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I broke a pin in my SGN's SIM card slot. Is there a reasonably simple way to fix this?
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It would really help if anyone knows.
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Hey Buddy!
I was in the same boat as you about a week ago. Had the white version and broken 3 of the pins using a micro SIM adapter (thanks to the f*ck* apple for their usage of microSIMS ... no one else uses it)
I am in Toronto, Canada, and I am lucky to have a Asian Community with Specialized Technicians .
At Pacific Mall, Store #A22 - GUBU Mobile - $40.00 to fix it. It requires one day overnight stay, and you will void the manufactuer's warranty (as they will open the phone up).
The part that is damaged is the SIM300 chipset (if you refer to the technician manual for the N7000 series, it is the same as the AT&T version - I727 or whatever it is...)
Unfortunely, it is NOT simple chipset that can be replaced, if you want to that, the entire motherboard has been replaced ($200-$300, I believe).
So, yeah, that's what I did to fix mine, and no problems at all! smooth sailing.
Let me know if you wanna ship to Canada to get it fixed or find a local technician.
That's exactly what happened to me. Micro-SIM adapter got stuck with no SIM in it. Removal snapped a pin. So you only paid $40 to get it fixed. If I can't find someone local, I may have to ship to CAN. Please let me know what they replaced.
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I broke my sim connector too, using the microsim I had taken out from my iPhone 4S, and an adapter. I took my SGN to the local Samsung repair centre at "Nehru Place" here in Delhi, and he repaired it free, returning the phone to me the same evening. The repair person told me he receives at least a half dozen phones with the same problem every day, and while people lie about the real reason, it's actually the connector getting caught in the space between the microsim and adapter!
@ Mister_Mxyzptlk
The guy told me he had to "break-off" (soldering off) the SIM300 Chipset (the one where you insert the SIM Card), and he needed to solder-in a new SIM300 Chipset. He even referenced the technicial manual for N7000. He even showed me the broken SIM300 Chipset.
In comparsion, is like a replacing one of those chipsets soldered on your computer's motherboard.
I been using for about 1-2 weeks now since the fix, with no issues, nothing at all, I installed custom ROM and Kernal to my liking, and no issues, everything works perfectly, bluetooth, wifi, phone, speaker, etc. etc.
Just remove with soldring iron which pin was damaged then insert from any other sim socket pin. I try it success
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You replaced a broken SIM tray pin using a soldering iron all by yourself? Did you by any chance take photographs of the process?
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If you are not comfortable soldering
If you are not comfortable soldering, Google "Hassle Free Cell Phone Repair" for a US company that could do the repair for you.
dilipc said:
I broke my sim connector too, using the microsim I had taken out from my iPhone 4S, and an adapter. I took my SGN to the local Samsung repair centre at "Nehru Place" here in Delhi, and he repaired it free, returning the phone to me the same evening. The repair person told me he receives at least a half dozen phones with the same problem every day, and while people lie about the real reason, it's actually the connector getting caught in the space between the microsim and adapter!
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Hey i have the same problem...samsung service centre says it need to replace full mother board around rs 10000....... As i also live in delhi....please tell me from where in Nehru place you got it repaired.....plzzz miss call me i also wana repair cheaply...my no 7838587313
Excuse me for reviving an old thread. I am in the same dilemma. A nano sim adaptor broke a pin off my N7000 sim tray. It's the version that is soldered to the whole motherboard. I've seen an incomplete video of its replacement. It seems that the guy broke off the tray into pieces. The cleaned motherboard showed the 6 contact solder points and 4 sim housing solder points. It is not clear how he did it. I have a replacement sim tray coming but have no idea how to remove the old tray. Soldering the new tray is just as hard. It's very tight in there and will be easy to overheat the board.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2216197&highlight=soldering
Hi everyone I have a galaxy note and having problem with the sim tray!! I heard the only way to fix it is changing the main board. Where can I buy the main board???
vicdroid84 said:
Hi everyone I have a galaxy note and having problem with the sim tray!! I heard the only way to fix it is changing the main board. Where can I buy the main board???
