So basiclly my g1 doesn't accept any kind of sim card at all. My sim card used to work but now it doesn't. I tried changing sims already like alotta times but still it says "NO SIM CARD" when there is one. Everything works perfectly fine except for the sim card part. My phone isn't rooted. It's pretty stock. Can Anyone help me?! Please!?
Its a common problem that is occuring since a couple of months... Im having the same problem except mine recognize my sim card from time to time and then I loose signal and the sim card problem occurs again... Nobody on the forum know what to do about it so Im clueless about it...
May be hardware, not quite sure. You might want to get another phone.
My friend had this problem after water damage - he got lucky and warranty replaced it. I would guess it's a hardware problem as well, so your best bet is a new phone or see if you still have a warranty.
Yeah it used to happen to mine too but now it doesn't recognize at all. I have no idea what to do. I love my G1...
the answer is, hit T-Mo up on your warranty..... or buy a new phone....
im on G1 number 7 or 8.... T-mo keeps shipping em out under warranty
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the answer is, hit T-Mo up on your warranty..... or buy a new phone....
im on G1 number 7 or 8.... T-mo keeps shipping em out under warranty
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Holy ****, bro.
its the sad truth....
but it has actually been benifical...
T-Mo's warranty policy is that you get another year warranty if the phone is replaced with a NEW phone, and if it's replaced with a Re-Furb then youi get 90 days, or the remainderof your existing warranty
my frist 3 phones were NEW replacements
and after that i got Re-Furbs
i was told this by a T-Mo warranty repair tech, on the Employee line, as i used to sell t-mo at radioshack....
also this was confirmed by checking my warranty expiration date (t-mo MUST provide this date on your request) as it MUCH later than 1 year from my first purchase....
ESKIMOn00b said:
its the sad truth....
but it has actually been benifical...
T-Mo's warranty policy is that you get another year warranty if the phone is replaced with a NEW phone, and if it's replaced with a Re-Furb then youi get 90 days, or the remainderof your existing warranty
my frist 3 phones were NEW replacements
and after that i got Re-Furbs
i was told this by a T-Mo warranty repair tech, on the Employee line, as i used to sell t-mo at radioshack....
also this was confirmed by checking my warranty expiration date (t-mo MUST provide this date on your request) as it MUCH later than 1 year from my first purchase....
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I see how that could work out... I would just be so pissy having to wait for a new phone over and over. Unless they replace it on spot.
well with the risk of continued thread jacking, T-Mo cross ships replacements, as in you get the newone before you have to resend the old one...
you have 7 days from the date your new phone activates on their network to return the phone, just has to be postmarked by that date (scanned into UPS's system)...
plus if your phone is totally BORKED, you can request a loaner from a local store while you wait the one or 2 days it takes for the replacement to arrive
also at this point i'll probably ***** and moan next time it breaks and try to get a free MT3G slide outta em on my next replacement..... they tried to give me a Dash 3G last time, and i told em to shove it...... (i want a damn HTC android phone, with a keyboard,1Ghz+ preferably, but if its free i'll take the upg to a MT3G Slide, no contract extension ofcourse )
[Q] Same problem, SIM recognition is sketchy
I've recently been having the same problem...
The phone, HTC Dream (EBI1) from Rogers, sometimes recognizes my perfectly functional SIM card, and most other times does not. This has been happening for a while now, and usually a reboot or two would solve the problem, but now it seems like it has finally quit (I've been rebooting/powering off/battery pulling for the last 2 hours, and removing and inserting the SIM card). I've changed ROMs, (well between different versions of CyanogenMod but it worked fine with it before) and nothing.
The strange part is, after rebooting 10 to 30 times and it actually recognizes the SIM card, if the device is left on, it will continue to recognize the card... I live in an area of s*** reception, and frequently go in and out of service, I've enabled disabled 3G, WiFi on/off, and it will still work for days, UNLESS the radio is turned off for whatever reason (Airplane mode, or power off/reboot).
Basically my only hope is to pray to the G1 Gods that it'll recognize my SIM card, and if it does, then do not loose power for any reason...
If anyone has any info what so ever, please let me know.
Also, If anyone knows how to get a log of everything that happens from boot, I'd love to know how.
