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Augh. Like a kid at Christmas, I waited for the FedEx guy to show today. I finally pulled the trigger and bought the AT&T N1 unlocked phone. Like a good boy, I unpacked it and charged it "fully" before trying to use it. Imagine my disappointment when I attempted to put my AT&T SIM card into the slot and it would NOT go in! I'm not even talking halfway, barely at all.
I went to a friend's house and we shined a pin light down the slot and we saw a black, protruding thing so we're thinking THAT is block it. We even tried his 1 year old SIM card from his IPHONE and it does not go in!
So for kicks, I called Google Help Desk and talked to a friendly rep but there was only so much she can do. She suggested I contact HTC but man, what a bummer....I guess I'll have to mail it back tomorrow and hope I get one back by middle of next week.
Bummer man.....
Schwack

are you sure youre sticking it into the SIM slot and NOT the microsd slot?

melterx12 said:
are you sure youre sticking it into the SIM slot and NOT the microsd slot?
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Oh yeah, trust me. I did. Actually originally I did accidentally put the microSD card in that slot. But I was able to pull it out and put it in the sd slot. Then I took my SIM card and tried to put it in but no luck.
The Google lady said she never head of that but that doesn't surprise me. My buddy and i used a pen light to move that "black" plastic that we thought was preventing it from going it in but no dice!

How can you put it in the microSD slot when the memory card is in there? Also are you putting it in the right way?

Kid Poker said:
How can you put it in the microSD slot when the memory card is in there? Also are you putting it in the right way?
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Hey Kid,
Originally, during my excitement, I accidentally put my micro card in the SIM slot. It almost went in there all the way but I was able to pull it out with my fingernails.
Yes -- I followed the card diagram and put the curved edged side near the top and still no deal. Heck, for kicks, I rotated the card in all angles and nothing.
I know..embarassing.

All,
Well Google never head of my issue and I can't say I blame them. For what it's worth, I'm uploading a pic to show you just how "far" I can slide my SIM card in.
Schwack

close this thread. Can't believe it. It appears there was a microsd card jammed into that slot. I was able to pull it out. now the question is where did it come from and what does it contain.........

the phone is suppose to come with a 4 gig micro sd. I guess whoever packaged the phone from the factory must have jammed it into the wrong slot.

dude your phone comes with a 4gb micro sd card, its suppose to be in your sd slot but I guess the person who packaged the phone made the same mistake you did and put it into the sim slot.

Schwacker said:
close this thread. Can't believe it. It appears there was a microsd card jammed into that slot. I was able to pull it out. now the question is where did it come from and what does it contain.........
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lol that's funny.
But id be kinda weary about the phone, if that's the assembly line it went through. lol

Hah, brilliant!

LG Nexus 4 Sim Card Problem

Hey guys, just yesterday i recieved my LG Nexus 4, and i inserted my sim card, which i had cut to fit in the micro sim tray(with a micro sim cutter). The problem is that the phone can't recognize it. It says "No Sim Card". I tried other sims too but still the same. When i try with an AT&T sim however, the phone can recognize it. I know you are gonna say it's locked. But it's factory unlocked, straight from google. I also tried to unlock it in case it was really locked, but this "secret" code: 2945#*960#, doesn't seem to working. Any help?
Thanks in advance.

I had the same issue too when I cut a T-Mobile sim. What I did to solve the issue is I looked at the back of the att sim where the gold plate is. I noticed three lines scratched on from where the phones contact pins touch the gold plate. I then looked at the cut up T-Mobile sim and noticed it only had 2 lines scratched on it. Meaning a third pin was not touching the gold plate leading to no service. What I did was try to file the sim even more and made sure the gold plate on the cut up sim was in the same place as the att's plate. Also look at where the att's plate is while in the sim tray to get an idea of where the contact pins are. I ended up having an even smaller sim and had to cut a piece of an extra sim and placing it in the tray so the sim wouldn't slide around when in the phone. Never had an issue since.
Hope this helps.

dougiefresh36 said:
I had the same issue too when I cut a T-Mobile sim. What I did to solve the issue is I looked at the back of the att sim where the gold plate is. I noticed three lines scratched on from where the phones contact pins touch the gold plate. I then looked at the cut up T-Mobile sim and noticed it only had 2 lines scratched on it. Meaning a third pin was not touching the gold plate leading to no service. What I did was try to file the sim even more and made sure the gold plate on the cut up sim was in the same place as the att's plate. Also look at where the att's plate is while in the sim tray to get an idea of where the contact pins are. I ended up having an even smaller sim and had to cut a piece of an extra sim and placing it in the tray so the sim wouldn't slide around when in the phone. Never had an issue since.
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Hmm... the problem is that the sims are working fine in other phones, like iPhone or HTC. Only with the nexus, the sims don't work.

