Hello,
I currently have a Nano sim card and the Xperia Z doesn't seem to recognize it when I've fit it with the Nano to Micro sim adapter. Has anyone had success with the Nano to Micro adapter or does the Xperia Z only "recognize" true Micro sim cards?
My partner has the same phone as myself XZ she has the nano SIM working in her XZ it was fiddle getting the simcard in as the XZ has tray itself so I can't see reasons why you have these issues tbh I cut the simcard myself as she wanted the iPhone 5 till I got my upgrade she wanted this XZ now stuck with 3 contracts but hey hope this helps.. Just make sure it's all aligned up and it's inserted with SIM contacts facing down..
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charvin96 said:
Hello,
I currently have a Nano sim card and the Xperia Z doesn't seem to recognize it when I've fit it with the Nano to Micro sim adapter. Has anyone had success with the Nano to Micro adapter or does the Xperia Z only "recognize" true Micro sim cards?
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I have a nano sim with micro sim adaptor, works fine, just make sure you have the sim inserted correctly and up the right way.
I can't for the life of me figure out what this network problem is. I'm with Bell Canada and the sim card is not cooperating - haven't been able to get service and I inserted the sim card with the adaptor properly because it recognizes the phone number I have. Going to try buying a Micro sim tomorrow and see if that works, if not, this phone might have to go back :crying:
charvin96 said:
I can't for the life of me figure out what this network problem is. I'm with Bell Canada and the sim card is not cooperating - haven't been able to get service and I inserted the sim card with the adaptor properly because it recognizes the phone number I have. Going to try buying a Micro sim tomorrow and see if that works, if not, this phone might have to go back :crying:
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So what is your problem exactly? Can you make phone calls? Can you recieve phone calls? Is data not working?...
Anyway try this. Go into settings, then more under data usage, then mobile network settings, Access point names, do you have any listed here? If not go into network operators, should force the phone to search and list ALL the available networks, all the ones with the NO symbol will be other neworks you can't use on that SIM. Now select your appropriate option. Make sure data is enabled.
Data is enabled but I have the red exclamation point in the top left of the status bar indicating no service - can't make calls, no data, not able to browse the internet, etc. All the normal things you would expect to do with data, of course, I can still go on Wifi and such.
My network doesn't seem to be showing up when it searches for service providers, all I see is 2G/3G EXT under my available networks.
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So what is your problem exactly? Can you make phone calls? Can you recieve phone calls? Is data not working?...
Anyway try this. Go into settings, then more under data usage, then mobile network settings, Access point names, do you have any listed here? If not go into network operators, should force the phone to search and list ALL the available networks, all the ones with the NO symbol will be other neworks you can't use on that SIM. Now select your appropriate option. Make sure data is enabled.
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Maybe your provider is not sending out APN's/connection settings for this phone, or has the sending of APN's/connections locked down to known devices for their network, would pay to ask them first before you purchase another SIM etc.
xperia z no service
i have quite similar problem too. my problem is, i often got no service when i am outside my home. whenever i was in my home, the connection network is excellent. but when i went outside home like going to work, i got no service at all.
the only way i tried to get the connection back is by trying to call someone, then the network will be present about a couple of seconds and then no service at all.
please help me, i can make phone call when i am at home but i couldnt receive any phone call when i am outside. i am the opinion that the service provider cut my sim card wrongly. could it be the problem?
thanks in advance.
Hi Everyone,
I have purchased my Xperiz Z 'C6602' in the start of this year (2014). Yesterday, I faced a problem that my mobile was showing no Sim card detection. I have restarted my mobile many times, open the Sim slot and again placed it corrected but the problem persists. I have reset my mobile, check the aeroplane mode but all is well. I am wondering that how this happened because my mobile was working great. I used it at night very well and then after some hours at morning the mobile showed no network connection (detect no Sim) while the Sim was in the Sim Slot.
Please tell me the solution of this problem. Thanks
problems with 3 in 1 sim cards- solved
Had problems with my new Consumer Cellular card in a 6 month old LG phone (takes full size card) and a 1 year old Samsung 3 mini (takes mid sized card).