My phone is the HTC Dream (EBI1) from Rogers, currently running: CyanogenMod 5.0.7 test2
Danger SPL
RA Recovery 1.7.0R
HBOOT-1.33.2005 (DREA21000)
RADIO-3.22.26.17
Possible temporary FIX!
Okay, so as my last post states, my phone will sometimes recognize my SIM card after a bunch of rebooting... I've been rebooting a lot today (3 hours straight almost, with no success) and my battery was getting pretty low, which reminded me that usually when it starts working again is in the morning... weird I know...
I would turn off my phone over night and usually in the morning, within a couple boots, it'll work again, which led me to think, maybe for some reason, when the phone is too warm, it won't boot the radio properly or something strange...
Either way, I put my phone in the freezer for 10 minutes, took it out and booted it, WORKS!!!
Also, the battery was just about out, and the cold shortened it even more, it died, I plugged it in and booted again, STILL WORKS!!!
If anyone else has this "No SIM card" message, even though the SIM is good, try turning it off, sticking it in the freezer for 5-10 minutes and then boot... it's worth a try...
Like I said in the previous post, once it works, don't power down, so next time I run out of battery, I'm going to try putting it in the freezer while it's on to see if it fixes while running...
I know this sounds dumb, but it does make a little sense. I just can't figure out why it will keep working under all conditions as long as it has power to it?!?
slopes said:
Okay, so as my last post states, my phone will sometimes recognize my SIM card after a bunch of rebooting... I've been rebooting a lot today (3 hours straight almost, with no success) and my battery was getting pretty low, which reminded me that usually when it starts working again is in the morning... weird I know...
I would turn off my phone over night and usually in the morning, within a couple boots, it'll work again, which led me to think, maybe for some reason, when the phone is too warm, it won't boot the radio properly or something strange...
Either way, I put my phone in the freezer for 10 minutes, took it out and booted it, WORKS!!!
Also, the battery was just about out, and the cold shortened it even more, it died, I plugged it in and booted again, STILL WORKS!!!
If anyone else has this "No SIM card" message, even though the SIM is good, try turning it off, sticking it in the freezer for 5-10 minutes and then boot... it's worth a try...
Like I said in the previous post, once it works, don't power down, so next time I run out of battery, I'm going to try putting it in the freezer while it's on to see if it fixes while running...
I know this sounds dumb, but it does make a little sense. I just can't figure out why it will keep working under all conditions as long as it has power to it?!?
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You know this actually sounds like a hardware problem. Or possibly an issue with the sim card. Try going to your local carrier and ask for a new sim card. T-Mobile US charges $20 I believe. I had this issue and a new sim card solved everything. If the new sim card doesn't solve the problem then it's definitely hardware related. And if it's hardware related it MIGHT be why you're getting bad reception. It's a long shot I know but I certainly wouldn't recommend anyone putting their phone in a wet freezer! Anyone that does consider this I suggest placing it in an air tight container to keep it from getting wet. We don't want your leaking quart of vanilla ice cream messing up your phone.
Solved!!
Hi, buddy!
I have a samsung captivate and I was having the same trouble.
I'm brazilian and my sister send me the phone unlocked from US.
It was working for 5 months.
When I changed the SIM it has began asking me for the code(??!). It was programed for not asking PIN code so I got surprised. I typed my code several times until get the phone locked.
I spent more than 2 weeks to find the solution: Galaxy S Unlock, a free program available at the Market. It's necessary to root and install Busy Box (I installed mine with Titanium Backup).
Try something close to this for your device!
I hope this can be usefull!
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So,
I had an 8525, and just upgraded to 8925. After some traveling, my 8925 just up dies. I got it on the 20th of Dec, and on the 30th it dies. I switch my card back over to the 8525 on that afternoon (after not being able to start it up), and start using it. Today (02Jan08), the 8525 died as well. Both are giving me similar issues. The 8925 gives a red light when I attempt to charge, and wont turn on at all. The 8525 gives no charging indications whatsoever, and refuses to turn on as well. I'm getting worried I'm radioactive or something. Anybody got any ideas as to what would cause to phones to die similarly like this. The only new things introduced were my trip to texas. I haven't change much of anything else. Any ideas would be appreciated, as I'm completely stumped. I've tried the straight to battery "jump-off" via usb and 3 AAA batts for the 8925, and I've got nothing out of it. I even went a got a new battery. Something I'm doing (I have no clue what) is absolutely killing these phones.
