So following on from a previous fix “iPhone 3G/3Gs No Sim Card Installed Problem” This seems to have appeared on the iPhone 4 too!
For those who are unfamiliar with the issue, Here’sa quick run down.
Some iPhone 4 owners are having issues with their handsets with the errer message “No Sim Card Installed” after they’ve accidently dropped the phone or even had a little moisture from their hand hit the sim card holder. This is getting quite a popular issue now so here’s a quick fix on how to fix the problem.
The error you will get is the same as before on the 3G and 3Gs, however this is for the iPhone 4 only.
So if you’re recieving the above message then give the below video fix a try and see if it helps you, If anyone has any comments or needs help them feel free to leave a comment below, on the youtube video page or even via my twitter. Cheers, Dan.
The Youtube how to…
As normal I’ve thrown together a small video here for you to watch. Or play using the embedded youtube player below.
Photo Location of Sticker
Thanks goes to @Jaseypea on twitter for this twitter mention he sent me, He asked “exactly where do you add the tape”, I’ve also had a couple of people recently ask the exactl same question. So here’s a picture of the location, the tape i’ve used is white with black dots I hope this helps anyone else who is a little confused.
Marcelo says:
Thanks mate! I dropped mine and this fix worked briliantly!
Jul 13, 2012, 10:21 pmDan Cunningham says:
Brilliant Marcelo, I’m glad this worked for you too!
Jul 13, 2012, 10:28 pmGemma says:
The fix isn’t working for me. I have noticed that my sim looks slightly different to the one featured in the video and the picture. Its an Orange sim and has a white border running along the outer edge of the chip which the one in the picture doesnt appear to have. Could this be effecting the outcome of the fix? What kind of sim it?
Sep 08, 2012, 9:45 pmDan Cunningham says:
Hey Gemma, yea possibly! I have an Orange sim somewhere. I’ll give it a try this week with my handset unstickered and then see if it does or doesn’t work for you.
Sep 09, 2012, 11:05 pmVoytek says:
Hi Dan
Did you find out if this fix works for an Orangre sim card as per Gemma@s enquiry on Sep 08.
Many thanks
Voytek
Sep 27, 2012, 8:58 amDan Cunningham says:
Orange have a smaller chip on some of their sims, so I believe this method may not work, I might have found another spot that the tape will work for that sim card though however I do need to test it a bit first. I’ll be back with an update shortly
Oct 15, 2012, 12:01 amKing Jes says:
My king you are freaking kool for this…. None of the articles i’ve researched were specific enough to help. Thank you a billion!!!!!!!!!!! KOOL DUDE IOU
Oct 16, 2012, 3:19 pmKing Jes says:
NOOOO!!!! Worked for about 20 mins then back to the same problem “NO SIM INSTALLED”
Please help…
Oct 16, 2012, 3:54 pm.p.s. only got this issue after Pinger was updated.. gonna try deleting it and see what happens
Dan Cunningham says:
Hi King KJes,
You need to reposition the tape a bit, you’ve done it right but it sounds like there is still a little contact, try again possibily increase the size of the tape a little.
Keep trying though, it does work if you’re patient I promise!
I hope that helps.
Dan.
Oct 16, 2012, 10:24 pmSophie says:
Hi dan,
Any luck with the orange sim?
Thanks,
Sophie
Oct 24, 2012, 7:34 pmDan Cunningham says:
Hi Sophie,
The orange sim’s differ from other brands. I think this is a possiblity of the newer simcards becoming available, The only thing I can state is you try to position the tape a little deeper into the sim and make sure it’s contact chip don’t touch the sim tray at all.
Sorry I can’t help any more, I’d really need to see your unique sim and phone to diagnose it further I’m afraid.
Dan.
Oct 27, 2012, 10:47 pmJames says:
Top man, mine stopped working after putting an afghan sim in, would only work with my uk sim been trying for hours to sort it out watched your video and now its sorted cheers mate
Nov 08, 2012, 8:59 pmCharli says:
If I send you a photo of my Orange Sim, would that help you in being able to explain a fix for it?
Thanks
Charli.
Nov 11, 2012, 4:20 pmDan Cunningham says:
HI Charli,
Actually that’s a brilliantly good idea, yeah please do!
Don’t publically post your email on here though, I’ll email you directly on the hotmail address that you supplied when you left a comment.
I look forward to your reply!
Regards
Nov 11, 2012, 6:24 pmDan.
Dan Cunningham says:
@James I’m glad it’s now working ok for you.
Nov 11, 2012, 6:28 pmAlex Porter says:
Yeah!!! It WORKED!!! UR rocking it!!!
Nov 28, 2012, 1:59 pmAquarius says:
Hi Dan, I see you have a solution for many problems so I’m really hoping you’ll be able to help me. Where do I start lol. I got an iphone 4 from a friend and the home button wasn’t working well so i decided to replace it, after doing that, the button wasn’t working at all, so I had to buy another one, i replaced that one, but while putting the phone together I damaged the touch screen digitizer lol so I replaced that as well and now finally the phone is working except for one problem. After asking tesco for the unlock code i restored the iphone and now on the startup when i go through the steps it says no sim installed, now I’ve seen many people had problems with the signal or the sim and they offer solutions, but because of all the things that happened inbetween i cant detirmine what exactly the problem is, if its the antenna or the motherboard, or installing the newest ios etc… hope you’ll be able to help me.
Dec 11, 2012, 5:55 pmThanks