Just received an HTC p3300 with O2 contract. Within one day the network disappeared and I got the "Invlaid or missing sim card" message. It's all brand new. Obviously I can return it if neccessary but is there anything I can do about this?
If I plug the USB cable back in, sometimes the sim card starts working again.
I have read that this problem has occured on other HTC models in the forums.
I have tried putting another sim in which worked for a little and then stopped.
Any clues?
I had a similar thing with my Orbit from O2...
...it turned out that I had not secured the Sim Card correctly by clicking the little cage home!!
I have been using Co Pilot and my speed camera warnings stopped working so ended up deleting and putting on TomTom
Hmmm
I have made sure, several times that it is secure with no avail. But it is true that there are times I can give the sim a polish and reinsert it and the sim will be detected again. But if this is a matter of bad contacts or a warped sim cage or something am I better off sending this back or is this inherent in the design?
Thoughts?
Solved but not satisfactorily
Ok, solved the problem by putting a little bit of toilet paper between the battery and the sim card, wich exerts pressure on the sim against the contacts. At first this led to the corrupted file names on the SD card malarky. But checking the contacts and reinserting the SD card solved this problem.
But this is hardly good for a brand new unit. Should I send it back?
It doesn't bode well.
Hello i've started to have problems with SIM card, sometimes randomly it just pops up window that SIM card is not inserted and all i can do is restart phone and even when i restart it it cannot find the SIM card, i have to pull out the battery and reinsert the SIM to make it work, it might be because of the guy at t mobile who cut the SIM card wrong and it gets dislocated in the solo and also it might be system failure so im asking is anybody else experiencing this?
Yes I experienced this. It was really annoying. I managed to fix it by removing the sim card and wiping it gently using cloth. If that didn't fix it, then ask your carrier for a new sim card, because yours might have become defective.
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Hello, i have the same issue.
Nothing helps. Put in and out different SIM Card's. No one of all SIM are detected.
Could it be, that a self cuted SIM, to Microsim Formfaktor, damaged the SIM Reader of my new Note?
But yesterday it works really fine with the self cuted SIM. In the Evening i put out the cuted SIM und put in a other (Origin) Microsim from an other Carrier, that works fine too.
After that, i put the cuted SIM with an Adapter into my old Desire. Then i have issues with 3G Networks. The Desire find 3G Network, connect to the Network and lost the connection immediately. When i choose only 2G Networks it would connected.
Today at the morning, i want to know what's wrong. Desire or cuted SIM. I put the cuted SIM back into my Note. Boot the Note. If it booting up, it poped up a message, that the Phone must be restart because the SIM has been changed. When the Note reboot again it, it shows a SIM Icon in the Notification Bar and tells it's no SIM Card inside. I tried the other Microsim (OEM cuted) it won't be detected too.:crying:
Does anybody have a solution for me?
Thank you i tried to clean the SIM card a little bith with cloth and spits and grits, did not happen since then, i hope it will be solved, if not i will try to get a new sim card from carrier, after all the SIM card is like +11 years old
OK, so I've searched these forums, and various other forums, quite extensively to solve my problem here. My buddy purchased an ATT Samsung Galaxy S3 off of a friend. He unlocked the phone, using the free method mentioned within these forums multiple times (entering digits in to the dialpad, going through menus, etc..). With that, he was able to use his T Mobile Straight Talk SIM card to use Straight Talk's services. On a suggestion from me, I told him to save some money, and switch over to T-mobile directly.. get the $30 a month plan. He did.
When he set up his sim card from straight talk, he had to cut it to fix the S3. It worked fine, but when he removed the sim card, he thought he could have damaged the sim card holder. Lo and behold, inserting the T-mobile sim card is netting a "No Sim Card.. Emergency Calls Only" message. I believed possibly he unlocked his phone improperly, based upon the fact that, apparently, per these forums, Straight Talk doesn't require your phone to be unlocked? Regardless, we re-unlocked the phone, using the free method mentioned within these forums, but still the sim card doesn't recognize. We tried my t-mobile sim card, which works fine in my nexus 4, and that didn't recognize.. but his sim card DOES recognize in my phone. We tried a verizon sim card, and that doesn't recognize. We have NOT tried an ATT sim card, but he's going to do so shortly, to see if that recognizes.
Thinking this could be a software issue, I wiped his phone's cache, data, etc.. and reset the phone to factory defaults. Still the no sim card error. So he bought a new sim card holder off e-bay, removed the back, removed the old sim card holder, put the new sim card holder in.. still no sim card error. Still doesn't work with any of the sim cards we've tried.
I then wiped the phone yet again, rooted it, and installed cyanogenmod, thinking possibly that it was software related still. Still, no sim card error. I took the phone apart, cleaned the contacts with a q-tip and denatured alcohol, cleaned the motherboard, cleaned the plugs for the sim card holder... still no sim card error.
