SIM card not detected - Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi, I was using my Z1 compact today, waiting in line for lunch, and all of a sudden got a SIM card not detected error. I rebooted, nothing. I took out my sim and reinserted. Nothing. No sim card detected, emergency calls only.
Do I have a hardware problem?
--When I first got the phone, running stock, I had this problem intermittently. But I chalked this up to using a SIM card adapter (I had a nano sim inside a microsim adapter).
--Currently I am running a CM11 ROM.
--I changed to a different CM11 based rom (AOKP) from 4/30 and still no SIM detected.
--I actually have a microsim, no adapter needed, and it too is not detected.
--I put in my original nano sim inside an iPhone and the iPhone detects the SIM just fine.
So I know the problem is not the SIM itself.
I feel very sure it's not a ROM problem.
But then that leaves a hardware problem--how often does this happen?
Thanks!

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Have any Glide owners seen this? My wife's Glide was replaced at an AT&T warranty center recently (home,back,menu, and search buttons stopped working) and every once in a while I see the no network icon on the phone. I go to Mobile Networks and the no SIM card message popup appears. After several power off, take out/put back in SIM card, power up phone attempts the phone eventually sees the SIM card and all is well. I do notice that the SIM card does slide in/out very easily. I put in a small piece of paper to keep the SIM card snug, hopefully that will fix the problem. Anyone else experience this problem?
gnahc79 said:
Have any Glide owners seen this? My wife's Glide was replaced at an AT&T warranty center recently (home,back,menu, and search buttons stopped working) and every once in a while I see the no network icon on the phone. I go to Mobile Networks and the no SIM card message popup appears. After several power off, take out/put back in SIM card, power up phone attempts the phone eventually sees the SIM card and all is well. I do notice that the SIM card does slide in/out very easily. I put in a small piece of paper to keep the SIM card snug, hopefully that will fix the problem. Anyone else experience this problem?
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I had an issue with this before try to tape the sim card in place see if that helps
Sent from my SGH-I927 using xda premium
Tried the tape and still got the sim card error message after a day or so. I went to the AT&T warranty center and they put in a new SIM card. The phone works fine now and hopefully will stay that way. The tech put a note in our acct of the SIM card issue in case it pops up again.
Also, FYI.... Samsung Kies does NOT work when you have the SIM card error message (for backup/restore). Kies just spins the "Connecting..." status forever. I spent a few hours selecting the troubleshoot button that reinstalls the drivers, uninstall/reinstall Kies, installed Kies on another laptop, etc...nothing. The moment the SIM card issue was resolved, Kies connected just fine. The Glide also seems to like to enable USB debugging mode on its own, which disables the MTP connection that is required by Kies. fun.
It would be nice if Kies threw a "Cannot connect, no SIM card detected" message...
I have the same issue. My glide came refurbished and about once every two or three days I will notice that the phone is no longer recognizing the sim card. I have to take the battery out and take the sim card out. Then i have to put the sim card back in and then the battery and turn it on and its fine for another few days. I have had 3 different sim cards and it still does the same thing. AT&T just refuses to acknowledge that its not the sim card.
iambatman85 said:
I have the same issue. My glide came refurbished and about once every two or three days I will notice that the phone is no longer recognizing the sim card. I have to take the battery out and take the sim card out. Then i have to put the sim card back in and then the battery and turn it on and its fine for another few days. I have had 3 different sim cards and it still does the same thing. AT&T just refuses to acknowledge that its not the sim card.
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I have the same problem where ICS will just not read a sim card. I have tried multiple carriers SiM's and none of them work. Does anyone know how we can force Android to read and then request a SIM. It is not a problem of the SIM not being seated properly since it was working directly before the ICS upgrade and when I downgraded the first time it read my SIM without a problem.
I have not yet had any problem like that, I have had issues with data and wifi, but later found that it was the software I used before for battery management had an update that shut off those services and have fixed.
SIM card errors though, I only got 1 once but that is because the simcard holder in my phone seems loose and it wiggled out once and after that was nothing a gentle squeeze couldn't fix.
Samsung SGH-i927:
ICS Leak I927UCKL1 4.0.4 Stock
CWMR Touch v4.0.0.1
Keyboard fix
Superuser 3.2r3 ARM Optimized
LiteKernel v5.2
quick update, so far so good with the new SIM card. no sim card errors
spoke too soon! got the sim card error this evening. went to the AT&T warranty center again and got a replacement phone. this one better work.
SIM card error mesage again with phone #2. so far:
1) new phone, same SIM card, same battery
2) same phone, new SIM card, same battery
3) new phone, same SIM card, same battery
I'm starting to think this might be a cell tower issue since the other problem with this phone is that the phone would sometimes not ring or show any missed calls. maybe now it throws the SIM card error instead??
the mrs is going to go to the warranty center again to try to get a new battery and charger. we'll see.
final summary, new battery and still get the sim card error. AT&T is sending a Galaxy S2 skyrocket as a warranty replacement. My wife tried out swiftkey 3 and is willing to make the jump to a touchscreen keyboard.
Sorry to bump an old thread, BUT, a factory reset fixes the issue. My wife had this problem. It occurs if the SIM card is ejected by accident for any reason while the phone is on. The simcard does not lock in at all so I can only assume she bumped it just right. I got a full replacement phone from ATT, and while messing with it while on, the simcard fell out. After turning it off and putting the sim back in, the same problem occurred on a brand new replacement. A factory reset solved the issue.
I was googling about this and saw this thread. Figured I'd add my 2 cents, and what solved it, but I am still replacing the sim just in case.

