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Sim card problem

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.
danw_oz said:
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.
Hope this helps someone.
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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!!

[Q] Activating N6 on Verizon Network

So I just got my N6 (finally) and I just started to activate it on Verizon.
I'm running into a problem though, it seems the IMEI isn't registered on Verizon and it's failing whenever I try and put in my N6's IMEI. I've worked around this by activating an iPhone 6 on my line and then switching sim cards. I'm not sure if this is the right process, since I've never actually used an unlocked phone outside of the verizon network. (I bought from the GPS)
If anyone could help, that'd be great!

I didn't have to do anything with the IMEI. I took my sim, stuck in it and powered on. It took a few mintues the first time but I didn't even to adjust APN settings or anything. I did have to go in and tell it use LTE for CDMA preference as it defaulted to 3G for some reason, but that was it.

What does your Verizon account say about it? For instance mine still says I have an iPhone 6 registered, even though I'm using the sim in the Nexus.

Based on other threads I am reading it looks like the nano SIM from an iPhone will not work

I had verizon send me a nano sim. Called in when it got here and activated the sim. Put the sim in my nexus and it worked fine. It does not show a device type in my verizon

loggainsd said:
I had verizon send me a nano sim. Called in when it got here and activated the sim. Put the sim in my nexus and it worked fine. It does not show a device type in my verizon
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Yup, it shows up fine now. Just shows a generic device or non-vzw device.

Finally got my nexus to work. Had to get a new sim. My nano sim from my iPhone couldn't establish a data connection so they just gave me another and activated it using my iPhone IMEI and then put it back in my nexus. Worked just fine. Said they had never seen the error it was giving me. Was pretty strange.

Could I link my g2 imei to the nano sim and then insert it into the Nexus?

roadratx said:
Based on other threads I am reading it looks like the nano SIM from an iPhone will not work
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Nah, they work just fine. My primary line nano sim from my iPhone worked in it. Just had another nano sim from an iPhone that had something wrong with it. So you definitely don't need a special nano sim for Verizon.
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trunks527 said:
Could I link my g2 imei to the nano sim and then insert it into the Nexus?
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That is what they had to do for me in store. They can't activate the nexus in store BC the imei isn't in their system so they linked my iPhone 6 imei to a sim and then it worked fine.

epphllps said:
Nah, they work just fine. My primary line nano sim from my iPhone worked in it. Just had another nano sim from an iPhone that had something wrong with it. So you definitely don't need a special nano sim for Verizon.
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That is what they had to do for me in store. They can't activate the nexus in store BC the imei isn't in their system so they linked my iPhone 6 imei to a sim and then it worked fine.
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Didn't have to stick it in your iPhone 6? I might cut my sim tonight. Because I don't feel like waiting really haha.

They did put it in my 6+ before swapping back to the nexus. Granted you may not have to do that, necessarily. I would try it out and see before you cut your current sim.

epphllps said:
They did put it in my 6+ before swapping back to the nexus. Granted you may not have to do that, necessarily. I would try it out and see before you cut your current sim.
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Coming from a micro. If need be I'm sure I could use a demo phone

I just received my N6 today and went through this for 90 minutes with Verizon. Here's the definitive deal (as of today).
If you bought the phone from Google Play or Motorola, you must have an activated SIM to get the phone working. If you try to call and have VZW add the device, it is not in their database (as of today) and they cannot add it at any level as a new activation. I went through two supervisors and two level 3 tech guys and this is where we are. They were all extremely helpful. The N6 IMEI's from GP and Motorola are listed as not available on their network, when they try and add them the "official" way.
By using an activated SIM, the phone shows up as a "non-VZW device" on your VZW account, and somehow bypasses the add to database process when you call. They told me that pic messaging definitely would not work yet nor would MMS until Google/Verizon formally launch there on VZW.
To make this work:
1. I asked VZW tech support to assign my current micro-sim number on my Galaxy Nexus to the new, non-activated nano sim from VZW
2. Took my new nano-sim with my number and booted it in the Moto X. This activated the new SIM and provisioned as an authorized device.
3. I now had a newly activated nano-sim.
4. I took the new nano-sim and booted it in the N6. This worked and the N6 was now working on VZW.
5. I took my wife's original sim and put it back in the Moto X. It booted back, connected and successfully went back to "her number" .