You screwed the sim card when u cut it.
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yogeshmha said:
You screwed the sim card when u cut it.
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Actually not. Because with iPhone and other phones, the sim is working 100%

~STiX~ said:
Hey guys, just yesterday i recieved my LG Nexus 4, and i inserted my sim card, which i had cut to fit in the micro sim tray(with a micro sim cutter). The problem is that the phone can't recognize it. It says "No Sim Card". I tried other sims too but still the same. When i try with an AT&T sim however, the phone can recognize it. I know you are gonna say it's locked. But it's factory unlocked, straight from google. I also tried to unlock it in case it was really locked, but this "secret" code: 2945#*960#, doesn't seem to working. Any help?
Thanks in advance.
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How long do you leave the sims in the phone for? ANd do you restart the phone I guess after you swapped the sim? When switching sims for me it takes a good minute or two to recognise the sim card for me. The iphone was pretty quick at recognising a new sim.

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Actually not. Because with iPhone and other phones, the sim is working 100%
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But it's not cut well enough to work with the N4. Others have had this same problem. Maybe the N4 is just more demanding of the exact placement of the SIM chip?
Sent from my Nexus 4

dddennizzz said:
How long do you leave the sims in the phone for? ANd do you restart the phone I guess after you swapped the sim? When switching sims for me it takes a good minute or two to recognise the sim card for me. The iphone was pretty quick at recognising a new sim.
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hmm well, to be honest to make the AT&T sim to work with the phone, first i turn off the phone then insert the sim and turn it on again. But for some reason that doesn't work with other sims even when letting the phone for minutes to recognize the sim(s).

steviewevie said:
But it's not cut well enough to work with the N4. Others have had this same problem. Maybe the N4 is just more demanding of the exact placement of the SIM chip?
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Hmm that's a good theory i guess, i will go tomorrow to my provider to ask for a new one and will keep you inform

Tape
This could solve your issue:
Zttp://blog.lazut.in/2013/10/nexus-4-sim-card-problems.html
(I typed Z instead of h in http due to this forum limitations for users with less than 10 posts, just type it correctly)
Probably the contacts are touching somewhere the frame and are being short circuited.
Yust apply a bit of tape.

diciassei said:
This could solve your issue:
Zttp://blog.lazut.in/2013/10/nexus-4-sim-card-problems.html
(I typed Z instead of h in http due to this forum limitations for users with less than 10 posts, just type it correctly)
Probably the contacts are touching somewhere the frame and are being short circuited.
Yust apply a bit of tape.
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That worked for me. Saved me so much frustration. Thanks much.

Recieved my Z1 today with Sim card slot issue

Received my Z1 today got it fully charged up went to insert a sim card pulled the tray it got stuck a little and when I pulled the tray out I noticed a broken prong came out with the tray an the phone won't read a sim card...great...
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ajbattaglia83 said:
Received my Z1 today got it fully charged up went to insert a sim card pulled the tray it got stuck a little and when I pulled the tray out I noticed a broken prong came out with the tray an the phone won't read a sim card...great...
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Wow, thats gotta hurt

Devastating
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The tray does come out all the way FYI.

Yea it felt like when I pulled the tray out it was stuck on a prong and pulled it out as well
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Thought mine broke off at first too. Went back in fine though.

Same thing happened to me! I just emailed Sony to see what we can do about it. Maybe they have a repair department. It might be a widespread issue/ design flaw.