Thanks,
Doug
The only think I can think of in your case that might be common is the charger. Was the same charger being used on both devices? I wonder if it was bad could it have maybe damaged the phones.
I've been running through any possible connections, and that's the only thing I can come up with. Except one of them died on the charger, the other one I was hangin out with some friends and went to check it and it was dead. I imagine the charger could have caused an issue that eventually fried the phone. The charge I'm using came straight out of the 8925 box, brand new!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=355232
Your not the only one...
Have a look at your mini USB port on the device. Is it slightly bowed??? Is tere a slight downward curvature creating a slight crescent shape to the device USB aperature?
@GSLEON3
I don't think so.
@xconradx
I have become active in that thread. Seems like a growing theme.....
@Mods
feel free to delete this one, since the other one has taken like a wildfire in california (too soon?)
I had exactly same problem when switching from 8525, after phone kept dropping I called the at&t CS they sent me some kind of a fixed code over the air, but then it went worsen. Anyway, I called them back they told me to read out the card serial# and informed me that I had the old sim card although it has 3G logo on it and suggested me to go to any at&t store to pickup the new one(one with at&t and 3G logo). It still dropped call after that but about 1/2 less until I turned off the 3G stuff then it works like charm!! Even the at&t CS said the 3G is not guaranteed in every place so to turn it off was a good idea!!
Huh?
bunrieu2k said:
I had exactly same problem when switching from 8525, after phone kept dropping I called the at&t CS they sent me some kind of a fixed code over the air, but then it went worsen. Anyway, I called them back they told me to read out the card serial# and informed me that I had the old sim card although it has 3G logo on it and suggested me to go to any at&t store to pickup the new one(one with at&t and 3G logo). It still dropped call after that but about 1/2 less until I turned off the 3G stuff then it works like charm!! Even the at&t CS said the 3G is not guaranteed in every place so to turn it off was a good idea!!
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I actually don't see how our problems are at all the same. Thanks for replying tho.
Just a though... I had dropped call problems before the red light of death happened on my phone as well. Towards the end it couldn't even find a signal.
So I decided that i wanted to try hero the other day so i did some searching and made sure i had everything required ....newest radio... check.....pvt board...check...rom ready to flash...check...i went through the whole proccess and got KiNgxKxROM up and running for at least a day and a half...then lastnight i was playing around with the phone and it reboot on its own (kinda like the random reboots i used to get when i first got the phone)...it went to the G1 screen then just went black..so i pulled the battery and tried to reboot...now i have no response from the phone what so ever...its totally dead as far as i can tell
i saw that someone had success by putting another sd card in and trying to boot but that does nothing for me
I am trying everything i can because somehow enough moisture crept into the phone to cause the little "your not getting another g1" sticker to turn red
any way i am hoping that some how my situation has a remedy but i doubt it does
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So I decided that i wanted to try hero the other day so i did some searching and made sure i had everything required ....newest radio... check.....pvt board...check...rom ready to flash...check...i went through the whole proccess and got KiNgxKxROM up and running for at least a day and a half...then lastnight i was playing around with the phone and it reboot on its own (kinda like the random reboots i used to get when i first got the phone)...it went to the G1 screen then just went black..so i pulled the battery and tried to reboot...now i have no response from the phone what so ever...its totally dead as far as i can tell
i saw that someone had success by putting another sd card in and trying to boot but that does nothing for me
I am trying everything i can because somehow enough moisture crept into the phone to cause the little "your not getting another g1" sticker to turn red
any way i am hoping that some how my situation has a remedy but i doubt it does
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this is not caused by the software sounds like your phone got a little wet some how and it messed up. try putting it in bowl of rice and if that does not work try a new battery.
tried a battery today at the store
i guess if it did get wet it could manifest itself a long time after the fact
well worth a shot regardless thanks for the advice
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tried a battery today at the store
i guess if it did get wet it could manifest itself a long time after the fact
well worth a shot regardless thanks for the advice
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yeah i split soda on a keyboard once it did not start acting strange for 3 or 4 days after that. and pull the battery and take it out then complete submerge it for at least a day. but the damage is most likely done
Hey, something similar happened to me a few months back.