tvtodd said:
I just received my N6 today and went through this for 90 minutes with Verizon. Here's the definitive deal (as of today).
If you bought the phone from Google Play or Motorola, you must have an activated SIM to get the phone working. If you try to call and have VZW add the device, it is not in their database (as of today) and they cannot add it at any level as a new activation. I went through two supervisors and two level 3 tech guys and this is where we are. They were all extremely helpful. The N6 IMEI's from GP and Motorola are listed as not available on their network, when they try and add them the "official" way.
By using an activated SIM, the phone shows up as a "non-VZW device" on your VZW account, and somehow bypasses the add to database process when you call. They told me that pic messaging definitely would not work yet nor would MMS until Google/Verizon formally launch there on VZW.
To make this work:
1. I asked VZW tech support to assign my current micro-sim number on my Galaxy Nexus to the new, non-activated nano sim from VZW
2. Took my new nano-sim with my number and booted it in the Moto X. This activated the new SIM and provisioned as an authorized device.
3. I now had a newly activated nano-sim.
4. I took the new nano-sim and booted it in the N6. This worked and the N6 was now working on VZW.
5. I took my wife's original sim and put it back in the Moto X. It booted back, connected and successfully went back to "her number" .
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MMS works fine, they're wrong.
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tvtodd said:
I just received my N6 today and went through this for 90 minutes with Verizon. Here's the definitive deal (as of today).
If you bought the phone from Google Play or Motorola, you must have an activated SIM to get the phone working. If you try to call and have VZW add the device, it is not in their database (as of today) and they cannot add it at any level as a new activation. I went through two supervisors and two level 3 tech guys and this is where we are. They were all extremely helpful. The N6 IMEI's from GP and Motorola are listed as not available on their network, when they try and add them the "official" way.
By using an activated SIM, the phone shows up as a "non-VZW device" on your VZW account, and somehow bypasses the add to database process when you call. They told me that pic messaging definitely would not work yet nor would MMS until Google/Verizon formally launch there on VZW.
To make this work:
1. I asked VZW tech support to assign my current micro-sim number on my Galaxy Nexus to the new, non-activated nano sim from VZW
2. Took my new nano-sim with my number and booted it in the Moto X. This activated the new SIM and provisioned as an authorized device.
3. I now had a newly activated nano-sim.
4. I took the new nano-sim and booted it in the N6. This worked and the N6 was now working on VZW.
5. I took my wife's original sim and put it back in the Moto X. It booted back, connected and successfully went back to "her number" .
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I didn't have to do any of this, got a nano sim, called up support, told them i needed to activate a new sim, old one was having issues. They asked for the sim number. Popped it straight into the N6, as the nano wouldn't fit in my old phone, i didn't have an adapter. Everything worked fine, didn't have to provision the sim or anything.

I just cut my sim and did a factory reset and then my phone was ready to rock!

Iphone nano Sims will not work.

Verizon fail? Or faulty Nexus 6 sim slot?

I got my nexus 6 the other day, finally ready to activate it on Verizon. I had a spare nano sim from the iphone 6 I sold. I called in and gave Verizon my sim ID and the IMEI of a spare iphone 6 at work. They told me it was activated so I stuck my sim in and booted it up. The setup wizard tells me still to insert a sim card. When I go into settings-cellular networks, search for and select Verizon, it tells me that the sim doesnt allow a connection to this network. I feel like though that my phone isnt even recognizing the sim (says no sim on the lockscreen). I figured what the heck, and decided to tell them that I have a nexus 6 and to see if they can force the imei in. They say they can do it so I give them my N6 imei. Even after that its still showing the same messages, and they then tell me that it could be the nano sim that im using (that came in the box with an iphone 6 from work) will not work in my phone and to grab one from the store.
My questions are:
Has anyone had issues using a sim from an iphone 6?
Does it still show the "No sim" message even if you have an unactivated sim installed?
Has anyone gotten these similar messages when selecting Verizon form the cellular networks?

