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I unrooted my phone and now I want to root it again. Here is the story..
I went overseas for the month of August and got a Verizon global loaner phone. I came home and Verizon told me I needed to get a new SD card and go to a store to reactivate. The global loaner program never told me about this.
So naturally, I unrooted my phone so they wouldn't give me a problem. The guy who installed the SD card and activated my phone checked to see if it was rooted. He looked through my apps and questioned me on my phone usage.
Since I got the new SD card the phone will not update or acquire a 4G signal. Rather than get a manufacturers refurbished phone, I would like to root again. However I have two questions:
What guide should I use? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=996616 says it is outdated as of August 14, 2011?
Where do I get the latest standard build? I want to install that before I move on to ROMs
ok hold on just a second! A new SD card?!? Are you sure it wasn't a new SIM card? An SD card has absolutely nothing to do with signal. I don't particularly understand why everyone is so scared of Verizon finding out you are rooted. I was just in a Verizon store today and showed the idiot working there all the things I could do with my rooted bolt that they couldnt do with a stock one. It's your phone. Do with it what you will. Now back on topic. For your root method my understanding is Revoked is your best bet. I would make a bet that either the person that put your new SIM card in either. a. didnt put it in correctly or b. forgot to have them activate 4G on it. I would call and talk to customer service a bit.
haha yes....SIM card!
I did talk to customer service. They are going to send me a new SIM card and if that doesn't work they are going to offer me a refurbished phone....
asdf_man said:
The guy who installed the SD card and activated my phone checked to see if it was rooted. He looked through my apps and questioned me on my phone usage.
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Questioned you ? My response would have been "are you done with the SIM card?" and taken the phone back.
hallstevenson said:
Questioned you ? My response would have been "are you done with the SIM card?" and taken the phone back.
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I would have reacted the same way. My phone, my business.
I purchased a used Rezound off of E-Bay - probably my first mistake. I want to use it to replace my Galaxy Nexus. I got a new sim card from Verizon and have been trying to activate the phone. I called Verizon and everything is correct in the system (the sim card and phone are married in the system). Once I power up the phone to activate, it sits at the activation screen.
Any ideas on what to try? Verizon seems to think I bought a dead phone... I thought I was getting a pretty good deal - good seller ratings on other phones... etc.
Thanks for any help.
bu_terrier said:
I purchased a used Rezound off of E-Bay - probably my first mistake. I want to use it to replace my Galaxy Nexus. I got a new sim card from Verizon and have been trying to activate the phone. I called Verizon and everything is correct in the system (the sim card and phone are married in the system). Once I power up the phone to activate, it sits at the activation screen.
Any ideas on what to try? Verizon seems to think I bought a dead phone... I thought I was getting a pretty good deal - good seller ratings on other phones... etc.
Thanks for any help.
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if it's a good seller ui should be able to exchange it maybe?
unfortunately i got mine second hand, and i am having blue screen flickers, not sure what to do, i have an upgrade but im not gunna waste it on a phone i already bought..
First, look and make sure the SIM card you bought isn't a Verizon/Vodaphone SIM but that it is a 4G LTE card, it will say it right on the card, if it is, go to myverizon.com, sign in, and reactivate your old phone, sign out, sign back in and reactivate the Rezound, make sure you enter the MEID correctly, and the 4G LTE card serial number correctly. Reinsert the card in your phone, put the battery back in, and, Please make sure you put the back cover back on the phone, it's required for reception on our phones, and let it boot up, it should activate automatically.
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i don't know but since it is such a new phone it should be under warranty, take it to a verizon store and see if they can order you a new one?
Bad esn which means the phone is black listed they won't activate it unless the existing bill is paid.
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Whoever owned it before you never paid their phone bill. Unless it's a bad SIM which I have gotten one bad SIM for my LTE broadband card.
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First, look and make sure the SIM card you bought isn't a Verizon/Vodaphone SIM but that it is a 4G LTE card, it will say it right on the card, if it is, go to myverizon.com, sign in, and reactivate your old phone, sign out, sign back in and reactivate the Rezound, make sure you enter the MEID correctly, and the 4G LTE card serial number correctly. Reinsert the card in your phone, put the battery back in, and, Please make sure you put the back cover back on the phone, it's required for reception on our phones, and let it boot up, it should activate automatically.