The original card they sent me was a 2 in 1 card and worked fine in both. When I had my number transfered from my original carrier they sent me a new card which was 3 in 1. It initially worked but then stopped in both within a couple of hours. They sent me new 3 in 1 card- same problem.
I read on line to put a piece of paper about the thickness of a manila folder between the top of the card and the metal bracket to apply more force to the contacts- worked fine in BOTH phones.
Why? Because the nano section of the SIM is thinner than the other two sections. To make matters worse, the side with the contacts is recessed into the card instead of flush to the face of the card. When it is placed in a non-nano phone, there is insufficient force on the electrical contacts.
Hope this helps someone.
dcm0123 said:
Had problems with my new Consumer Cellular card in a 6 month old LG phone (takes full size card) and a 1 year old Samsung 3 mini (takes mid sized card).
The original card they sent me was a 2 in 1 card and worked fine in both. When I had my number transfered from my original carrier they sent me a new card which was 3 in 1. It initially worked but then stopped in both within a couple of hours. They sent me new 3 in 1 card- same problem.
I read on line to put a piece of paper about the thickness of a manila folder between the top of the card and the metal bracket to apply more force to the contacts- worked fine in BOTH phones.
Why? Because the nano section of the SIM is thinner than the other two sections. To make matters worse, the side with the contacts is recessed into the card instead of flush to the face of the card. When it is placed in a non-nano phone, there is insufficient force on the electrical contacts.
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Was looking up ways to get the sim card tray FIXED.. Brilliant solution, indeed. Paper ROCKS>> Once I put a few pieces of paper between the sim card and the tray, the sim is detected. Thanks a ton for sharing the simple and effective solution!!
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i like to know if there is room enough above the sim to use a duosim from duosim.xcom ?
Anyone an idea?
come on , is there any room to place a dual sim ?
Oh, wow. That stuff looks cool. Now I'm curious too.
Yes, there should be room enough.
So, I've tried it and yes it fits but it doesn't work.
The TD has 8 connections to the SIM card and the Magic Sim (www.dual-sim.nl, 16th cut version) has 6 connections. It is 16th gen card which they propose to use for smartphones....
It works on my old Nokia 6021. This phone has 6 connections to the SIM Card.
The cutted SIM Card doesn't work anymore on the TD so I have to purchase a new one. I have sent a mail to dual-sim.nl. I will post the outcome.
number of contacts is irrelevant. Only 6 contacts are used for sim cards, the last 2 are RFU (reserved for future use).
If i read you right, after you cut up your sim card it doesnt work anymore? even directly in the phone without the dual sim? If thats the case your broke your sim while cutting it. The dual sim may or may not work still.
The cutted SIM doesn't work in the TD but does work in the Nokia 6021.
The Magic Sim doesn't work in the TD but does work in the Nokia 6021.
So, my assumption was that the cut is the reason that the SIM card doesn't work anymore on the TD. Strange that it still works in the 6021??
No, there is an incompatability between the magic sim and the touch diamond it sounds like. Only 6 contacts on the sim are used, the last two do nothing.
So if it works fine in your 6021 and not the TD, then its the magic sim that has the problem.
What error do you receive? no sim/insert sim?
SIM card is seen, Magic Sim program is available in teh TD but it doesn't register to the network.
geraldkw said:
SIM card is seen, Magic Sim program is available in teh TD but it doesn't register to the network.
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Hmm thats really strange. What happens when you manually register?
It lists the available networks. KPN (my provider) in one of the them. If I try to connect to this netwerk the same thing occurs: can't register... I can try another network (roaming)?
Hmm that means the IMSI is not being passed corectly.
Sounds like a bug with the multisim itself. Another brand might work.
Not all new USIM cards works fine.
Put your phone on GSM mode instead of WCDMA or Auto.
Then the Dualsim works fine.
someone1234 said:
Hmm that means the IMSI is not being passed corectly.
Sounds like a bug with the multisim itself. Another brand might work.
