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[Q] Verizon Play SIM card slot

So, I have the xperia play on Verizon. It most definitely does have a slot for a SIM card, just underneath the sd card slot. There is a piece of plastic glued in place over it blocking its use. Anybody know what its use is for? If this phone was unlocked, could it be a world phone? Anybody know anything yet?
Thanks.

Maybe it's just that they use the same housing as for the normal version but there is no working electronics.

ace518 said:
So, I have the xperia play on Verizon. It most definitely does have a slot for a SIM card, just underneath the sd card slot. There is a piece of plastic glued in place over it blocking its use. Anybody know what its use is for? If this phone was unlocked, could it be a world phone? Anybody know anything yet?
Thanks.
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Well go ahead and take that little piece of plastic off and try a Sim card, it has to be for a Sim cause that's what mine has, the Sim right under the sd card
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just checked, must be disabled in the firmware cuz it has the pins to use it, but doesn't register anything when i put a sim card in it.
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thorpe24 said:
just checked, must be disabled in the firmware cuz it has the pins to use it, but doesn't register anything when i put a sim card in it.
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you should try flashing a generic rom like http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1097591
maybe it'll enable gsm?

protozoa said:
you should try flashing a generic rom like http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1097591
maybe it'll enable gsm?
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Well, if we can load a generic firmware, we might get it activated. Then we could get an EMEI number to unlock the bootloader. In the mean time... bootloader is still locked so we can't flash nothing on it.

also if you look at the back there is a black sticker to the right of the cam it looks like the same conector that the thunderbolt uses to connect to the batty cover for its 4g signal could it be able to upgrade to 4g with the sim slot and the external conector
update: pulled off the sticker more i was wrong its the vibrate motor it looked like a connector with the tape half off

LG Nexus 4 Sim Card Problem

Hey guys, just yesterday i recieved my LG Nexus 4, and i inserted my sim card, which i had cut to fit in the micro sim tray(with a micro sim cutter). The problem is that the phone can't recognize it. It says "No Sim Card". I tried other sims too but still the same. When i try with an AT&T sim however, the phone can recognize it. I know you are gonna say it's locked. But it's factory unlocked, straight from google. I also tried to unlock it in case it was really locked, but this "secret" code: 2945#*960#, doesn't seem to working. Any help?
Thanks in advance.

I had the same issue too when I cut a T-Mobile sim. What I did to solve the issue is I looked at the back of the att sim where the gold plate is. I noticed three lines scratched on from where the phones contact pins touch the gold plate. I then looked at the cut up T-Mobile sim and noticed it only had 2 lines scratched on it. Meaning a third pin was not touching the gold plate leading to no service. What I did was try to file the sim even more and made sure the gold plate on the cut up sim was in the same place as the att's plate. Also look at where the att's plate is while in the sim tray to get an idea of where the contact pins are. I ended up having an even smaller sim and had to cut a piece of an extra sim and placing it in the tray so the sim wouldn't slide around when in the phone. Never had an issue since.
Hope this helps.

dougiefresh36 said:
I had the same issue too when I cut a T-Mobile sim. What I did to solve the issue is I looked at the back of the att sim where the gold plate is. I noticed three lines scratched on from where the phones contact pins touch the gold plate. I then looked at the cut up T-Mobile sim and noticed it only had 2 lines scratched on it. Meaning a third pin was not touching the gold plate leading to no service. What I did was try to file the sim even more and made sure the gold plate on the cut up sim was in the same place as the att's plate. Also look at where the att's plate is while in the sim tray to get an idea of where the contact pins are. I ended up having an even smaller sim and had to cut a piece of an extra sim and placing it in the tray so the sim wouldn't slide around when in the phone. Never had an issue since.
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Hmm... the problem is that the sims are working fine in other phones, like iPhone or HTC. Only with the nexus, the sims don't work.

