how can you see that there is a region lock on either the SIM card holder is broken
There will always be No SIM, Insert sim card.
In another samsung s3 does the SIM card is perfect, so the SIM card is not the problem!
Maybe someone can help me here ?
Sorry for my bad english
SIM holder is broken, if phone was network locked it would prompt you for the unlock code. Best try another SIM card first, but it sounds like you need a service centre.
you are very sure?
thx
pollerita said:
you are very sure?
thx
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Of course holder is a mechanical / hardware part .
One a network locked phone see your phone vendor
again thx
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I have read plenty on here about the problems people are getting trying to unlock an Orange Hero, so have decided to go down the rebelsim route.
I have ordered one with the hole punch, I couldn't find any specific help on their website about how you use it.
Does it come with instructions ?
If not can anyone help me on what I have to do to use it ?
What is the hole punch for ?
Can you use the same rebelsim for more than one simcard ?
Will the phone be the same as before when inserting a new sim with the rebelsim ie. all previous applications still there/messages/emails ?
Thanks for your help.
Does it come with instructions ?
Mine didn't
If not can anyone help me on what I have to do to use it ?
There are instructions on there website on how to insert it into the phone.
What is the hole punch for ?
The punch puts a small hole in your sim card so the rebel sim fits neatly behind it, as the rebel sim has a very small chip on it. The hole does not effect the normal use of your sim if you choose to remove the rebel sim.
Can you use the same rebelsim for more than one simcard ?
As far as I know, if you change phones and wish to use the rebel sim you should be able to.
Will the phone be the same as before when inserting a new sim with the rebelsim ie. all previous applications still there/messages/emails ?
The rebel sim doesn't appear to change the phone in any way, just bypasses the network lock.
Hope this helped, I've been using mine for about one month now, had no problems at all.
Thanks for that.
Has anyone used a 3 sim card in their Orange Hero (unlocked either by code or rebelsim) ?
fatboy70 said:
Thanks for that.
Has anyone used a 3 sim card in their Orange Hero (unlocked either by code or rebelsim) ?
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Mine is an Orange Hero that could not be unlocked by code, which is why I got the Rebel sim, I'm using a T-Mobile sim and that works fine.
I have bought the o2 pay as you go sim where you top up £15 a month and get free unlimited texts and internet.
Anyone know where I can get the info to change to settings on the phone to o2's ? I presume I have to change these manually ?
Thanks
I have checked the instructions on the rebel sim website but the pictures are not very clear.
Am I correct in thinking that there is a small part protruding on the rebel sim card and that you have to cut a hole on your network sim card so that the rebel sim can sit down correctly onto it ? I take it that it will be obvious where to cut the hole in my sim card ? also is it the blank end opposite to the chip ?
Thanks, just don't want to mess this up when I get the rebel sim.
fatboy70 said:
I have checked the instructions on the rebel sim website but the pictures are not very clear.
Am I correct in thinking that there is a small part protruding on the rebel sim card and that you have to cut a hole on your network sim card so that the rebel sim can sit down correctly onto it ? I take it that it will be obvious where to cut the hole in my sim card ? also is it the blank end opposite to the chip ?
Thanks, just don't want to mess this up when I get the rebel sim.
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Yes to all of that.
Fitted my rebel sim today and everything if working fine with an o2 sim card on my Orange locked hero.
I will give this 9.5 out of 10, I would have given it 10 out of 10 if the cutters they sent weren't pink.
I have bought SGS 3 from retail shop in India. But I'm in Sri Lanka. when I insert my sim and start the phone, It's says "No Sim". I can't access to the Mobile Networks also. Please someone know solution for this please let me know soon.
Ensure the Sim is pushed all the way into the slot and locked. Push it in against the spring and it should clip in.
Try another Sim?
Is you Sim damaged? Did you cut it?
Did you buy the phone Sim unlocked?
Edit: Is your Sim card activated with your carrier?
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UpInTheAir said:
Ensure the Sim is pushed all the way into the slot and locked. Push it in against the spring and it should clip in.
Try another Sim?
Is you Sim damaged? Did you cut it?
Did you buy the phone Sim unlocked?
Edit: Is your Sim card activated with your carrier?
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I insert it correctly.
Sim isn't damage. Signal bars are showing
Yep My phone is unlocked.
Sim Card is activated with the carrier
eranda84 said:
I insert it correctly.
Sim isn't damage. Signal bars are showing
Yep My phone is unlocked.
Sim Card is activated with the carrier
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Signal bars will show even without any sim card. Did you get a micro sim from your provider or did you cut a normal sized sim? If you cut it, then it may be damaged.
If you have a sim adapter, try it with your old phone. Otherwise, try your card with another phone which accepts micro sim. Or, try another micro sim with your gs3. if nothing works, then you probably need to bring it in for servicing.
UpInTheAir said:
Ensure the Sim is pushed all the way into the slot and locked. Push it in against the spring and it should clip in.
Try another Sim?
Is you Sim damaged? Did you cut it?
Did you buy the phone Sim unlocked?
