Greetings,
I have a Diamond that had been working perfectly and suddenly last week started giving me a "Missing SIM Card" message and never worked again. It didn't fall or suffer any physical shock, just happened after a battery discharge and soft reset.
I assumed the card terminal went offline for some reason. I tried hard reset and installing different ROMs and Radio ROMs, both stock and cooked. I tried different SIMs. Nothing worked.
Anyone knows some way to try and solve this or further diagnose the problem?
Thanks in advance!
I also suffered a similar issue with my Diamond. I managed to fix it by gently and carefully blowing into the Diamonds SIM slot to remove any dust and debris that might be in there (Although you should probably use compressed air to avoid getting moisture inside the slot) and that did the trick.
I also remember with an older phone of mine, the contacts on the SIM card became corroded because it was quite an old SIM card, so I used a little bit of Brasso and a cotton bud (Q-Tip, whatever) to gently shine up the contacts again, removing the oxidation. This helped quite considerably!
Urveen said:
I also suffered a similar issue with my Diamond. I managed to fix it by gently and carefully blowing into the Diamonds SIM slot to remove any dust and debris that might be in there (Although you should probably use compressed air to avoid getting moisture inside the slot) and that did the trick.
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Thanks for the tip, but that was actually the first thing I tried, as I would normally when a SIM card stops responding... blowing didn't help, nor did running a cotton line through the contacts. As far as I can see (which is not much because of the metal SIM cover that I can't remove) there is no physical obstacle in the contacts.
I also remember with an older phone of mine, the contacts on the SIM card became corroded because it was quite an old SIM card, so I used a little bit of Brasso and a cotton bud (Q-Tip, whatever) to gently shine up the contacts again, removing the oxidation. This helped quite considerably!
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Thanks again, but it is not a card problem. The card works fine in other phones and other cards don't work in the Diamond...
Any more thoughts or suggestions?
Got the same problem. The SIM card is sometimes recognized, sometimes not. Service seems the only option for me (tried both cleaning the SIM slot using pressurized air and cleaned the SIM card contacts)
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I have had my Tilt for quite some time and a few months back it started telling me there was no SIM card and it can't dial out. At first it was an easy fix, just disconnect and reconnect from network, but over time that stopped working. I found someone in the forums here had put a folded piece of paper in the SIM door to press the SIM against the contacts, so I tried that. Again, it worked for a while but the problem came back. I replaced the paper with a small piece of cardboard, and now it will connect again but the SIM is getting warped and I fear it's only a matter of time before this starts becoming an issue again. It still does it from time to time, and I jiggle the cardboard into a new position and it works again. I was wondering if anyone else has had this problem and perhaps found a better, more permanent fix? The SIM contacts are clean as is the SIM card, btw, I already tried that. Any help is much appreciated.
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It all started slowly... it would drop my phone signal (and say no sim card) when i would slide it out, and now it doesnt read sim card at all (regardless of if I reboot and its closed or slid out). Anyone know what part might have went bad specifically? (the sim reader or a cable?)
what have you done to fix the problem? This is a very old and covered topic.
it happened to me too, i resolved the situation by inserting a piece of paper on the top of simcard, to make pressure because with time kaiser loses pressure needed to read the card...
Exact same problem i got right now. Signal got weaker and weaker, then it use to just be the signal gets lost when i slid out keyboard, so i was stuck with onscreen keyboard for a while. And now, just yesterday, my tilt wont read the sim at all. I get the "Missing Sim" message. I rebooted, hard reset, tried the spacer of top of the sim card, lifted contacts in sim holder... no help.
I think ive only dropped the phone once semi-hard in the 1 and a half years ive owned it, and that was a while back.
Not sure if i should replace some parts (sim card holder, ribbon cables, etc. not sure what the problem is yet) or just use the money to get a tilt2. haha.
