Simcard not detected on a Samsung Galaxy S

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My phone is a Samsung Galaxy S4 and it's not able to recognize the simcard inside it. I reseated and made sure it was properly inserted into the slot then turned it on. The simcard was still not being detected so I tried another simcard and it did not make a difference. What is wrong with my phone? Is there anything I can do to fix it or should I just take it back to the carrier and make them fix it?

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Answered By 0 points N/A #155727

Simcard not detected on a Samsung Galaxy S

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Hello,

It can be the hardware issue. If you have warranty please send it ASAP to service center. If not, Try below workarounds.

1. Switch ON airplane mode. After 30 second disable Airplane mode and check if you receive a connection.

2. Try switching to different Networks, GSM, WCDMA or Both.

3. If you have games which can heat your phone, remove them. Keep your mobile switched off for some time. Then start.

4. Wipe Cache Partition or Do a factory reset.

 

Good luck..!!

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Simcard not detected on a Samsung Galaxy S

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The Samsung Galaxy S4 I9500 is a 3G Smartphone operating on 2G and 3G network bands using GSM and HSPA technologies. It was announced to the public on March 2013 and released on April 2013 measuring 136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 millimeters and weighing 130 grams. It is built with a plastic body and uses micro-SIM card.

Samsung Galaxy S4
Samsung Galaxy S4

It has Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen display with 16M colors at 1080 x 1920 pixels screen resolution. It supports multi-touch protected with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 with TouchWiz UI. It runs on Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean upgradable to Android 5.0.1 Lollipop powered by Exynos 5410 Octa chipset, Octa-Core (4 x 1.6 GHz Cortex-A15 & 4 x 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7) processor, and PowerVR SGX544MP3 GPU.

It supports microSD expandable up to 64 GB. It runs on 2 GB RAM with internal storage available in 16 GB, 32 GB, and 64 GB capacities. The primary camera supports 13 megapixels with f/2.2, 31mm, 1/3″, 1.14µm, AF, and LED flash featuring HDR and supports 1080p video recording at 30 fps with dual-video rec.

The secondary camera supports 2 megapixels with f/2.4 and 31mm featuring dual video call and supports 1080p video recording at 30 fps.

It has 3.5-millimeter jack featuring active noise cancellation with dedicated mic; Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac with dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, and hotspot support; Bluetooth 4.0 with A2DP, EDR, LE, and aptX support; GPS with A-GPS and GLONASS support; NFC; infrared; and microUSB 2.0 with MHL 2 TV-out and USB Host support. It doesn’t have stereo FM radio.

It has built-in accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, temperature, humidity, and gesture sensors. The pre-installed web browser supports HTML5. It runs on removable Li-Ion 2600 mAh battery with standby time up to 370 hours on 3G and talk time up to 17 hours on 3G. It is available in White Frost, Black Mist, Arctic Blue, and Black Edition colors.

If your phone cannot detect any SIM card, try cleaning the contact pins at the back of your phone: the pins that contact with your SIM card when you insert it. See if this works. If this doesn’t work, try factory resetting your phone. To factory reset, on your phone, go to “Settings”, “Backup & reset”, “Factory data reset” then “Reset phone”.

Before factory resetting your phone, don’t forget to backup your entire phone’s data because factory resetting erases your entire phone.

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