How To Remove Stuck Sim Tray

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• #1

Hi All

My friend has used a sim adapter within the sim tray (he had a nano sim from having used in an iPhone five). He cannot now remove the sim tray, comes out a couple of mm and gets stuck.

The telephone has been sent to HTC UK for repair and they are quoting him £200 (!) to prepare. He'south asked them to return without fixing.

Any ideas on how a DIY repair may exist carried out? I'chiliad wondering if removing the elevation and bottom speaker grills, afters applying some heat, will permit access to screws to allow the screen etc. to be removed?

Whatever advice appreciated!

• #2

Hi All

My friend has used a sim adapter within the sim tray (he had a nano sim from having used in an iPhone 5). He cannot at present remove the sim tray, comes out a couple of mm and gets stuck.

The phone has been sent to HTC UK for repair and they are quoting him £200 (!) to fix. He's asked them to return without fixing.

Whatsoever ideas on how a DIY repair may be carried out? I'k wondering if removing the meridian and bottom speaker grills, afters applying some heat, will let access to screws to let the screen etc. to be removed?

Any advice appreciated!

get some pliers and yank the thing out make clean

• #3

get some pliers and yank the matter out clean

He did use quite a lot of forcefulness to effort to pull the tray out, just it seems to be catching something on the inside. I think if we try what you suggest we'll send upwardly with with 2 pieces, with one stuck inside.

• #four

He did apply quite a lot of force to try to pull the tray out, but it seems to be catching something on the inside. I remember if we try what yous suggest we'll ship upward with with 2 pieces, with one stuck inside.

if you remove the screen etc i incertitude youll ever get information technology back on. its probably but the adapter which is misplaced and preventing the tray to come up out, try wiggling the phone about and trying to pull and push button at the same time. be prepared to order another adapter and maybe another sim card too

• #v

Seems like the nano SIM has fallen out of the adapter?

Get some fuse wire, one pack will have varying gauges of wire, make a loop with the wire, shove it in the slot, shuggle it virtually.

Good luck!

• #half dozen

Have it to a local phone repair store and see what they'd charge.

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• #7

I suggest not forcing it off. Look at the ifixit disassembly force pulling it might lead the plastic injected mold to break and you wouldn't want that to happen.

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• #viii

Damn! Sim has fallen out the adapter for sure. And if that'south the case then your friend is probably screwed. Since the sim probably came off the adapter, the adapter might now be stuck on the pins that read the sim card.

Aforementioned matter happened to my friends sgs2 which I'm about to set shortly. The only fashion I was able to remove the sim was by prying it out. That resulted in ane of the pins to break off and now it doesn't read the sim.

Run across the moving-picture show beneath for reference. You can run across the iii gold pins on the left side of the sim tray exposed. At that place are likewise 3 more under that metal piece to the right, which is the bodily tray. You can see there's 4 holes where y'all tin run into 2 gold pins showing through and ane is missing. There supposed to be half dozen pins full. iii on the left and 3 on the right. That's the i pin that got stuck on the sim adapter. I'grand afraid this is probably the same problem you lot have.

I propose your friend sents it back to htc and let them take it out. They volition have to open upwards the device to practise so.

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• #9

This happened to me with the One. Use a super sparse razor blade (the kind that yous use on the old school razors), stick information technology in through the side, and pry toward the side that it'southward supposed to be installed. Do the top and lesser trivial by little. Eventually it volition come up out plenty to grab with a pair of pocket-size needle nose pliers.

• #10

This happened to me with the Ane. Use a super thin razor blade (the kind that y'all use on the quondam school razors), stick it in through the side, and pry toward the side that it'southward supposed to exist installed. Do the top and bottom little by little. Somewhen it volition come out enough to grab with a pair of small needle nose pliers.

This is on the right track. I accept used plastic lamination that I cut, paper, cardboard, a piece of tape folded over so it's not sticky. Something that volition bend and allow you to slide in between the sim card and the pins or any is holding information technology. You tin can then wiggle the tray out so milk shake the nano bill of fare out. I have done this earlier it tin can take hours of playing with it. Finding the correct object that you can slide in there is central. Besides look for any pictures you can notice of a teardown to give you lot an thought of what is holding it and where you lot need to slide something in to free it. The key is patience do not force anything or something will break. It will exist long and tedious this I promise.

Does that make sense?

• #eleven

Try an machine feeler gauge gear up from Halfords for a selection of shim thicknesses, then trial and fault.

• #12

Thanks for all your suggestions.

Currently waiting for HTC to return the phone (for a £25 accuse due to not proceeding with a repair). Once dorsum will try to put into action what has been suggested.

Thanks again,

• #13

Yeah i had a similar experience with sim adaptors. Don't use them. (as you found out they but become stuck). I would take a actually thin bract or something and push upward on the sim tray (y'all said that it comes out a fleck) .Thats how i freed my sim on another phone.

PS: DONT remove the speaker grills. This telephone is pretty much incommunicable to put back together once yous take it apart.

• #14

Just want to chime in and said that I bought the noosy nano sim adapter off of Amazon and my sim tray got stuck too. The tray was only stuck when there was no nano sim in the adapter. When I placed the microsim adapter with the nano sim it worked perfectly, for me at least. I wanted to proceed the micro sim adapter in the tray because I was afraid of losing it.

• #fifteen

Just want to chinkle in and said that I bought the noosy nano sim adapter off of Amazon and my sim tray got stuck besides. The tray was just stuck when there was no nano sim in the adapter. When I placed the microsim adapter with the nano sim it worked perfectly, for me at least. I wanted to continue the micro sim adapter in the tray considering I was afraid of losing it.

Could you lot post how you got the tray out with the adapter in? I have the same adapter and can't seem to go it. Thank you!!!!

• #sixteen

I ejected the sim tray every bit far every bit I can so slid some very thin lamination into both sides of the tray then prayed and pulled. Did this with and without the nano sim in the adaptor and realized that it was the micro adaptor without the nano sim. Decorated of luck buddy.

• #17

Could you post how you lot got the tray out with the adapter in? I have the same adapter and can't seem to become it. Thank you!!!!

I actually finally got information technology but as I was nigh to give upwardly! I used a blade from a directly razor. The pins that contact the nano sim are what got stuck. For future reference you have to push it in fairly hard on the side of the tray towards the back of the phone. and if like me you lot are using something narrower than the tray, it has to be closest to the top of the telephone.

The pins that are sticking are on the back top of the adapter. It seems the pins are straight so they snag when they are in the opening of the sim adapter.

• #xviii

Haha congrats.I was a little frantic first but finally got it also. As long as you don't scratch information technology upwards any thin detail probably works.

• #nineteen

So getting a micro SIM from your carrier(free) and not damaging your $600 phone trying to utilise a nano SIM would be the best solution.

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• #20

Need suggestions

My SIM tray is jammed. I got this ugly thing over 2 weeks back and feel like hell. I tried removing my SIM card check for information service in my other SIM merely it didn't came out. I tried quite hard till my fingers started paining. I tried with a newspaper prune. My SIM is working fine without any issues but side by side month I volition exist travelling to India and hence will be required to change my SIM. I read about this a lot and seems similar there is no repair for HTC ONE. Can you guys delight guide me over this ... :crying::crying::crying:

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