SIM and Micro SIM Tips for Switching Between Phones

The SIM card, or subscriber identity module, has been a standard in GSM phones for many years. It's always been very easy to switch your mobile network account between GSM phones since all you had to do was take the SIM card out and put it in a different phone and everything worked because all of the SIM cards and SIM card slots were the same. Unfortunately we're starting to see some manufacturers implementing a smaller SIM card size called Micro SIM. The advantage to the Micro SIM is that you can have a slot in the phone that's a few millimeters smaller than what you would need to support the standard SIM cards. The disadvantage is incompatibility.

In this video we show you how to cut your standard-sized SIM card to fit into the new Micro SIM slots and also how to use a SIM card adapter to get that newly cut Micro SIM card to go back into a standard GSM phone. Some people have used scissors to simply cut down the normal SIM card to work in a Micro SIM slot, but that can be difficult and inaccurate. Of course you could buy a Micro SIM card from your carrier as well. I found the best way is to buy a specially designed Micro SIM Cutter, many of which come with 4 adapters that let you use a Micro SIM in normal SIM slots. You should be able to find one in the $2-16 range. Within a couple seconds, the Micro SIM cutter makes your normal SIM card compatible with Micro SIM phones.

Unfortunately there's a gotcha with the adapters when you want to put the Micro SIM back into a normal phone. The adapters make the whole thing ever so slightly thicker and that makes inserting and removing the Micro SIM card much more difficult. To remedy this you can use any nail file to sand down the back of your Micro SIM card in order to reduce its thickness. Keep looking at how the Micro SIM fits in its adapter as you sand it down until it's completely flush. Once you get it just right, you'll be able to switch between Micro SIM phones and normal SIM phones without too much frustration.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Micro
• SIM
• Tips
• Cutter
• adapter
• iPhone
• iPad
• Nokia
• Lumia
• Nokia Lumia

[ajeemama]

micro sims suck

[KISSArmyMax522]

Are you Toby from The Office?

[nadavbendov]

here is an idea for you adam,you dont need the thick adapter that dosent fit well... after you cut the regular sim card into micro sim card just save the frame that was left in the sim cutter and when you need to swich back to regular sim, just put the micro sim inside the frame and put it in the phone... it works great, it always fit perfectly ! and it dosent add thickness. have fun !

[ak48you]

PEOPLE PLEASE READ-- U do not need scrub the back.. the adapters are useless.. cannot be used in phone where u need to slide the sim in, like galaxy s2, lg phoenix.. so solution is.. AFTER CUTTING THE SOCKET LEFT SIM CARD, CAN FIT THE MICRO SIM AGAIN YES IT FITS VERY PROPERLY, and goes in and comes out with ease.. I pulled 2 sim connecting pins bcoz the adapter got stuck in my LG phoenix's sim slot.. but luckily managed to re arrange those pins and phone worked properly again :)

[adamz1977]

@GeekyMehta Really it's a awindows Server 2008 pocket knife. :)

[GeekyMehta]

His file has windows phone logo!! Damn

[MellyStarz]

does ur file say windows? lol thats awesome! that for the video though!!

[EvolutionQY7]

lol he cut of the gold micro chip piece with the sim cutter. It wont work then :D

[GamingYab]

@rPradhip two*

[rPradhip]

step one cut it

step to push it

[oONotyBoyOo]

EVENTUALLY THE SIM IS FK**D UP !