Recent content by mxasf

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    Galaxy S4: Major problem - SIM card not detected

    Just reporting that the chopped up heavy/thick guitar pick seems to be holding up and preventing the error. In two weeks of heavy use, as well as physical activity (running ~5miles a couple times) the error has only happened once. (Roughly at the 7 day point). Continuing to monitor ...
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    Galaxy S4: Major problem - SIM card not detected

    For people using cut up guitar picks as a mechanism to apply pressure on the Sim card flex, has anyone noticed some picks work better than others? For example I noticed that a medium "Dunlop Tortex" pick (orange one) seemed to solve the problem but only for a couple days. But a heavy fender...
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    Galaxy S4: Major problem - SIM card not detected

    Crap, you are right. For me as well, the rev 0.5 cable did not solve the problem, and a couple days after I installed it I got the dreaded error / reboot. I think it was an interesting thing to try, but it appears the rev 0.5 cable is NOT a solution. Wondering if, with an unlocked...
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    Galaxy S4: Major problem - SIM card not detected

    Hi everyone - I posted this on the XDA forums as well. It's too early to say if it's a "fix" or not. There appears to be two revisions of the SIM Card flex cable: rev0.3 and rev0.5. You can see it on the SIM card module, in small font. Most vendors on amazon/ebay/etc do not specify the...