[email protected] said:
Same thing happened to me! I just emailed Sony to see what we can do about it. Maybe they have a repair department. It might be a widespread issue/ design flaw.
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I think its supossed to come out all the way.
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http://userguide.sonymobile.com/referrer.php?region=gb&product=xperia-z1#!Assembly.html
Skimmed the instructions in above link.
"Using a fingernail, pull out the micro SIM card holder.
Place the micro SIM card on the holder, with the gold-coloured contacts on the micro SIM card facing up.
Insert the micro SIM card holder back into the device. "
What got me was their word of caution "Inserting the micro SIM card into the device without the SIM card holder could damage your micro SIM card or your device, and Sony Mobile does not warrant and will not be responsible for any damage caused by such action."
How could you put the sim card in without the sim card holder without taking it out completely. If I did break it, Oh well, it works just fine when I put it back into the phone with the tray.
TO THE OP: Try a new sim and/or APN settings

got my z1 yesterday brock the prongs in the phone sim slot so same thing had to go though the insurance as cpw would not replace it so not used it yet being replaced tomorrow my fault.so told cpw this is going to be a problem now iam not the only one thats done dont feel a complet twat now

Video for Xperia Z, (Precursor to Z1) has the same design.
I'm pretty positive it is supposed to come out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=9vL0jzvUjxc#t=77

My tray got stuck also, I didn't removed it, I just insered the sim card without removing the tray, it works but I guess I have the issue too...

Z1 sim card issue
Hi, I also have a problem with sim card slot. I was wondering if it is possible to replace just the sim card slot (not the whole motherboard)?

Vela001 said:
Hi, I also have a problem with sim card slot. I was wondering if it is possible to replace just the sim card slot (not the whole motherboard)?
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Just send ti back to Sony via warranty. They will decide what to do.
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ajbattaglia83 said:
Received my Z1 today got it fully charged up went to insert a sim card pulled the tray it got stuck a little and when I pulled the tray out I noticed a broken prong came out with the tray an the phone won't read a sim card...great...
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In your case I will sent it back to Sony saying the sim do not work. They will repair the phone under warranty.

eclyptos said:
In your case I will sent it back to Sony saying the sim do not work. They will repair the phone under warranty.
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Don't worry, OP was from Sept '13. @Vela001 is just necromancing.

I am currently in the process of replacing my sim card holder internals, it is a bad design and quite fragile, ordered the part online still waiting for it to arrive, had to improvise in the mean time with a soldering iron

xasbo said:
Don't worry, OP was from Sept '13. @Vela001 is just necromancing.
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Ok, I just take the opportunity to answer at both.

Geoffxx said:
I am currently in the process of replacing my sim card holder internals, it is a bad design and quite fragile, ordered the part online still waiting for it to arrive, had to improvise in the mean time with a soldering iron
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Did you take photos? It would be nice to document the repair process.

XPERIA z1 sim card slot broken
Hey....
I have the same issue with my XPERIA Z1...:crying:
Did you get the solution for yours???

Looks like I have the same issue, and now I have a totally stuck sim tray (I had stupidly put a micro to mini sim adapter in the tray empty, which I think caught the leads even more).
I have no idea how to get it out now. Any forcing will probably totally break it (if it isn't broken already).
Wow what a stupid design.
(Any thoughts on how I can get this out? Can I open up the whole device?)

fuzzycuffs said:
Looks like I have the same issue, and now I have a totally stuck sim tray (I had stupidly put a micro to mini sim adapter in the tray empty, which I think caught the leads even more).
I have no idea how to get it out now. Any forcing will probably totally break it (if it isn't broken already).
Wow what a stupid design.
(Any thoughts on how I can get this out? Can I open up the whole device?)
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you will be very lucky not to have bent the sim tray contacts - the damage will have been done going in not out, you will have to use a little force to remove what you have stuck in there - fingers cross the contact pins are still intact though I doubt it
The sim holder can be bought on ebay for about $5 and it can be resoldered into place, removal of the mother board will be required which is about a 1/3 disassembly - back cover off - plastic frame removed 8 screws - battery out - all connectors and camera removed - MB removed - replace sim holder, you can basically forget about the waterproof after all that - but you will have a fully working Z1 - you can buy all the seals on ebay - back cover is all you need and it is important because it protects the camera from flash bleed

Galaxy S4 sim slot broke

I have been using my S4 with a nano sim in a micro sim card adapter. Last night I went to take it out and it messed up the sim slot. The little prongs are sticking out. I can't insert anything into the sim slot. I am beyond upset about this. I have always been super careful when inserting and removing my sim. It actually almost damaged my sim coming out. I've had it with pretty much everything about the S4. Locked bootloader, bad development support, bricked devices, ect...
So now it has to be sent in for repair. Ok, no bid deal, right? Wrong! Now I'm going to loose my MDL firmware and custom recovery. I restored the phone to stock MDL, but I am sure Samsung will update to their latest knox crap and Android 4.3. Ugh. I don't think I ever want to buy another Samsung phone again!
Any other options, I'd be very grateful.
Merry Christmas!