I use to get a lot of random reboots and it was quiet annoying and then one day my phone rebooted and it had a black screen, I took the battery out and put it back in and the phone was unresponsive.
When you plug in the charger does the red LED turn on or is it dead?
Mine, the led never turned on but it go warm because it still charged the battery.
My motherboard in the phone was fried somehow, I can assure you this isn't from the Hero rom at all because my phone died before I was even into roms.
Call HTC America (or where ever your from) and then tell them your problem and ask for an RMA repair, if the same thing happened to your phone as mine then you don't have to worry about them finding any "illegal software" (Root, and anything else that didn't come on the phone besides apps) I had root enabled and that voids the warranty but there would be no way for them to check so they would just replace the mainboard and send it back. In total it cost me 8 dollars to ship the phone and I had it back within a week - two weeks.
I hope this helped out!
EDIT: Is your water damage sticker red? I wasn't able to understand weither it was or not. I think it is and I just spent this entire time typing this long post for nothing then eeep! If it is, get an LG Vu Battery and replace the sticker with the one on the battery, I'm pretty sure they are identical.
Eh both stickers are red
thanks again ...it actually makes me feel better that it wasn't me messing around with hero that got me here
It just sucks having to pay the same amount as they are currently charging new customers for the phone under contract through the stupid insurance
I bought 2 Herod with CDMA about 18months ago.
Each day I have differenet problem but I don't want to talk about that.
2 days ago both phones sratrted to break voice while calling and even while connecting.
We wern't be able to talk because people heard us good but we couldn't understand even 10% of words.
I called Sprint(my phone carrier) customer service and I spent 3 hrs on telling what's my problem.
As usual it ended up on that they see no problems with my service and told me to check phone in the store.
I already did that procedure more than 5 times, spending more than 200hrs on talking with CS, driving to store and replacing both phones 4 times. Nothing ever changed so we just think that we try to live with those problems until contract ends.
But this is too much.
We both have rooted phones and installed CyjanogenMod7. It was working better but all problems stayed.
So.... now...
Lady on the phone updated our phones/profiles and since that moment both phones died.. literally died. That exactly happened half day later when I wwas at work. Both phones always act the same(weird right?)
So now they act in 4 ways(randomly)
1)phones are dead, I can't turn it on. Removing battery doesn't help
2)phones can be turned on. I see HTC logo and nothing else
3)phones can be turned on but they constantly restart themselves after showing HTC logo for 5-10sec
4)finally phones can be turned on but I have no connectivity, no internet, no bars and big sign "searching for signal"
BTW I have signal in my house, it's not like I moved to North Pole or something.
Usually my phone is dead and the best part is that even I finally turn it on...somehow then it's going to turn off after few minutes and I will never see signal(super weird).
It all started to happen after updating your profiles and phones but you can call me crazy but I got a feeling that they "broke" our phones wirelessly because I asked really bad for corporate number and for waiving my cancellation fees because I just have enough. That is the most... the worst company and phone ever.
Please help me. Maybe there is something I can do.
probably not much help here but try to update profile and prl again from stock sense 2.1 rom
no service/connectivity/signal sounds like a bad radio flash, try to update your radio to the latest sprint offering, if nothing else works a ##786# reset saved me one day from a bad pri, good luck and i hope you figure out whats wrong
My phone doesn't want to turn on from 3hrs(didn't happen yet) and I can't charge it. That is the end...
I'm goingf tomorrow to pay all fees and get new phones and plans in different carrier.
I couldn't run it yesterday anymore. But today it finally turned on and I'm charging it(17%). What is the quickest mnethod to install stock rom? Can you give me some links?
sorry for the late posting, but here you go:
http://support.sprint.com/support/a...e-gb746811-20091009-155624?&INTNAV=SU:DP:HDIA
read through that and you should be able to get back to complete stock
hope that helps some, and good luck
Mostly just browse these forums, and as you can see, don't post often.
