[GUIDE]Remove Stuck SIM Galaxy S3

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Hi, So I was a victim of the common issue, having a cut down SIM card stuck in the SIM tray. After reading a lot of guides and having no luck I tried my own way and it worked a charm, so I thought I would share.

Some of the methods I have read about are supergluing a toothpick to your SIM card, but it looked way to easy to accidentally get some on the plastic around the tray so I didn't feel comfortable doing this. Needle nose pliers would have only been able to latch on if I pulled the phone apart and removed the SIM card tray. And the last one I came across was easing it out by pushing it with a paperclip, but there is no bottom access in the SIM holder tray.

So here is what I did.

Using a small thumbtack (or any small object with a sharp point) I applied enough pressure to jab into the SIM card a little bit through the little hole located on top of the SIM tray, this gave plenty of grip to move the SIM a millimetre at a time till the SIM card just popped out. No damage was done to my SIM tray using this method.



Hope this little guide helps others with the same problem I encountered.

Thanks for the tip will try it out I just had this message thrice today. I hopefully it will fix it

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Originally Posted by skivnit

Thanks for the tip will try it out I just had this message thrice today. I hopefully it will fix it

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Let me know if it works for you.

thx for your tips

but im not crazy enough to stuck my own sim ATM
and try your tips

ill bookmark this thread
for safety later

Thanks for this. First and last time I try to cut my own SIM card lol.

It's exactly what i did in the first days of june, when I cutted my sim and pushed into the slot in the hurry to light on my new SIII.
I removed it because I was a little disappointed by the fact that wasn't so easy to remove it, so I bought a microsim.

Thanks for sharing Nicholas.

dafunk

Why didn't you just get a micro-sim?? Instead of cutting your regular sim down? They don't cost anything and would have saved you this trouble....

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Originally Posted by speedyjay

Why didn't you just get a micro-sim?? Instead of cutting your regular sim down? They don't cost anything and would have saved you this trouble....

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well mate there are some of us who just get a kick out of doing things our own way. and like him we find solutions too.

I had the same problem with my S3.

I tried the same thing but it didnt work.The sim card got stuck against the plastic by the entrance because of the pressure on the card.
So what I had to do was to take something (a razorblade) and put it under the simcard to lift it over the plastic at the same time as I was
pushing it out one millimeter at the time. That worked for me.


//maffz

Originally Posted by ayyu3m

well mate there are some of us who just get a kick out of doing things our own way. and like him we find solutions too.

But its just unnecessary hassle is it not?? Each to their own I suppose....

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