Hello, my phone is no longer reading that I have a sim card inserted. Does anyone know of a fix for this?
Have you cleaned the contacts on the sim or checked if the pins of the reader are not broken?
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What would the pins look like broken? and the sim card works in my other phones.
Fixed it. The SIM card tray( the metal top) was not pushing the sim card down far enough.
papi92 said:
Fixed it. The SIM card tray( the metal top) was not pushing the sim card down far enough.
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I had the same problem, i had to place a small piece of cardboard paper folded in two to keep the sim down.
How did u fix yours?
Basically I bent the metal down. I'll need to try your trick tho on my galaxy nexus.
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papi92 said:
Basically I bent the metal down. I'll need to try your trick tho on my galaxy nexus.
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It was weird with mine. I was JUST using it to make a phone call and get on Facebook and I did a reboot and then BLAM...No SIM card?? SO I found this thread and what I did was use an old nano SIM card from another phone that was deactivated. Put my SIM in the reader and then placed the old NANO (you could use another Micro SIM too I guess) right on top of that reader and snapped the cover back on. PERFECT...It needs just enough to press the SIM down onto the gold pieces to read the SIM...NO problems so far...
I have inserted sim card tray in the wrong way, and it has stuck (without a sim). I can't remove it. Guarantee guy told me that it's immpossible to remove it without crashing phone main board, but I cant believe it... I think it should be removed somehow without damaging phone, because it looks so simple issue, but without fixing it, i can't use my new phone...
How i should remove this tray form the slot?
Your not alone. There are others who messed up when inserting sim card slot, but unlike you, others inserted simcard somewhat rough i think and screwed up the board.. So Huawei ended up putting a video tutorial: http://consumer.huawei.com/en/mobile-phones/support/downloads/p6-u06-en.htm#anchor
warea said:
Your not alone. There are others who messed up when inserting sim card slot, but unlike you, others inserted simcard somewhat rough i think and screwed up the board.. So Huawei ended up putting a video tutorial: http://consumer.huawei.com/en/mobile-phones/support/downloads/p6-u06-en.htm#anchor
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That's a video about how to insert your sim card into the phone, not how to solve a problem like inserting the sim card case the wrong way, so that video doesn't really help solving something, it's just a tutorial on how to insert not on how to eject a sim card case inserted wrong.
Well,open the phone and solve the problem...or take it to someone who repairs phones...
Still don't know how, maybe I have insterted my sim in the wrong way, but this morning i couldn't take it out from the simcard slot. After taking it out, i noticed that the sim is now scratched. Since then, my phone doesn't read my sim anymore (tried with 2 different ones) I guess something's broken in the simcard slot. Does anyone know if it's expensive to replace it? I use an adapter for nanosim, I guess that's the problem (which won't be anyway unde warranty I think)
Hello Gibihr,
If I'm not misstaken tge simslot is mounted on the motherboard and to replace it you'll have to replace the entire motherboard.
Hope that you'll get your phone back up and running,
DevStaff
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devstaff said:
Hello Gibihr,
If I'm not misstaken tge simslot is mounted on the motherboard and to replace it you'll have to replace the entire motherboard.
Hope that you'll get your phone back up and running,
DevStaff
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I've just got the Z1c so I don't know if the sim card reader is a part of the MB and certainly hope not. I had a similar experience with the xperia Go where I damaged the sim card reader but trying to insert a micro sim with an adapter instead of a normal sim. Anyways the phone was fixed at the customer care center by replacing the sim card reader. They charged me though...the equivalent of 20Euros...not too expensive. I hope your phone would be fixed the same way.
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?
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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?
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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.
Pilz said:
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.
thiago_oliv said:
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!
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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.
hello everyone
recently my lg g3 started giving me 10 Seconds then reboot (after SIM card became not detected). this happened maybe once or twice a day then it gradually became worse till the point of not detecting my Sim at all. I put my SIM card in another phone and it worked just fine.
i then tried my Sister's sim and it didnt work too but my brother's and dad's both worked. any idea what is causing this problem? could it be Software related?
things i tried to do to solve the problem (but didn't work):
1-transfer my phone number to a brand new SIM card.
2-clean with the SIM reader with medical alcohol.
3-put a folded paper between the SIM card and the SIM card reader (worked for a moment then suddenly stopped for ever).
4-hard reset the phone.
any idea on what could be the problem?
EDIT: through my search on google, i could only find one thread on xda related to my problem and i didn't notice the one bellow mine.
but the one mentioned earlier is not identical to mine so i'm keeping this thread.
You probably need to reflow the sim card reader.
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You probably need to reflow the sim card reader.
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shouldn't the problem be with the pings touching the sim or am i missing something? i will try to melt and freeze the solder on the sim reader pins that are connected to the motherboard and post the outcome though.
alsamarrai said:
shouldn't the problem be with the pings touching the sim or am i missing something? i will try to melt and freeze the solder on the sim reader pins that are connected to the motherboard and post the outcome though.
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Most likely the problem is sim card slot not touching the motherboard correctly.
Qcn problems. Try to backup your qcn (please googel it how to backup qcn). And then clean partition that contain your imei, radio and esn (google it how to do it). Restore again with QPST. Hope will solve your problem.