My Samsung Galaxy S II (SGH-T989) phone will not detect my sim card. This started happening after I opened up the phone and nearly broke it trying to remove the "motherboard"? I know I caused it, but the problem is I don't know what it is I have to replace in order to fix it.
Below are some photos that could possibly help. The first photo, the part highlighted by the yellow circle, that part was bent off when i tried removing the board. Don't know if that would affect the sim card or not
The next photo, this cable I'm not absolutely sure what its purpose is for. This is not the original cable, the original cable was broken off somehow so i bought a different cable off ebay. Not sure how this affects the phone.
It could be the sim card and memory card part entirely except its hooked in fine and I have no other reason for it to stop working.
I don't mind buying parts except there's not much for sale. The only parts for sale ANYWHERE is the sim card and memory part and the usb port.
So my question I guess would be what exactly could be causing this sim card issue considering the actions I've taken with opening my phone?
If you're not familiar with what error I speak of, it's when instead of the bars you see a BLOCKED icon.
Any help would be great, thank you.
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I damaged(torn off) two of the pins from the sim card reader under the battery from the T-Mobile Touch Pro 2, while taking the sim card out (its a pain taking it out)
now it will not read the sim cards...
PLAN A) i will try to convince HTC to replace it under HTC's manufacturer Warranty...
PLAN B) buy another T-Mobile Touch pro 2 cheap damaged and swap the mainboards, or buy the mainboard if possible alone...
PLAN C) fix it myself by replacing it with one from eBays "Blackberry Curve Card Holder"
PLAN D) leave it on my desk until the dust covers it, and i no longer remeber of the phone...LOL..
so anyone else damaged the sim reader or any other part of the phone???
and yes, i will post pictures of the phone...and the progress of the fix(if i fix it)...and that is not the actual picture,...its a FCC pic. that is where the sim reader is....if i choose to fix it, i think i don't even have to unscrew the back housing since i can even see the solder connections with the battery removed
Hey, how did you damaged them? I have just realised that I have the same problem in one of my xperia x1. When I look at sim slot I can see two pins which looks different from the others and from this in my second (working) xperia. Now I am thinking how to get to them.
I'd like to hear the "ran over" story...
After 7 months of daily heavy usage
Nothing really, only a few minor scratches here and there, that´s it
Hey guys,
so I have an issue with my Galaxy Nexus, I accidentally broke off 3 pins from the SIM-Slot as I tried to put my SIM-Card in (I used a Micro-SIM with an adapter to mini-SIM so it was slightly thicker than your average SIM-Card) as I tried to fix it by soldering the pins on again I somehow ripped a lane from the PCB and now I can't make any contact so the SIM isn't recognized (it's the bottom left pin if that helps) I could buy a defective Galaxy Nexus to get a new board but that would cost me about 100 bucks and that just isn't worth it anymore, now I wanted to ask if it's possible to somehow emulate the SIM with software? I mean, could I just "Copy" the content of the SIM and put the values into some app so that I can use my network and call again? Maybe it's a stupid question, but I haven't found anything about it.
I'm of course rooted and everything so that's no problem, I just don't want to carry around a second phone all the time to tether, because that's weird and annoying.
I hope someone can help me, thanks for your time and help in advance!
Greetings from germany.
Hello, I accidentally damaged my sim tray and now only one of five sim cards works. I put crappy nano sim adapter in tray and when I pull it out, adapter rip off one golden pin. There were three and now is only one.
Is it something which is repairable?
Whoaes! That aints no goods..
DO you still have the pin? You night be able to work it back into the hole and have it connect well enough to be used again.
Otherwise, you can look online for Gnex parts and attempt to replace the component that holds the sim card. But if you are really stuck, you might be advised to either take it to a professional for repair, or replace the phone entirely with a new model. Either a different, phone, or another Gnex, which you should be able to find used all over the place.\
I really don´t need that phone, I have new one few months, but I want to sell it. Maybe I would find someone who will buy damaged phone but hoped that it is not as bad.
It ´s sad, beside this the phone is in excelent condition
One thing, some sim card work like normal and other sim card from differetn operator is not recognized.
I've scoured the internet for a replacement video on the sim tray. these parts are 6$ on ebay but it seems to be soldered to the motherboard. No idea where to go from here. I flashed a rom thursday and i thought it was the radio on the rom but i went back to my backup and it's not. and i can see the pins missing on the sim tray. Anyone know an easy way to replace this?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SIM-Card-Re...LG-G3-D850-D855-VS985-LS990-New-/161425661301
Also, a word of warning: a $5 sim card adapter isn't worth using in a $500 phone. i have the moto x and would switch back and forth and the connecting pins finally broke. googling it, i now see its not an uncommon issue. just no replacement video.
Recently switched LTE carrier for the N7 and the sim caught a pin on its way out. Broke it unfortunately Anyone know the part number for the board holding the SIM card reader? Been Googling but can't seem to find it Was able to find replacement card readers but I suck at surface mount soldering so that won't work.
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Recently switched LTE carrier for the N7 and the sim caught a pin on its way out. Broke it unfortunately Anyone know the part number for the board holding the SIM card reader? Been Googling but can't seem to find it Was able to find replacement card readers but I suck at surface mount soldering so that won't work.
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Hi, here is the part number and you can get it from ebay but often the touch function is lost after replacing this board.
Just get something like this instead. It's a cheaper and simpler solution to the problem.
There is another option though. While SMD soldering is difficult, you could easily solder a wired SIM card permanently there.
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Thanks! I will look into it and see what I can do. I rather not have to carry an external mifi device.