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Thanks for the help. I can't reactivate in myverizon because it says that the Rezound is pending. I'll try it if I can get the pending removed.
Thanks again.
bu_terrier said:
Thanks for the help. I can't reactivate in myverizon because it says that the Rezound is pending. I'll try it if I can get the pending removed.
Thanks again.
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If you reactivate an old device, it should kick that pending out. Try it if you haven't already.
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I got the sim card for the Rezound at a Verizon Corp store. I was told by Verizon tech support that the verizon server is waiting for a response from my phone. I think he said a haul response or something like that. The tech said he could see the first responses from the phone but it wasn't going any further in the activation process.
How would I know if the ESN is black listed?
How would I reactivate the old phone? Would I need to go and get a different sim card? I had to get a different sim card because the Galaxy Nexus sim card is a different size than the Rezound sim card.
Thanks for all the help.
I had the same problem stuck at activation screen for about 45 mintues, did a battery pull and restarted and all was good to go......
Viper
andybones said:
if it's a good seller ui should be able to exchange it maybe?
unfortunately i got mine second hand, and i am having blue screen flickers, not sure what to do, i have an upgrade but im not gunna waste it on a phone i already bought..
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I thought that blue screen flicker was an artifact caused by the iCs leak and not a hardware defect.
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couchmonkey said:
i don't know but since it is such a new phone it should be under warranty, take it to a verizon store and see if they can order you a new one?
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you can't do this. I've tried lol.
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icy1899 said:
I thought that blue screen flicker was an artifact caused by the iCs leak and not a hardware defect.
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I thought it was ICS as well. but I'm on GB and I get it randomly
When your logged in to your account, on your home page which is the page it displays when you sign in, scroll down, under device it will have an option to change device. If it's the right SIM card, you won't have any problem with trying to reactivate it, after you deactivate it by switching back and forth, I've done it a dozen times. Doesn't sound like a bad phone, I mean stolen or a bad esn, or the tech would have told you, it just sounds like a hiccup during activation. **** when you reactivate the Nexus, use the card that came with it, not the new one! Then reactivate your Rez with the new card
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I bought mine new, i did have trouble activating at first, but i did reboot n it finally did, and theres a site u can search for that tells u if ur esn number is blacklisted or not
Be aware that you have to have 4G service to activate the 4G devices. When I got mine new it was when the nationwide 4G outage was going on and it wouldn't activate until it was back up. Make sure it's not set to CDMA only and that mobile network is turned on.
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When your logged in to your account, on your home page which is the page it displays when you sign in, scroll down, under device it will have an option to change device. If it's the right SIM card, you won't have any problem with trying to reactivate it, after you deactivate it by switching back and forth, I've done it a dozen times. Doesn't sound like a bad phone, I mean stolen or a bad esn, or the tech would have told you, it just sounds like a hiccup during activation. **** when you reactivate the Nexus, use the card that came with it, not the new one! Then reactivate your Rez with the new card
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When I log in, I can see the link to activate or switch devices. My phone and number are grayed out with a "pending" status. Not sure how to get the pending status removed to reactivate the Nexus. Thanks again for all the help.
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Be aware that you have to have 4G service to activate the 4G devices. When I got mine new it was when the nationwide 4G outage was going on and it wouldn't activate until it was back up. Make sure it's not set to CDMA only and that mobile network is turned on.
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Not trying to argue with you at all man, but it will still activate in a 3G coverage area, and you're right to make sure the mobile network is turned on. I am a recently former VZW sales rep and Tech specialist, I market transferred and after waiting six months for my transfer to be approved, getting replies that they are working on it, I jumped ship. The outage may have been what messed with your case, but 4G devices can be 100% be activated in a 3G area.
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bu_terrier said:
When I log in, I can see the link to activate or switch devices. My phone and number are grayed out with a "pending" status. Not sure how to get the pending status removed to reactivate the Nexus. Thanks again for all the help.
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Maybe make that call back to Tech support so they can remove the pending status, ask them to reactivate the Nexus and then try activating the Rezound again. But let them enter everything, and stay on the phone with them til it's up and running
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Not trying to argue with you at all man, but it will still activate in a 3G coverage area, and you're right to make sure the mobile network is turned on. I am a recently former VZW sales rep and Tech specialist, I market transferred and after waiting six months for my transfer to be approved, getting replies that they are working on it, I jumped ship. The outage may have been what messed with your case, but 4G devices can be 100% be activated in a 3G area.
