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Just got my galaxy note ... "Insert Sim Card"

Hi guys, I was all excited to get things going on my galaxy note but unfortunately it's not recognizing my sim card. I put in my att gophone sim card, prepaid unlimited $50 plan, and my note will not recognize it. When I insert it, I get an error saying "sim card crash" and in the top right i have some sort of notification that looks like a sim card with an exclamation point in the bottom right. When I go into setting>wireless and network> mobile networks in order to set up the APN settings it says "insert sim card, Insert sim card to access network services". When I insert the sim into my dumphone, it works fine. I saw another poster had a somewhat similar problem but apparently out of the box it worked fine. I got my phone from techno trading house for what its worth.

this might sound stupid, but have you inserted your sim in the right way?
when i first booted up mine, i accidentally inserted the sim in the wrong way because the samsung note takes sim cards in the opposite direction compared to my previous nokias and motorolas.

Check your sim card placement. I had the no sim card issue when I first got my note, checked my sim card placement and I had it in backwards. Turned it around and everything started working. Just a thought.

I have the chipped side to the bottom right as seen in the little diagram.

+1 same issue here with StraightTalk... SIM positioned properly chipped side on the bottom right printed side of the SIM up / contacts below

My tmobile card has chip side close to sim card slot.
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I tried that too, but the contacts are well aligned when the chip side in bottom right...

sim card
maybe you should try someone else's sim to see what is says. then go from there.

just got an ATT SIM works perfect.... more expensive so...

Kikouyou said:
just got an ATT SIM works perfect.... more expensive so...
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I'm assuming "just got an att sim" means you opted for a regular plan through att?

Yep that is correct

I currently have an iPhone 3GS under a 2-year plan with ATT. Will my iphone 3GS sim card fit properly into the Galaxy Note N7000? If it does fit, will my GNote operate at HSPA+ 21 with the iPhone sim inserted?

It should. I have a Vodafone 2 year plan and had a Galaxy I and put it into my wifes new SGS 2 and everything worked fine.

marose1 said:
I currently have an iPhone 3GS under a 2-year plan with ATT. Will my iphone 3GS sim card fit properly into the Galaxy Note N7000? If it does fit, will my GNote operate at HSPA+ 21 with the iPhone sim inserted?
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Yes. Same here. You might have to enter the att apn settings
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marose1 said:
I currently have an iPhone 3GS under a 2-year plan with ATT. Will my iphone 3GS sim card fit properly into the Galaxy Note N7000? If it does fit, will my GNote operate at HSPA+ 21 with the iPhone sim inserted?
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you may need a 4G sim and a 4G data plan to access the HSPA+ APN.
Otherwise, regular 3G plan will show you the H+ symbol but may not be getting the full speed

lte sim card

I'm new to at&t and even though I'm about a half mile from a tower both
Of my s3, s are using edge.
Don't lte SIM cards say 4g on them ?
Thank
Edit . When I web search the sku 72290
It tells me iPhone 4/4s micro SIM

i think you have to have the correct sim card and they also have to provision your card on the network correctly for it to work right....you should call ATT if your's isn't working right

Tough to say, I'd take it to the store I, work for att. Have them cover all the bases. Get a new sim to be sure its not faulty and have them check the imei for your phone on their end. If that doesn't fix it call customer care and request they re-register your phone. Once that is done if your having the problem still and others with att are getting good coverage its most likely your phone.
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I think it's something to do with the porting.
Its now flashing hspa + 4g.

I know when I received my phone att had included a non lte sim I had to have it changed out at the att store.

Your SIM is probably OK but your account needs to be provisioned for lte.
Just to be sure you have the att model SGS III?
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Using CDMA phone for GSM network

Hello there folks,
I am new to all this Android & Samsung galaxy S III world...
I recently bought Samsung galaxy S III (U.S. Cellular variant).
I know U.S. cellular is CDMA but it does have a SIM card slot.
I want to know if I root and unlock my cellphone, will I be able to use my AT&T connection.
Thanks for help.
-Champ

No.
Sim slot is for LTE.
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champ5182 said:
Hello there folks,
I am new to all this Android & Samsung galaxy S III world...
I recently bought Samsung galaxy S III (U.S. Cellular variant).
I know U.S. cellular is CDMA but it does have a SIM card slot.
I want to know if I root and unlock my cellphone, will I be able to use my AT&T connection.
Thanks for help.
-Champ
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You can't take a CDMA phone and use it on GSM or vice versa. The technologies are incompatible.