Good luck with yours. I suspect its the sim card holder on mine.
heres a disassemble guide if youd like to check out your phone yourself:
http://mikechannon.net/PDF Manuals/Replacing the LCD on a Kaiser.pdf
Hey guys i have had a HTC TILT for a while. I stopped using it a while ago, but i tried recently and i did the HARD SPL installed a 6.5 rom did the radio as well, but i'm getting a "sim is missing" error, with any sim that i try. Are there any fixes to this? I'm confused, thank you
No offence, but, are you sure you're inserting the SIM correctly? I spent half an hour trying to figure that one out on a late night... .
If not that, then check the contacts are in the correct position and free from any dirt/grime.
Dave
DaveShaw said:
No offence, but, are you sure you're inserting the SIM correctly? I spent half an hour trying to figure that one out on a late night... .
If not that, then check the contacts are in the correct position and free from any dirt/grime.
Dave
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I inserted the right way. This issue was happning even before i did the hard spl. But the phone didn't have this issue until like a year of not using it. I tried googling stuff i see many people had this issue too but i cant find the answer.
I had the same problem and had to replace the main flex cable which ran me about $30 on ebay. Everytime you slide open your phone the flex cable gets worn down and this can cause other problems such as it not reading your memory card and white screen of death.
But before you do anything see if applying more pressure on the sim card by putting a thin piece of paepr between the sim card and locking dor. I heard that this can fix it if it's a minor problem. Good luck man.
Being the phone unused for one year, maybe the sim bay's contacts gets oxidated?
Buy a dry contact cleaner in an electronics-store (sometimes you can get it at hardware too) but be sure it's the DRY type
Turn off the phone, pull off the battery and spray contact cleaner in the sim bay
Leave it evaporate (the greasy one doesn't evaporate... :-( )
Restart phone and check if solved....
Starting yesterday, I've been getting a popup that says "sd card unexpectedly removed" on my incredible s (stock 4.0.4, sense 3.6) even though I haven't taken the card out. I've found that this is only when putting the back cover of the phone on, it works fine with the cover off. I've tried reformatting both on the phone and on a computer, and the card works fine copying data between my two computers and even another phone. Any idea as to whats going on? It doesn't make sense that it's a bad card because it works fine everywhere else.
maybe try reset to factory defaults your phone, in my case after reset it works fine
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maybe try reset to factory defaults your phone, in my case after reset it works fine
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Just tried, its still not working
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Just tried, its still not working
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If you try your card plug to PC via cardreader? Maybe try copy all data from card to pc and format it?
I tried formatting on my pc multiple times and it still isn't working. Interestingly enough it worked for a day or two and just started up again
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SD Card Errors
I have the same sd card problem on HTC incredible S for months. I remember seeing someone suggest lifting the two pins up a bit at the back of the phone. I tried all four pins that I can see that but still not successful. Before S-off and after S-off, also see the issue.Tried different ROMS, VivoKat, Revolution-HD, also not successful. Flashed my radio to the current version, also see the same issue.
If I do not closed the back cover of the phone, it did not removed the sd card, though the signal strength for the radio drops drastically.
What are the pins at the back of the phone meant for? When we put on the back cover, aren't we shorting (1) shorting the pins at the side of the rear camera, (2) shorting the pins at the bottom near the sd card. Or should they be shorted?
What is the function of the phone back cover? Ground Plane? Attenna and/or sd card on/off switch? Is there something we need to do to the back cover for the sd card to function properly? Or is it shorting the SD card that forces it to eject? Should we snip away the plastic metalized pins at the back and solder a short wire shorting the pins? Maybe one pin must touch the back cover while the other one should not?
At this moment, I still cannot differentiate whether it is a hardware/software/firmware issue. Any help is appreciated.
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HTC Sense version: 3.6
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Baseband - 20.76.30.0835U_3831.19.00.19_M
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Think I figure out but need other people to confirm the method.
1. The two pins at the bottom near the sd card is meant for antenna, putting the back cover on will increased the signal strength, so they must contact.