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This is good to know! The VZW rep told me they had to have 4G to activate. I told him that was the dumbest thing I had ever heard. So I just left with it not activated and my Incredible not working either. Nitwit. ;-)
I was on my eris tlkn to verizon tryin to activate my rezound, and it didnt activate til i got off the phone wit em
On a daily basis my phone will randomly tell me that there is no Sim card(btw I'm att of that makes any difrence) in the phone. The only way to fix the problem is to reboot the phone. Any ideas what's causing this? I tried flashing a different rom but to no avail. What should I do?
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thekalby said:
On a daily basis my phone will randomly tell me that there is no Sim card(btw I'm att of that makes any difrence) in the phone. The only way to fix the problem is to reboot the phone. Any ideas what's causing this? I tried flashing a different rom but to no avail. What should I do?
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Just to commiserate, this happened to me today too - second time total. Gonna keep digging through the forums...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2007361&highlight=sim+card
glad im not the only one.. i posted about this few weeks ago.. i tried going to att store and they wouldnt give me a new phone since it was the 16th day ( 14 day return policy).I thought it was still 30. I went thru warranty and they are sending me a new phone. just waiting for that to arrive.. still happens every once in awhile. annoying.
Happens to me too. Don't have to reboot though. Turning Airplane mode on and off does the trick. Every day or so I take it out and put it back in. Not sure if it helps but it makes me feel like it prolongs the issue.
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Diesel321 said:
Happens to me too. Don't have to reboot though. Turning Airplane mode on and off does the trick. Every day or so I take it out and put it back in. Not sure if it helps but it makes me feel like it prolongs the issue.
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Should i bring it into AT&T? If I do will they give me a new one even if I unlocked the boot loader?
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Should i bring it into AT&T? If I do will they give me a new one even if I unlocked the boot loader?
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Here's a summary of what I've learned, y'all correct me if I'm mistaken:
ATT sims only
Airplane mode and back - works as temporary fix
SOME report reseating the sim is a permenant fix
SOME report getting a new sim doesn't fix
Since this is happening to me daily now (maybe more I'm not noticing), I'm going to see what I can come up with. I just opened the tray and slid it back in with two pieces of paper backing the sim card (on the non-contact side of course), to see if by chance there is a problem with the physical connection of the sim, and if this can fix it. I'll keep you updated. I'm also going to see if I can get a new sim card from ATT.
Has anyone come up with any other solutions - or are we all dealing with this intermittently and just tolerating it?
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5 Days now with perfect connection. Two sheets of paper thicker sim card works.
There is a few threads all about the same thing. I'm posting in this one because it's the highest on the list. I never had the issue before rooting. So I wonder of anyone can confirm this being an issue pre-root/pre-bootloader unlock? Just a thought
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Diesel321 said:
There is a few threads all about the same thing. I'm posting in this one because it's the highest on the list. I never had the issue before rooting. So I wonder of anyone can confirm this being an issue pre-root/pre-bootloader unlock? Just a thought
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I'm pretty sure it was confirmed in one of the other threads that you can get this problem even is your not rooted on stock.
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Ok, guys i have found a fix put a piece of paper and wedge it between the sim card and the tray at the top pretty much try to kill all the slack.
Andrew149 said:
Ok, guys i have found a fix put a piece of paper and wedge it between the sim card and the tray at the top pretty much try to kill all the slack.
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Im exchanging my phone at AT&T tomorrow, so well see how that works out.
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Im exchanging my phone at AT&T tomorrow, so well see how that works out.
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Update: haven't had my phone disconnect I would say this is a true fix, htc just needs to send everyone updated SIM trays
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Same issue over here. Daily missing SIM card issue.
I have been having this daily with my AT&T One X+ as well. I'm stock, unrooted. I went back to aT&T today and they told me it was the SIM Card. We replaced that and it seems to be working. Now I know it hasn't been long enough to know if this is the fix or not, so we shall see.
For those who added the paper to the SIM tray, did your SIM card feel at all loose before you added the paper ? Mine doesn't feel loose at all.
