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"sim card missing" happenign from time to time

I get this message on my Kaiser from time to time and the device looses connection with operator. I have to power down, open the sim card cover, move the card a little, close the cover and turn Kaiser on. Do you think it is rather the card or the phone problem ? Or ROM/Radio ROM combination ?
And to be more specific I use:
ROM Dutty's V4
Radio 1.27.12.29
Protocol 22.45.88.07H
Any suggestion would be appreciated

Hi
I posted this a couple of days aga.
Hope it works for you..........
"Happened to me when I got a T-Mobile PAYG SIM last week to trial for data coverage.
Popped SIM in and worked well.
I then tried a Vodafone Sim and that was ok.
When I put the T-Mobile SIM back in - I got the message "no SIM found"
Tried Orange and Vodafone and they both gave the same message !
I was not convinced the SIM'S were making good contact - there seemed too much movement under the flimsy metal crossbar.
The solution to get the T-Mobile and other SIM's working was to insert a small piece of paper on top the SIM as you slide it under the metal crossbar.
This puts a little bit of extra padding on top of the SIM to help make decent contact.
I suppose the paper could be put on top of the crossbar instead to achieve the same effect but have not tried this"
r
Andrew

Yeah, that was happening to me at first. All I did was take out the SIM card, rubbed the metal side on my jeans a little (I know, very scientific) and reinstalled it. That cleared it right up, there must have been a little oxidation or something on the metal that was preventing a solid connection.

use eraser for ball pen. It works, but don't rub it too hard as it will scratch the surface of the metal.

Missing sim card?

Okey, here is a stange problem!
I purchased a used Tytn II today, and everything seems to work fine! BUT there is a BIG BUT, every time I restart my device it says that the sim card is missing even tough it is in fact in the device, then I have to take the card out reset the device shut it off again and insert the sim card!
Sometime it works and sometimes I have to repeat that procedure several times before it realises that there is a sim card!
Is someone else having this problem, and if yes how do you go around fixing this?
Or is my device simply broke?
Thanks in advance!

I posted this a couple of months ago - works for me
"Happened to me when I got a T-Mobile PAYG SIM last week to trial for data coverage.
Popped SIM in and worked well.
I then tried a Vodafone Sim and that was ok.
When I put the T-Mobile SIM back in - I got the message "no SIM found"
Tried Orange and Vodafone and they both gave the same message !
I was not convinced the SIM'S were making good contact - there seemed too much movement under the flimsy metal crossbar.
The solution to get the T-Mobile and other SIM's working was to insert a small piece of paper on top the SIM as you slide it under the metal crossbar.
This puts a little bit of extra padding on top of the SIM to help make decent contact.
I suppose the paper could be put on top of the crossbar instead to achieve the same effect but have not tried this.
r
Andrew
Also make sure the sim is clean - use a pencil eraser is one suggestion.

So far so good!
bigdish said:
I posted this a couple of months ago - works for me
"Happened to me when I got a T-Mobile PAYG SIM last week to trial for data coverage.
Popped SIM in and worked well.
I then tried a Vodafone Sim and that was ok.
When I put the T-Mobile SIM back in - I got the message "no SIM found"
Tried Orange and Vodafone and they both gave the same message !
I was not convinced the SIM'S were making good contact - there seemed too much movement under the flimsy metal crossbar.
The solution to get the T-Mobile and other SIM's working was to insert a small piece of paper on top the SIM as you slide it under the metal crossbar.
This puts a little bit of extra padding on top of the SIM to help make decent contact.
I suppose the paper could be put on top of the crossbar instead to achieve the same effect but have not tried this.
r
Andrew
Also make sure the sim is clean - use a pencil eraser is one suggestion.
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Okey, I tried to put some paper between and so far it works!
The strange thing is that I did not even try to replace the card, I just rebooted the device and the sim card was missing!
Cant figure that out!

