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[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saquib:
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 now 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.

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

Any advice appreciated!
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IINexusII:
get some pliers and yank the thing out clean
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saquib:
He did use quite a lot of force to try to pull the tray out, but it seems to be catching something on the inside. I think if we try what you suggest we'll send up with with 2 pieces, with one stuck inside.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IINexusII:
if you remove the screen etc i doubt youll ever get it back on. its probably just the adapter which is misplaced and preventing the tray to come out, try wiggling the phone about and trying to pull and push at the same time. be prepared to order another adapter and maybe another sim card too
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] compact_bijou:
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 about.

Good luck!
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seanicca:
Take it to a local phone repair shop and see what they'd charge.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Riyal:
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.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coupetastic-droid:
Damn! Sim has fallen out the adapter for sure. And if that's 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.

Same thing happened to my friends sgs2 which I'm about to fix soon. The only way I was able to remove the sim was by prying it out. That resulted in one of the pins to break off and now it doesn't read the sim.

See the picture below for reference. You can see the 3 gold pins on the left side of the sim tray exposed. There are also 3 more under that metal piece to the right, which is the actual tray. You can see there's 4 holes where you can see 2 gold pins showing through and one is missing. There supposed to be 6 pins total. 3 on the left and 3 on the right. That's the one pin that got stuck on the sim adapter. I'm afraid this is probably the same problem you have.

I suggest your friend sents it back to htc and let them take it out. They will have to open up the device to do so.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killabee44:
This happened to me with the One. Use a super thin razor blade (the kind that you use on the old school razors), stick it in through the side, and pry toward the side that it's supposed to be installed. Do the top and bottom little by little. Eventually it will come out enough to grab with a pair of small needle nose pliers.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nullkill:
This is on the right track. I have used plastic lamination that I cut, paper, cardboard, a piece of tape folded over so it's not sticky. Something that will bend and allow you to slide in between the sim card and the pins or whatever is holding it. You can then wiggle the tray out and then shake the nano card out. I have done this before it can take hours of playing with it. Finding the right object that you can slide in there is key. Also look for any pictures you can find of a teardown to give you an idea of what is holding it and where you need to slide something in to free it. The key is patience do not force anything or something will break. It will be long and tedious this I promise.

Does that make sense?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Wrinkly Ninja:
Try an auto feeler gauge set from Halfords for a selection of shim thicknesses, then trial and error.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saquib:
Thanks for all your suggestions.

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

Thanks again,
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aooga:
Yeah i had a similar experience with sim adaptors. Don't use them. (as you found out they just get stuck). I would take a really thin blade or something and push up on the sim tray (you said that it comes out a bit) .Thats how i freed my sim on another phone.

PS: DONT remove the speaker grills. This phone is pretty much impossible to put back together once you take it apart.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fffssslll:
Just want to chime in and said that I bought the noosy nano sim adapter off of Amazon and my sim tray got stuck as well. 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 keep the micro sim adapter in the tray because I was afraid of losing it.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zampolit:
Could you post how you got the tray out with the adapter in? I have the same adapter and can't seem to get it. THANKS!!!!
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fffssslll:
I ejected the sim tray as far as I can then 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. Busy of luck buddy.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zampolit:
I actually finally got it just as I was about to give up! I used a blade from a straight 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 are using something narrower than the tray, it has to be closest to the top of the phone.

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.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fffssslll:
Haha congrats.I was a little frantic first but finally got it as well. As long as you don't scratch it up any thin item probably works.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] c5satellite2:
So getting a micro SIM from your carrier(free) and not damaging your $600 phone trying to use a nano SIM would be the best solution.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ank707:
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 data service in my other SIM but it didn't came out. I tried quite hard till my fingers started paining. I tried with a paper clip. My SIM is working fine without any issues but next month I will be travelling to India and hence will be required to change my SIM. I read about this a lot and seems like there is no repair for HTC ONE. Can you guys please guide me over this ... :crying::crying::crying:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brayan85:
first of all sorry for my english ..but i have a really big problem to root my chinesse tab made by MALATA the model is MALATA SMB 9705 it runs with android 4.04 ...i have tried many ways to root it but i can't ....(super one click, autoroot ....and many others) one of the problems it that i have not the traditionnel connection usb (storage mode and softward connection ) i only have MTB and camera mode ....

please help me it's very urgent and i count on you my friends help help help
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] Fadawah:
Hi there

Last week I bought this HDMI adapter for my Galaxy Note II: http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B003WJO2RI/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I don't know if it's a problem with the cable or with my phone, but whenever I plug it in, my Note II freezes and reboots. I don't know if this due the custom ROM I'm running or simply a hardware failure.