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Dont you have warranty?It it better to get it checked in service center first.
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Hi everyone I have a galaxy note and having problem with the sim tray!! I heard the only way to fix it is changing the main board. Where can I buy the main board???
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What's the issue you're having?
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i put a microsim to sim adapter and it broke the sim contacts on the tray!! Thats why I don't have warranty. Do anyone know what can I do???
How much does Samsung charge for this repair? I think it is better to have them repair it.
U should try diferent micro sim before u buy main board, u have two type of micro sim , sim with smaller chip and with bigger, the smaller one are causing problem, some of them are not working and some of them have problem with contact.
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i have same problem before, i wen to network and said that ive lost my micro sim and i told them that i want normal sim replacement, because normal sim have big chip, after they send me new sim i have no problem...
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Right now i have a regular sim on it and it recognize it but turns to "simcard remove please reboot phone". Someone repair the sim tray but thats what happens now.
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Right now i have a regular sim on it and it recognize it but turns to "simcard remove please reboot phone". Someone repair the sim tray but thats what happens now.
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and that someone screwed it up worse..... i should be able to fix it i pm'd you
..broke mine too!!
..did a similar thing to my Note.....the sim card caught one of the connectors in the sim tray and pulled it off!!!...found a cool video on how to dismantle it (1st video on on "dismantle galaxy note"search) on you tube....on closer inspection the connector had broken and pulled away from the circuit board too (not happy!!). Have hunted high and low to try and find someone who could supply a replacement main board....without any luck - if there's anyone out there that could point us in the write direction/add a link here....i'd love you forever!!
Really missing my Note right now!!!
New mobo for Galaxy Note? Check these guys out!!!
vicdroid84 you may be in luck......have found these guys, their based in Birmingham and are called Intercity business telecommunications (wont let me add the link here) tel:0121 643 7373.....have spoken to them, they can supply and fit a new mobo for about £130......takes about 48 hours upon them getting it to repair...am sending mine of today!!!!!........yipppeeeee!!
Samsung replaces the SIM tray. I read it is less than 50$ and sometime it is free.
Changing MOBO for a SIM tree is like changing a Car engine for a small nut
i recommend you take it to a company that's not Samsung to fix it, Samsung wont fix it if you don't have a warranty
cabloomi said:
i recommend you take it to a company that's not Samsung to fix it, Samsung wont fix it if you don't have a warranty
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Just pointing out to the OP that the above might be misinformation. The fix should be free if it's a warranty and $50 if it is a sim issue.
and as i said earlier.. if samsung wont fix it .. i can and will... and i can say so far i havent voided a warranty as in the warranty is still good after ive done the repair.. thats how clean..... so anyone with the problem just pm me... its legit too. got pretty good at board level repairs over the past 22 years working for some big name manufacturers... just trying to help...already helped a few on here....
Sim pins
I too broke off 1 of the 3 pins pulling a microsim out. I ordered and received the sim connector from parts4repair.com. But I think I have to solder off the current connector then solder on the replacement. Am I correct?
Dahazman said:
I too broke off 1 of the 3 pins pulling a microsim out. I ordered and received the sim connector from parts4repair.com. But I think I have to solder off the current connector then solder on the replacement. Am I correct?
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well its that or let someone else do it... as ive said pm me... i fix them and fix them well... cant even tell i was in the phone... i have references and pics of previous repairs...
i will say beware if you try it... there is quite a bit of stuff you can screw up if you dont know what youre doing...
Just got a new phone, going to use Sgs as dev/ backup phone
on three network, sun card used to work but now I get no service, I can't add a Apn manually? Anyone got any ideas? Can sim card get tied to imei number?
Update.
