SIM card not recognized. replacement part or repair? - G 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello. Was in a hurry and attempted to pull out the Sim card (nano with an adapter) in my xt1064 and ended up removing it, but the phone no longer recognizes any SIM cards. I contacted a local repair and was told the SIM tray is soldered to main board. I did see this video which shows the dual-sim variant as removable (see at 4;45-5:00 min (http://youtu.be/l29IvoYolh8) SIM cards go inside (but not as before), but do pish in and eject OK. I read online re: trying to align pins in the tray, but didn't see a good tutorial. I did open the phone and the tray is not easily openable (see a spring on the side). So how would I go about trying to get this repaired? Looked at etradesuppky and just saw few major parts (screen, housing, battery), unlike a lot more small components avail for xt1032. Any ideas/suggestions? This had to happen right after I flashed an updated lollipop 5.0.1 with success after few weeks of waiting. Thanks for any input.

Like you said it sounds like the SIM pins might be damaged. If you're pretty confident about tinkering with it yourself then be careful and continue Or else just take it to a service center.

Can someone post a close-up macro picture of the SIM tray? I can't seemed to figure out how the pins should look like? Is there a guide/tutorial on how they should look/work? Thanks A LOT.

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The Sim Card Is Missing

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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
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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
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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.

"No SIM"?

Tilt was previously working. Now shows "No SIM" on screen when any SIM is inserted.
Any idea what the issue might be?
I am not the current owner of the tilt, nor do I have access to it to test anything, so that is basically everything I know about it.
What is your best guess?
Thanks
is it your phone or is it a phone you got of e-bay.
If of e-bay it may be that yur IMEI is barred.
saopacic said:
is it your phone or is it a phone you got of e-bay.
If of e-bay it may be that yur IMEI is barred.
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Ebay.
Well if that is that case great, because my carrier does not ban IMEIs, so it will work perfectly for me.
Is that really the message you would get if your IMEI was dissabled though? That doesn't really make sense, as it would see the SIM and you would see it say: Searching for network... Registering... and then it might say no SIM, but it says no SIM right away, so that can't really be it.
Any other ideas?
this is usualy a bad sim card..
usualy either a worn card.. or possibly an issue on the att side with your sim number
if you frequent any core att stores you might could get a free one..
I stopped bidding for it on eBay, cuz I don't feel like taking the risk.
It sold for $127.50
Sounds silly, i know, but i had the same a while ago, found the sim goes in and locks shut back to front the contact part going in last, just maybe this simple
I had a similar problem with my new Tytn II. Only 3 days old and after I took out and reinserted SIM, I got the "No SIM" message, same problem with another SIM card as well.
Just as I was ready to return the device, after a final test with my SIM card, it decided to work. I have not taken out the SIM since and this problem hasn't shown up.
There have been a couple of threads on this problem.
It would seem that the design of the SIM connector is not all that it should be.
My main SIM sometimes wouldn't connect and another couple of SIMs would not connect at all.
A piece of paper, folded if necessary, inserted between the SIM card and the metal clip to increase the contact pressure has completely fixed the problem on mine, but apparently it has not worked for everyone.

[Q] HD7 SIM Card Error

I've flipped through other SIM card error threads here on the HD7 forum and found not many had a good turn out.
I dropped my HD7 in water and luckily this was the only "damage" it suffered. But it is beyond me how the problems still persists, I've replaced nearly EVERYTHING inside the damn phone and I STILL have the error.
SIM/SD card tray, Main logic board, motherboard, you name it I've gotten a replacement for it and the POS is still reading SIM card error. Attempted different SIM cards from friends and nothing.
I think the ONLY strike of a light I ever had was when I replace the SIM/SD card tray and I actually had bars for a little bit, and then just dorpped to the error again and bars never came back no matter how many times I restarted the phone.
The only thing Im suspecting now is the cellular antennas in the back housing just not making good contact/sending out any signals. I tried making the contact better by adding a bit of solder to the contacts but no avail. Got a new housing coming in.
Wondering if anyone had any othe ideas or has any suggestions

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?

[Q] SIM not detected for multiple cards.

Well I bought Nexus 5. Because of that I had to get a Micro SIM card to fit in it.
I bought another Micro -to- Normal SIM adapter. Like an external Jacket so that I can use the same SIM in my SGS Advance.
Now, because of the SIM holder design, the terminals might have gotten a little worn out due to inserting and removing the SIM card.
But What I dont understand is, it was working fine until suddenly my SGS Advance stopped recognising my SIM card.
Ok.
So I tried other SIM cards. Still the same result. Mind you, the phone was recognising the SIM Card(s) before it was stopped recognising.
Cause for it :
1.physical damage
well I dont think so cause I dont see if there are any terminals missing or something out of place or anything that has fallen off.
2.Software issue.
Please help me. And yeah Phones outta warranty period running 2.3.6 & yeah thats about it. Please see image below. Top notification bar just right of the mid line, symbol that no SIM card is inserted.

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