Okay heres my issue -
I unlocked bootloader, installed recovery, and rooted. Before i even flashed a new rom, my phone was showing the following message on the lock screen: "A SIM card is needed to operate this phone" "Please turn off your phone and insert your sim card"
However the sim card is installed, ive tried removing and reinstalling it, RUU'ed and started over from scratch, and nothing.
I went to the store and got a new sim card, and started the process from the beginning. However, I ran into the same problem. I have tried several GB ROMs and I get the same message. is there something im missing??
Please, any info will help. Ive searched everywhere and found no help.
I like this phone but I dont want it if i cant root it!!!
I had the same message and could not figure out what was going on. Turned out I had been been inserting the SIM the wrong way all that time. But Some people say they had the same error message after flashing a new ROM (like Clean ROM) and it went away after a few minutes and everything was fine. When I was asking questions about my issue, someone asked me if I had updated the RUU before installing the ICS ROM, which I had not done. Check and see if all the conditions are met for you to use an ICS Rom. I don't know what those conditions are but you can find out easily by asking. Good luck.
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Hi,
I just installed a nightly build of CyanogenMod "cm_legend_full-124" on my HTC Legend, which I downgraded from 2.05.461.52 to 1.3 first in order to install CM7.
CM7 is successfully installed, but I kept getting an error message popping up saying "Sorry! The process com.android.phone" has stopped unexpectedly. Please Try Again". I traced the error to the "Settings > Location & security settings > Set up SIM card lock" area, where I found that "Lock SIM card" is checked. I tried unchecking it and it asks for a pin. I have two pins and two PUK codes given to me by my cell provider. I tried them all and it didn't work.
At one point, the cell phone randomly connected to the network, and I was able to use the phone, but then 5 minutes later it stopped working and is giving the same issues and I cannot uncheck the "Lock SIM card" box.
Please note I never locked the sim card, nor do I need or want it locked. I don't think it really is locked, I think it's some kind of CM glitch. I also had the problem when I tried the CM7 Stable release, which is the ROM I tried first.
Did anyone else have this issue, as well? If so, what did you do to fix it. I have spent countless hours searching both Google and these forums and I cannot find a solution.
Thank you.
Try a stable release of CM7, There is a thread somewhere for nightlies and issues find it and check the thread for teh same error
i get this problem with the 108, i turn my phone in plane mode ( to avoid pin loop), did a full titanium backup, flashed a non cm7 rom ( b08), and finally flashed the nightly and did the titanium restore.
work for me.
I've looked around for similar thread(s) but found nothing. I recently followed the instructions on this website-> "teambamf.net/index.php/topic/3528-guide-to-install-ics-ruu-and-firmware-windows/" and got the phone started up. Unfortunately since I'm not Verizon (T-mobile USA) I've been stuck at the "Activating" screen for hours now and it keeps saying "SIM card from unknown source". Any help to fix either (if not both of these problems) will be greatly appreciated.
P.S - tried rebooting several times and still stuck at the Activation screen after SIM from unknown source.
did you try to boot the phone up first without sim card? The phone by default is locked to cdma and you would have to manually change to gsm in order for it to work.
Try to boot up without SIM (and also any SD card. I had issue that my sd card has a rom in it and it won't let me to get any network data, so I had to erase the SD card and it work. So start without the sd card). Then setup the phone. Once it's setup, change the network to GSM and then shut down and put hte sim. See if this works.
I would suggest check out this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1421341
also, is your sim already activated? I am not too sure if you can use rezound ot activate any sim. if it is not activate, try to activate with a diff phone first and then put in the rezound afterwards.
iHMDulton said:
I've looked around for similar thread(s) but found nothing. I recently followed the instructions on this website-> "teambamf.net/index.php/topic/3528-guide-to-install-ics-ruu-and-firmware-windows/" and got the phone started up. Unfortunately since I'm not Verizon (T-mobile USA) I've been stuck at the "Activating" screen for hours now and it keeps saying "SIM card from unknown source". Any help to fix either (if not both of these problems) will be greatly appreciated.
P.S - tried rebooting several times and still stuck at the Activation screen after SIM from unknown source.
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get an app called App Disabler... it works great... just run the app and find the listing for verizons Setup Wizard... disable that app and you'll be good to go...
A bit of advice there are kit kat ROMs you should install one
help please
I have noticed that most people having this problem dont have verizon but have verizon phones. I have verizon but i just switched to verizon all new phones i have the note 3 and everything but i keep getting this message and dont know why or what to do.
apaul22713 said:
I have noticed that most people having this problem dont have verizon but have verizon phones. I have verizon but i just switched to verizon all new phones i have the note 3 and everything but i keep getting this message and dont know why or what to do.
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If you have Verizon and a Verizon branded phone and are getting this message, you need to contact customer support.
hi I also have a htc rezound which presents me the same problem. I "ve tried everything but zero. Help me please. I just changed the rom to another rom-Business_ICS4.0.3_Sense3.6 fonctionnebien v6.3 and everything except the sim card side" This SIM card is year from unknown source " thank you.
omegadafrique225 said:
hi I also have a htc rezound which presents me the same problem. I "ve tried everything but zero. Help me please. I just changed the rom to another rom-Business_ICS4.0.3_Sense3.6 fonctionnebien v6.3 and everything except the sim card side" This SIM card is year from unknown source " thank you.
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Have you tried this solution: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1882355
Otherwise, the Business Sense ROM is based on stock, and this will happen on all stock ROMs, but it should not effect actually using the device... It would be best to move to a CM or AOSP based ROM.
