How do u take out a sim card

The SIM card is pre-installed in your smartphone. If you need to replace your SIM card, refer to the following instructions.

1. Turn the phone off, then remove the back cover and the battery (as demonstrated in the previous instructions).

2. Locate the slot for the SIM card (the lower of the two slots above the upper-right corner of the battery compartment) and gently slide the SIM card out to remove it.

   

CAUTION

If a microSD card is inserted in your phone, please remove it from the upper slot before trying to remove the SIM card.

On your iPhone or iPad, it’s the SIM Card that does the job of providing cellular network services on the go. The SIM — or Subscriber Identity Module — is a tiny physical card that goes into your device and tells it to connect to a particular network that it is configured for. At times, you may need to remove the SIM card from your iPhone or iPad. You may be traveling internationally and may want to switch to a local SIM card in your iPhone, or you may want to temporarily switch to a different carrier network for some time. By following this detailed guide to removing the SIM card from an iPhone or iPad, you’ll be able to swap the SIM in the iOS device in just a few simple steps.

To know how to take out the SIM card from an iPhone or iPad, you have to first understand what tools do you need to remove the SIM card from an iPhone or iPad. Well, saying “tools” here is kind of a misnomer, as what you only need is a SIM ejector tool. Now, all iPhones and iPads come with an Apple SIM ejector tool, but just in case you don’t have access to one, any metal paper clip will do. Just make sure that you straighten up one of the ends.

Now that we have the necessary tools to eject the SIM Card from iPhone or iPad, let’s go ahead and locate the SIM tray. Depending on which generation or model of iPhone or iPad you have, the location of the SIM card tray on your iOS device will vary. But it’s fairly easy to find the location of SIM tray — you just have to look at the sides of your iPhone or iPad and locate a slim cutout with a single pin hole. This hole is where you insert the SIM ejector tool or metal paperclip as explained above.

On all iPhones sold by Apple in recent years, the SIM Card is located on the right side of the iPhone. When holding your iPhone with the screen facing you, the SIM card tray will be located on the right hand side, right next to the Sleep/Wake button. Locating the SIM card tray on an iPad is a little trickier compared to the iPhone, as Apple has changed the location of the SIM Tray on iPad depending on the model and the space available inside. On most modern iPads, the SIM slot will be on the same side that has the volume buttons.

How to Remove the SIM Card in iPhone or iPad

Now that we have the tools required to eject the SIM card from iPhone or iPad and now that we know where the SIM tray is located on the iOS device, let’s look at how to actually remove the SIM Card from an iPhone or iPad.

1. Hold the Apple SIM ejector tool or the metal paperclip in one hand.
2. Carefully and slowly insert the tool into the hole of the SIM card slot without applying any pressure.
3. Gently apply pressure on the pin, making sure that the PIN is being pushed straight inside and not at an angle.
4. With a little pressure applied, the SIM card tray pops out of the slot.
5. Carefully pull out the SIM card tray out of the slot with your fingers.
6. Proceed to Add, Remove or Swap out the SIM card in the SIM card tray.

To insert the SIM card tray back into the iPhone or iPad, you don’t need the SIM ejector tool. Simply place the SIM card onto the SIM tray in the correct orientation, then insert the tray back into the SIM slot and gently push it back into the slot.

Be careful never to apply a lot of force or pressure. You’ll always need to apply gentle pressure, both while removing the SIM card from the iPhone or iPad and also while inserting a SIM card into the SIM slot of your iOS device.

So you got a new phone, which means swapping your SIM card from the old to the new. While it sounds slightly daunting if you’ve never done it before, it’s quite easy. Here’s how.

What is a SIM Card?

In short, SIM stands for Subscriber Identification Module. It’s what connects a phone to a specific carrier and gives it unique identifiers like a phone number. In simpler terms, it’s a small card that allows your phone to get service from a carrier.

There are a few different sizes of SIM Cards available: Standard SIM, Micro SIM, and Nano SIM, each of those progressively smaller than the previous one. While all three are still used in a variety of phones, Nano SIM has been the most popular choice over the last few years.

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A Word on SIM Card Sizes

Before we get into how to change your SIM Card, we want to touch on SIM card sizes and phone compatibility.

Like we mentioned earlier, there are three sizes. But there are also adapters available, though they only work one way (converting smaller cards to fit larger trays).

So, if your current phone uses a Nano SIM, and your new phone uses Micro SIM, then you can pick up some adapters and use your same card without issue.

Note: Your carrier may provide SIM adapters free of charge.

How to Change Your SIM Card

On Android phones, you can usually find the SIM card slot in one of two places: under (or around) the battery or in a dedicated tray along the side of the phone.

How to Replace a SIM Found Under the Back Plate

If your phone has a removable back plate or user-replaceable battery, then the odds are the SIM slot is somewhere under that back plate.

For these phones, you’ll first need to pull off the back and look for a little tray. Sometimes it will even be labeled—especially on phones with more than one SIM slot. Either way, it should look something like this:

There are a couple of different types of these particular slots. If the phone has a removable battery, you’ll often have to pull the battery and just slide the SIM card into the slot.

Other times, the SIM tray might have a little “door” on it. If it does, slide that door towards the hinge, then lift it open. Drop the SIM card in place and then close the door. Note the notch that matches the SIM card in the lower corner of this particular phone.

Regardless of which type of SIM tray your phone has, you can pop the back on and fire the phone back up (if you had to shut it down to remove the battery).

How to Replace a SIM Around the Edge of the Phone

If your phone doesn’t have a removable back, then you’ll need to examine the outside edges of the phone to find the SIM tray. It’s a small bay with a little hole on one side, like in the following image.

To remove it, you’ll need a SIM removal tool. Most phones come with one in the box, and you can buy them for very cheap, but you can also just use a small paperclip in a pinch.

To eject the SIM card tray, slide the removal tool into the hole and push. The tray might eject easily, or you might have to push with a bit of force. Either way, it should pop out without a ton of pressure. After it pops out a little, pull it out the rest of the way.

When you’ve got the tray out, remove the old SIM (if there is one) and drop the new SIM in place—the tray is notched to match the card (or vice versa), so you can’t put it in backward.

Just pop the tray back in the way it came out (again, you can’t put it in backward so don’t worry), and you’re good to go. Nothing to it!

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