iPhone No Sim Card Installed Problem

17 comments // May 30th, 2010 // Apple, Geek, iPhone, Youtube

So it would seem that no one else has even posted this online, So i thought i’d create a quick Youtube “How to” style fix video. The iPhone will show a “No Sim Installed” Message like this
No SIM card installed iPhone

The Youtube how to…

I’ve thrown together a small video here for you to watch. Or play using the embedded youtube player below.

Update

This has actually turned out be to quite a popular video, Alot of people email me and comment on youtube thanking me for posting it, So If you have any questions then please feel free to leave a comment.

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  1. iPhoned, Updates about the iconic apple iPhone » Blog Archive » iPhone No Sim Card Installed Problem says:

    [...] Source: dancunningham.co.uk [...]

    May 30, 2010, 3:05 pm
  2. iPhoneGaz says:

    You are a life saver! I thought my iPhone was truely fudged!

    As it turns out this is a really easy fix that’s actually made my redundent iPhone 3Gs a fully working phone once again!

    Dan you rock! Cheers!

    - Gaz

    Jun 03, 2010, 6:01 pm
  3. Dan Cunningham says:

    No worries Gaz! Im glad I helped someone fix their phone! I know that there is no other video out on the net on how to fix this. Hence why i added it! :)

    Good to see my blog helping out others :)

    Jun 03, 2010, 6:05 pm
  4. gary says:

    hi there i got an i-phone from ebay and the imei code is blocked is there any thing i can do ? if not i got buggered over :( it an 8GB i-phone and its jail broken already any help would be great thanks alot bud

    Aug 21, 2010, 5:11 am
  5. Dan Cunningham says:

    Gary, there is nothing you can do if its blocked by the Networks in the UK, The only way you will ever be able to use that phone again is outside of the UK. IMEI numbers are at the minute Country bound.

    So if a phones IMEI number has been blocked for what ever reason you can still use it in other country. So you might want to sell it to someone abroad, and buy another for UK use.

    I hope that help!

    Sep 25, 2010, 1:12 am
  6. Ken says:

    Hi Dan,
    just to clarify, the two contacts need to be touching when no sim is inserted and not touching when the sim is inserted. That right?
    Thanks

    Jun 27, 2011, 11:12 pm
  7. Dan Cunningham says:

    Hi Ken,

    Yep that is correct :)

    Jul 16, 2011, 2:35 am
  8. Ken says:

    Thanks for your reply Dan, I tried both ways but still no luck.
    I’ll play with it a little more before I throw everything in the bin!
    Cheers

    Aug 25, 2011, 1:38 pm
  9. Karthi says:

    Hello Dan..

    I use iphone4 and I do not want to remove that front screen. Do you have anyother way of checking ?

    Thanks mate!
    Karthi

    Aug 30, 2011, 1:13 pm
  10. Dan Cunningham says:

    Hi Karthi

    This is for the iPhone 3GS and 3G only. The iPhone 4 doesnt suffer from this issue.

    Cheers
    Dan.

    Sep 07, 2011, 9:22 am
  11. iPhone 4 No Sim Card Installed Problem Fix. | Hi, I'm Dan Cunningham says:

    [...] // Mar 5th, 2012 // Apple, Geek, iPhone, Tutorials So following on from a previous fix “iPhone 3G/3Gs No Sim Card Installed Problem” This seems to have appeared on the iPhone 4 [...]

    Mar 05, 2012, 6:44 pm
  12. mck says:

    hi there,
    how are you? just wanna ask if u can help me out to my iphone 3gs, when i went overseas and jailbreak my phone and after when i coming back home i tried to sync my iphone to i tunes i dont know what happened maybe its not compatible the ios coz ive heard the ios that they put to my i phone in overseas was the low version, thats why when i sync my iphone here it doesnt work and now the itunes cant read my phone and its no service and no simcard installed thats what i saw the screen in itunes…do u have any idea can help me this problem? thanks a lot really appreciated….

    Mar 30, 2012, 11:24 pm
  13. freddy says:

    hey on my i phone that i got it says the iccid is unknown what do i do

    Apr 01, 2012, 4:07 am
  14. freddy says:

    wat do u do if ur iphone 3g says that the iccid is unknown

    Apr 01, 2012, 4:15 am
  15. Dan Cunningham says:

    @Mick : It’s nothing to do with that, Your phone should sync regardless of location Apple dont release country specific updates.

    @freedy: Your motherboard ROM sounds like its corrupt. You possibly will need a replacement Logic Board to fix that. (In essence it’s probably not worth replacing as a used iPhone can be cheaper).

    Dan.

    Apr 02, 2012, 2:29 am
  16. Boumbo says:

    Hye !
    I’va opened my phone but now I can’t putted the little connexions number 2.
    How I do it ?

    Apr 03, 2012, 3:55 pm
  17. Walter Eggen says:

    Thx for information.

    May 17, 2012, 7:08 am

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