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Due to your questions I tried it again and came to the conclusion that the cutted SIM card didn't work in the TD because it didn't contacted completely. I also saw a different kind of slide for the Magic Sim which leads to a better contact of the Magic Sim to the TD and now everythong works!!
Thanks someone1234 for taking the effort ask further
geraldkw said:
Thanks someone1234 for taking the effort ask further
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Thats great! no problem.
Does the Dual-sim 16th gen. non-cut version also fit into the TD?
I don't think my employer will appreciate it if I would cut my KPN sim-card of my company phone...
anyone tried the 20th gen dual sim adapters yet?
I have just bought an LG P880 and to my horror found that it does not work with my sim card.
Here are the details:
Three Sim card (GA6047) monthly contract
LG P880 unlocked
I have tried the following sim cards and they do work
O2
Orange
I have tried a factory reset and a hard reset with the Three sim card in and out, each time it fails to detect it.
I have tried the Three sim card in the following phones and it does work
HTC 7Pro
Nokia N900
Samsung Galaxy Europa (The phone it came with)
While waiting for Three customer services I tried the Three sim card out of my mobile broadband GA6029 and was shocked to find that it did work.
So here i am with two three sims, one works with the phone, the other doesnt not.
All three said was to go to a shop so they can see it for themselves.
Do any of you have any ideas?
3G is activated? :silly:
Get a new SIM-card ... But it's best if you go to a three store and try one of their sim cards first. Pretty sure it will work. Maybe the sim card batch you got is faulty somehow and just not recognized by the phone. Exchanging the simcard shouldn't cost you anything if there's a technical problem.
Strange. My three sim works. It's a micro sim in an adapter. Maybe there is an alignment problem?
lt100ka said:
I have just bought an LG P880 and to my horror found that it does not work with my sim card.
Here are the details:
Three Sim card (GA6047) monthly contract
LG P880 unlocked
I have tried the following sim cards and they do work
O2
Orange
I have tried a factory reset and a hard reset with the Three sim card in and out, each time it fails to detect it.
I have tried the Three sim card in the following phones and it does work
HTC 7Pro
Nokia N900
Samsung Galaxy Europa (The phone it came with)
While waiting for Three customer services I tried the Three sim card out of my mobile broadband GA6029 and was shocked to find that it did work.
So here i am with two three sims, one works with the phone, the other doesnt not.
All three said was to go to a shop so they can see it for themselves.
Do any of you have any ideas?
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With android I don't know...
With the old K990 I just had to flash with an open firmware.
I have full size three sim works fine, but make sure data is enabled or you won't get a signal...
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Ok, so an update.
I went to the three store yesterday. They let me try one of their demo sims and that worked. So they gave me a new sim. But once the sim activated, it yet again didnt work. Same as before though. The sim works in several other phones.
Does anyone know about different sim types?
The sim is a normal mini sim. But i am guessing that their are diferent sims for different phones?
Try microSIM from three. Maybe it helps.
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Do any of you have any ideas?
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I had the same problem with italian sim. I discovered that pulling the sim 1mm over the battery solve the problem. Maybe the contacts of the reader and the ones of the sim are not at the same distance when the sim is full inside the reader.
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Wombat said:
I have full size three sim works fine, but make sure data is enabled or you won't get a signal...
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i am not sure its FULL size, since that includes the sim tray which in early 90s and forward was a complete card with simchip you could push out
the regulars or todays sim are mini-sim cards.see more here
So a few days ago I went swimming with my N3 in my pocket. I pulled the battery (but not the SIM card) immediately afterwards and had it in rice within a few hours. I tried it 24 hours later, it boots up fine, everything works but I can't connect to cellular networks. The SIM works fine and the phone knows its there (it's not giving me an insert SIM error), but in settings it doesn't know the phone number, network, etc and obviously I can't connect to the network (WiFi is fine though). Also the SIM card is fine, I've tried it in other phones, and other phone's working SIMs don't work in my phone, and the microSD card is fine and works in the slot. Should I replace the SIM/microSD tray? Or try cleaning it out more? The contacts could be damaged somehow I guess. Thanks for the help guys
Did you check your apn settings to see if they are still there? Have you tried a different sim card in your phone?
