about 3-5 times a day, I'm just using my phone(Verizon gnex) and it suddenly just says
no sim card detected. and it gives me an option to restart. what I usually have to do is turn it off. pull battery out. take out sim card and reinsert. then boot up to make it work.
I haven't really flashed in awhile so I don't think its my ROM problem. I've been running liquidsmooth beta 2 from the day it came out but this problem has started about a week ago.
is it a problem with my sim card? please help me fix this issue...
Either bad SIM or you have dirty/broken pins in the SIM tray. Check that then talk to Verizon.
how do I check if mine is broken?..
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how do I check if mine is broken?..
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Well it looks pretty obvious if you see one. One or more pins are just doesn't look right if it's broken. If you haven't noticed anything abnormal about your SIM tray, I would assume that the SIM tray is fine.
Also have you dropped it recently? If you have, it might be one of the internal that is broken. This happened to me once and had to pay 150$ to repair it. If you have same problem as I had, then your signal should decrease over time and then not read the SIM at all...
If you didn't dropped nor SIM tray is fine, I'll assume there's a problem with the SIM card itself.
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Well it looks pretty obvious if you see one. One or more pins are just doesn't look right if it's broken. If you haven't noticed anything abnormal about your SIM tray, I would assume that the SIM tray is fine.
Also have you dropped it recently? If you have, it might be one of the internal that is broken. This happened to me once and had to pay 150$ to repair it. If you have same problem as I had, then your signal should decrease over time and then not read the SIM at all...
If you didn't dropped nor SIM tray is fine, I'll assume there's a problem with the SIM card itself.
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Sorry for the late reply but if I go to Verizon, will they give me a new sim card if I ask for one?
would they care if I'm on a custom ROM?
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Sorry for the late reply but if I go to Verizon, will they give me a new sim card if I ask for one?
would they care if I'm on a custom ROM?
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I'm not really sure. I think you can replace the SIM card, but I think you have to pay for it...
Swyped on my Galaxy Nexus running AOKP with Franco Kernel, overclocked to 1.4GHz
I used to have that problem. Have you had the PUK password input pop up. Or sim security on?
W/ security Id have to pull the battery and pop out/in the sim after Id been on airplane or screen off for period of time
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i sent it in to fix my sim tray because it was defective. it came back and its brand new now. and it still wont read my sim. they told me to send it back to get it fixed. will it get fixed??
LOL we wont know, can you ask t mobile for a replacement phone instead of asking Samsung?
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If it's brand new, maybe you need a new sim or a new mainboard?
heygrl said:
If it's brand new, maybe you need a new sim or a new mainboard?
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This. If the SIM failed in the new phone, I'd try a new SIM.
g1user101 said:
i sent it in to fix my sim tray because it was defective. it came back and its brand new now. and it still wont read my sim. they told me to send it back to get it fixed. will it get fixed??
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have you ever though, might actually be your SIM that is defective instead of the phone?
it's extremely unusual for a phone SIM card slot to be defective twice
have you tried your SIM card on another phone?
Ugggggggh.
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i sent it in to fix my sim tray because it was defective. it came back and its brand new now. and it still wont read my sim. they told me to send it back to get it fixed. will it get fixed??
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how did you know it's a brand new one ?
I've been told that samsung won't replace phones ,IDK
Why have you still not replaced the Sim card when everyone is telling you that is probably what it is?
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its not my sim card. i put it in my bro's s2 and it works. other sims dont work. they said its the sim prong reader thats messed up. i dont have the reciept so i cant do it through tmobile. i already sent it in to samsung. when it came back, the sim was a little loose in the tray. its probably that. cuz the sim trays not broken. it keeps reading searching.
you can put a little piece of paper on it to keep it in place
also make sure you did put the SD card facing out
the cut corner should be facing out, not inside
Where did you buy the phone from? Did the Sim ever work in the phone? If it has, and it's not a used phone, T-Mobile's system will automatically see the warranty in the system.
Otherwise, if you have the php bundle on your T-Mobile account, T-Mobile will replace it under warranty anyway...regardless what the system shows for warranty information.
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nope the sim never worked. the sim prongs where messed up when i got it.
searching for how long?
first start always takes a long time to find the network..
more than hours. its sent back for another repair
So I mainly use my phone for texting and that's usually over WiFi but last week I noticed that I wasn't getting any reception and I clicked in settings and noticed that the Cellular Service was set to CDMA instead of GSM. I clicked on GSM but it said that there was no SIM card inserted and switched back to CDMA. I checked the back to make sure that the SIM card was there and it was. I took the SIM card and checked it with someone else's phone and it worked perfectly but when I used their SIM card, my phone still would not switch to GSM.