I have 2 Galaxy notes that have been stock since day 1 with no modifications other than sim unlock via code. I waited patiently till the official ICS release came out to do my first ever phone update using Kies. After the update, 1 is running perfectly and the other has a notification stating that the sim card is not valid, contact customer care. I swapped sim cards and got the same error. Both Sim cards on other phone working properly.Restarting phone didn't resolve the problem. After a few seconds to minutes from time of reboot (in which phone recognizes network and I can make phone calls normally), the same error occurs sometimes with the code in place of the Service Provider name (63081)? I tried factory reset using phone menu and it wiped it clean but still same error. I tried reinstalling the ICS firmware/rom update provided via KIES and I'm still getting the same error.
I researched this plenty and noticed that others have had similar problems with sony phones after ICS update with no resolution.
Any suggestions?
is rooting possible yet to try another rom?
Can I go back to GB though I don't have a backup?
It sounds like a bad modem flash.
Why not make a nandroid of the good phone and restore it on the bad phone.
Thanks for your reply. I resolved it. Even though I had tried a different sim from the same company for a nother number and it hadn't worked, I still decided to make a new sim for my number and that seemed to resolve the problem. Still odd as to why ICS update would do that.
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It sounds like a bad modem flash.
Why not make a nandroid of the good phone and restore it on the bad phone.
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So I finally got around to rooting my phone to get rid of bloatware. I deleted something I shouldn't have, though, because I got stuck in the LG Security Error boot loop. Sooo, I reinstalled stock firmware, but now my SIM card won't read. Any ideas of what could be causing this?
I realize I should have unlocked the bootloader but, well, oops.
I ended up reinstalling the stock firmware using the LGNPST setup. I tried two separate files, the .tot's for ICS and JB, but the problem persisted.
My phone still knows it's IMEI # and although I've tried multiple SIM cards, my phone couldn't read any of them. I have a SIM card that wasn't working in my E970 in my backup phone and it's connecting to the network just fine.
I downloaded a SIM utility from the Android market, and even if I insert a SIM card, the utility just says that the card is "Absent".
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Hi everyone,
Before you start saying to yourself "oh great, another idiot with a SIM error..." you should know that I've searched for hours and have not found anything like this. Actually, there was one guy that may have, but his thread was three posts long. At this point, I'm just desperate for help or ideas.
So to start, I had soft bricked my E970 and was trying to find my serial to download a KDZ file to recover. Since I didn't know that you could pull the ID strip through the SD slot at the time, I removed my back cover and battery to get to it. Didn't touch anything else while I was back there, so I'm doubtful that this is even relevant. Nevertheless, I eventually was able to recover my phone through LGNPST and moved on to root, unlock and install ROMs. Soon, I realized that my phone wouldn't read my SIM. It took me a while since I had the SIM pulled and in another phone while messing with this one. But then I realized that it wasn't necessarily that it wouldn't read my SIM, but I noticed through the little pop-ups that come when inserting/removing a sim that the phone actually thought I was removing it when inserting it, and inserting it when removing it. It had reversed the "sensing" mechanism somehow. At first, I thought it was my current ROM, so I changed to a completely different one. Same issue. Then I reverted to stock through LGNPST. Same issue. Complete factory hard reset. Same issue. So then I thought maybe it had something to do with removing the battery, like maybe I could trick the phone by inserting, removing the battery, then removing it. That didn't work either.
So please hit me with any and all ideas that could even be remotely possible. I'm willing to try anything. Oh, and yes, I've tried multiple SIMs. All of which are original micro sims - not cut.
Thank you all for any genius you can provide!!!
This seems more like a board(motherboard) problem.
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THis might not help but if you are willing to try then maybe , you can read this :
There's one thing I might suggest you to try is to put the device in a complete Factory mode.
I.E. LGNPST the original firmware file , ( don not flash the stock zip , LGNPST the .tot file ).
Make sure device is unrooted and and locked. ( should be automatic once you follow step listed above,) .
Switch off the phone and put your sim card inside , then switch on the phone and see if that works.
Also you can try to tweak with the base-band settings in the device. Secret menu : 3845#*970#
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and your phone is carrier unlocked or locked ?
Rishi. said:
This seems more like a board(motherboard) problem.
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THis might not help but if you are willing to try then maybe , you can read this :
There's one thing I might suggest you to try is to put the device in a complete Factory mode.
I.E. LGNPST the original firmware file , ( don not flash the stock zip , LGNPST the .tot file ).
Make sure device is unrooted and and locked. ( should be automatic once you follow step listed above,) .
Switch off the phone and put your sim card inside , then switch on the phone and see if that works.
Also you can try to tweak with the base-band settings in the device. Secret menu : 3845#*970#
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and your phone is carrier unlocked or locked ?
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Unfortunately, I've tried that. I used LGNPST to return to stock firmware (.tot/.bin) and inserted the sim while powered off. It still says no sim upon booting. Normally this would lead me to believe it's a hardware issue, but since I know I didn't damage or even touch the sim reader during this whole process, and I know that it was fine before, I can't bring myself to believe it is. And besides that, it's not that it's not reading my sim, it's just that it thinks I remove it when I insert it, so it doesn't even attempt to. I feel like that must be something software related. But I could be wrong...
Also, it is locked to AT&T, using an AT&T sim. Thanks
Still haven't found a solution. Any more ideas?