You screwed the sim card when u cut it.
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yogeshmha said:
You screwed the sim card when u cut it.
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Actually not. Because with iPhone and other phones, the sim is working 100%

~STiX~ said:
Hey guys, just yesterday i recieved my LG Nexus 4, and i inserted my sim card, which i had cut to fit in the micro sim tray(with a micro sim cutter). The problem is that the phone can't recognize it. It says "No Sim Card". I tried other sims too but still the same. When i try with an AT&T sim however, the phone can recognize it. I know you are gonna say it's locked. But it's factory unlocked, straight from google. I also tried to unlock it in case it was really locked, but this "secret" code: 2945#*960#, doesn't seem to working. Any help?
Thanks in advance.
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How long do you leave the sims in the phone for? ANd do you restart the phone I guess after you swapped the sim? When switching sims for me it takes a good minute or two to recognise the sim card for me. The iphone was pretty quick at recognising a new sim.

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Actually not. Because with iPhone and other phones, the sim is working 100%
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But it's not cut well enough to work with the N4. Others have had this same problem. Maybe the N4 is just more demanding of the exact placement of the SIM chip?
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dddennizzz said:
How long do you leave the sims in the phone for? ANd do you restart the phone I guess after you swapped the sim? When switching sims for me it takes a good minute or two to recognise the sim card for me. The iphone was pretty quick at recognising a new sim.
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hmm well, to be honest to make the AT&T sim to work with the phone, first i turn off the phone then insert the sim and turn it on again. But for some reason that doesn't work with other sims even when letting the phone for minutes to recognize the sim(s).

steviewevie said:
But it's not cut well enough to work with the N4. Others have had this same problem. Maybe the N4 is just more demanding of the exact placement of the SIM chip?
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Hmm that's a good theory i guess, i will go tomorrow to my provider to ask for a new one and will keep you inform

Tape
This could solve your issue:
Zttp://blog.lazut.in/2013/10/nexus-4-sim-card-problems.html
(I typed Z instead of h in http due to this forum limitations for users with less than 10 posts, just type it correctly)
Probably the contacts are touching somewhere the frame and are being short circuited.
Yust apply a bit of tape.

diciassei said:
This could solve your issue:
Zttp://blog.lazut.in/2013/10/nexus-4-sim-card-problems.html
(I typed Z instead of h in http due to this forum limitations for users with less than 10 posts, just type it correctly)
Probably the contacts are touching somewhere the frame and are being short circuited.
Yust apply a bit of tape.
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That worked for me. Saved me so much frustration. Thanks much.

Galaxy S4 sim slot broke

I have been using my S4 with a nano sim in a micro sim card adapter. Last night I went to take it out and it messed up the sim slot. The little prongs are sticking out. I can't insert anything into the sim slot. I am beyond upset about this. I have always been super careful when inserting and removing my sim. It actually almost damaged my sim coming out. I've had it with pretty much everything about the S4. Locked bootloader, bad development support, bricked devices, ect...
So now it has to be sent in for repair. Ok, no bid deal, right? Wrong! Now I'm going to loose my MDL firmware and custom recovery. I restored the phone to stock MDL, but I am sure Samsung will update to their latest knox crap and Android 4.3. Ugh. I don't think I ever want to buy another Samsung phone again!
Any other options, I'd be very grateful.
Merry Christmas!

Sell it, but an nexus 5

jd1639 said:
Sell it, but an nexus 5
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Yeah, I was thinking of that. Only thing is, the Nexus 5 has inferior hardware. I heard the camera sucks, and the screen is bad.

MattMJB0188 said:
Yeah, I was thinking of that. Only thing is, the Nexus 5 has inferior hardware. I heard the camera sucks, and the screen is bad.
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You heard wrong, I'm loving it

I'll have to see. Just tried inserting my sim and now it won't even read it at all. Anyone know if this is something Samsung repairs?

Won't a T-Mobile phone unlocked work with at&t??

thatsupnow said:
Won't a T-Mobile phone unlocked work with at&t??
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Yes, but that's besides the point.

The sim / micro SD slot is modular. One flex cable and a little double sided tape is all that holds it on. Buy one on eBay and switch it out yourself real easy to do
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scanss2k said:
The sim / micro SD slot is modular. One flex cable and a little double sided tape is all that holds it on. Buy one on eBay and switch it out yourself real easy to do
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Yea, I'm actually going to look into fixing it myself. I just don't want to ship it to Samsung and have them mess up my phone and give me Android 4.3.

