[Help] Broken sim card connectors - Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I really need help on this issue!!! I switched from a iPhone 4 back to a nexus s and I was taking the micro dim card adaptor out of the nexus s and 2 of the pins broke. They are not just bent they broke off completely. I was wondering if anybody knew a fix or a workaround that I can use to get my phone working again.
Here's what it looks like:

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The charging socket is part of the mainboard, I have had this in the past with ipaqs, I got a jewellers eyepiece and a very slim pin and managed to get them lined up again, I am sure there was a post today about this very problem.
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Micro sim adaptor got stuck in the sim tray of my 2 year old nexus 5 (yes stupid mistake) but I very carefully followed instructions by droid life and recovered the sim tray. But now phone doesn't recognize the sim anymore...
I am sure either the pins are damaged or have loosened leading to no contact with sim... I think my options are:
1. Try to add a piece of shim to the sim tray to create better contact - should this go above the sim or below?
2. Dissemble the phone following ifixit videos and try to solder the broken pins - i don't have any soldering equipment and its been ages I did something requiring such precision
3. Buy a new motherboard sim tray and replace - does this also need soldering?
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audit13 said:
I have zero fine soldering skills. I called a few cell repair shops and, even though they will replace power buttons and USB ports, none would replace the sim card tray because there are very fine components and solder points on the other side of the sim tray. Had to buy a phone with a busted screen to use in the phone.
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Thanks for replying. Did you follow any particular guide to replace the motherboard + sim tray like iFixit teardown etc.?
I am not an electronics engineer nor a DIY expert and hence a bit worried that I might damage something else in the process and make the phone even more useless...
Replacing the motherboard was very easy. The sim tray, wi-fi chip, memory, etc. are all attached to the motherboard. The sim tray and motherboard are not separate pieces.
It's very easy once you watch a few Youtube videos about removing the plastic back, removing screws, etc.

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Last week I damaged my display of my Nexus 5 and therefore I decided to change it with this guidance, which worked really good.
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That's why I thought about buying a new Mic and Speaker for my Nexus 5 to replace the "old" ones.
I found a new one on Amazon ([url=https://www.amazon.de/Nexus-D820-Lautsprecher-vormontiert-Schraubenzieher/dp/B01860TKSS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1488146441&sr=8-1&keywords=nexus+5+mikrofon]Microfon + Speaker)[/URL].
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Did you check all of your connections? It's possible that the USB flex cable was damaged during the repair process.
Is there any method to test if the cable gets damaged during the repair process?
All you can really do is examine the cable closely for any breaks.
But isn't it possible to have a look at any errors in an Log-file? Or to look in the output of dmesg?

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