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I bought an extended red battery, and it was working fine until today. I dropped my phone and now the battery will only work for a little bit and then the phone will shut off and not turn back on.
The original battery works fine, no problems. So my question is could my dropping of the phone have done something to the extended battery?
Did you peel the red sticker off? If you did then what's happening is the battery is making contact with the metal sd card holder and shorting your phone. An easy fix, which was already posted in another thread, is to simply put a piece tape on the battery in the same spot where it would normally touch the sd card holder and you should be good to go.
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Probably dropping of the phone Idk but I dropped my phone about three days ago and after that it would not connect to signal so I restored to normal and it started to get signal later on but now it is really weak where I would of gotten full bars like my house now I only get 2 bars usually.
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nyflyguy said:
Did you peel the red sticker off? If you did then what's happening is the battery is making contact with the metal sd card holder and shorting your phone. An easy fix, which was already posted in another thread, is to simply put a piece tape on the battery in the same spot where it would normally touch the sd card holder and you should be good to go.
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Thanks so much that fixed it.
Hi,
As you might have heard, there are several users having problem with their DHD that occassionally they get a "SIM card not detected" error, having to restart the phone, then the problem disappears but happens again after some time:
http://www.htcdesirehdforum.com/htc...starts-often-unable-to-detect-sim-card-error/
http://androidforums.com/desire-hd-support-troubleshooting/297925-sim-card-not-detected-error.html
I also had this problem, after checking the SIM card every time I found out that the SIM slot on the DHD seems to be a bit too loose. I am not sure if it's related to the DHD itself or some SIM cards are a bit thinner than others.
Anyways, since every time I faced the issue I found my SIM card to be slipped out from the slot by about 0.5mm, I decided to cover the SIM with special 3M plastic tape. Check my attached pictures for detailed guide:
If anyone's having the issue, it would be appreciated to find out if this prove to fix the problem for them as well. For me, I did not have the problem since I have done the trick (more than 2 months now). Make sure you cover both sides of the SIM card to prevent it from detaching when inserting (not overlapping the contacts of course), and insert the card very carefully not to damage the SIM slot.
Hope this helps for some
Glad to see no one had the problem lately
I have the problem since december. Till some days ago it didn't happen that often.. I'm gonna try it!
thanks
I'd really love for this to be a sticky, because it's damn useful! It worked with good old sellotape too! You just gotta be careful not to cover the contacts on the sim card, but the narrower tapes should be good enough!
Thank you!
Thank you to the OP!!
I was searching all over the net for a solution and finally brought it into a repair shop.
They replaced the sim holder. For a week or so it worked but the problem returned. Finally I decided to search the net, stumbling upon this thread. After taking normal, desk tape and wrapping it around the sim (not on the chip itself), I wedged it in and its been weeks without the problem!!
Thanks again.
There's a small piece of paper exactly same size as sim behind mine and hasn't happened since tweaked.
@ Springdale - many thanks for this top tip!!
I have been getting this "SIM card not detected" message recently, was thinking my phone was seriously malfunctioning. I tried you trick tonight, hopefully the problem is solved!
thanks again mate
Springdale said:
Hi,
As you might have heard, there are several users having problem with their DHD that occassionally they get a "SIM card not detected" error, having to restart the phone, then the problem disappears but happens again after some time:
http://www.htcdesirehdforum.com/htc...starts-often-unable-to-detect-sim-card-error/
http://androidforums.com/desire-hd-support-troubleshooting/297925-sim-card-not-detected-error.html
I also had this problem, after checking the SIM card every time I found out that the SIM slot on the DHD seems to be a bit too loose. I am not sure if it's related to the DHD itself or some SIM cards are a bit thinner than others.