Anyone has experienced a similar problem?

Thank you
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] droidx2.3.3:
What rom are you running?
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] Fadawah:
This one: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2253843
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] ii3edus:
I have a smart dock and anytime I run any 4.2.2 custom rom my note freezes. never any issue on 4.1
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] TheLoonyRebel:
AOSP 4.2.x ROMs don't have MHL capabilities which is why your device is locking up.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] lembike:
small problem connecting to the internet. message comes up , unable to connect you have no modem entries created and no network card present . :cry:
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] Cliff:
Just had the same problem on orange

The connection info got corupted, dont know how. I had to add it again.

This is what I did:

Goto; Settings, connections tab, connections icon, add new connection option.

Give it a name, and pick Cellular Line GPRS.

My Access point was called oraneinternet, I rang orange to get this but I have found the old corupted connection setting and the info was still readable.

Hope this helps
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] quack75:
all right

in recovery wipe cache, dalvik cache, factory reset and system and then restore your backup :highfive:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ehsan453:
I restored backup and then (not before) wipe cache and wipe dalvik-cache (without factory reset and system). No problem?

Now boot too system is OK...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] quack75:
if you have not changed rom is the same delete all or not ;)

but a few wipe more never spoils :D
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ehsan453:
I changed my default font system and after reboot my phone freezes on boot animation and doesn't boot to system. Can anyone help me?

i have a backup from all my data and rom. If i had to flash plz let me know what should i do before? should i wipe cache, dalvik cach, factory reset and system? and then install zip?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ronny927:
The order does not matter. But do fix permissions after flash. Just wipe everything and flash.

Be Sure To Click Dat THANKS Button If I Helped!
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] life_boy02:
Hello :)

I have unlocked my xperia arc s bootloader an my warranty was void :(

:confused: I want to ask if the warranty will be back if I re-locked the bootloader and the phone was still on the stock firmware and kernel?? :confused:

sorry for my bad english :)
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tangosierra_:
Yes.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] life_boy02:
thank you very much :)
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Someguyfromhell:
Most likely yes, however we cannot guarantee anything. If you send your phone to official Sony Center and they do thorough checks, it can be still seen, if it was ever unlocked or not.

I had an issue with my phone's screen, a beta-stage ROM f**ked it up. Relocked bootloader, full stock firmware and they did not find anything. They changed the display and all good now.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] RazorChrist:
Hey guys, just had a question regarding the game Avenger's Initiative. I'm running a Kindle Fire with the GlazedICS[7-6-2012] rom (found here). I know this rom is outdated and was probably left with alot of bugs. I know I come across a Wifi issue all the time.

Anyway, I was wondering if anyone has had any problems with loading/running the game Avenger's Initiative v1.0.4 on Kindle Fire? I can install just fine, copied the data file over to /Android/ogg, then try running the game. It goes through the opening cinematic, but then when it tries to load into the game, the loading circle icon just keeps spinning and the game never loads beyond that. I was wondering if it was the game itself not being compatible with Kindle Fire, or if it was my outdated GlazedICS rom.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Hpsgill:
Hello guys,many user said that u wallpaper collection is great,so i am uploading them here

so dont post here:angel:
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] bhavik0077:
wallpaper

Here is the Zip file of all above wallpaper.

Click on link.

Thanks to HPSGILL for sharing wallpaper. great guy

http://d-h.st/c6y
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Blue3125:
Sorry to ask you, you a boy/girl ?
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] salil.bajaj:
You just made my night more amazing :p:p :p

Awesome work mate! :thumbup:
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Hpsgill:
Boy!
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Blue3125:
What kind of wallpapers you have ?

Nevermind i want HTC sense 5 wallpapers, if you have please upliad it here :)
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Hpsgill:
These are original htc sense 5 wallpapers

Extracted from htc one trickdroid rom

Size of all these r 1080x1920
[Microsoft Surface] sbsshadow:
Hi all

What virus checker do you use on your surface ?

