Nexus S sim trouble (sim tray / initial install)

[trebores]

So I bought a never before used Nexus S off of Craigslist. I'm pretty sure that claim is legit. It looks brand new and I met the seller at their very expensive home in a very fancy neighborhood. And the phone does indeed look and feel brand new.

When I got it home. There was a black square in the sim slot. I had some difficulty pulling it out. When I finally managed to get it out and put a sim in, the phone won't recognize the sim card. Did anyone else have trouble with this placeholder - I can't find any pictures of it online - all the unboxings I have found are fake (e.g. the sim is already in during the unboxing - lame). The one on mine is basically a square sim frame - an odd design. I think the pins in the sim slot are gone / messed up. I guess I'll call Samsung and see if I can get it fixed. If they don't, I don't think it'll be too hard to solder pins to the leads.

Needless to say, I'm not to happy about this. Anyone out there see anything like this?

Thanks.

 

[font1975]

What is the model number for your phone, that will help a lot. To be honest, my phones didn't have any kind of "place holder". The sim slot was empty.

(The Model number that is under the battery)

 

[e30ernest]

Same here. Mine did not come with anything inserted in the SIM slot. Maybe you should contact the seller?

 

[I Monarch]

No placeholder. The only time I've ever seen a SIM placeholder was on aircards.

 

[Sophos]

There is a guy over on xda having a similar problem. You might find some useful info.... there was something about needing to use a newer sim card....

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1047674

FS Nexus S GT-I9020F (AT&T, Rogers, Fido, Telus, Bell (850/1900/2100)

Hope it helps.

Cheers

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