Anyways, since every time I faced the issue I found my SIM card to be slipped out from the slot by about 0.5mm, I decided to cover the SIM with special 3M plastic tape. Check my attached pictures for detailed guide:
If anyone's having the issue, it would be appreciated to find out if this prove to fix the problem for them as well. For me, I did not have the problem since I have done the trick (more than 2 months now). Make sure you cover both sides of the SIM card to prevent it from detaching when inserting (not overlapping the contacts of course), and insert the card very carefully not to damage the SIM slot.
Hope this helps for some
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This is just brilliant m8 , i fixed the Desire HD in a matter of seconds.
Super fix, hats off to you
I dropped my DHD recently and think it may have loosened up the sim card slot as I have been getting that message constantly over the last few days.
Just cut a thin bit of card though and popped it in beside the sim and was a much tighter fit so fingers crossed it's solved the probelm.
Many thanks for the tip
I am so happy that many of you found my thread helpful I'm glad I could help.
It worked for me as well!
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I am so happy that many of you found my thread helpful I'm glad I could help.
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The buyer of a phone I sold inserted a micro/mini SIM card, extracted it, and must have widened the gap, and a sliver of paper fixed it!!!!
Springdale said:
Hi,
As you might have heard, there are several users having problem with their DHD that occassionally they get a "SIM card not detected" error, having to restart the phone, then the problem disappears but happens again after some time:
http://www.htcdesirehdforum.com/htc...starts-often-unable-to-detect-sim-card-error/
http://androidforums.com/desire-hd-support-troubleshooting/297925-sim-card-not-detected-error.html
I also had this problem, after checking the SIM card every time I found out that the SIM slot on the DHD seems to be a bit too loose. I am not sure if it's related to the DHD itself or some SIM cards are a bit thinner than others.
Anyways, since every time I faced the issue I found my SIM card to be slipped out from the slot by about 0.5mm, I decided to cover the SIM with special 3M plastic tape. Check my attached pictures for detailed guide:
If anyone's having the issue, it would be appreciated to find out if this prove to fix the problem for them as well. For me, I did not have the problem since I have done the trick (more than 2 months now). Make sure you cover both sides of the SIM card to prevent it from detaching when inserting (not overlapping the contacts of course), and insert the card very carefully not to damage the SIM slot.
Hope this helps for some
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thanks a lot dude.
It solved my problem.
I thought "No Sim Card" error was because I flashed a new ROM.
But as you said I put plastic tape on the Sim Card and it made the trick.
Damn, man. You give second life for my DHD
<3
Thank you so much for sharing this. I'm going to go try this out too!
im using clear tape so maybe this is why.. but it not working
Tmobile G2. Started losing network every so often. Would need to reboot or sometimes switching to airplane mode and back would work. Then it just wouldnt work at all. Went to Tmobile store and they gave me a new SIM card. Tried that, and still no luck. SIM works fine in other phones.
I tried multiple cards, and they seem to work fine so long as I apply heavy pressure to (push down on) the card while using the phone. If I let go, the network drops within seconds. Must be the SIM slot itself..
Anyone ever replace the slot on a G2? I think it's soldered directly to the board, but I havent taken it apart yet. Hopefully it's just a few points that I can easily remove. Where can I get a replacement though? Anyone know parts that have matching solder poins?
yeah its soldered to the motherboard and unless you are amazing at soldering it will be tough, to top it off I've never seen one on ebay or amazon so you'll have to dig for one
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FuNKSioN said:
Tmobile G2. Started losing network every so often. Would need to reboot or sometimes switching to airplane mode and back would work. Then it just wouldnt work at all. Went to Tmobile store and they gave me a new SIM card. Tried that, and still no luck. SIM works fine in other phones.
I tried multiple cards, and they seem to work fine so long as I apply heavy pressure to (push down on) the card while using the phone. If I let go, the network drops within seconds. Must be the SIM slot itself..
Anyone ever replace the slot on a G2? I think it's soldered directly to the board, but I havent taken it apart yet. Hopefully it's just a few points that I can easily remove. Where can I get a replacement though? Anyone know parts that have matching solder poins?
