a replacement SIM just to put the icing on the cake.