Edit: Is your Sim card activated with your carrier?
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Even if the phone is not unlocked/ not activated, it should still ask for a PIN code, and recognize the SIM, it will just say: "No network/No Signal"... I got my phone yesterday, and the SIM wasn't activated, all it said was no signal, could not register in network, your scnd. point is most likely, that happens a lot, when trying to make a micro-SIM out of a "normal" SIM/U-SIM
I bought original Micro SIM, I didn't cut it. Anyway I tried another network sim card. I' glad to say, It's work perfectly.
I purchased a brand new Sony Xperia Sola from a local seller and i was told that phone was from France.
However when I tried to insert a sim card it does not read the sim and show the "No sim card " message. I tried with 2 different sim card s but the problem was still there. It seems the phone does not read any sim card .
Aside from this problem everything works fine with the phone.
I went through some forums and checked the sim lock status of my phone and when i enter *#*#SERVICE#*#* and went to sim lock it shows.
[] Network 5
[] Network subset 5
[] Service provider 5
[] Corporate 5
(there was no X in any brackets as suggested in some forums)
What do you think the problem is ? Is it software or Hard ware ? Please help me to resolve this problem .
Thanks.
prasanga17 said:
I purchased a brand new Sony Xperia Sola from a local seller and i was told that phone was from France.
However when I tried to insert a sim card it does not read the sim and show the "No sim card " message. I tried with 2 different sim card s but the problem was still there. It seems the phone does not read any sim card .
Aside from this problem everything works fine with the phone.
I went through some forums and checked the sim lock status of my phone and when i enter *#*#SERVICE#*#* and went to sim lock it shows.
[] Network 5
[] Network subset 5
[] Service provider 5
[] Corporate 5
(there was no X in any brackets as suggested in some forums)
What do you think the problem is ? Is it software or Hard ware ? Please help me to resolve this problem .
Thanks.
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And my guess is
Its sim locked to a particular service provider locked so you gotu unlock as far as i know!!
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If it is sim locked why it doesnt ask for any unlock code? It shows " Emergency calls only . No sim" .
prasanga17 said:
If it is sim locked why it doesnt ask for any unlock code? It shows " Emergency calls only . No sim" .
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No, what SRB means is that the phone is locked to a particular telecom provider. It is not locked to a particular sim card.
I wonder if installing custom roms will unlock the phone. Give it a shot.
Edit: Looks like not. Bring your phone back and get a clean phone. I've a feeling that this is a second hand phone, even if it is not opened. Likely one of those people grab with a plan and sold it off.
Sauce: http://android.stackexchange.com/qu...-roms-like-cyanogenmod-modify-your-bootloader
yes..i also bought a xperia sola from carrefour france and tested it with ortel simcard it worked, now i am in romania and tryed it with cosmote and it asks for sim lock pin....wtf ?
your phone seems to have a actual sim lock since it asks for a pin. Mine does not even read the sim card and shows" No sim". I think sim card reader flex is faulty in mine .
yes...maybe mine has a simlock...but how can i find out the carrier that is locked to ? maybe i can contact them to unlock my new unlocked phone.
I recently purchased a locked 920 that has a sim card issue. I knowingly bought the phone broken since I was getting it for a good price (70$).
Either way, every time you put the phone in, it displays a message stating that the sim card is missing or invalid. Some forums told me to put a piece of tape under the sim card tray before putting in the sim card , but it didn't work unfortunately...
I need help on finding the part to replace my phone. I'll try opening it up later to see if one of the contacts are bent.
rizi7654321 said:
Without unlocking the phone it won't accept any unofficial sim card.
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I know that. Unfortunately it doesn't prompt me with an option to enter the unlock code when I open the phone with the new sim card inside.
gstavaris said:
I know that. Unfortunately it doesn't prompt me with an option to enter the unlock code when I open the phone with the new sim card inside.
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the pins in the sim card slot are likely broken. this is a common issue with this phone if someone used a sim card adapter inside of it.
Hi All
I have problem
My O2 Sim card get broken so I replace to new one swap the sim and It work 100% but after "swap" I put in the tray of my S7 Edge sim do not work so I try to put te same sim card in my wife phone [huawei P20] Sim Card work like charm So I thought something is wrong with my phone/sim tray but I place my wife Sim [Vodafone] in my S7 and its working without any problems.
Do you have any ideas what may be the problem and hoe to fix it?
Every time I put my o2 Sim its not recognize in sim card manager other way my missis sim.
Sareth_PL said:
Hi All
I have problem
My O2 Sim card get broken so I replace to new one swap the sim and It work 100% but after "swap" I put in the tray of my S7 Edge sim do not work so I try to put te same sim card in my wife phone [huawei P20] Sim Card work like charm So I thought something is wrong with my phone/sim tray but I place my wife Sim [Vodafone] in my S7 and its working without any problems.
Do you have any ideas what may be the problem and hoe to fix it?
Every time I put my o2 Sim its not recognize in sim card manager other way my missis sim.
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You running a custom rom?