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I've been looking for the part too, had some luck just resoldering the old one, twice(!).
CAREFUL if you do this. AND DON'T push on the sim slot. This will wreck/crack the traces for the solder for the SIM holder itself. The holder is soldered to the surface of the MoBo. Mine (mobo) got damged on the second solder operation, some traces came off of the board. There is a place I found that will repair it for you for 89bux, but seems pricey to me.
http://www.repairlabs.com/htc-desire-z-sim-card-tray.html
looks like compatible sim holder
FYI
http://www.parts4repair.com/samsung-galaxy-note-sim-connector/
I'm going to order it (only 1 buk) and give it a whirl. Will post results.
what was the result?
Hi everybody,
(TL;DR at the bottom)
I would like to know what your experiences are with the following scenario:
I dropped my phone in a pond, left it to dry, did the rice thing, waited a whopping two weeks, very lightly scrubbed the reachable electrical contacts with a small tool to clean off dirt (did not cause damage to the connectors).
What I'm seeing now is quite strange:
Everything works, down to the compass, the gyro-stuff (I know, not a gyro but you get my drift), touchscreen, lighting, wifi, bluetooth, gps, the battery, the microSD card, basically everything you'd expect to break is working like a charm... except for the recognition of a SIM card. I can type the special commands in the dialer to obtain the test menu (and in doing so, using logcat, seeing no errors whatsoever while testing it, other than 'no sim card detected'), the phone still reports the same IMEI number, etc. It just says no SIM-card.
I tried to clean it up real nice on the inside (not the in-inside but the visible parts when you remove the antenna cover and battery cover) and saw no visible water damage even though it was completely submerged for well above 3 seconds. There was no visible residue as a typical drying process would normally show. I used a clean cloth and a host of very small tools to make sure I could clean all the small contacts and such. Remember, the SIM-card issue existed before the semi-more-than-thorough cleaning too.
I then proceeded to flash a new ROM, full wipe et al, formatted the sdcard just to be sure, I basically redid it as if someone would ask me to do it for them: in the most clean and surefire way possible. (no forgetting to full wipe, etc). I retested everything but came up with the very same issue. So I'm pretty sure it is hardware-related, I'm just not sure in which way.
Is it possible that I am looking at a physical deformation of some contacts which make the card 'not connected' when inserted? I saw a post in the forums about someone having the same issue, stating it was deemed to be the SIM slot being enlarged which was fixed using a small piece of paper, but I want to know if anybody has any experience with this kind of thing or happened to have come across the same situation.
For those of you with fewer time (aka TL;DR): phone dropped in water, dried it, cleaned it, booted it, all works except sim card detection, is that likely to be hw issue and if so any ideas?
Many thanks in advance for your opinions on this matter,
sstm
Have you already gotten a new sim card to try?
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Gizmoe said:
Have you already gotten a new sim card to try?
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Seems to me that on a DHD there is an actual gap in the simcard cover & its the most likely place for water to enter the workings its extremely likely that the sim contacts were shorted & caused hardware damage.
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Have you already gotten a new sim card to try?
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Hi,
Yes, I forgot to mention that. I have tried with SIM-cards that work in other phones. None get detected.
Kind regards,
sstm
Pat. said:
Seems to me that on a DHD there is an actual gap in the simcard cover & its the most likely place for water to enter the workings its extremely likely that the sim contacts were shorted & caused hardware damage.
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When you say that the SIM contacts were shorted, can you tell me if there would be a solution for that, other than turning it in for repairs?
If the only thing I can do is turn it in for repairs I should change my question:
How much will this cost me? (on average) Am I looking at 50$ or more like 100$ or even more?
Kind regards,
sstm
Without a circuit diagram i would just be guessing which parts would need replacing & repairers will likely immediately turn away fluid damage as a non starter.