Spoke to THREE (UK) they said that once a SIM card has been used in the SGS3, It can't be used in another phone! Guess the SGS1 will have to go :-(
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Just tried 2 more sim cards, phone didn't recognize any of them, sim card holder must be broke, guess I'll have to sell it unless it can be fixed fire not too much
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Can you please help me by looking at your sim card tray - photo attached
Hi Folks, i think my Sim card tray is broken, can someone please have a look at their own and tell me if I am missing a pin (I have 'tried' to upload a photo, but it looks like a pin may be missing from behind the 3rd sim tray hole).
many thanks if you can help out...
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Hi Folks, i think my Sim card tray is broken, can someone please have a look at their own and tell me if I am missing a pin (I have 'tried' to upload a photo, but it looks like a pin may be missing from behind the 3rd sim tray hole).
many thanks if you can help out...
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My phone has 3 pins
Looks like yours is broken...
Thank you very much for looking, appreciate it
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These are easy to replace you just take off the back and its a separate board for the sim and sd it just un clips and there around a fiver online (I broke the one on my phone)
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calum96 said:
These are easy to replace you just take off the back and its a separate board for the sim and sd it just un clips and there around a fiver online (I broke the one on my phone)
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Fantastic advice, just got a genuine new sim tray for £7.99, can now sell it for a decent price, thanks man
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Welcome!
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Hey all, I have a Nexus S, i9020a model, and I broke one of the pins for the sim tray on my phone. Did it with a micro-sim adapter, which i don't know why I started using it since the micro-sim worked fine without it, but anyway upon removing the adapter, a pin fell off. I called up Samsung, and they said to send it to them for repair, I even told them I did it and they said depending on the technician, they would decide to charge or for it to be free (it's still under my 1 year warranty, it's up at the end of the month). Now I haven't sent it out yet, but here's my question, I found a place that sells the sim board for $40, should I just buy that and fix it myself, or send it to Samsung and possibly be charged more for the fix? What would you do?
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Hey all, I have a Nexus S, i9020a model, and I broke one of the pins for the sim tray on my phone. Did it with a micro-sim adapter, which i don't know why I started using it since the micro-sim worked fine without it, but anyway upon removing the adapter, a pin fell off. I called up Samsung, and they said to send it to them for repair, I even told them I did it and they said depending on the technician, they would decide to charge or for it to be free (it's still under my 1 year warranty, it's up at the end of the month). Now I haven't sent it out yet, but here's my question, I found a place that sells the sim board for $40, should I just buy that and fix it myself, or send it to Samsung and possibly be charged more for the fix? What would you do?
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Well, it really depends on you. I know here in Canada they take about 2 weeks to repair your phone and you have to rent a loaner phone which you might or might not get the money back. If you're handy and careful the $40 might be worth it if your inpatient and don't want to wait.
I hope this is alright in this forum. I have a friend with an international note and he was using a micro sim with an adapter. It hung up or got stuck as he was taking it out and now the phone won't read a sim card at all. I guess there s a small ridge in the adapter . Is this at all common to the note or is there a known fix?
He bought it thru Amazon and I think there is no warranty . Is it possible that a small tab is just bent and can be put back? I am much more comfortable messing with my fone (cappy) than he is so I looked under the hood and its all packed so tightly I couldn't see much.
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Amazon has warrantee. Good service as well regarding buyer protection.
Samsung itself has warrantee, he should be able to get it fixed at a local service centre faster. Warrantee is from moment of purchase,so bring your receipt. So far I have read of 4 accounts with microsim. Not sure if its Samsungs fault though you can try.
All the fault off Cupertino with their %ù"é(é" micro and nano sims.
Nobody asked for smaller sims in the first place. Idiots
friedje said:
All the fault off Cupertino with their %ù"é(é" micro and nano sims.
Nobody asked for smaller sims in the first place. Idiots
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how about apple, all their phones are microsim now.
I told him just to contact amazon about it. Apparently the international model does not have a warranty thru amazon.
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