I have spent almost an entire week without a working cell phone. Last Friday morning I was reading news on my GS4 and got the pop-up message "refreshing SIM data." It was odd but I was in an area with next to no coverage so I didn't think a lot of it. I went about my day until I realized I had no web or voice/text signal. I rebooted the phone, no help. Since it mentioned the sim, I took it out and put it back, no help.
When I got home later that day I immediately started researching the problem and found other people had gotten the refreshing sim data message and temporarily lost service, but in all my searching I've found no record of anyone ever randomly and permanently losing all ability to communicate with cell towers.
I flashed a new copy of the ROM I was using onto a new partition- nothing. I eventually did a full factory reset to stock VRUAME7, and again, nothing. At this point I figured since it certainly wasn't a software issue it must be a bad sim. I went to the Verizon store today and got a new one... that still hasn't been able to get itself activated 3 hours later. What's worse is, because I have a tiny crack in the corner of my screen, my warranty is void. Granted, that has nothing whatsoever to do with this issue I didn't cause but... I digress.
At this point I figure it must be the SIM slot, but my phone does recognize that there is a SIM card in it so I'm just genuinely stumped. I ordered a new SIM/SD slot assembly just now and I'll certainly give the swap a try, but I really don't have much hope with it.
If anybody can offer any insight at all, I would certainly be very thankful. Even if not.. thanks for at least reading the post.
When I got home later that day I immediately started researching the problem and found other people had gotten the refreshing sim data message and temporarily lost service, but in all my searching I've found no record of anyone ever randomly and permanently losing all ability to communicate with cell towers.
I flashed a new copy of the ROM I was using onto a new partition- nothing. I eventually did a full factory reset to stock VRUAME7, and again, nothing. At this point I figured since it certainly wasn't a software issue it must be a bad sim. I went to the Verizon store today and got a new one... that still hasn't been able to get itself activated 3 hours later. What's worse is, because I have a tiny crack in the corner of my screen, my warranty is void. Granted, that has nothing whatsoever to do with this issue I didn't cause but... I digress.
At this point I figure it must be the SIM slot, but my phone does recognize that there is a SIM card in it so I'm just genuinely stumped. I ordered a new SIM/SD slot assembly just now and I'll certainly give the swap a try, but I really don't have much hope with it.
If anybody can offer any insight at all, I would certainly be very thankful. Even if not.. thanks for at least reading the post.
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