I think the phone is most likely not going to be financially viable as I'm fairly sure next stop after the sim holder is the mainboard.
Hi Pat,
Thanks for your reply, unfortunately for me, I believe it is in the line of what I was thinking too
Would it be a good idea to sell it for parts? Or maybe to sell the parts separately?
I never did that, but I'd like to at least get some money for this device, even if it isn't that much
Kind regards,
sstm
Well its a coincidence because i have a mother of 84yrs who has an old Nokia & no computer. She doesn't want a complex phone & likes her old Nokia push button phone but it has no sd memory.
But she asked me about a camera that she could take family pics & video & digitally store them. Something like your phone might be ideal.
A new main board is about $50. You could try replacing it yourself or have a reputable company replace it for you for about an additional $100 dollars maybe. Not sure exactly what someone will charge.
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Here's the part you need on eBay.
Check out this item I found on eBay: http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=270946674338
It's a very easy repair. I had the same problem your experiencing about 18 months ago. I repaired it myself and my phone is still working fine. Just be careful not to damage the volume flex cable (part of the main board) when you take the back housing off. Also, when you remove the damaged sim/sd tray you have to pull forcefully (but carefully) as it is lightly glued on.
Don't be daunted, it really is an easy repair.
Good luck.
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I have a tendency to hop back and forth between phones. Today I went to put my sim card in my Note 2. I use a nano sim card adaptor (I decided to experiment with the iPhone 5 for about a month...) to put my sim card in my Note 2 and my Nexus 4. Unfortunately, the sim card fell out while I was putting it in my Note 2 today and the adaptor got stuck in the tray. After a few moments of agonizing struggle, I got the adapter out. Now my Note 2 won't recognize my sim card. I think the prongs at the entrance of the slot were damaged, since that's where the adaptor kept getting hung up.
Is there a way to find out if it's completely broken or if the prongs are just out of place? And if it's broken, does anyone know how much a repair would cost? I don't know that I have the confidence to try to repair it myself.
Thanks.
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The SIM card reader module I'm fairly certain is soldered onto the logic board, so unless your good with soldering, a replacement SIM reader isnt very practical. However, the Sprint Epic Touch (GS2) sd card reader module is attached only by a simple flex cable, so its possible the same may apply here. If this were the case, the replacement part shouldnt cost more than 10-20$ (assuming their available) and replacement would be as hard as taking the back housing off.
Try comparing the SIM slot with another similar model and see if you can see if something is out of place. See see see see see see.:good:
I think I may have done the same to mine with one of those SIM adapters. I've ordered this and it should be here in a few days. I'll give it a go...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/OEM-Samsung...271792?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item1c313e9ef0
u did the same exact thing i did lol but what i thought was a damaged sim tray was somehow just corruted firmware when i restored back to stock everything worked just fine i even called samsung and they were going to replace it but since i live in Hawaii i didnt want to wait so i just did a restore in odin and everything works fine
if u are really damaged ur stim tray and dont wanna wait on samsung u can try this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UT-2zrZ_aNo
but good luck try restoring with odin first
I'm glad I'm not the only one to have had this problem, heh heh.
Anyway, after watching the video, I think I'm going to send my Note to Samsung and have them fix it. I would probably ruin my phone if I did it myself. Should I do a factory reset to protect my data before doing so? I don't know if they'll be sending the same phone back to me, since it says they may replace it with another if they determine that they aren't going to fix the part that's broken.
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I'm glad I'm not the only one to have had this problem, heh heh.
Anyway, after watching the video, I think I'm going to send my Note to Samsung and have them fix it. I would probably ruin my phone if I did it myself. Should I do a factory reset to protect my data before doing so? I don't know if they'll be sending the same phone back to me, since it says they may replace it with another if they determine that they aren't going to fix the part that's broken.