Does anyone know if there is any fix to this? I'm pretty good about not dropping my phones and definitely have not dropped this phone so I'm not sure what may cause the SIM read to malfunction. Going to go to the Verizon store this weekend to get it checked but the problem is, I'm not with Verizon so I might not get a cheap fix for it. Any suggestions would be great! Thanks!
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Mr.Highway, thank you for putting it in the right place. I'm new to this whole thing.
To anyone else: do you think getting a voltage meter and checking to see if the SIM card area gets electricity would help?
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Called HTC and Verizon and they won't fix it because I'm with a different carrier. And I don't fully trust myself in switching out the SIM card reader...help?
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So I mainly use my phone for texting and that's usually over WiFi but last week I noticed that I wasn't getting any reception and I clicked in settings and noticed that the Cellular Service was set to CDMA instead of GSM. I clicked on GSM but it said that there was no SIM card inserted and switched back to CDMA. I checked the back to make sure that the SIM card was there and it was. I took the SIM card and checked it with someone else's phone and it worked perfectly but when I used their SIM card, my phone still would not switch to GSM.
Does anyone know if there is any fix to this? I'm pretty good about not dropping my phones and definitely have not dropped this phone so I'm not sure what may cause the SIM read to malfunction. Going to go to the Verizon store this weekend to get it checked but the problem is, I'm not with Verizon so I might not get a cheap fix for it. Any suggestions would be great! Thanks!
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What rom are you running? I'm assuming stock?
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What rom are you running? I'm assuming stock?
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It started to not get signal in CM7 so I reflashed CM7 but that did no good. I then unrooted the phone and returned it back to stock, was still no good.
Miss read.
Hmmmm odd if you wanted a cheap repair you could try repairuniverse.com I think. Just Google the part and its for sale somewhere
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Anyone have suggestions?
Hi,
My stock Nexus will display emergency calls only till i take sim card out put it in another phone then that phone will get signal and then put the sim back in Nexus and it gets signal until i go into a no signal area then i have to repeat process to get signal back.
This is really strange and a restart or just taking sim out and in again doesn't work.
After this has all been done i get full signal and its fine till i lose signal then have to start again only started happening a few days ago.
can anyone please help.
Get a new sim card? Update/switch radios?
I actually had the same error, for me switching sim cards helped.
Try it.
It sounds like its the SIM not your phone.
The sim works fine in other phones though
blair287 said:
The sim works fine in other phones though
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But the fact that the SIM doesn't work in your GNex until it's put into another phone means it's the SIM's problem... how would the GNex know that it's been put in another phone rather than just taken out and put back in?
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The sim works fine in other phones though
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Maybe its a dumb sim?
Really try another sim
Galaxy Nexus AOKP m5 Franco kernel m3
k tried a Virgin sim (im on three) and that seemed to work fine so im going to ask for a another sim card from three.
Was the problem anyhow solved? It looks like I'm experiencing the same problem, but GN doesn't read my sim card that is readable in other phones and reads other sim cards.
for some random reason after 3 days it stopped doing it i think it was the three network not the phone or sim.
Hello,
just out of the blue my phone can't make any calls or texts. It keeps failing on either of those two, occasionally, I could get one text or call to go through and then it stops working again. I checked and there was full signal at the time, IMEI is still there. I flashed leaked jb roms and cm10 and they both have problems. But the sim when inserted into my unlocked one x works just fine. Does anybody know how I can fix this problem?
Thanks,
Where did you buy your s3?
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Where did you buy your s3?
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I bought it from costco. Does it appear that my sim is toast?
Yeah try another sim Costco has good return policy if it is bad
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well thanks for the reply guys. I did an odin back to stock. and same problem. I may need to have it either the phone or the sim replaced ;(
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I bought it from costco. Does it appear that my sim is toast?
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I have the same problem, in what way do you refer in sim toast? THe sim card or tray where the sim card is placed?
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I have the same problem, in what way do you refer in sim toast? THe sim card or tray where the sim card is placed?
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depends does it read other sims but not yours? does it not read any sims at all? you can break it down from there.