Shouldn't cost a lot. I paid $8 for the one I used to repair an s4. Guy had put a micro SD into the sim slot and tore it up. Took me 10 minutes to do the repair. Few screws to get the midframe off. Popped the flex cable and slid a metal spudger under the tray and it came off easily. Put the new one in the same spot and worked perfect
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MattMJB0188 said:
Yea, I'm actually going to look into fixing it myself. I just don't want to ship it to Samsung and have them mess up my phone and give me Android 4.3.
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Its easy to replace it, buy it on ebay for under $10 and just search on youtube on how to do it..i had to do this to my m919. Took me 10 mins.
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euklid said:
Its easy to replace it, buy it on ebay for under $10 and just search on youtube on how to do it..i had to do this to my m919. Took me 10 mins.
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Sure it can be fixed. But does that mean the Galaxy S4 slim slots are just garbage in general? I like to switch back and forth between my iPhone and Gs4. Iphone 5S takes nano sim, so I use micro sim adapter. I'm hoping that didn't f it up.

SD Card reader replacement fail... twice
I have replaced the SIM/SD reader on my i337 twice now (2 different new parts), and since the original problem (phone started randomly reporting "SD card removed") I Have never gotten the phone to recognize any of the 3 SD cards I have inserted. All of the test SD cards have been FAT32 and are recognized by other phones and PC via USB readers. Also, this phone will read the same SD cards successfully if mounted via USB on the go connector/adapter, so I believe the cards are good and their filesystems are readable by my kernel. Through all this, the SIM reader has always worked fine.
I think it might be time to get a new phone...

sim inserted without the tray

Hi All,
I got all to excited about getting a G2 and inserted the sim card without the tray.
Every works as expected but I want to take the sim card out and properly inserted with the tray.
Does anyone have any suggestion on how one would take the card out?
Thank you!

Tweezers could possibly work.
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ghdtpdna said:
Hi All,
I got all to excited about getting a G2 and inserted the sim card without the tray.
Every works as expected but I want to take the sim card out and properly inserted with the tray.
Does anyone have any suggestion on how one would take the card out?
Thank you!
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Cut a screen protector stripe narrower than the sim card insert it in the sim card tray by pressing gently just make sure the adhesive side stick on the sim and not on the tray then pull it out

Take it to a repair shop. They could probably sort it in 5 minutes and it should not cost much.
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I just did this in a moment of stupidity. In the end I used the sim removal tool within the slot to work the sim out just enough to get a fingernail on and pull it out.
Hope this helps someone else in future.

S6 edge sim slot broken

SAMSUNG SIM SLOT BROKEN
How can Samsung use some CHEAP PLASTIC on this expensive flagship?
Some other manufacturers are using metal and Samsung came up with the idea of using CHEAP PLASTIC.
I just bought this device and have lot of issues with it, the device overheat even after downloading all available updates.
Please guy take note when replacing your sim on your device to avoid breaking the CHEAP PLASTIC.
STILL WAITING FOR SAMSUNG CARE TO GIVE ME FEEDBACK ON THE COST OF REPLACEMENT. I GUESS THIS WILL BE MY LAST SAMSUNG DEVICE.

Yeah when I saw it was made out of plastic, I wondered why. The iPhone 4 had it out of metal, they should have made it out of metal as well.

Chill dude, its just the sim tray. Slap a case on it and you're are golden.

True that. How often do you take your sim out and put it back in? Its a smartphone, you will have to handle it with care often or else if your usage is that rough, ask the mobile shop owner to get it fully setup for you, put an otterbox and then chill out a bit!

okolobaccess said:
Please guy take note when replacing your sim on your device to avoid breaking the CHEAP PLASTIC.
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What happened, did you put in the wrong way?

CafeKampuchia said:
What happened, did you put in the wrong way?
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I didnt, i have pin which came with the phone.

hmmm Imagine you probably could head on down to a local phone place and say hey I broke my sim tray can I get a replacement tray its an s6 edge. but seriously what you do with that I mean it doesn't exactly require force for you lay the sim down in the one and only way it will fit and push it into the phone in its slot..... seriuosly not exactly something you should be applying any significant force too. and even if it was made of metal Id emagine it would Bend under the same amount of pressure you used to break ot break the plastic one, thus inabling it just as useless.