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they will wipe ur data if ur rooted and have a custom rom on your phone u need to return to stock and set the flash counter to zero.
u would send the phone is no battery no battery cover no sim card so sd card just the phone nothing else
try to restore ur phone via odin first
http://galaxynote2root.com/galaxy-n...ootunbrick-galaxy-note-2-with-stock-firmware/
if u still get no sim card error after doing that then give samsung a call phone number is on the phone itself under battery and they will send u a box and u should have to wait about 2 weeks then u will either get a fixed phones or a replacement not sure how they do it since i fixed my no sim issue with odin
I did the same thing once. Just called att and told them it wasn't reading a simple anymore and they sent me a new one.
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My Fix For Broken SIM Reader Pin
This is an old thread, I know. But the problem is ongoing. These SIM card adapters are just plain evil. Now that this has happened to me, I googled the issue and see that there are tons of folks suffering. I am posting this reply so that others can see the "fix" I managed for my International Samsung Note I. I am sure it can be applied to most other phones.
I should point out that in order to get any usable access to and visibility of the SIM card reader I had to remove the battery cover and the back from the phone's touchscreen. This reveals the motherboard to which the SIM card reader is soldered. I found a good video on this at YouTube. It wasn't that hard although I did not have the plastic pry bar they used - I think I will get one for the future. I managed with a small flat head jewelers screw driver and an ancient, plastic shirt collar stay. (I can hear my mother saying "save it - you'll find a use for it!" I hate it when she is right.) Once complete I could move on.
At first, I tried to replace the SIM card reader pin that was broken off by the SIM card adapter with a tiny piece or rolled-up tin foil. I saw someone else reference this approach and it seemed possible and cheap. Alas, it did not work. After many attempts, the phone simply would not recognize any SIM card. I finally got to sleep at 3am.
I then found a piece of brass shim stock that I have had lying around for years. (I am hearing mom again!) It is item 1412110231, Brass Strip .016x1/2inx12in shown here. I got mine at the local hardware store for some other aborted project. I used some snips to cut off a tiny strip from one end and then cut that strip to maybe 1/3 to 1/2 its overall length. The idea was to place the strip inside the SIM reader slot where the pin had broken off in an effort to create a contact point to replace the pin. Cutting the tiny strip off the stock piece caused the tiny strip to bow a bit. It turns out that was a good thing but I had to reduce the amount of bow quite a bit for it to fit inside the reader. Remove any rough edges from the tiny strip with a file.
With the touchscreen assembly lying flat on the table I managed to get the tiny strip in place. I was then able to slowly and carefully slide the SIM card into the reader and this resulted in a contact good enough to make the phone again recognize the SIM card and for cell service to be restored. Hurray! Yes, I was able to carefully place the battery in its bay and operate the power button to perform testing.
But you must remain aware that the tiny strip is just lying in the slot and is held in place only by friction/pressure from the SIM card inserted into the reader. Therefore, for the rest of the phone's life, it requires great care when removing the SIM and handling the phone when a SIM is not installed . Basically when removing the SIM, the phone MUST remain flat on its display until the SIM is re-installed. Moving the phone around in other orientations without a SIM card installed will definitely cause the tiny strip fall out. And who knows what hell that will cause?
You cannot put the phone's back onto the touchscreen with the SIM card in place. At first I thought about cutting the SIM's length down so the back would install even with the SIM in place. Before doing this I tried to carefully snap the top portion of the back onto the touchscreen while it all remained flat on the table so the tiny strip wouldn't move. With the top 1/3 of the back snapped on, I could just manage to insert the SIM through the phone's cover and have the tiny strip held in place by the SIM while I snapped the rest of the back into position. This worked pretty well but your mileage may vary.
I basically plan to leave the SIM in place forever - even if it is not to be used. I also put a reminder note on the battery so that I am less likely to forget that I made this hack.
I hope the annotated photos help those who follow me - as surely others will do. Good luck. I was very lucky to have destroyed only one pin and for it to be in the most accessible part of the SIM reader.