440bro said:
Did you check your apn settings to see if they are still there? Have you tried a different sim card in your phone?
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Other working SIM cards have been tried and don't work, and I can't even access the APN settings when I click on mobile settings it says "Insert SIM card to access"
Sorry you're having trouble. There's definitely a bad connection somewhere. You can try to clean the contacts out in the SIM card slot. I'm not exactly sure how you would go about that since its a tight area. The next step would be to replace the SIM card slot. But there's no way of knowing if that would even fix it. Its just a starting point.
My devices sometimes cannot read the sim card, and some times it can. No matter what sim I use, what ROM I use, and I've even tried another sim card reader, but the problem seem to be something else.
Anyone experienced this?
I've been looking for a way to emulate a sim card, like a soft sim solution, but it seem this is not easy..
Maybe it's time to let the old m7 retire...
Anyway, thanks to all contributors in this community, it's been awesome. Merry Christmas and a happy new year.
rbrandser said:
My devices sometimes cannot read the sim card, and some times it can. No matter what sim I use, what ROM I use, and I've even tried another sim card reader, but the problem seem to be something else.
Anyone experienced this?
I've been looking for a way to emulate a sim card, like a soft sim solution, but it seem this is not easy..
Maybe it's time to let the old m7 retire...
Anyway, thanks to all contributors in this community, it's been awesome. Merry Christmas and a happy new year.
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Maybe the sim card isn't making a good contact when inserted in the tray, A few ppl got a similar issue and used paper to shim the sim card (not recommended since your sim tray can get stuck). I would try another sim first...
alray said:
Maybe the sim card isn't making a good contact when inserted in the tray, A few ppl got a similar issue and used paper to shim the sim card (not recommended since your sim tray can get stuck). I would try another sim first...
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Yes, that's a common issue. The first steps was to use a little tape on the sim, second step was to try another sim, third step was to open the device and take out the sim reader, clean it with ethanol, check every pin and so on, then I tried another sim reader, but the problem still remains.
I too have the same problem, of signal on and off. I think the device detected the SIM card as it asked for PIN to unlock. I tried the *#*#4636#*#* to choose WCDMA only / preferred, but still same problem. So, did you retire the beautiful phone of yours?
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I too have the same problem, of signal on and off. I think the device detected the SIM card as it asked for PIN to unlock. I tried the *#*#4636#*#* to choose WCDMA only / preferred, but still same problem. So, did you retire the beautiful phone of yours?
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Since not even replacing the sim reader solved the problem, it can no longer be used as a phone.
And anyway, the battery is getting seriously old, so when my dogs destroyed my remote control, the good old HTC one m7 now have a new life, filled with joy and happiness.
Anymote app is nice, and m7 are now a media control hub in my living room.
Since April 29 2013 this device have improved my life quality, with the good help from this great community on XDA.
hey
I bought an used note 5 (n920PVPS2BPD1) from china and I am living in Egypt
in every call usually after 5 minutes it disconnect and pop up message appears "sim card removed" and I should restart
also it occurs when I am using mobile data.
my useless trials based on internet comments >
1.the mobile was already rooted so I flashed a new custom rom and the same occurs
2.no 4g forced when I was using a 4g sim (Vodafone)
3.used 3g SIM instead of 4g and auto 3g-2g applied
4.2g only sometimes
5.added simple plaster tape over the sim to hold it in the tray
I cant even sell the phone here because of this and any engineer here suggested to open the phone and change the whole sim tray. so before labeling it as a hardware issue would someone help me in this ?
ill be so grateful
Maybe forget about a 3 year old phone?
Just use small thin tape to fix the position of sim card on the sim card tray. That worked for me on my 3 years old note5
I'm tempted to also think it's to do with the sim tray. Last comment is interesting, or you could add several layers of tape to the sim to have more pressure with the contacts in the tray.
First thing I would do is try cleaning the contacts by inserting in and out 20 the sim 20 times. If nothing of the above work, then have someone to open the device and clean the sim tray contacts with alcohol, or change the tray if you're able to find a replacement.