Did the Tmobile employee break my sim tray - T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3

My sim card doesn't pop out when pushing forward on the card, so doesn't have that spring to it. I noticed the kid selling me the phone was trying to put the sim card where the memory card goes. I have to use tweezers to remove the card, this can't be right.
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Mine doesn't pop out either neither does sd card. I guess that's the way these are built. Not like the note 2
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They redid it to make it tighter.less chance of sim or sd moving
TWEAKED 2.5

Yeah, when putting in my sim and sd card, I didn't notice any spring load thing. It just simply slid in.

lawalty said:
Yeah, when putting in my sim and sd card, I didn't notice any spring load thing. It just simply slid in.
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Its stupid if you ask me . i had to use a push pin to get mine out

That makes no sense, it's difficult to get the sim card out.
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glock115 said:
That makes no sense, it's difficult to get the sim card out.
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"Normal people" dont have to take sim cards out. once the in they stay there

deeznutz1977 said:
"Normal people" dont have to take sim cards out. once the in they stay there
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This. I never have to take the sim card out of my phone unless I buy a new phone. Since I'm not fortunate enough to buy a new phone every week, then the sim isn't much of a concern.
However, I am a little bummed about the SD card slot not being spring loaded. I do take that out every so often to transfer transfer things to it. Maybe the USB 3.0 connection will help with that. It might make up for the fact that MTP is so slow.
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I thought I was the only one! my sim card just wouldn't come out and the only way I could get it out was to use a threading needle to nudge it out slightly, then slightly "stab" and pull it out. I thought I had a defective device and it only bothered me knowing that if I were to ever sell it, I would have a defective feature to list.

I never take my aim out anyways
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It was the same thing with the Note 2. A pencil eraser will side it right out.

dkb218 said:
It was the same thing with the Note 2. A pencil eraser will side it right out.
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same, i have to use the tip of an opened paper clip, works pretty well. the sd had an lip you can catch with a fingernail.

In my box came this weird looking metal device. Its for taking the sim out!
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ekerbuddyeker said:
In my box came this weird looking metal device. Its for taking the sim out!
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It's actually for replacing the S-Pen tip, but if it also helps you take out the SIM card then that's just an added bonus

darkkterror said:
It's actually for replacing the S-Pen tip, but if it also helps you take out the SIM card then that's just an added bonus
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lol thats correct. i definitely thought about trying to use it though.
as for the guy who said pencil eraser tip...genius! thanks.

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GN Broke in 2....

So I broke my phone in half and I found a way to remove the SD Card from the GN...... and I took apart the top half which has the SIM card and SD card on the same daughter board... does anyone have any ideas on how to get the data off the embedded SD card?
Maybe if I had another GN, took it apart and swapped the SIM / SD card daughter boards would that work? I Just want to get all my dataz off...
And the phone is so destroyed at this point I doubt insurance would take it back eh?
If you look at the bottom left of the circuit board theres a plug connection that allows you to remove the SIM / SD card board..... thoughts? Thx!
How did you break it in half.
I Miss My nexus
Will of fire said:
How did you break it in half.
I Miss My nexus
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with my hands.... :victory: maybe if i find another GN i can plug this into it and get the data off.....
Holy Cheese!, that sucks man
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Holy Cheese!, that sucks man
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enkrypt3d said:
with my hands.... :victory: maybe if i find another GN i can plug this into it and get the data off.....
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Wanna do that to my old phone? I can't break it with my hands :/ is there a reason why u broke it or u were just mad?
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enkrypt3d said:
with my hands.... :victory: maybe if i find another GN i can plug this into it and get the data off.....
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WTH!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!
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moeahmad1995 said:
Wanna do that to my old phone? I can't break it with my hands :/ is there a reason why u broke it or u were just mad?
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yea i was mad..... got into it w/ the wife type stuff.
and yea if u have an extra working GN that i can borrow that'd be cool but theres really not anything on it that i need that badly. I did get the pics off of it... the contacts are what I kinda need. I wish this SD card was a regular SD card!
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yea i was mad..... got into it w/ the wife type stuff.
and yea if u have an extra working GN that i can borrow that'd be cool but theres really not anything on it that i need that badly. I did get the pics off of it... the contacts are what I kinda need. I wish this SD card was a regular SD card!
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Contacts should be backed up on Google.
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SIM card trick...

