[Q] Spare part : sim reader

kms108 · May 27, 2011

cadumg said:
Do you know how do I do it ? I know how to solder/desolder, but I don't know exactly what should I do.

Here is a picture of the Galaxy S Sim Tray. Should I desolder this points marked by the red arrow (and off course in the oposite side) and sold it to the Nexus S board ? Is the sim tray just fixed by this solded points ?

why desolder a i9000, you need to desolder the nexus s, and just buy a sim tray that has 3+3 pins, thats all you need, it only cost less than a dollar.

cadumg · May 27, 2011

I've never seen a SIM TRAY without a board to sell here in Brazil. I will try to find it. But what I've said (desold the i9000 and sold on the Nexus S) should work ? I already have a i9000 sim tray and won't do anything with it.

kms108 · May 27, 2011

cadumg said:
I've never seen a SIM TRAY without a board to sell here in Brazil. I will try to find it. But what I've said (desold the i9000 and sold on the Nexus S) should work ? I already have a i9000 sim tray and won't do anything with it.

you dont have to buy in brazil, try ebay.

blackmamba · May 29, 2011

I'm in the same boat but I didn't leave the Nexus S in my drawer like some of the folks here. Here's what I did...I used a small thin-film conductor (like a wire or or metallic point of contact) and slid it with tweezers at the point of the break (I had the middle pin broken) and then slid the sim card over it.

The SIM card will try to push this film out. That's where the tweezers help. Gently lift the SIM card and lodge it in again. This basically creates a short circuit between the joint where the pin would have been and the place on the SIM card where it needs to connect.

Super simple solution without soldering. But, you still have to re-do when you swap a sim card.

The SIM card is a tight fit and hence the film will stay.

kms108 · May 29, 2011

here are two samples that i have, but there are over 30-40 types, make sure you get the thinnest one, less than 2mm in high.

dustinearley · May 29, 2011

I broke one of my pins with a micro sim adapter that was a little too big, and I fixed it by putting tinfoil behind my SIM card. Better than having to take apart my phone. I'm not too good with soldering.

slim94 · May 31, 2011

Are there not any other resellers for this part? I have a hard time believing only globaldirect has this. I'll try the wire trick, but for a permanent solution, kinda sucks waiting so long

cadumg · Jun 1, 2011

I will try to buy any sim tray and replace on my board.

Here is a picture of my board (I really screwed it removing the sim tray). My doubt is, in the board, it has only the 3+3 pins ? Because in the sides (in yellow arrows) the sim tray was fixed to the board. My doubt is, there is a circuit track in there or they are just to fix the sim tray to the board (with some kind of glue) ?

I tired of globaldirectparts too... but worse than that is Samsung that hasn't the replacement part...

kms108 · Jun 1, 2011

cadumg said:
I will try to buy any sim tray and replace on my board.

Here is a picture of my board (I really screwed it removing the sim tray). My doubt is, in the board, it has only the 3+3 pins ? Because in the sides (in yellow arrows) the sim tray was fixed to the board. My doubt is, there is a circuit track in there or they are just to fix the sim tray to the board (with some kind of glue) ?

I tired of globaldirectparts too... but worse than that is Samsung that hasn't the replacement part...

the sim only requires the 3*3 solder pins

shan123 · Jun 6, 2011

Tried to put microsim with adaptor, it was working fine till i had to remove it. And now 1 pin is broken and doesnt detect sim card anymore. So how can i fix it?

omvir · Jun 7, 2011

Ok guys, i too have broken 1 pin from the sim tray, and i got some tin foil and placed it where the missing pin was and slid my sim card in and it worked. If it works for you please reply. if you need a picture please reply.

cadumg · Jun 7, 2011

Welcome to the club! It seems that this is happening a lot.

Please, take a picture and post for us.

omvir · Jun 7, 2011

I dont have 8 posts so i cant link you to the picture... so if you go to my albums the picture will be there!

blackmamba · Jun 8, 2011

shan123 said:
Tried to put microsim with adaptor, it was working fine till i had to remove it. And now 1 pin is broken and doesnt detect sim card anymore. So how can i fix it?

Check my post #24 for a quick fix. Works fine.

cpom1 · Jun 9, 2011

omvir said:
I dont have 8 posts so i cant link you to the picture... so if you go to my albums the picture will be there!

So how do I get your photo album? Sorry I'm a noob if there was a way to search for it.

cpom1 · Jun 9, 2011

blackmamba said:
I'm in the same boat but I didn't leave the Nexus S in my drawer like some of the folks here. Here's what I did...I used a small thin-film conductor (like a wire or or metallic point of contact) and slid it with tweezers at the point of the break (I had the middle pin broken) and then slid the sim card over it.

The SIM card will try to push this film out. That's where the tweezers help. Gently lift the SIM card and lodge it in again. This basically creates a short circuit between the joint where the pin would have been and the place on the SIM card where it needs to connect.

Super simple solution without soldering. But, you still have to re-do when you swap a sim card.

The SIM card is a tight fit and hence the film will stay.

Hey do you have any pics of this?

cpom1 · Jun 9, 2011

cpom1 said:
So how do I get your photo album? Sorry I'm a noob if there was a way to search for it.

Scratch that question. I saw the pic. Thanks Omvir. It worked

cadumg · Sep 17, 2011

Does anyone find the tray to buy ?

kms108 · Sep 17, 2011

i've seen them available in china a few days ago.

cadumg · Sep 17, 2011

kms108 said:
i've seen them available in china a few days ago.

By "In China" you mean in some web store located in China ou in a "off-line" store ? I did not found it anywhere. I've looked on ebay, etc. and nothing.....

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