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Well I had this exact problem happen to me a couple times. Not enough to make it annoying. All I ever had to do was restart my phone and voila
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CountMagnusLee said:
I have been having this daily with my AT&T One X+ as well. I'm stock, unrooted. I went back to aT&T today and they told me it was the SIM Card. We replaced that and it seems to be working. Now I know it hasn't been long enough to know if this is the fix or not, so we shall see.
For those who added the paper to the SIM tray, did your SIM card feel at all loose before you added the paper ? Mine doesn't feel loose at all.
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My SIM card was loose in the SIM tray you can see just a small slack which is enough to mess with the connection
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This has been happening to me 3/4 times a day, the other day i couldnt even read a full article online before it would pop up with a messege saying 'sim card removed restart phone (only option too)' i know its not the best option but i tapped a bit of wd40 on the sim and it works for days before happening again, not a permenant solution but has definitly kept me from tearing my hair out! Hope it helps
Ok guys i know there are a few threads already created for this error, however; I haven't seen a solution yet, So i'm creating this thread in hopes that we can compile all the information about this, and maybe find a solution,
Here's the story, I bought an Unlocked Galaxy note SGH-i717D on ebay about a year ago, the phone was working like a charm and it loved it , then a few months later i started getting a "NO SIM Inserted" error message.
The SIM card was pretty old so I went to my carrier and changed it. That seemed to do the trick and it worked fine until a few weeks ago, when the damn error showed up again. I'm literally getting this error message every day, making the phone impossible to use.
I've tried EVERYTHING:
1- I ruled out the SIM card being faulty since it's new and it works on other phones
2- Made sure the SIM was making contact with the pins
3- Put Scotch tape on the SIM to make it fit better on the SIM slot
3- Deleted cache
4- Rooted my phone and installed titanium backup to delete all user and system app cache
5- flashed the original rom back into my phone
Nothing seems to work (the titanium backup method works for a few hours/days) so please if any of you know the solution to this issue please let me know.
I highly appreciate any help!
Sim card slots go bad some times. A samsung repair shop can replace it in minutes.
mine went out. i havent paid any attention to it. ive noticed alot of notes have this.
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mine went out. i havent paid any attention to it. ive noticed alot of notes have this.
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yup i've read a lot about it, it doesn't seem to be a problem with the hardware, cuz it works fine when I delete the cache, i've read it has to do with the 3g/4g band the phone is working with, that may cause the issue, but then again nobody's been able to confirm this.
Having the same problem.
No SIM
Baseband: Unknown
IMEI: Unknown
Can't restore with KIES.
Mine was under warranty so I just returned it for an exchange. Got a new SIM, no changes. A factory reset fixed it for a short period.
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Mine was under warranty so I just returned it for an exchange. Got a new SIM, no changes. A factory reset fixed it for a short period.
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So I rooted my phone and installed titanium backup like i mentioned on my first post, there's an option on Titanium backup called CLEAR cache for all user and system apps, that seems to do the trick at least for a few hours and some time days.
Sounds like what you guys may need is the sim card port replacement. whatever you do do not send your phone to samsung if you arent under warranty, you will be broke when your done with them. the part is 7$ including shipping on ebay, you can type in sim card port to find it. it is very easy to install, if you dont feel comfortable you can bring it to a shop.
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Sounds like what you guys may need is the sim card port replacement. whatever you do do not send your phone to samsung if you arent under warranty, you will be broke when your done with them. the part is 7$ including shipping on ebay, you can type in sim card port to find it. it is very easy to install, if you dont feel comfortable you can bring it to a shop.
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My phone have the same problem. But is the t-mobile note (sgh-t879). Can I use this parts for fix my phone?
You can easily find the parts for the tmobile version too. Ebay is where I start looking for parts.
Hi i am having the same issue on my Galaxy Note i717R (Canadian Version - originally from Rogers Network) , would appreciate if you could share a solution with me too .
This happened on my i717 just after warranty ran out (of course). It first started off with losing the use of 4g so I couldnt make calls and only could use lte data. Then the radio would stop working and nothing worked. I then restarted my phone and no sim card inserted error. Eventually it would work again but last night I was using the phone and data with no problem but nothing can fix the error today. I'm stuck using the desire HD unless I can figure this out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2260171
I had the same problem.. try this link
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No solution so far
I've had this same problem. Reset system and use caches with Titanium Backup but this didn't last. Reset to the original ROMs (Samsung update to Android 4.1 ) did not help. Finally I bought and replace the sim and microsdcard reader (which was remarkably easy to do), This didnt help either. Anyone have a solution?
