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Has anyone had problems with the tray that the sim card fits in?
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Posted by: ras4119

I got a phone back the other day, and when I put my sim card in it, it wouldn't read it. I eventually saw that I had service hours later. I tried plugging it into my computer and it would not read that my iphone was plugged in. I believe I have read that people have had problems with the actual tray not reading the sim but I wanted to make sure that was correct.
(I have also tried using another brand new sim) and still had the same problems!

Posted by: paul34

did you try restarting the phone after you put in another SIM? It's not really made for hotswapping SIMs I think. I mean, you can, of course, but you can't always expect it to instantly recognize and go on with the new SIM.

I guess Apple didn't expect people to be constantly swapping SIMs - also evidenced by the fact you need an extra tool to open up the tray.

Posted by: ras4119

I dont understand what you are trying to say?? sorry.

I got my "replacement" iphone in the mail from apple and the same day I put my sim card in that I was using in the loaner phone and it said no service at the top. I then thought maybe AT&T was having service problems in my area so i called and they werent aware of any. I was in my house so I wasnt in an odd area because I have previously ALWAYS gotten service in my house. My mom has an iphone as well, so this is where I took her sim card after about 3 hours of my phone saying NO SERVICE and I tried sticking hers in my phone and it still continued to say NO SERVICE on my phone, and when I put MY original sim in her phone just to make sure it was not my sim it worked and had full bars. So i figured there was something going on to where it wasnt reading the sim in some kind of way. Its hard to explain, but thats the best way I can explain it.

Posted by: chaunce322

My first iPhone start exhibiting this problem after 2 days. I was getting sporadic "No SIM card installed" messages, which in turn would lose phone and internet service. After doing a hard reset and a system restore, the phone was fine for another day, but then the problem came back up.

Long story short, I ended up getting a replacement at the Apple store. Haven't had any issues with the new one.

Sean

Posted by: ras4119

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Originally Posted by chaunce322

My first iPhone start exhibiting this problem after 2 days. I was getting sporadic "No SIM card installed" messages, which in turn would lose phone and internet service. After doing a hard reset and a system restore, the phone was fine for another day, but then the problem came back up.

Long story short, I ended up getting a replacement at the Apple store. Haven't had any issues with the new one.

Sean

thanks! yeah, since I do not live near an apple store I am sending my phone in tomorrow for repair/replacement. I hope they just give me a new phone, because mine was also giving me the message saying "no sim card installed". Thanks for the info!

Posted by: unrealii

Check and make sure its not bent. I had some unusual network errors because my tray was bent. I fixed it with some pliers. I ended up bending it (forgot to take it out) when I opened it up to do a hardware unlock.

Posted by: Shard

my first phone tray wouldn't eject they swapped it

Posted by: chaunce322

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I hope they give you a new phone too. The "long story short" of my post omitted the fact that I sent my phone in for a repair. I got it back in a week with their report saying "Could not reproduce error". So instead of replacing it, they just sent it back to me. I had it for less than an hour before the message popped back up. I ended up making the hike to an Apple store to get it replaced.

Best of luck!

Sean

Posted by: ras4119

well my phone went back to them today, so assuming they get it tomorrow and start to work on it we will see. I will keep yall updated on what happens! thanks for all the info!

*I did check the tray before i sent it off and it was slightly bent, but I didnt want to fool with it before I sent it off, hopefully they see the problem!