[Q] SIM failure

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.
SIM not detected
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

[Q] O2 Note 2 will not connect to network after unlock code

Hi all,
I have a Note 2 which was on O2 I purchased an unlock code on eBay and unlocked my phone using a friends micro sim which seemed to work fine. The only sim card I had is a nano sim so I tried to use one of those adapter trays and broke my sim reader in the process! So I replaced the sim card reader with a new one.
The phone seems to read sim cards now as it does not show the insert sim card error but it is not getting any signal and is showing the error "Not registered on network" when I try to dial. I have checked the hardware and the aerial is connected and undamaged. I have never altered the software on the phone and it is on the stock O2 4.3 ROM and the phone is not rooted.
Any ideas because I am at a loss...
Thanks
Doesn't any one have any ideas?

Sony ZL C6506 defective sim card pin issue.

For some reason my ZL is very picky on what sim card it tries to read. It's only detecting my current T-Mobile sim card. If I put any other sim card in regardless what carrier it's from, the phone will not detect the sim and will display sim card not installed. Yet, the other sim cards work perfectly fine in my iPhone. So it can't be a sim card issue. Now every time I install a sim card I always reboot like what your suppose to do but when the phone powers back on, I still get no sim card installed. However if i put my current T-Mobile sim card in, it detects it.Strange!

[Q] Xpera T2 Ultra Not Providing SIM card Service

I have a problem using My micro-SIM card on my new Sony Xperia T2 Ultra (Android 4.3)
The problem is: when i insert the SIM card, the phone display a message that the SIM card has been inserted, and restarts... then after the restart, displays 'SIM card removed' and restarts!
Notes:
1-The SIM card works perfectly on other phones.
2-The shop where my father bought the phone had pictures and some videos before i received it.
My SIM card works on previous Smartphones,
I have Factory Reseted the Phone.
My Phone is Unlocked Aswell ,
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Texas_Rattlesnake said:
I have a problem using My micro-SIM card on my new Sony Xperia T2 Ultra (Android 4.3)
The problem is: when i insert the SIM card, the phone display a message that the SIM card has been inserted, and restarts... then after the restart, displays 'SIM card removed' and restarts!
Notes:
1-The SIM card works perfectly on other phones.
2-The shop where my father bought the phone had pictures and some videos before i received it.
My SIM card works on previous Smartphones,
I have Factory Reseted the Phone.
My Phone is Unlocked Aswell ,
Thank You For Solutions.
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means what is your issue
are you getting network singles or there is other issue
if you are not getting network then sim is cut wrongly get new sim which should be small factory made not cutting normal sim to make it micro
chauhanjayc said:
means what is your issue
are you getting network singles or there is other issue
if you are not getting network then sim is cut wrongly get new sim which should be small factory made not cutting normal sim to make it micro
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The phone says no sim card inserted,
The SIM is not cut wrongly as the same SIM card is fully functional on my other smartphone,
Texas_Rattlesnake said:
The phone says no sim card inserted,
The SIM is not cut wrongly as the same SIM card is fully functional on my other smartphone,
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i had the same issue but when i changed sim it worked you go and to your mobile service provider or to sony

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