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Interface7 Author

Level 1

9 points

iPhone 5 and "NO SIM CARD INSTALLED" error

I got my iPhone 5 today and everything worked beautifully for 3 hours. I made one phone call and about 10 minutes later when I stepped onto and airplane I noticed the phone saying "NO SIM CARD".

What's going on here??? How can I fix? I've read about this same thing happening to the 4 and 4S. Are those fixes the same for the 5?

I'm on a trip and won't have access to cellular networks unless this is FIXED. I'm kinda ****** since this is a BRAND NEW IPHONE 5.

Someone please help. :-/

iPhone 5, iOS 6, NO SIM CARD INSTALLED errror

Posted on Sep 21, 2012 5:30 PM

234 replies

Feb 7, 2015 6:46 AM in response to tripple1

Mine is working after the "oven" repair (iPhone heated at 80 degree Celsius for 5 minutes in the oven) since several month now 🙂

Feb 12, 2015 5:19 AM in response to longtom99

It seems that the "spare-part" SIM Tray creates shortcut on NON-NANO SIMs.

(e.g. cutted from normal/Micro SIM).

With original NANO-SIM also the spare-part SIM Tray is working 😉

Mar 15, 2015 6:49 AM in response to longtom99

I took the SIM card out and gave it a thorough wipe with an alcohol based screen wipe. Has worked without incident since. Seems like an intermittent contact problem between the card and the phone. SIM cards really cause more trouble than they are worth in my opinion.

NanaCA

Level 1

5 points

Jun 10, 2015 8:31 AM in response to Interface7

Thanks for posting your experience with the paper clip. I just had the same problem. Got a paper clip and whoo-hoo, did the same blowing and it's working! Hope this fix holds.

Jul 5, 2015 1:29 AM in response to longtom99

Again "NO SIM" now End of June 😠

So, i tried Oven 80 Degrees Celsius -> NOK

Hair dryer into the SIM slot -> NOK

The i made my bread rolls today in the oven at 150 degrees Cels ius.

Afterwards i switched off and placed my iPhone into the oven and waited one hour -> BINGO working again 🙂

Jul 19, 2015 10:13 AM in response to tregan_zzz

MY phone wont work with the sim. Nothing helps ive tried geting a new sim and cleaning it but it doesnt help. I think its a hardware issue. What should i do?

Aug 8, 2015 3:25 PM in response to kaiphoto

Thanks for this info. It did solve the problem in my iPhone 6+. I can also recommend this YT video to learn how to remove the sim card tray with a paper clip (or with the ejector pin if you still have it). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szcAfzoHPlw

lmfpquad

Level 1

0 points

Aug 28, 2015 4:56 PM in response to longtom99

pls , can you explain me how you did it , cause ive got same problem in iphone 5c

Mar 21, 2017 4:57 PM in response to tripple1

Your solution works... it was awesome! I didn't have any trust with the hair dryer but this tip really works!. You rock!

iPhone 5 and "NO SIM CARD INSTALLED" error