Sell it, but an nexus 5

jd1639 said:
Sell it, but an nexus 5
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Yeah, I was thinking of that. Only thing is, the Nexus 5 has inferior hardware. I heard the camera sucks, and the screen is bad.

MattMJB0188 said:
Yeah, I was thinking of that. Only thing is, the Nexus 5 has inferior hardware. I heard the camera sucks, and the screen is bad.
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You heard wrong, I'm loving it

I'll have to see. Just tried inserting my sim and now it won't even read it at all. Anyone know if this is something Samsung repairs?

Won't a T-Mobile phone unlocked work with at&t??

thatsupnow said:
Won't a T-Mobile phone unlocked work with at&t??
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Yes, but that's besides the point.

The sim / micro SD slot is modular. One flex cable and a little double sided tape is all that holds it on. Buy one on eBay and switch it out yourself real easy to do
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scanss2k said:
The sim / micro SD slot is modular. One flex cable and a little double sided tape is all that holds it on. Buy one on eBay and switch it out yourself real easy to do
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Yea, I'm actually going to look into fixing it myself. I just don't want to ship it to Samsung and have them mess up my phone and give me Android 4.3.

Shouldn't cost a lot. I paid $8 for the one I used to repair an s4. Guy had put a micro SD into the sim slot and tore it up. Took me 10 minutes to do the repair. Few screws to get the midframe off. Popped the flex cable and slid a metal spudger under the tray and it came off easily. Put the new one in the same spot and worked perfect
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MattMJB0188 said:
Yea, I'm actually going to look into fixing it myself. I just don't want to ship it to Samsung and have them mess up my phone and give me Android 4.3.
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Its easy to replace it, buy it on ebay for under $10 and just search on youtube on how to do it..i had to do this to my m919. Took me 10 mins.
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euklid said:
Its easy to replace it, buy it on ebay for under $10 and just search on youtube on how to do it..i had to do this to my m919. Took me 10 mins.
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Sure it can be fixed. But does that mean the Galaxy S4 slim slots are just garbage in general? I like to switch back and forth between my iPhone and Gs4. Iphone 5S takes nano sim, so I use micro sim adapter. I'm hoping that didn't f it up.

SD Card reader replacement fail... twice
I have replaced the SIM/SD reader on my i337 twice now (2 different new parts), and since the original problem (phone started randomly reporting "SD card removed") I Have never gotten the phone to recognize any of the 3 SD cards I have inserted. All of the test SD cards have been FAT32 and are recognized by other phones and PC via USB readers. Also, this phone will read the same SD cards successfully if mounted via USB on the go connector/adapter, so I believe the cards are good and their filesystems are readable by my kernel. Through all this, the SIM reader has always worked fine.
I think it might be time to get a new phone...

sim inserted without the tray

Hi All,
I got all to excited about getting a G2 and inserted the sim card without the tray.
Every works as expected but I want to take the sim card out and properly inserted with the tray.
Does anyone have any suggestion on how one would take the card out?
Thank you!

Tweezers could possibly work.
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ghdtpdna said:
Hi All,
I got all to excited about getting a G2 and inserted the sim card without the tray.
Every works as expected but I want to take the sim card out and properly inserted with the tray.
Does anyone have any suggestion on how one would take the card out?
Thank you!
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Cut a screen protector stripe narrower than the sim card insert it in the sim card tray by pressing gently just make sure the adhesive side stick on the sim and not on the tray then pull it out

Take it to a repair shop. They could probably sort it in 5 minutes and it should not cost much.
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I just did this in a moment of stupidity. In the end I used the sim removal tool within the slot to work the sim out just enough to get a fingernail on and pull it out.
Hope this helps someone else in future.