I'm on Verizon, my SIM was a microSIM originally, it came with my Galaxy S3. I cut it down with a SIM cutter a while back to use it with a Moto X (original version), it worked fine for a long time in that phone. I just moved it over to my N5X this morning, and a few hours later the phone has twice told me that no SIM is installed. I had to remove the SIM tray and re-insert it to make it work. Anyone else having this problem?
I cut my microSIM myself freehand and haven't had any issues with it at all. Is it possible that your SIM is dirty/corroded or something? I'd be surprised if the slot on the phone was having issues already.
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I cut my microSIM myself freehand and haven't had any issues with it at all. Is it possible that your SIM is dirty/corroded or something? I'd be surprised if the slot on the phone was having issues already.
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I actually polished the contacts a bit before putting it in the 5X. It gave me a No SIM error twice in about 3 hours, but hasn't done it in the last 6 hours or so, we'll see if it comes back. I know MicroSIMs are a little thicker than NanoSIMs, I wonder if the extra thickness caused/causes it. If it comes back maybe I'll try sanding the SIM down a bit.
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I'm on Verizon, my SIM was a microSIM originally, it came with my Galaxy S3. I cut it down with a SIM cutter a while back to use it with a Moto X (original version), it worked fine for a long time in that phone. I just moved it over to my N5X this morning, and a few hours later the phone has twice told me that no SIM is installed. I had to remove the SIM tray and re-insert it to make it work. Anyone else having this problem?
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I have been having this happen a couple time a week. I'm in the exact same situation being on Verizon, coming from a Galaxy S3, and I cut my micro SIM down to a nano. Did you sand your cut SIM down or get a new one? If so, did this fix the issue?
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I have been having this happen a couple time a week. I'm in the exact same situation being on Verizon, coming from a Galaxy S3, and I cut my micro SIM down to a nano. Did you sand your cut SIM down or get a new one? If so, did this fix the issue?
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I'm still using the same SIM, the problem hasn't recurred so I haven't done anything about it. If it happens again, I plan to sand the SIM down.
Are you talking about a pop-up error, or just it saying "no sim" in the upper right hand side of the screen? I have it take a little bit to recognize after some reboots, but it always recognizes it after 5-10 seconds. I have a brand new sim from t-mobile that I have been using, so it would not be related to a cut sim or anything like that.
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I'm on Verizon, my SIM was a microSIM originally, it came with my Galaxy S3. I cut it down with a SIM cutter a while back to use it with a Moto X (original version), it worked fine for a long time in that phone. I just moved it over to my N5X this morning, and a few hours later the phone has twice told me that no SIM is installed. I had to remove the SIM tray and re-insert it to make it work. Anyone else having this problem?
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Yes!
I had a microSIM cut down and got the issue. Went and got a new nanoSIM still having the issue.
Annoying.
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This happened to me again, so I finally just asked Verizon for a new nanoSIM and now it's been a week or so with no problems.
I to am on Verizon. And had my sim cut since I am coming from the g4. And have it pop up saying no sim twice. And I removed the sim and reinstalled it and rebooted the device and usually works. But i hope its just something that will work itself out
Yes it's been doing this for a week since I've had my Nexus 5X, I just had to reboot it to have the sim recognized again. And this morning it says "no sim card" no matter what I do. If i remove the sim and plug it back in, sometimes it will work and last for a minute and then again "no sim card". I'm really pissed. I'll try the sim in another phone to see whether or not the problem comes from there.
So question for Verizon ownwers. I got a nano sim card but need to activate it. Can I activate it with a Verizon phone even if it uses a micro sim? Only ask because I came from the g4 and I cut it but I'm trying to get this nano activated to try and eliminate the no sim.
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So question for Verizon ownwers. I got a nano sim card but need to activate it. Can I activate it with a Verizon phone even if it uses a micro sim? Only ask because I came from the g4 and I cut it but I'm trying to get this nano activated to try and eliminate the no sim.
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I just called customer service to activate the sim card and then popped it into my phone. They didn't give me any trouble.
They don't need to activate the sim card to a phone or need an imei?
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They don't need to activate the sim card to a phone or need an imei?
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I called Customer Service and got them to send me one by telling them that I was going to by a Verizon HTC One M9 from a friend. Then when I got the SIM, I just called them again and they activated it for me no problem. I don't remember them asking me for which phone again.
I have seen in other threads on here where people have said that Verizon will activate the SIM card in store even if you tell them its for the Nexus 5X; so, activating over phone or in store should be no problem.