Maybe you can go into a Verizon store and tell them your sim card stopped working and see if they give you a new one. Say it was working with your Nexus before but then it stopped and see what they do.

Was the sim from the iphone 6 ever activated? SIM cards can typically only be activated once.

darkkterror said:
Was the sim from the iphone 6 ever activated? SIM cards can typically only be activated once.
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It was not. It was bought as a replacement phone so an already active sim was used in it. I had it laying on my desk (although come to think of it the phone was bought as an "upgrade" so that may be possible.). I've never heard that they can only activate it once though.

I installed Sim Card Manager and it tells me the Sim Serial Number is unavailable. Does anyone have a non activated sim they can toss in for a sec to test and see if it stills says no sim card on the lockscreen or shows the sim serial in that app?

[Q] Nano sim activation through Verizon - insight needed

I'm unsure if my problem has to do with Verizon or if I need to run a factory reset or try other options. Here's my story:
As soon as the phone arrived today, I unlocked, rooted, and flashed TWRP. No sim was in at any point since I didn't have a nano sim to use for it.
I tried cutting my Galaxy Nexus micro sim into a nano sim (apparently this works for some people), but the N6 states "no sim card - no service" so I don't think it worked.
Went to a Verizon store and got a nano sim for 28 cents, but the clerk couldn't activate it or bind it to my account since Verizon doesn't have the N6 IMEI numbers in their database. He told me to call support. Support was actually helpful, somewhat knowledgeable at least, and tried to activate the sim card over the phone.
Apparently the sim is pending activation from the phone, but I'm still getting the "no sim card - no service" errors. Does anyone know if this error means that it can't connect to the network, or if the phone thinks the sim is physically missing? There seems to be only one way to add the sim to the little tray as far as I can tell (gold face up, matched corner).
Has anyone else had similar issues? Should I try reverting (unroot/stock recovery/etc)? I'm not sure what the best approach is to activate the sim as I'm uncertain if the issue is still with Verizon or the N6.
EDIT: Everything is working now. For those of you moving from a phone with a micro sim, all you need to do is:
1. Cut the micro card down to the size of a nano
2. Drop it in your nexus6
3. Make sure wifi is off if you've already run through the setup. This was my mistake!
4. Give it a few minutes and you'll see the mobile icon flash LTE
It may help if you change your mobile network settings to LTE preferred.

Same thing happened to me. Did you try spinning the sim card around? The notched corner didn't look so much like a notch by the time I was done trimming...

Larzzzz82 said:
Same thing happened to me. Did you try spinning the sim card around? The notched corner didn't look so much like a notch by the time I was done trimming...
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Interesting. I trimmed off all the white plastic on the left and right sides so that I can rotate it or even flip it over. Going to try a few permutations... nothing yet. That's all it took eh?

That's all it took for me. Everything works. Data, voice, sms,mms... Everything.:good:

Larzzzz82 said:
That's all it took for me. Everything works. Data, voice, sms,mms... Everything.:good:
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Still no dice. The gold face should be face up, right? I noticed that after a few minutes the error changes to "selected network unavailable", so maybe I'm putting it in right but now its just not being registered.

So far in my experience that message means you need to nuke and repave, including userdata.....YMMV
EDIT: Probably easier to get a new SIM from VZW, thats what I did

cmh714 said:
So far in my experience that message means you need to nuke and repave, including userdata.....YMMV
EDIT: Probably easier to get a new SIM from VZW, thats what I did
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Thanks, I'll try a factory reset. I'm only running stock... can't imagine root or custom recovery would prevent the sim from being recognized. Perhaps when you click "skip" for the sim card part of the setup it can never be reconciled.

Factory reset didn't work either. Really irritating, it looks like the N6 that shipped from the play store came with android 5.0 instead of 5.0.0 or 5.0.1... possibly a development version from months ago?
I flashed the latest 5.0.1 factory images (boot, system, radio), then flashed TWRP, then did a factory reset to wipe data. At the setup prompt when I rebooted, it still says "insert sim card".
I'm not sure what else to try. If the sim card isn't activated I can't tell if that's why it wants me to insert a card, or if it physically thinks it is missing. I may need to order a nano sim to micro sim adapter, then put that in my old gnex and activate it that way, and finally move it over to the N6.
Does anyone have any other ideas or think I may have overlooked something?