So I discovered if you have the bigger SIM card not the lte one all's you do is cut it shorter to fit in the slot just a little trick I discovered and it work still work flawlessly works great for unlocked phone ... the T-Mobile pay as you go doom card is the bigger version straight talk used to only use the big ones now they sell the little ones hope this can help.
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this is pretty much common knowledge, just fyi.
Breathe, OP...and use some punctuation. As stated, this is common knowledge. Sorry to burst your bubble.
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Derp...that is all
task/ktoonsez AOKP Jelly smeared on my S3
Must not be that common got 2 pms about it and I didn't know until the other day so sorry for trying to help people out way to go a$$hole
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GalaxySIII said:
Must not be that common got 2 pms about it and I didn't know until the other day so sorry for trying to help people out way to go a$$hole
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LMAO. Again, punctuation. Periods, commas, etc.
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this thread is cool :good:
KentuckyHouse said:
LMAO. Again, punctuation. Periods, commas, etc.
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Its a forum not school who cares and grow up kid
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people have been cutting sims for years lol
Normally I would be flaming right beside u guys for posting common knowledge stuff. However..I have been through 4 different android phones, 2 blackberry phones and one winmo phone...all using sim cards and this is the first time I've heard of cutting up sim cards. Up until the s3 I thought all sim cards were the same size and shape
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They even have SIM card cutters. I used to work for Rogers, they're insanely convenient and easy to use.
cutting SIM cards date back to the release of iPhone 4. If you never heard of it, props to you for not give a phuc about iphones.
cproaudio said:
cutting SIM cards date back to the release of iPhone 4. If you never heard of it, props to you for not give a phuc about iphones.
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Well that would be it then lol. Never owned an iPhone and never will.
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I dont know if you guys will remember, but when the atrix came out, they were saying our old "3g" sim cards would not work in the "4g"(boy they used that term loosely) devices. If I simply cut my existing sim card and put it in my soon to be delivered red sg3, will it work with lte?
it should, dont see why it wouldnt /\/\
GalaxySIII said:
So I discovered if you have the bigger SIM card not the lte one all's you do is cut it shorter to fit in the slot just a little trick I discovered and it work still work flawlessly works great for unlocked phone ... the T-Mobile pay as you go doom card is the bigger version straight talk used to only use the big ones now they sell the little ones hope this can help.
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I had never heard of this until this phone either. So, it's perfectly acceptable that you didn't think this was common knowledge. Amazes me how some folks think that just bc not everyone is totally obsessed with their phone that makes them idiots.
KentuckyHouse said:
LMAO. Again, punctuation. Periods, commas, etc.
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Punctuation and Grammer on a forum.... virtually non-existent. Who cares, I am well educated.... But my writing style and the manner in which others compose their posts....least of my worries.
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One thing I noticed is that if you cut your sim card, you don't have to pay the $36 upgrade fee for AT&T to change your active sim card. (Or at least they haven't hit me up for it yet. I ordererd my phone through amazon).
I did this, and I lost the ability to send mms, had to go get a micro sim.
- SGS 3 AT&T, and loving it!
GalaxySIII said:
Must not be that common got 2 pms about it and I didn't know until the other day so sorry for trying to help people out way to go a$$hole
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Fail ....... high school j/k. Did u get it because this thread. And the punctuation lol
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abgrant said:
I dont know if you guys will remember, but when the atrix came out, they were saying our old "3g" sim cards would not work in the "4g"(boy they used that term loosely) devices. If I simply cut my existing sim card and put it in my soon to be delivered red sg3, will it work with lte?
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LTE won't work with the older non-LTE SIMs.
joemommasfat said:
One thing I noticed is that if you cut your sim card, you don't have to pay the $36 upgrade fee for AT&T to change your active sim card. (Or at least they haven't hit me up for it yet. I ordererd my phone through amazon).
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does your LTE work? i tried this with my atrix 4G's SIM before I tried the included LTE SIM when I ordered it, and I was not able to get data on the phone.