So as far as we can tell, the phone is unlocked, rooted, has been tried with a custom rom, stock rom, and the stock rom that worked perfectly fine one week ago. We have replaced any potentially bad hardware (although, potentially, the new hardware could ALSO be bad I suppose). As far as I can see, this is not a software issue, nor is this a hardware issue.. yet, it still doesn't work. I'm really out of possible solutions at this point, and I implore the help of these forums to give me a lead or something for what can be done. This is a nice phone, and my buddy's not that well off; he can't really afford anything other than a flip phone, and he spent a good chunk of cash on a glorified tablet at this point. Please help! Thank you!!!
EDIT: I also tried cramming a piece of paper in to both the old sim card older, and this sim card holder, to ensure the contacts are touching properly
I have been using the Korean LG G3 for a while with my AT&T sim card and I did not have any problems up till now. I have pulled the sim card out and put it back it multiple times now and it will still not be recognized. Does anybody have any ideas on what I should do? Thanks in advance!
phonetechkid said:
I have been using the Korean LG G3 for a while with my AT&T sim card and I did not have any problems up till now. I have pulled the sim card out and put it back it multiple times now and it will still not be recognized. Does anybody have any ideas on what I should do? Thanks in advance!
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Try getting a new sim card, and go from there. The issue could be that your sim card is old, or your phone does like it anymore for whatever reason. Alternatively you could try the same sim in another phone if that's an option.
Pilz said:
Try getting a new sim card, and go from there. The issue could be that your sim card is old, or your phone does like it anymore for whatever reason. Alternatively you could try the same sim in another phone if that's an option.
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Thanks for the quick reply. I have actually already switched the sim card and it is working on my other phone. So I am pretty sure something is wrong with my phone not the sim card. I have also reset my phone one time. Still nothing. Any Ideas?
phonetechkid said:
Thanks for the quick reply. I have actually already switched the sim card and it is working on my other phone. So I am pretty sure something is wrong with my phone not the sim card. I have also reset my phone one time. Still nothing. Any Ideas?
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You could back it up and do a hard reset this isn't ideal, but it usually fixes things.
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You could back it up and do a hard reset this isn't ideal, but it usually fixes things.
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Just hard reset it and it is still not working. I think it might be a hardware problem.
phonetechkid said:
Just hard reset it and it is still not working. I think it might be a hardware problem.
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Are your pins inside damaged?
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Are your pins inside damaged?
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I'm not sure is there a way to check?
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phonetechkid said:
I'm not sure is there a way to check?
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Check the slow where you put your sim card into and see if any don't look like they are contacting the card. I wouldn't mess with them, because they are fragile just look.
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Check the slow where you put your sim card into and see if any don't look like they are contacting the card. I wouldn't mess with them, because they are fragile just look.
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I looked at the pins and I'm guessing those are the ones in the top of the slot. It seems like two pins to the very right are not touching the card.
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phonetechkid said:
I looked at the pins and I'm guessing those are the ones in the top of the slot. It seems like two pins to the very right are not touching the card.
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I have the same problem in my skandinavian (international (unlocked)) i think it has something to do with the boot speed(fast boot) because i got it to work when i backed my phone up and it rebooted but it always happens again when you just pull your battery out when the device is still on i factory reseted and it fixed it self permanently
I'm having a similar issue as well with the Verizon version. It won't read a micro sim (the one that was activated in it) but it will read a nano sim that I have placed in an adapter to make it fit. Both sims are Verizon, active, and have different numbers. I have no idea what the issue could be.
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It seems as if a pin or two weren't making contact with the sim card. After putting a little piece of 3M tape on the sim card, it created enough contact and all is well.
tomkins0752 said:
I'm having a similar issue as well with the Verizon version. It won't read a micro sim (the one that was activated in it) but it will read a nano sim that I have placed in an adapter to make it fit. Both sims are Verizon, active, and have different numbers. I have no idea what the issue could be.
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It seems as if a pin or two weren't making contact with the sim card. After putting a little piece of 3M tape on the sim card, it created enough contact and all is well.
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I have the exact same problem if i put a micro sim card it wont read but if i put a nano sim with a sim tray it will work...any solution..
I know this is an old thread, but I wanted to post an update just in case someone else was having this problem. I ran into it with my VS985 a few weeks back. First it was just not reading my sim, but then got worse and wouldn't read any sim I put into it. I was able to correct it by slightly adjusting the pins on the sim reader. I took needle nose pliers/ a knife and gently bent them up a bit. After doing so the phone immediately read my sim card.
I hope this helps someone else if they encounter the same issue.