I have the 32gb wifi , and just wondering what to install

Thanks

Stephen
[Microsoft Surface] lilstevie:
With Surface RT virus scanners are redundant, microsoft restrict what can run to stuff from the store, using the "jailbreak" you can gain access to running desktop apps, but they need to be recompiled, and work around api's that do not exist in Windows RT. Also AFAIK there are no virus scanners aside from windows defender that even run on it
[Microsoft Surface] sbsshadow:
Ok , thanks brilliant , thanks for the reply
[Microsoft Surface] SixSixSevenSeven:
I've actually reported a shop called Argos in the UK to trading standards simply because they keep advertising bundles of windows RT tablets + "essential" antivirus software, great but the sortware (norton, awful at the best of times) doesnt work on RT :P
[HTC Wildfire S] mahesh48:
I wonder anyone of devs thought of porting Ubuntu to our wfs, is there any one who tried if so share ur experienc.I m also interested in porting it. I reffered that porting section
[HTC Wildfire S] csoulr666:
There are 2 posts regarding this already....creating another would'nt help

So please,look around before you post
[HTC Wildfire S] JDevs:
silly idea...
[HTC Wildfire S] Olivier:
You're right. Ubuntu Touch's based on CM10.1, which isn't even stable. You can imagine that Ubuntu Touch would/will be even worse as far as performance, battery life and that stuff is concerned. But not only that... Don't forget that the WFS is a 2 year-old phone with 3,5 year-old hardware. Even if you managed to port it successfully, it would just be a... "nice-to-have", but not a daily driver.
[HTC Wildfire S] crossfire77:
we can't port or build ubuntu touch because we don't have sufficient NAND for it.
[HTC Wildfire S] thehacka1:
Guys lets not be too hostile towards poor Mahesh. He wanted to create a thread that would help us. No need to start offending his idea. I suggest that some of you apologize.
[HTC Wildfire S] davidang:
Really sorry to disappoint him,unless Ubuntu touch has the ability to boot like android on sd card,I think it would be able to work! I am not sure if Ubuntu touch will support that.:confused:
[HTC One X] simonw89:
Hey my phone is stuck on the loading screen after i tried to root my phone, if im honest i had no idea what i was doing i was just following a guide i found online and just thought it would all go alright but sadly it went terribly wrong. what i did was unlock the boot loader uses the htc website that the guide directed me to which went smoothly then i went into fastboot mode and ran the file install-insecure-windows from the folder i downloaded called r3-endeavor-insecurebootandroot. my phone restarted and the just froze at the loading screen. i have tried to run recovery and i just get a red triangle and i have also tried a factory reset and that just starts to load and then resets and is still stuck on the loading screen.

my HBOOT-1.39.0000

version-main: 3.14.401.31

Ive looked around alot for solutions to my problem but not found one that works.

I really need help but if im honest i dont know alot about what im doing and i know i should have just left it all alone

any help would be greatly appreciated
[HTC One X] athulele:
Relock your bootloader by fastboot oem lock

Download this file and run it with administrative rights - http://bugsylawson.com/files/file/1...-r-radio-5120416229-release-302015-signedexe/

You'll be back to stock.
[HTC One X] abhinn124:
Since you have already unlocked your bootloader, you can try installing a custom recovery Like CWM or TWRP. You can then download any custom rom posted in the xda thread and flash it. I personally recommend ViperX. Your phone will be better than ever. It seems like you are new to this so if you need my help flashing then simply ask.

You can also follow the instructions on torxx detailed thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2182792

:D:D:D:D:D

HIT THANKS IF I HELPED!!

:good::good::good::good:
[HTC One X] simonw89:
yes you are right i am very new to all this very pleased to hear that i haven't ruined my phone i would love to have a go at installing a recovery and a new rom. ill have alook at your thread guide you linked and see how i get on if i get stuck ill try the relocking way :D thank you all for the help
[HTC One X] simonw89:
well i had alook at the tutorial and i managed to use the fastboot flash recovery and it seemed to work in cmd as it said

writing 'recovery'... INFOFormat partition SOS done.

what i don't understand is step 3 the actual rooting when i go to the bootloader and press power when on recovery it now just loads the HTC quietly brilliant screen again and i dont understand how to flash from recovery
[HTC One X] athulele:
The recovery will start after the HTC screen. In the recovery, press install and select whichever zip you want to flash.
[HTC One X] simonw89:
i have managed to get the recovery page open but how do i get the superuser.zip file to appear on the list how do i get it onto the phone
[HTC One X] athulele:
Have you copied it from the computer??

If you have, then tap install and navigate to the folder to which you have copied it.
[HTC One X] simonw89:
causality ctrybor

i have copied it to the cd card and i have just worked out how to find that within recovery at last im slowly working things out :D the only problem now is when i run the superuser.zip from the recovery i get

installing: /sdcard/superuser.zip

finding update package...

opening update package ...

verifying update package...