Hi there,
I just wanted to stop in and say thank you! I have been beating my head against the wall for the past two weeks over why my Tilt kept losing its network connections in perfect conditions and constantly telling me the SIM card was missing. Reseating it only worked once in a great while, but slipping a piece of paper in there seems to have done the trick nicely. I did notice that the contacts on the Tilt dig grooves into the SIM card contacts - do you think perhaps this is the problem or is this common among cell phones?

Thanks Bigdish, worked for me too.

thanks a lot for the information, putting a paper on the SIM resolved the issue in my tytn II, I was so nervous when I saw sim not found in my phone and tried to do reset several times and also repeated the ROM upgrade several times and finally a piece of paper served the purpose thanks....

The Sim Card Is Missing

this is not a repeated topic
i searched all the web for solution but i couldn't find any
my At&t tilt is unlocked it works perfectly for short time ever few resets
else, it give the message "the sim card is missing" you can srtill make emergency calls if your provider supports it
i tried every thing, unlocker, hard spl, all the tools herebut nothing worked
can any body help?

Any chance the SIM is loose in its mounting?
It looks to me like there is a bit is wiggle space in the SIM slot.

did you try another SIM card?

cmegascharf said:
this is not a repeated topic
i searched all the web for solution but i couldn't find any
my At&t tilt is unlocked it works perfectly for short time ever few resets
else, it give the message "the sim card is missing" you can srtill make emergency calls if your provider supports it
i tried every thing, unlocker, hard spl, all the tools herebut nothing worked
can any body help?
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One of my kaisers uses an old sim where a layer of laminate had been peeling away. This meant that when I inserted the sim, the loose laminate folded back on itself and acted as an insulator between the brass phone and sim contacts. So I removed the offending laminate but still had the occasional "no sim installed". The problem was that the sim was now a little thinner. I applied pressure to the centre of the metal belt that holds the sim in place ensuring that the contacts were "always together" and have not had any problem since.
I hope this simple solution works for you.
Regards,
J

ANother thing you can try is rubbing the gold portion of the SIM card on your jeans or clean it off with a pencil eraser. I had that problem, and it stemmed from a little corrosion or crud building up on the face of the SIM card, and by rubbing it on my jeans it cleaned the corrosion off and the sim was able to make good contact with the points in the card slot.

Sometimes sim cards go bad. I've had about half a dozen go bad out of about 40 devices that I have supported over the last couple of years. AT&T acts like it's a common occurence and no big deal. I just take the device to one of their storefronts and they replace it immediately.

alt236 said:
Any chance the SIM is loose in its mounting?
It looks to me like there is a bit is wiggle space in the SIM slot.
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i'm not sure, but i tried to add a sticker to the sim card's back but it didn't work
also the mounting seems fine to me
how can i bee sure

g-fall said:
did you try another SIM card?
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i tried another 5 working sim cards
i have another tilt it's working perfectly with all the other sim cards

[email protected] said:
One of my kaisers uses an old sim where a layer of laminate had been peeling away. This meant that when I inserted the sim, the loose laminate folded back on itself and acted as an insulator between the brass phone and sim contacts. So I removed the offending laminate but still had the occasional "no sim installed". The problem was that the sim was now a little thinner. I applied pressure to the centre of the metal belt that holds the sim in place ensuring that the contacts were "always together" and have not had any problem since.
I hope this simple solution works for you.
Regards,
J
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thanks alot for ur support
but i tried many other sim cardss
the problem is that is work some time with out any reasons then go "sim card is missing again"

snooginsguy said:
ANother thing you can try is rubbing the gold portion of the SIM card on your jeans or clean it off with a pencil eraser. I had that problem, and it stemmed from a little corrosion or crud building up on the face of the SIM card, and by rubbing it on my jeans it cleaned the corrosion off and the sim was able to make good contact with the points in the card slot.
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thanks alot
but i tried many other working sim cards "in other att tilts" but it didn't work

mitchrl said:
Sometimes sim cards go bad. I've had about half a dozen go bad out of about 40 devices that I have supported over the last couple of years. AT&T acts like it's a common occurence and no big deal. I just take the device to one of their storefronts and they replace it immediately.
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i tried lots of other sim cards

thanks every one for ur responses
but i have a feeling this tilt was wae wrongly unlocked
does any one agree with me
is there any way to restore every thing it's initial conditions?
i'm getting frustrated here

Did you try unplugging the battery, put the sim card and then reinsert the battery and start?