Since about 2 weeks after I got my Nexus 6 directly from Motorola, I've been having intermittent issues with my sim card. It varies wildly in time frame. Longest I've gone without the message popping up, and losing connectivity is about a week and a half. I shut the device down, restart, and it's back. Sometimes it happens as frequently as within the same 5 minutes. As you can guess, I'm highly irritated.
First, I called Verizon and they were nice enough to send out a new nano sim. Popped it in an adapter, activated in Galaxy S3, and into the Nexus. Didn't solve anything, but at least I can rule out a faulty sim card.
Second, called Motorola to ask for a replacement. 5 business days later I call to ask where my phone is and I'm told that they don't have any "like-new" stock and that they don't know when they will. I ask for a refund to buy another phone and they say it will be 4-6 weeks.
Can someone smarter than I tell me if this is for sure a hardware issue? I'm guessing it is, and that it's specific to my device since I literally can't find anything on the web/forums about others having this issue with the N6.
Help is much appreciated, thanks.
Check your apn settings
provide more info, are you stock, custom rom, unlocked, etc.
You may need to try a nuke and repave to start fresh. After a week, something happened to my SIM on a custom rom and the fix is to nuke and repave and that includes userdata.
so back stuff up but only restore what you seriously cant redo, thats working so far for me.
GL
Can you advise what to check in APN's? (Sorry for the dumb question)
I was rooted running stock rom for a week, but unrooted and factory reset when I thought I was returning it to Motorola. Has had issues both ways.
Try hitting the contacts on the sim card with a pencil eraser.
mrbrooks .. i have a nexus 5 and i have this exact same problem .. leads me to believe maybe its software related .. started after lolipop .. havent been able to find a solution yet !
jeetash said:
mrbrooks .. i have a nexus 5 and i have this exact same problem .. leads me to believe maybe its software related .. started after lolipop .. havent been able to find a solution yet !
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nexus 5 doesnt work on verizon(not fully at least). the op said that he ordered a replacement, which sounds like you should do, as the nexus 5 did have an issue with coming with a bad sim card holder on occasion.
simms22 said:
nexus 5 doesnt work on verizon(not fully at least). the op said that he ordered a replacement, which sounds like you should do, as the nexus 5 did have an issue with coming with a bad sim card holder on occasion.
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worst part is that it is happening on an Replacement device after i RMAd my first nexus for a power button problem !!
i hope its software related and can be fixed .. because google is now refusing to rma this as im now out of my warranty period !
just to be clear im not on verizon .. im on a gsm carrier and have tried 4-5 different working sims
it latches on to network and works fine for a few hours and then just drops and refuses to catch networ k...
any other ideas ??
can the bad sim card holder be fixed or repaired ??
Did this ever get figured out for any of you? I have the same issue on a Nexus 6. It won't read my AT&T SIM card at all anymore, but knows it's in there. When I put in a Verizon SIM card, it see the card and updates information in the status section, but still says No Sim Card at top of screen. I am currently in the middle of getting a replacement from Motorola, but now I am worried this will happen on my next one too.
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Did this ever get figured out for any of you? I have the same issue on a Nexus 6. It won't read my AT&T SIM card at all anymore, but knows it's in there. When I put in a Verizon SIM card, it see the card and updates information in the status section, but still says No Sim Card at top of screen. I am currently in the middle of getting a replacement from Motorola, but now I am worried this will happen on my next one too.
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This just happen to me as well, google knows nothing about it, neither does motorola , they are sending me a replacement hopefully that fixes the issue.
I just got out of the shower and suddenly had the "no sim card" message. Restarted the phone, still nothing.
Removed the sim card. Put it back in... Now I have data again. Wtf?
I just noticed this running chroma. It always happened on boot and always went away. Never seen it stock unlocked rooted and tweaked with things like the Motorola command center, tethering, and such.
I have just got a N6 today and mine seems to be doing this. Have you guys had yours replaced?
Eager to know if i need to send it back or if its software. The sim card works fine in my s5.
EDIT: it looks like I can make it do it. If i type really quick , the vibrations/haptic feedback must make it have a poor contact and it disconnects.
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I have just got a N6 today and mine seems to be doing this. Have you guys had yours replaced?