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I've had this same problem. Reset system and use caches with Titanium Backup but this didn't last. Reset to the original ROMs (Samsung update to Android 4.1 ) did not help. Finally I bought and replace the sim and microsdcard reader (which was remarkably easy to do), This didnt help either. Anyone have a solution?
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WTF? it seems like its a software issue then, this is so weird! I read somewhere that it may be the band the phone works with, I'm in Costa Rica so the 3g, 4g bands that we use here may be a bit different and could be causing the problem, then again i know NOTHING about cell phone band frequencies....
This is what's been working for me, I delete cache using titanium back up and then leave the phone off through the night, this method seems to work for a a few weeks maybe a month and when i get the error message again i repeat the process. Also make sure the pins on the sim tray are touching the sim card I noticed on my phone they were a little low so i took a needle and lift them up a bit.
Anyways I really got sick of the error, so I'm changing the sim card tray, if that doesn't work I'm getting rid of this phone.
replaced sim tray and problem is still there...wtf
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I was having the same problem. The error would hapoen 10+ times a day sometimes.
I replaced the sim card reader, stil happened. Flashed new rom and modem, didn't fix thr problem.
Started rooting around, thought that maybe the piece of case that sits under the leading edge of the sim card lifts it up, occasionally breaking sim contact when it flexed.
Took a screwdriver and bent the three contacts out some more, now it only happens occasionally.
I think I may be onto something here.
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I was having the same problem. The error would hapoen 10+ times a day sometimes.
I replaced the sim card reader, stil happened. Flashed new rom and modem, didn't fix thr problem.
Started rooting around, thought that maybe the piece of case that sits under the leading edge of the sim card lifts it up, occasionally breaking sim contact when it flexed.
Took a screwdriver and bent the three contacts out some more, now it only happens occasionally.
I think I may be onto something here.
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time for some super glue
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kinda weird that my sim reader goes out right after reboots
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Are you using a full-size sim or a small sim inserted in an adaptor? I have had issues with the small sim.
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was using a micro then switched to a full size sim...it actually fried the first full size sim then had to go back to tmobile to get another one..it seems the bottom of the sim tray seems to lift up on the bottom...
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Hi, i have a new HTC One X + and the simcard doesnt work. Means the Phone dont recognise that i already insert a simcard.
I google this issu and found a lot of people with same problem but i never find the solution for that
any one got a idea?
Ps.: My phone is not rootet and i have the newest software from HTC (original 4.1.1 and sense 4+)
Regard
Shai
Have you tried popping open the tray and wiggling the card and then simply sliding it back in? Whenever my phone doesn't detect a sim card I just restart it. When it still doesn't work I pop it out and in again. It's annoying, but it doesn't happen often enough to really bother me. If it is of concern, see if your local store can help you out.
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Have you tried popping open the tray and wiggling the card and then simply sliding it back in? Whenever my phone doesn't detect a sim card I just restart it. When it still doesn't work I pop it out and in again. It's annoying, but it doesn't happen often enough to really bother me. If it is of concern, see if your local store can help you out.
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i already try this 10-20 times... the support hotline say that this bug is known and they solve it with the next patch -.-
But i hope i can use my phone faster than the next htc patch.... anyone got an idea?
I thought I read somewhere that the store you got the phone from might be of some help in this regard if it is an issue with the tray. Of course, if you've been hearing that it is predominantly a software issue, then I have no advice to offer. Sorry.
If the yellowish part of your sim card has mostly faded off,it won't work, ask for a new sim card gonna cost bout 5 or 10 Rupees.
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If the yellowish part of your sim card has mostly faded off,it won't work, ask for a new sim card gonna cost bout 5 or 10 Rupees.
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i already try 3-4 different cards. My card works on other phones so it must be somethign with the phone.
Mine did that a couple months after I bought it ... took it back to the store and they sent it away for some kind of software update. It still did it a few times after that, although it's probably been a couple of months now with no occurrences at all. Some people say to put some tape on the back of the card to make it fit tighter. So I don't know if it's software or hardware. Although when it happened, if I put the phone in airplane mode and back out again, it worked fine, so that leads me to believe it really is software.