E:signature verification failed

installation abourted
[HTC One X] athulele:
Maybe a bad download? :confused:

Try downloading again. If it still doesn't work, try a different recovery. Personally, I used TWRP while rooting.
[HTC One X] vin4yak:
If redownloading doesn't fix it.. use this SuperSU.zip

http://d-h.st/B2K
[HTC One X] simonw89:
ahh you are golden ! that was exactly right i went and found another copy of super user and it downloaded perfectly thank you

just trying to install the viperX rom now see how this goes :D
[HTC One X] simonw89:
am i right in thinking that once i have downloaded the viperX i just place it on my sdcard the same way i did the superuser and then just install it the same way from the recovery?
[HTC One X] vin4yak:
Yes... However, you have to flash the boot.img from fastboot..

and before installing the rom.zip.. you have to wipe data/cache/dalvic from recovery.... :) Or use Super Wipe script : http://d-h.st/kG0
[HTC One X] abhinn124:
I think I have found a workaround for your problem.

If you have installed TWRP recovery then you will notice that their is a check box labeled 'toggle signature verification'. Make sure it is unchecked(whichever works).

If this works then great.

Otherwise I suggest that you download a custom ROM and flash it.(My personal suggestion)

Everything will be fine. Don't worry.

Steps are as follows-

•Download the ROM you want to flash

•Open the ROM zip with an archive manager and extract the boot.img file out of it and place it in your fastboot directory

•Copy the ROM to your sdcard

•Now boot into bootloader and choose recovery with your volume keys and power button

•In recovery wipe data and cache, dalvik cache, factory reset,etc

•Now flash your ROM by installing zip from sdcard

•If this is finished, reboot and reboot into bootloader again

•Connect your phone to your PC in fasboot mode (choose in bootloader with power button)

•Open a cmd in your fastboot folder with your boot.img and type these two commands:

fastboot flash boot boot.img

fastboot erase cache

Then simply reboot your phone.

You can download ROMs from the development section.

PM me if you encounter any problems or need any help.

:good::good::good::good::good::good:
[HTC One X] simonw89:
Finally

i got superuser from another source which worked like a dream and got it installed at last, then managed to flash the boot.img in the fastboot. then deleted all the data/cashe and installed venomX can finally turn on my phone after 3 days :D

thank you all so much for the help its been all really appreciated dont know what i would have done with out it
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] sc00bs:
Hi

My S4 seems to have an issue when playing mp3's podcasts etc when the screen switches off.

Plays 100% with the screen on but when the screen powers off the MP3 starts playing slower. Push a button to switch the screen on again and all is back to normal.

I assume that this has something to do with power saving of some sorts, any ideas how to sort this out?

JohnB
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] quantum:
Hi

My girlfriend was playing with my phone, the battery died, so she apparently kept taking the battery out and putting it back in again.

The internal battery then died and I lost all my data - AND my phone has no idea that it should have a camera.

I have just bought a "ghost Sim" so am looking to unlock the device (will search your site shortly), but how do I get my camera back?

Please help.

With thanks

Dave. :cry:
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] quantum:
Sorry, should have also said that I have no idea how to perform a hard reset, but read another post about the pins shorting out so did the same thing.

Ran a wire across the terminals (not fun) and now the phone has completely reset itself.

Thanks for the info.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] Carlos:
So your XDA problem is solved then? For future reference, to hard reset simply hold power while pressing the reset button. This of course, is covered in the documentation...

Now, how are you going to solve your girlfriend problem? Replacement?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RazaVakil7995:
I've heard that there's this thing called custom kernel and it is required to make swapper work in a rooted device. What it is exactly and where can I find one for my device??
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coolsandie:
Custom Kernels are nothing but modified stock kernel. Its done in order to achieve some features which is not present in the kernel provided by Manufactures. You can find one for your device if anybody has created a custom kernel for your "device". Kernels are device specific too.

Sent via Phone
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RazaVakil7995:
But before installing a custom kernel, can I take a backup of my stock kernel too incase something goes wrong?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coolsandie:
Yes, keeping backup of stock kernel is recommended. Kernels are called as boot.img and it should be possible to extract from the device using ADB.

Sent via Phone
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RazaVakil7995:
Can I do it via cwm?? I seriously have no idea what is adb because I'm new to this..

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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coolsandie:
Yes, can do it from CWM. Take a complete Nandroid backup. Open it, and if you see boot.img then you've got your kernel.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mohhasan:
all roms have custom kernels ?

I have Note2 and it seems that the chip i have is faulty and i was advised to don't use custom kernels. so there is a way to know if the custom rom is using stock or custom kernel or in other words all roms are having custom kernels ?