Moving SIM card from phone to phone

I currently have a Note 2, unlocked bootloader, alliance rom.
if I were to buy an S5, can I just move the Note's SIM card to the S5 and it would work?
Or does one of the talking heads at the Verizon store have to "activate" the S5?
I'd love to have 2-3 phones where I move the SIM card between them depending on how I feel each day.

chumboy said:
I currently have a Note 2, unlocked bootloader, alliance rom.
if I were to buy an S5, can I just move the Note's SIM card to the S5 and it would work?
Or does one of the talking heads at the Verizon store have to "activate" the S5?
I'd love to have 2-3 phones where I move the SIM card between them depending on how I feel each day.
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Yes, you can swap the Sim card to different devices. I'm not sure if it'll work without going to the my Verizon and changing the device there as well though. I've used the same Sim card in my note 2, blackberry, s4, s5, maybe even all the way back to my thunderbolt, but I can't remember exactly.
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I've used my current LTE Sim from Razr MAXX to Razr HD to Galaxy S5.. I have heard that the newer LTE Sims have some upgrades. How much truth there is to that, I don't know.

kprice8 said:
I've used my current LTE Sim from Razr MAXX to Razr HD to Galaxy S5.. I have heard that the newer LTE Sims have some upgrades. How much truth there is to that, I don't know.
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This is for Verizon!
I have mostly new phones and a new sim card. First and foremost all phones have to be activated with Verizon then you can change sims at will. I have a Galaxy S5, Moto Maxx, LG2 and IPhone 5. The same sim works in all phones. Yes I have to use a sim adaptor with the Galaxy S5. Shortly after changing the sim card the picture of the phone I'm using shows up on the My Verizon site.
I used to be with AT&T and I don't think each phone has to be activated by AT&T. I think it goes by the sim card. As I remember I could use any active sim card In any AT&T phone. If it was not a AT&T phone but worked on the same network you may have to configure the APN setting.

Can confirm. Got the VZW S5 through Amazon, which contained a new sim. When I got it, I turned off my old phone, popped out the microSD and sim, popped out the S5's sim and replaced it and installed the microSD and booted up.
First setup said the sim was active to my number, obviously, and I checked Verizon's site within minutes and it knew i had the new phone on that line.
Flawless victory.

http://howikis.com/Move_a_Sim_Card_..._S3,_S4_or_Note_2_and_iPhone_3,_3GS,_4,_4S,_5
I find it useful.

First Initialization of my S5
I was in the middle of initializing my S5 the day I received it. I had about 3 bars of signal strength. Then the signal strength went to zero and the phone would not complete initialization. I finally decided that the SIM card, for some reason, had fried during the process.
I removed the SIM card from my Droid Razor Maxx HD and plugged it into the S5. Signal strength was then back and the phone popped up a window stating that the SIM card was already activated. HOWEVER, I could still not make a call or reach the internet.
I called Verizon tech support and explained what I had done. He had me remove the SIM card and read off the lengthy number printed on the card. After he updated the system to associate this SIM card to the new phone everything was fine. It would be nice if their system software was smart enough to automate this process but apparently it isn't.
Also, I concur with the post that there is no guarantee you can swap SIM cards between phone. The first SIM enabled phone I owned definitely had a larger card. I would not have been able to move the card from that phone to the S5.

[Q] international version ?

is there going to be an international version of this phone ? i'd love to get one but ordering from the US to use in saudi arabia entails the risk of getting a -very nice- paperweight.
i mailed sharp but so far no reply.

You can think of it as a cheaper and cooler iPod Touch.

Some of the pictures show it has a nanoSIM slot, despite being a CDMA phone. Anyone knows if it works on GSM networks?

If anything, the SIM card is for LTE.
I have the LG Optimus F3 on Virgin and it has a micro SIM card. There was a card included in the instructions that said it has something to do with LTE and is necessary to put it. I don't have it with me, or at all, to post what is exactly says.
It must be a recent thing since I owned the Galaxy Victory (****ty phone compared to the F3) for a year before the F3 and it did not have a SIM slot of any sort.
My sister owns the LG Volt on Virgin and it too has a SIM card.

Nope, tested, the nano sim slot doesnt recognise gsm sim cards, and being CDMA devices, the models from the US carriers are unusable in Europe. The only model that might be available for usage in the near future is the one from Softbank (Tokyo) which is a GSM model, but unfortunately no one has a clue if or when there will be available unlock or root at this point. Looking forward to get my hands on one thou

did someone try the cdma usim card ? will it work?

Kwell since no gsm how do we get this thing into diag for flashing to pageplus
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the sim card is for lte not gsm diff freqencies
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