Having Trouble Removing Micro Sim Card

Hi!
I am having trouble removing the micro sim card from the Samsung GSIII phone. I would appreciate it if somebody could provide suggestions for removing it. Thanks!
pushing it in until it clicks and jumps out, isnt working ?
Push it in for it to come out.
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Five0nIt said:
Push it in for it to come out.
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Serious Problem! Gnex

Hi Everybody I have a white gnex and I switch between my note 2 and this daily. I use a mini Sim to regular Sim adapter with the nexus. Well about 2 days ago I went to use my nexus and I went to take the adapter out the phone. Well it didn't come out. So I applied a little force and it can out. Now it won't read any Sim. I guess the pins came out. Its a gsm version on the phone. It didn't come from the play store. Any help would be appreciated!
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Sadly there isn't much we can help. Would recommend you to take it to a authorized service center.
Agreed with previous poster.
Also it is not recommended that you mess with the sim slot this often, those are not constructed with high use swapping in mind as a sd card (bad example) slot is.
wuodland said:
Sadly there isn't much we can help. Would recommend you to take it to a authorized service center.
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Do you have any in mind
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Broke my sim tray

Well long story short my girlfriend stuck her nano sim from her iPhone 5 into my phone because her battery was dead and needed to call someone or something... and then in her attempts to get it back out she was shoving pieces of paper up into it. And then she just took the little metal piece off that goes over the top. It broke a few of the little pins off but I bent what was left of them up and the taped my sim in, but I am wanting to have a permanent fix for it so I can switch my sim out at any time if need be without having to tape it on there. Plus if I were to want to trade phones with someone on craigslist I wouldn't want to scam them and say everything was working.. HOW DO I FIX IT?
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No love?
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U can try looking up the oem part on ebay.
Just type in "oem galaxy note 2 sim" it runs for about $14 and if ur up to the challenge watch the YouTube disassembly videos to see how to diy.
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Ordered a new sim tray + SD card replacement piece. Hopefully it works on our phone!!
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twolfekc said:
Ordered a new sim tray + SD card replacement piece. Hopefully it works on our phone!!
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Best of luck to you and take pictures. It could be helpful for the next person who has a similar issue.
Hastily spouted for your befuddlement
Definitely post up pics and or how to. Good luck bro.
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So your girlfriend broke your phone and you're not making her pay to fix it? Wow, you're a hell of a lot nicer than I would have been in that situation. Definitely let us know how it goes.
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Yes, let us know how it goes and post pics of the process, if you can.
I also broke my SIM slot (within a few minutes of unboxing the phone) trying to remove a self-cut SIM card. That didn't go so well, so I had to get it repaired.
Sent it to Samsung and got it fixed for free. They did a pretty good job and it was super fast. Took them under a week.
But yeah, I sure wish I had a good tutorial to guide me through it. I could have done it myself and not wait.
If it doesn't go well, now you know you have the Samsung repair option.
I broke my sim tray on my galaxy Nexus by using a sim adapter. I sent it in to Samsung and they labled it as BER (beyond economic repair), they wouldn't even fix it with me footing the bill. I ended up buying a new phone (GN2). Hopefully you have better luck then I did! That sucks, hope you are able to fix it!
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Wow that really sucks.... I'd be beyond furious but you can take the back a loose if you have the proper tools. Get a replacement tray on ebay or Amazon and watch a how to video on YouTube. A tear down and rebuild video to be more specific.
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twolfekc said:
Ordered a new sim tray + SD card replacement piece. Hopefully it works on our phone!!
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Dear Members,
My sim card tray is damaged by using cut out sim card (overexcited to use phone)..
Can you share your if your part that u order works or not for ATT note 2 ?
Where did you order it from?
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P-Men said:
Yes, let us know how it goes and post pics of the process, if you can.
I also broke my SIM slot (within a few minutes of unboxing the phone) trying to remove a self-cut SIM card. That didn't go so well, so I had to get it repaired.
Sent it to Samsung and got it fixed for free. They did a pretty good job and it was super fast. Took them under a week.
But yeah, I sure wish I had a good tutorial to guide me through it. I could have done it myself and not wait.
If it doesn't go well, now you know you have the Samsung repair option.
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I may get it repairs from Samsung.. What ballpark should I expect to pay for the repair from Samsung?
I am surprised an Apple user, would think that their sim card would work on anything other than their overload SKyne...Apple told them it work on.

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