I have a similar problem. My G3 only accepts and sees one sim card, the one from my old provider. With all other sim cards there is the message "no sim card detected". I tried different working sim cards, no of them are being detected. I switched my provider a few weeks ago and since the problem exists. Before everything was fine.
I also tried adjusting the pins a little bit but so far nothing helped..
OK, I have the same issue: my G3 shows "no sim card" message. The solution is to replace the sim card/microsd slot. However, my phone is not covered by warranty anymore and the incredible honest guys here in Brasilia (Brazil) want to replace the whole main board and charge me for it. So, I'll have to replace that slot by myself. I bought two slots on eBay (search for "lg g3 sim card slot"). Micro soldering is not an easy thing, but there are some videos online that can help. And, if necessary, you can always look for a repair shop to do it for you, providing the piece (the slot). Until the slot replacement, you can try this, it's working for me: I noticed that if you ever accomplish to start the phone normally, you should never power it off to keep it going on! It seems that the sim card is "checked" only at boot time. (I managed to keep my phone connected to the operator for days, but after a stupid friend of mine restarted it, the error came again). To help getting a successful boot, with no sim card errors, I suggest to firmly press the sim card/microsd against the phone while it is starting, from the moment you release power button until the lock screen is shown. This proved to be very reliable, at least for now.
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OK, I have the same issue: my G3 shows "no sim card" message. The solution is to replace the sim card/microsd slot. However, my phone is not covered by warranty anymore and the incredible honest guys here in Brasilia (Brazil) want to replace the whole main board and charge me for it. So, I'll have to replace that slot by myself. I bought two slots on eBay (search for "lg g3 sim card slot"). Micro soldering is not an easy thing, but there are some videos online that can help. And, if necessary, you can always look for a repair shop to do it for you, providing the piece (the slot). Until the slot replacement, you can try this, it's working for me: I noticed that if you ever accomplish to start the phone normally, you should never power it off to keep it going on! It seems that the sim card is "checked" only at boot time. (I managed to keep my phone connected to the operator for days, but after a stupid friend of mine restarted it, the error came again). To help getting a successful boot, with no sim card errors, I suggest to firmly press the sim card/microsd against the phone while it is starting, from the moment you release power button until the lock screen is shown. This proved to be very reliable, at least for now.
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Thanks! This worked for my Sprint LG G3. Kind of a pain to boot while holding the SIM card down but it'll do until I upgrade my phone.
Also, I noticed you don't have to reboot the phone - it will also check for the SIM card when updating PRL. So you can go to Settings->System Updates->Update PRL while holding down the SIM card. Once the PRL update completes it should recognize the card.
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Thanks! This worked for my Sprint LG G3. Kind of a pain to boot while holding the SIM card down but it'll do until I upgrade my phone.
Also, I noticed you don't have to reboot the phone - it will also check for the SIM card when updating PRL. So you can go to Settings->System Updates->Update PRL while holding down the SIM card. Once the PRL update completes it should recognize the card.
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Yes, it's hard to hold the simcard through the boot time. Here it takes 30s...
Unfortunately, GSM versions don't have PRL option. And I haven't found another way but rebooting.
Reboot your phone multiple times until it detect the sim card. Once done go to security then set up sim card lock and and enable sim code identification. Now wen you reboot your phone it will ask to enter the pin code to unlock your phone and it will detect your sim card.
The issue is because it rebbot too fast i guess.
For the boot loop issue change your battery.
Thanks all, i set little schotch tape on my card now it can recognize it!
SORRY FOR MY BAD ENGLISH!
The pressing down during startup method worked for me! Took a few tries though, and it only worked when I removed the micro SD and pressed directly on the SIM.
For a little comtext: My wife. And purchased an LG Nexus 5, each, via Google ProjectFi about 9 months ago. We have been happy with the service and aside from little issues (like no audio hardware buttons after recent upgrade in December 2016 on the Android Beta Program; we have been happy.
My wife, today at work, messages me (via WiFi) that her phone said "No SIM cars detected". When she got he we took out her SIM card and re-inserted. Then restarted to no avail. So then I opened the phone app and ended "*#*$4636*#" to enter Testing. Her settings where the same as mine (my Mobile network was working).
So, I took out my SIM card and inserted her's into mine.. And it worked! So it wasn't a bad SIM card.
My next step was to use my SIM card holder and use it with her SIM card in her phone (and use her holder with my SIM on my phone). Well then! It works both of us and now I have no one that works. All I can think of is that the slot where you insert the SIM card on her phone us warped and nine is in perfect condition condition.
If anyone has any theories, please let me know. Aside from that, I hope that helps someone.
(I'm sure there are duplicate threads- this thread is a tad different as I explained briefly the problem with my quick resolution/solution).-bj