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Factory reset didn't work either. Really irritating, it looks like the N6 that shipped from the play store came with android 5.0 instead of 5.0.0 or 5.0.1... possibly a development version from months ago?
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All of the stock shipped with 5.0 so far. Not 5.0.0. 5.0.1 update notification "should" arrive after initial bootup

Contacts screen side up. It took a while to get onto the network initially. .#.#4636#.#. On the dialer opens a testing menu. There is a drop down menu, middle of the phone info page. Mine is set to lte/cdma auto

Thanks, never knew about hidden dialer apps. I set mine to the same. It's been a few hours and still no connection, so I'm going to assume the fact that the sim isn't activated is what's causing the phone to believe it's not inserted. I really need another phone to test with... if the sim card can be activated or work on another device, and still doesn't work in the N6, then it'd be a hardware problem.
Also good to know 5.0 is standard.

Update: I tried using the cut micro sim again, but this time turned wifi off. Looks like cutting the micro sim worked after all. I'm somewhat recognized by the network, but the sim used no longer maps to my account, so I'm getting a verizon webpage stating "device error" and to call customer support. I think if I can get verizon to revert changes made on my account yesterday back to the gnex with my old sim that this will work.
Moral of the story - cutting micro sim cards will work, but turn off wifi when trying to test your sim!
I'll report back once this is finally resolved. Hopefully this helps someone else.

Got it working - just had to get a new micro sim for my gnex, re-activate that device, then I was able to cut it down to nano size and load it into my nexus6. With wifi off this time, everything worked, and it connected to the network.
I've updated the original post with instructions for anyone else who might be having this problem.

HELP! No SIM detected after factory reset

I rooted my T-Mobile Pixel 4 XL last night, went fine.
I run my phone dial SIM. I have a T-Mobile ESIM and a physical ATT SIM.
After rooting the phone defaulted to the ATT sim and installed a bunch of BS ATT apps and my T-Mobile ESIM would not activate so I removed my ATT SIM and did a factory reset.
NOW I have no working SIMS. The phone will not detect the ATT sim, doesn't even see its in the phone. I tried it in another phone and it works fine so I dropped another SIM in my P4XL, does not see it.
I've reset again, still nothing.
I've reset the network settings, still nothing.
I've gone into the *#*#4636#*#* phone options and tried different network settings, nothing.
I'm lost at what to try next!
Took some work to get T-Mobile to unlock my phone on lease and only 5 days old, I really dont want to have to replace the phone if I'm over looking something!

Got this figured out. Had to provision the ESIM again via T-Mobile T-Force Twitter chat and the PSIM kicked in. I don't think it's that I needed T-Mobile to do anything, the phone just didnt realize I wanted to use any SIMS.
Once I tried to setup the new ESIM, the phone was like, "oh, do you want to use two SIM's? Do you want to use both Slots 1 and 2"? I said yes and poof, PSIM worked.
However the ESIM said it was not activated so we had to get TMobile to enter the full EID in the ICC box on their screen and my phone immediately accepted the QR scan and activated the ESIM again.

You beat me to it, yeah, it can get a little whack there when you factory, do a wipe full image, etc. As you've seen if you just go back and tell it you want to set up an ESIM it will work. I'm on Fi so it's easy to do myself as I can just open the app and it will say I'm not provisioned and offer to set up the ESIM. Only came up once for me here when I first unlocked the bootloader and had the unconditional wipe but ran into it a few times with my 3A.

Help me out guys. I wonked up my P4 XL trying to install some custom script, I need to factory reset the thing again and I really don't want to go through all that BS of having to get T-Mobile T-Force online via Twitter and try to fix it!
I swear I picked the option to not wipe the eSim with the factory reset but then I did a full factory wipe and it killed it so is there a different between factory reset and wipe or something I need to pick for either or what? Help?

In *#*#4636 etc make sure that DS is enabled under the first menu option