2. Put a piece of paper on top of the two pins next to the rear camera before putting the back cover on. This will block the pins and prevent them shorting with the back cover, thus preventing the sd card from being removed. Well, I still do not know the function of these top two pins. It may be meant for detecting shock when the phone hits against something.
It has been hours and still the sd card is functioning well. I think this will solve the mystery for many people.
Hope it helps.
My Bad. The method does not work. SD card issue again.
Probably irrelevant, but I had the above SD issues for a while – like you say *intermittently*, though I also had a few other software anomalies which is why I decided to flash a custom rom; I thought, what the hell?! Anyhow, swapping the card between a couple of phones prior the flash – it still did it, so I thought, cleary the card is stuffed – but after GoldCarding and getting #6 ‘I think it was’ running, it never [well, so far] did it again…Good luck with it, cheers Dyr
mskwang said:
Think I figure out but need other people to confirm the method.
1. The two pins at the bottom near the sd card is meant for antenna, putting the back cover on will increased the signal strength, so they must contact.
2. Put a piece of paper on top of the two pins next to the rear camera before putting the back cover on. This will block the pins and prevent them shorting with the back cover, thus preventing the sd card from being removed. Well, I still do not know the function of these top two pins. It may be meant for detecting shock when the phone hits against something.
It has been hours and still the sd card is functioning well. I think this will solve the mystery for many people.
Hope it helps.
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I'm not sure, but I suppose those pins are the WiFi antenna and the other pair it the GSM antenna. All of them sould have contact with the back cover. Poor antenna means higher transmit power and more battery drain.
I had this SD card issue once. I think i just wiped clean the contact points on the SD card and it never occoured to me again..
same sd card intermittently removed problem after factory reset
I couldn't find any solution for this problem.
my assumptions were defect on card slot but there is no any issue of hardware.
drastically signal strenght drop and Sd card defect problem stil exist. any suggestion do you have.
thanks foryour valuable suggestions.
So here's my situation
While crawling across a rapids I slipped, dipped my phone in the river, and thought all was lost.
I pulled the case and back shell off immediately and it seemed all was well once I dried the G2 with rice for 12 hours. BUT, the sim card no longer would read. After getting back home from my trip I pulled the entire phone apart and discovered the reader looked a bit rough and the slot was probably shot from the water hitting it. SIM card works fine in my S3 mind you.
So where I am at is I have a new SIM reader on its way here to install in a day or so which I THINK should solve the issue. Im curious if anyone else has installed this component before?. Appears to be 6 solder points that hold it in and thats about it. Hell of a thing that the entire phone works flawlessly but the SIM reader shat itself. Never seen anything like it.
Any and all input or ideas are welcome.
Cheers
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So here's my situation
While crawling across a rapids I slipped, dipped my phone in the river, and thought all was lost.
I pulled the case and back shell off immediately and it seemed all was well once I dried the G2 with rice for 12 hours. BUT, the sim card no longer would read. After getting back home from my trip I pulled the entire phone apart and discovered the reader looked a bit rough and the slot was probably shot from the water hitting it. SIM card works fine in my S3 mind you.
So where I am at is I have a new SIM reader on its way here to install in a day or so which I THINK should solve the issue. Im curious if anyone else has installed this component before?. Appears to be 6 solder points that hold it in and thats about it. Hell of a thing that the entire phone works flawlessly but the SIM reader shat itself. Never seen anything like it.
Any and all input or ideas are welcome.
Cheers
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Did you end up installing it?
My sim reader always gave out and I'm thinking of ordering the part but haven't been able to find a tutorial for the replacement.
I too would like to know the result...
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rustypie said:
I too would like to know the result...
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I did end up installing the tray. However, as I removed the contacts that were placed on the board itself and so when I soldered in the new tray there was two points which would not adhere. I ended up replacing the whole board in order to remedy things.
But, most importantly I confirm the board install isnt too hard and will work if you just make sure to properly remove the old tray and dont just pry it off. The prying will rip the contacts from the board and then the solder wont hold.