[email protected] said:
One of my kaisers uses an old sim where a layer of laminate had been peeling away. This meant that when I inserted the sim, the loose laminate folded back on itself and acted as an insulator between the brass phone and sim contacts. So I removed the offending laminate but still had the occasional "no sim installed". The problem was that the sim was now a little thinner. I applied pressure to the centre of the metal belt that holds the sim in place ensuring that the contacts were "always together" and have not had any problem since.
I hope this simple solution works for you.
Regards,
J
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hey just wanted to say thanks. i just added a piece of paper between the card and the metal part and it worked. just wanted to say thanks.

I had the very same problem today after putting a brand new sim in the phone.
Found that I had put the damn sim in the wrong way round. Oops.

I had the exact same problem and in my case, putting a piece of paper in did not help at all. I had to get a brand new sim card.

i had a similar problem. it couldn't read my sim card, but read my gf's tmobile sim card and her phone read my sim card fine. then i next day i took it to an ATT shop, asked for a new sim card and it worked perfectly fine now. even the guy from the shop couldn't tell me what is the problem, he said, it happens every now and then.

Problem With Not Picking Up SIM Card

Help,
No matter what radio or rom i flash it wont read the sim card. I've tried a few different sims by different providers and none of them work. This problem started when.. It would only work on 1 network (T-Mobile) even though i had hard SPL unlocked it and flashed a custom rom and radio. I then tried the CID unlocker and when i read the CID it said TMOB001 so i changed it to 00000000 reset the phone and now it doesn't pickup any sim. If i changed the CID back to TMOB001 would it then start to only pickup the t mobile sim as id rather have a phone on t mobile than no phone.

I recently experienced the same problem. I corrected it by placing a small piece of folded paper between the sim and the cage that surrounds it. The thicker the paper the more pressure on the sim. My situation was odd because my wifes sim would work in it but neither mine nor sons would work. All are on Tmo. My problem occured after i had the sim out for a flash so my mind was convinced it was a bug in the rom but it wasnt.
hope it helps

You should check all 8 pins, that they are up waiting to be pushed down by the sim.
I had one that had dropped down, So I had to take the phone apart and remove the sim holder to solder it back in place.
The sim holder is a removable plug in item so you could order a new one if needed.

Worked, sneaky piece of paper behind the sim lid and it worked! Thankyou for the posts!!!
RECAP
If your Kaiser no longer recognizes the sim card try a piece of paper under the closing lid or the sim holder

Faulty SIM tray on Xperia T

So, just after the first day I got my Xperia T, the SIM tray was broken. I noticed my device having random reboots, then telling me there's no SIM card inserted. It took me some time, but then I noticed that whenever I insert my SIM card and close the tray, it just pops right out again. First I thought that maybe my SIM card was the problem, since I'm using a Nano-SIM with an adapter, so I tried with a regular Micro-SIM instead, but that didn't work either.
Right now my device is in repair and as I can tell from the repair status, they replaced the whole mainboard, which hopefully solved the problem.
Is anyone else having issues like that?

Same here, I had to put several layers of adhesive tape over the microsim to fatten and then lock it into the tray. Nasty, but working.

Same for me, but with 2 layers of post-it, it works.

Bad cut simcard or not perfect adapter is problem. Them simple brake a tray. Then good ones doesn't work either.
Use proper SIM card from first time.

Had the same problem - is it possible to replace only sim tray or is necessary to replace the whole mainboard?