Changed my sim card twice now not noticed any issues with the tray so far.

CafeKampuchia said:
What happened, did you put in the wrong way?
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So what happened then? How did it break, so others can avoid that in the future.

I already open the sim tray 5times and nothing to report for me it's been great of course you have to be careful

I didn't apply force to it and this isn't my first time in using smartphone.
Samsung made use of cheap plastic on such an expensive device. Why not use metal ?

Just order a metal sim tray on eBay there super cheap
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ex-28 said:
Just order a metal sim tray on eBay there super cheap
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For really?
Will it work for the S6 edge?

Should be the same search galaxy s6 metal sim tray
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ex-28 said:
Should be the same search galaxy s6 metal sim tray
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No luck. Will take the phone samsung care by monday to see if dey can help me out and get me a metal sim tray replacement

http://m.ebay.com/itm/261859235725?nav=SEARCH
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Plastic if forced breaks, saves phone from damage. Metal if forced bends, possibly causing internal damage to the phone. Both would be strong enough that if your using them correctly they would not bend of break.

The only way i could see you breaking it is putting it in and accidently pushing up or down and breaking the end off but instead of taking responsibility for it you blame the company. They saved money in using a cheaper material in something that will not be used very much in an average persons life. If called business and a business cannot spend too much money on one thing.
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okolobaccess said:
SAMSUNG SIM SLOT BROKEN
How can Samsung use some CHEAP PLASTIC on this expensive flagship?
Some other manufacturers are using metal and Samsung came up with the idea of using CHEAP PLASTIC.
I just bought this device and have lot of issues with it, the device overheat even after downloading all available updates.
Please guy take note when replacing your sim on your device to avoid breaking the CHEAP PLASTIC.
STILL WAITING FOR SAMSUNG CARE TO GIVE ME FEEDBACK ON THE COST OF REPLACEMENT. I GUESS THIS WILL BE MY LAST SAMSUNG DEVICE.
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Same case here...I dont knwo what happened but when I tried to open the sim card tray, the sim card was left inside. Tried to call the service center say: Php470.00 for the sim card tray, P750.00 for the labor, P1030.00 to bring the unit back together because they are going to open the whole unit. And not just that. If the mother board will be damaged if they will pull out the sim card, they will charge me for the mother board for Php10,0000.00!!! So complicated huh? Im now torn if I will have the sim card removed or just let it stay that way since netowrk is working...
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okolobaccess said:
SAMSUNG SIM SLOT BROKEN
How can Samsung use some CHEAP PLASTIC on this expensive flagship?
Some other manufacturers are using metal and Samsung came up with the idea of using CHEAP PLASTIC.
I just bought this device and have lot of issues with it, the device overheat even after downloading all available updates.
Please guy take note when replacing your sim on your device to avoid breaking the CHEAP PLASTIC.
STILL WAITING FOR SAMSUNG CARE TO GIVE ME FEEDBACK ON THE COST OF REPLACEMENT. I GUESS THIS WILL BE MY LAST SAMSUNG DEVICE.
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Hi Any feedback? was this fixed?

AnnP said:
Same case here...I dont knwo what happened but when I tried to open the sim card tray, the sim card was left inside. Tried to call the service center say: Php470.00 for the sim card tray, P750.00 for the labor, P1030.00 to bring the unit back together because they are going to open the whole unit. And not just that. If the mother board will be damaged if they will pull out the sim card, they will charge me for the mother board for Php10,0000.00!!! So complicated huh? Im now torn if I will have the sim card removed or just let it stay that way since netowrk is working...
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Hi Any feedback? was this fixed?
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I was able to change the sim without replacing the tray
I just placed the sim i know i will using with phone, so ever since i have not change the sim.
To change the sim, you if first try to eject the tray, that will help to free the sim tray, then you use picker to remove the sim and you can insert another one back in.
have been using mine ever since.