Eager to know if i need to send it back or if its software. The sim card works fine in my s5.
EDIT: it looks like I can make it do it. If i type really quick , the vibrations/haptic feedback must make it have a poor contact and it disconnects.
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I am curious, have you guys figured out this issue? I just got a new Nexus 6 that does this intermittently. The phone can read the card, but then every once ina while (about three times a day) it says 'no sim card - emergency calls only'.
I've noticed that banging mine against a hard surface (I do have a case on) seems to fix it for me, as horrible as it sounds... Mine does not fix itself after a reboot.
That said, it hasn't happened to me since I've had marshmallow on here.
In short. I have no idea what's going on.
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I have had my replacement Nexus 6 for about 9 months and have not had this issue occur on the replacement unit. I'd highly suggest sending it in for replacement if you are still under warranty.
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Push the SIM tray in really hard!
Push the SIM tray in as hard as you can!!!
I tried every other solution and this worked for me with Nexus 6.
I have same issue No SIM CARD with droid turbo, restart always solve issue, its common problem with Motorola phones, lot pf people are facing this but no solution yet
yeah my shamu after a new sim card did this, took it in, no fix, mytrendyphone service in england claimed they could fix it,, I paid they didnt fix it, kept it two months, sent it back unrepaired.
yes fairly ticked off. wifi only paperweight now.
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Mostly just browse these forums, and as you can see, don't post often.
Since about 2 weeks after I got my Nexus 6 directly from Motorola, I've been having intermittent issues with my sim card. It varies wildly in time frame. Longest I've gone without the message popping up, and losing connectivity is about a week and a half. I shut the device down, restart, and it's back. Sometimes it happens as frequently as within the same 5 minutes. As you can guess, I'm highly irritated.
First, I called Verizon and they were nice enough to send out a new nano sim. Popped it in an adapter, activated in Galaxy S3, and into the Nexus. Didn't solve anything, but at least I can rule out a faulty sim card.
Second, called Motorola to ask for a replacement. 5 business days later I call to ask where my phone is and I'm told that they don't have any "like-new" stock and that they don't know when they will. I ask for a refund to buy another phone and they say it will be 4-6 weeks.
Can someone smarter than I tell me if this is for sure a hardware issue? I'm guessing it is, and that it's specific to my device since I literally can't find anything on the web/forums about others having this issue with the N6.
Help is much appreciated, thanks.
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OK first off I had the same issue. intermittent no sim detected. go worse and worse, until did not detect at all...
First I placed a piece of this card stock behind sim and jammed it into the slot. that worked for a bit and the again it started with the same issue.
and became a pain again...
(FYI, I am an electrician by trade)
What I has appeared to fixed it permanently (so far anyway).
All electrical contacts get a corrosion (a patina layer) some more than others from humidity, sweat, dissimilar metal touching, or just cheap metal..
On a hunch I gooped up the sim contact surface with a de-ox compound (De-oxidation) and worked the sim in and out a few time to "clean the contacts (you could use a small long skinny piece of paper board to to it also (I didn't think of it until after) and insert the Sim. So far it has done the trick.
the is many de-ox compound available (home depot or electrical supply)so are blacking and gritty. what I used was ilsco Non- grit De-ox Compound".
I hope this helps as this seem to be a pretty common issue.
As always, Your actual mileage may vary.
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MrBroox said:
Mostly just browse these forums, and as you can see, don't post often.
Since about 2 weeks after I got my Nexus 6 directly from Motorola, I've been having intermittent issues with my sim card. It varies wildly in time frame. Longest I've gone without the message popping up, and losing connectivity is about a week and a half. I shut the device down, restart, and it's back. Sometimes it happens as frequently as within the same 5 minutes. As you can guess, I'm highly irritated.
First, I called Verizon and they were nice enough to send out a new nano sim. Popped it in an adapter, activated in Galaxy S3, and into the Nexus. Didn't solve anything, but at least I can rule out a faulty sim card.
Second, called Motorola to ask for a replacement. 5 business days later I call to ask where my phone is and I'm told that they don't have any "like-new" stock and that they don't know when they will. I ask for a refund to buy another phone and they say it will be 4-6 weeks.
