I have two phones that aren't in use, one 8020 and one 8100. I would like to have them as pure music players, but when I try, I always get to the screen with "Missing on invalid SIM card" and can't seem to get rid of that. Is there a way get around that?
Solved it myself! Putting in a SIM-card, going to Flight mode, turning off the cellphone and starring it again without a SIM-card worked!
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A couple of weeks ago my phone started generating an SIM error message at startup.
I then changed ROM from the Orange WM6 to the latest HTC version, and since then i get the same error message.... Missing or invalid SIM please contact you service provider....
The weird thing about this is that I still get the error message, I clear it twice, and it asks me for my PIN and continues to work just fine... I thought that changing the ROM would sort this as I just put the error down to some sort of OS problem initially.
Anyone else experienced the same of similar issues?
I replaced my SIM to see if that made any difference but that hasn't changed a thing either...
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the same here. don't know why..
hi! ive had alot of experience with phones giving similar errors. found its one of two reasons..
1) the phone is blacklisted. its weird but blacklisted phones works sometimes and other times it gives some sort of invalid sim error.
2) the sim is just simply not making proper contact with the metal pins. in nokia phones i usually just put a small piece of cartboard or thick paper in between the battery and the sim and the pressure forces the sim closer to the pins.
dunno about vox tho. put its worth a try
I get the same problem, with an O2 SIM card in a HTC-branded S710. Sometimes it happens, and sometimes it doesn't.
If it happens while turning the phone on, then I find that all of the sounds are playing faster than usual also (things like message and call tones are high pitched). If I go into Comm Manager, put it into flight mode and back out again, it not only finds the SIM card properly but also fixes the sound issue.
I wonder whether it's something to do with my SIM card possibly being a USIM card instead, since it says "O2 3G" on the card, but of course, the handset is not 3G-capable.
Skyld said:
I get the same problem, with an O2 SIM card in a HTC-branded S710. Sometimes it happens, and sometimes it doesn't.
If it happens while turning the phone on, then I find that all of the sounds are playing faster than usual also (things like message and call tones are high pitched). If I go into Comm Manager, put it into flight mode and back out again, it not only finds the SIM card properly but also fixes the sound issue.
I wonder whether it's something to do with my SIM card possibly being a USIM card instead, since it says "O2 3G" on the card, but of course, the handset is not 3G-capable.
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My excalibur (HTC 620) phone has exactly the same symptoms with a USIM (3G). It has no problem with other 2G SIM.
I am not sure whether it is something with the ROM. I flashed my phone with wm6.1 rom cooked by Kavana.
I had the same issue with one of my 3G SIM's. Eventually I didnt know what else to try so I got a SIM swap and thats solved the issue. Not a single problem since then
ok so im in an unusual situation. i have an htc tilt 8925 and out of the blue it doesn't show that i get any reception anymore. not only that but i can't view my contacts, or access the phone to call anyone (or receive calls). i would try changing the radio but whenever i connect it to my computer (win. 7), windows mobile device center wont connect and just shows me a big red X with 'error' on the bottom left (no error code or anything).
i thought it could be a faulty sim card, since it was old so i went to the AT&T store and got it replaced. no dice.
what i'm thinking is that the hardware that reads the sim card is faulty and its time to get a new phone?
but the weird thing is that i can send texts and receive texts.
any suggestions by someone who knows more than i do ?
**and yes, if your reply works, i will donate $5 via paypal!**
hardreset ?
i have hard resetted many times >.<
flash a new radio and clean the sim contacts on the phone
Hey folks-
I just got a new phone and wanted to give my old Samsung Focus Flash to my girlfriend so she could play games on it. It won't have a SIM card in it, and won't be on the network in any way. Is this possible via wifi? It looks like it won't let me sign into Windows live account (and therefore won't let me use the Marketplace) without the SIM card in it.
You can login to your WinLiveID account only by WiFi connecting and without sim card and you can use Maket Place.
That's what I'm trying to say, I CANNOT login to windows live id or use the Marketplace without the SIM card. It won't let me.
Turns out you must have a Sim card in. the phone for the initial setup on windows phone. Once that's done, then the marketplace and such work just fine without the Sim card. A royal pain, but atty least it works now.
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No, I have done it many times without a sim after a flash, no need for a sim.
When you boot the device up, just accept the terms & conditions and when sign in with live id comes click later. When the phone boots to start screen connect to wifi and enter your live id and enter marketplace. Make sure though in the beginning that you enter correct date/time info as there is no sim and network where the sim could get it automatically. If you have incorrect date/time live will not accept your login.
Lol, you guys aren't getting it. Whatever your own experiences have been, my experience was emphatically that it did not work. I HAD to have the sim card in in order to do the initial setup on Windows Live. Yes, I had a good wifi network, yes I passed on the setup on the first bootup and tried later. Still no dice. Once I had the sim card in, it signed in no trouble. I then took the card out and the phone works on wifi without any trouble.
Well are you sure your time settings werent wrong, and when you popped in your sim card, it automatically got time and date from network.
If you have wrong time and/or date it will not let you log in to your Live account.
Because lol you are not getting it, log in works without sim card I have done this 100 times.
A few key details:
I purchased my device via Google Play.
I'm using a SIM card provided by Sprint.
I'm not rooted. This device is completely stock.
I've tried reseating the SIM card as well as Factory Data Resets.
That said, here's my issue.
Every time I boot my device, even after a Factory Reset, a while after it's been connected to 3G (it also won't connect to LTE unless auto-activation is in progress, that's a whole separate issue), it displays an empty alert box with a SIM card icon at the top. After closing that box, it displays another one that reads some error about my SIM card being locked and that I need to power cycle the device.
I've tried everything and this error is still popping up. I'll be contacting Sprint later today about the issue but I figured I'd come here first to see if anybody knows about this issue.
Pretty frustrating, Sprint sucks, yada yada... the basics. Can anybody help?
Have you tried unlocking it yourself online under your account's page?
There should be a link next to where your device is listed.
"Get my PIN1/PUK1 unlock code" should give you the required codes to unlock it.
Might also be a bad sim card.
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Does that Sim card was already activated on another device? Or did they gave you a new one?
There is a similar problem when people try to use a sim card from a current device, that will trigger that same message like yours.
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Hey folks, i tried searching here for my issue. I found many similar threads, but nothing that solves my issue.
Two days ago i started having issues sending picture messages, today i start losing network signal until it cut out alltogether.
I tried multiple sims from different carriers and got nothing. Ive tried the following:
Factory reset.
Rebooting and reinserting sim
Resetting apn settings, custom apn settings.
I have WiFi, and the symbol says "no service" nothing about emergency calls only.
The new information i have, which i didnt find on other threads here is this; i found a sim card app and tried it, its able to pull my sim card information off the card, (phone number etc.) yet i get no cell service. Any ideas?
Nexus 5
Stock lollipop
Hey @kimsgrim
Hmm so u already did a factory reset? And didn't restore anything before test?
Really stock or u changed anything (Rom or Kernel)?
But ur phone doesn't say "No Simcard found, please insert and reboot" or kind of that?
If no the simcard is fine and the phone also seeing it. The sims u tested where card which definitly work on other phones?
So two things possible in my opinion:
1) System problem: Anything is reset or not working, which should be done with a factory reset or maybe flashing another stock firmware over
2) Hardware defect of antenna. Would be sad, but no other point for be atm.
Much success
CHEERS
Sounds like the sim card reader is messed