Hey!
Soo... I put the sim card holder wrong into the phone, and a pin came loose and fell out. How can I fix this? I dont think i have warranty for the phone anymore.
Do i need to replace something or is there a hill-billy fix for this?
a1exander said:
Hey!
Soo... I put the sim card holder wrong into the phone, and a pin came loose and fell out. How can I fix this? I dont think i have warranty for the phone anymore.
Do i need to replace something or is there a hill-billy fix for this?
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You need to change your SIM reader because it's broken. If you have a lot experience with precise soldering you can change it by yourself. Here's ebay link:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2pcs-origin...e_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item43cb66e5f1
My advice is take it to someone who is expert with this things. :fingers-crossed:
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My sim card quit working out of no where. hard reset. havent sync'd or anything yet. but its reading "sim card missing"..
how do I go about fixing this. I REALLY REALLY need my phone up and working for work.
turboxer said:
My sim card quit working out of no where. hard reset. havent sync'd or anything yet. but its reading "sim card missing"..
how do I go about fixing this. I REALLY REALLY need my phone up and working for work.
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I have also experienced the same problem. Tried different sim cards, hard resetting and even flashing new rom. It just happened all of a sudden so maybe is hardware related unless someone else can provide a remedy or two to try out.
Take a pencil and try cleaning the sim card with the eraser. If that doesn't work, try sliding in a thin piece of paper on the back of the sim card once you've put it in the phone. Sometimes the holder gets loose and the contacts wont mate well. If that doesn't work, try putting in a different sim. If that doesn't work, then I think it'd be safe to say that it's a hardware issue.
I experienced the same thing a few months ago and swapping the sim card worked for me.
I've had the same problem. Just push/bend the metal sim card holder/bracket in a bit, then insert the sim card.
bent it down and stuff, works until I move the phone around a lot... trying a piece of paper now.... gonna flash the factory rom if I can, and take it in.
new sim card isnt working either. looks like I am gonna go get the piece tightened down, cause I have pressed it down a few times.... I'm in Springfield, MO for school (smaller town compared to St.Louis) and they'd never even seen a tilt. great
I've got the same problem. My SIM card works on my wife's Motorola V220, but her's doesn't work in mine.
Tried the piece of paper trick.
I'll try the bending trick too.
I messed up my xperia. I was trying a micro-sim card on to transfer some contacts and it got stuck. I kind of pulled the sim hard and i guess some of the pins that read the sim card bend. I know big mistake but i needed to transfer contacts that moment and i was away from a computer.
Now when i put a sim card it doesnt detected. It says no sim.
I called Sony Ericsson and they want to charge me 187 plus shipping both ways for any repair needed. I think thats too expensive and i was wondering if anybody here knows a reputable place where i could send it to get it fix.
Thanks for any help in advance.
I know I have other threads on this but decided to give all my symptoms and what I have done up till now in one thread.
Ok, so to begin........ I had the power button problem on my Captivate as well as other problems, phone would get hot and smell and do weird things. So I decided to buy a broken phone off ebay and change out the motherboard.
I swapped boards and the new board had a lock on it so I couldnt get into the phone so I restored it to factory defaults. After that I was able to get into the phone and it works great except for the fact it will not connect to the network! So I have a camera and a wifi device.
Here is a list of problems I see.....
When phone boots up without sim card it doesnt ask for a sim card to be inserted
when sim card is inserted it doesnt read it (card and card holder work fine on other motherboard)
No network but wifi works fine
Baseband version - unkown
phone number - unknown
mobile network type - unknown
service state - out of service
mobile network state - disconnected
imei - unknown
imei sv - unknown
I have tried pretty much everything I have read on the forum....
Rooted phone and installed a custom rom and corn kernel - no luck
Mobiletechvideo method - no luck
moved efs folder from old motherboard to new motherboard - no luck
did a CWM backup on old motherboard and copied it to new motherboard and ran CWM recovery - no luck
tried Galaxy S unlock and no matter what I do only get the FFFFFF code
Flashed other modems - no luck
in hex editor my nv_data.bin files look fine.......
00188008|2e|34|00|00|00|00|ff|41|.4....A
00188010|54|54|00|00|00|00|53|47|TT....SG
00188018|48|2d|49|38|39|37|5a|4b|H-I897ZK
00188020|41|41|54|54|00|00|00|00|AATT....
So anyway, Im at the end of my rope so hopefully I can get some insight before I just give up (which I keep saying I'm going to do but havent yet, lol)
Thanks!
It may not matter, but have you tested someone else's SIM card in the phone that's not detecting yours? If it won't read two different cards, but all the software parts are looking like they're functioning correctly, it's possible you have a lemon SIM card reader.
I don't know if that's something that could be replaced, but if you test it and it won't read the second card, it might be worth getting in contact with Josh (connexion2005) at mobiletechvideos to see if replacing the SIM card reader is something they can do.
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It may not matter, but have you tested someone else's SIM card in the phone that's not detecting yours? If it won't read two different cards, but all the software parts are looking like they're functioning correctly, it's possible you have a lemon SIM card reader.
I don't know if that's something that could be replaced, but if you test it and it won't read the second card, it might be worth getting in contact with Josh (connexion2005) at mobiletechvideos to see if replacing the SIM card reader is something they can do.
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Yes I have tested other sim cards and they dont work either. I had thought of this too but I put the sim card reader/holder on the other motherboard and it reads fine.
Here's an interesting twist......
started looking around in root explorer and looked at dev/block, only folder in there is dev/block/void and it is empty. Maybe this could be the cause? If so anyone know how to fix it, lol
This very well may be a modem defect. Do you have the background story for how it became this way?
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This very well may be a modem defect. Do you have the background story for how it became this way?
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It was a phone with a broken screen I bought off ebay, took the motherboard out and put it in my phone which has a bad motherboard. Hasnt worked since I switched it out so that as far back as I can go. If it was a modem defect would the wifi still work?
my i9000 wont recognise any sim.
its because on the sim reader the middle of the 3 gold metal bits has came away.
is the only way i can fix this to buy a new sim card reader then disassemble the phone and replace the only with the new then reassemble.
or..... is there something simpler i could do!?
i've never done anything like this before.
but i've talked to all phone shops in my area and none of them seem to do this sort of repair.
(i'm UK based)
Hey,
I had to cut my SIM Card so it fits into a Micro SIM Slot and while I used another phone I put my SIM Adapter in my SGS so I won't lose it.
Well when I wanted to put the card back in the Adapter I had to (obviously) pull out the Adapter first: But it stucked in there. So I had to add some pressure and I finally got it.
But now my phone won't recognize and SIM Card anymore. I've no Idea what exactly could be/is damaged.
Does anyone had the same problem and solved it?
Oh and if there's a nice dude with a good camera: Could someone make a picture of the SIM Card Slot so I can see how it should look? :/
Disassemble Videos showed me that I can't really get under the "holder"?
Thanks in advance
PS: Sorry I'm not a native english speaker
AW: [Q] I damaged my SIM Slot, help
No one an idea? Or a photo? :/
/e Seems like I can buy a new Adapter for 9€ .. better than nothing
U could try a normal sim to see if it's read correctly, u should get a sense of what's wrong.
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AW: [Q] I damaged my SIM Slot, help
Thanks for your response. I already tried that with 2 other (normal) sim cards and it didn't work.