Can someone smarter than I tell me if this is for sure a hardware issue? I'm guessing it is, and that it's specific to my device since I literally can't find anything on the web/forums about others having this issue with the N6.
Help is much appreciated, thanks.
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I know this is an old post,.. but I'm answering in hope of helping others that my need the solution
OK first off I had the same issue. intermittent no sim detected. got worse and worse, until did not detect at all...
First I placed a piece of this card stock behind sim and jammed it into the slot. that worked for a bit and the again it started with the same issue.
and became a pain again...
(FYI, I am an electrician by trade)
What I did next had appeared to fixed it permanently (so far anyway).
Many electrical contacts get a corrosion (a patina layer) some more than others from humidity, sweat, dissimilar metals, or just cheap metal..
On a hunch I gooped up the sim card's contact surface with a de-ox compound (De-oxidation) and worked the sim in and out a few time to "clean the contacts" inside the sim slot (you could also use a small long skinny piece of paper board to to it also (I didn't think of it until after) and insert the Sim. So far it has done the trick.
the is many de-ox compound available (home depot or electrical supply)so are blacking and gritty. what I used was ilsco Non- grit De-ox Compound".
The compound will not (should not) damage and the phone, its is for electrical and electronic equipment.
I hope this helps as this seem to be a pretty common issue.
As always, Your actual mileage may vary.
Veronica
Hi guys.
I'll get to the point and say that I got this phone towards the middle of July to replace my failing Optimus G and it's already having a multitude of issues.
The phone worked great through heavy usage on a week period at the beginning of the month while I was travelling. Two days ago the right side of the screen began to freeze, either showing colored static or what was previously loaded. I note that the screen still works fine even inside of a different app, pressing buttons, etc. but continues to freeze and load what is actually going on a moment later. Happens on both the recovery mode screen as well as the lock screen.
Now, the phone also began to have crashing issues some time last week. I was playing Fallout Shelter when the device suddenly crashed. This hadn't happened with Fallout Shelter or any other (heavier) games at all since getting the phone. I rebooted and later was playing WWE Immortals when the phone crashed when going through the logo and copyright screens. After this crash, however, the phone went from around 50% battery to 0% and needed a charge.
I thought this was a fluke last week until it did it again yesterday... multiple times.
Last night the WWE Immortals crash happened again but the phone remained at 100%, where it was since it had been charging, instead of dropping to 0%. It powered on after popping the battery and pressing the button. Later on in the night, I was checking my email when the phone crashed out of nowhere. I once again popped the battery and it booted. However, this time, it would not load past the Sprint screens after the LG/Powered by Android one. It just hanged on the Sprint logo. It sat there for ten minutes until I took the battery out. I tried again and it wouldn't get past the LG screen.
I attempted Recovery Mode, which works of course, and cleared the cache and rebooted the phone. Once again, it crashed on the LG screen. I gave up for the night and tried again today. Same thing happened a few more times until the phone finally booted. I get in and try uninstalling apps to clear space to bring the phone to 11 of 32 GB free. I go to check what other "misc." data is eating up storage when the phone crashes again and I haven't successfully gotten it to boot again.
Should I attempt a factory reset? The closest Sprint store is miles away (I live in downtown Indianapolis and there isn't one nearby without taking a long walk or bike ride or bounce across bus lines, whatever) and the last time I got help from was just a new phone (replaced a phone because it's screen was broken, yeah, right. I went somewhere else to get a replacement the second time it happened). I feel like this a big hardware issue a reset wouldn't fix but, who knows.
I guess I should also note that, within the past week, my camera apps (be it the stock camera app or Snapchat) crash when using the front camera and it never loads a preview before crashing and the phone has been oddly hot (be it when I was cleaning up apps, idle, or just when attempting to boot) the last day. Also, as I was typing, I've been attempting restarts and cache clears and Recovery Mode, during one of the tries, never even loaded the options and a power button press restarted the device.
...At this point I'm just curious what exactly could mess with a phone this much. I refuse to believe it's any kind of virus since nothing was ever picked up and I know my way around the internet. I like LG phones, I loved my last one (other than it didn't have an SD card slot, but, eh, cloud storage!) and I like the cameras.
Phone is an LS991, unrooted.
From what I have been gathering(and this is all hearsay!) is that the first batch of these phones have serious hardware problems that might be related to the CPU. The best option would to try and get LG to replace the phone as they are less likely to have a phone in stock still that was part of the bad batch. If you can't get them to do it then try a Sprint repair store and see if they will swap it out. Be clear that this a warranty issue and not issuance issue. As a last resort you have to claim insurance on it.
centran said:
From what I have been gathering(and this is all hearsay!) is that the first batch of these phones have serious hardware problems that might be related to the CPU. The best option would to try and get LG to replace the phone as they are less likely to have a phone in stock still that was part of the bad batch. If you can't get them to do it then try a Sprint repair store and see if they will swap it out. Be clear that this a warranty issue and not issuance issue. As a last resort you have to claim insurance on it.
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Well, that's somewhat depressing to figure out that they messed up part of the batch but that always happens if it's true.
Guess I'll have to check with LG or get someone to drag me to Sprint to see what they say. I'm not one for getting insurance on tech (and given I got the phone for cheap, being due for the upgrade and all) but hopefully warranty can help me out. Thanks for the heads up!
namiikii said:
Well, that's somewhat depressing to figure out that they messed up part of the batch but that always happens if it's true.
Guess I'll have to check with LG or get someone to drag me to Sprint to see what they say. I'm not one for getting insurance on tech (and given I got the phone for cheap, being due for the upgrade and all) but hopefully warranty can help me out. Thanks for the heads up!
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Spoke with LG last night and the customer service rep was pretty clear that LG does not replace phones they only "fix" them. I would not trust LG to give you a new phone at this point as they will most likely just re-flash the phone and send it back to you. Unless anyone else who has dealt with LG repair in the past can say otherwise I wouldn't go the LG route. Now, if someone bricked their phone that might be a good thing to try since Sprint repair can't flash phones but if you need a new phone it looks like Sprint is the way to go. Just make sure you are clear that this is a warranty issue and not insurance. I bought my phone at Best Buy so this will be interesting for me as they probably will want nothing to do with me since I don't have TEP. I will report back on if they give me the shaft or not because I am sure others might be in the same situation as me.
centran said:
Spoke with LG last night and the customer service rep was pretty clear that LG does not replace phones they only "fix" them. I would not trust LG to give you a new phone at this point as they will most likely just re-flash the phone and send it back to you. Unless anyone else who has dealt with LG repair in the past can say otherwise I wouldn't go the LG route. Now, if someone bricked their phone that might be a good thing to try since Sprint repair can't flash phones but if you need a new phone it looks like Sprint is the way to go. Just make sure you are clear that this is a warranty issue and not insurance. I bought my phone at Best Buy so this will be interesting for me as they probably will want nothing to do with me since I don't have TEP. I will report back on if they give me the shaft or not because I am sure others might be in the same situation as me.
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Late reply is late, whoops.
That's interesting. Never really intended on the LG route since I've never had issues with Sprint replacing a device in the past so I'd go to them before anyone else (which we are, when my mom comes down to help me out with this since the closest store is just too far away and it's her cell plan).
And man, I wouldn't be able to stand buying from BestBuy but that's my personal qualms with them, hah. Hope you had good luck with them.
Hi. We have c got the same phone. Got 4 of them and 3 working great but my husband's is doing the exact same thing as yours and like you we have no insurance and had same reply from lg. And best buy was no help at all. Wondering if you figured out how to fix it or not
Forgot to mention we are verizon not Sprint. Not sure if that matters.
Just got my G4 replaced with a brand new one at Sprint. I have TEP, and they said they'd normally order a refurbished one. But, I got lucky since there are no refurbished ones (they're on backorder, probably due to these issues), so they just gave me a new one.
Lets hope this one one wasn't a lemon like the first one...fingers crossed because I love this phone...
We called verizon and they are over nighting a new phone. Thank you for the reply tho
This happened to me as well. It crashed maybe twice a day and now I can't get it on because it is crashing 1000 times. Its stuck in a crashing loop. Sprint is giving me a completely different g4 when their next batch comes in. It has been 2 weeks and I still don't have a new phone. I am hoping that I don't get this problem again or I am getting an iphone 6.