My iPhone Says No SIM Card! Here's The Fix.

David & David explain how to fix the problem when an iPhone says "No SIM." The first thing to do is eject your SIM card and check for damage. It's also a good idea to reinsert the SIM tray without the SIM card to make sure it fits properly. If it doesn't fit well, it may be the incorrect tray. Sometimes used phones for sale on eBay or Craigslist are "repaired" with incorrect parts.

Once you've checked your SIM card and SIM tray for damage, reinsert the SIM card and see if your iPhone connects to your carrier's network.

Next, check for a carrier settings update. Apple and your wireless carrier regularly release these updates to help improve your iPhone's connection to your carrier's cellular network.

Restart your iPhone if no carrier settings update is available. Then, try reseting the network settings on your iPhone. This resets all Cellular, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and VPN settings to factory defaults (so make sure you know your Wi-Fi passwords).

If your iPhone still says No SIM, try out a friend's SIM card to see if your iPhone won't work with any SIM, or if there's just an issue with your SIM card. In either case, we recommend contacting your wireless carrier before going to Apple. Carriers are usually most responsive on Twitter!

0. Intro [0:00]
1. Eject The SIM Card [0:04]
2. Check Your SIM Card And SIM Tray [0:46]
3. Clean Out The SIM Card Slot [1:01]
4. Check For A Carrier Settings Update [1:48]
5. Restart Your iPhone [2:25]
6. Check For An iOS Update [2:55]
7. Reset Network Settings [3:35]
8. Try A Friend's SIM Card [4:18]
9. Contact Your Wireless Carrier [5:34]
10. Contact Apple Support [5:53]

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[saltysubmariner]

Thanks for the video, I had no clue on how to pull the SIM card. I cleaned it off with an alcohol wipe, popped in back in, and presto! Works again!

[cathynguyen]

Mine says no sim card but when I restart it works again and the sim is detected but then it ends up doing the "no sim card" again eventually

[sarcastichamsandwich]

For those of you who might be struggling with removing the SIM tray, place your paperclip (I used a sewing needle) on a surface facing up and angle your phone to land on the paperclip, pushing downwards. You get a lot more force that way. I was finally able to open up the tray after 30 minutes of trying. Thanks a bunch!

[cnbdragonflie]

My daughter’s iPhone 13 stopped letting her have phone calls and texts and kept saying no carrier. I YouTubed your info and the SIM card trick worked! Shes back in action!! Thank you

[wagonworks]

I was receiving the no sim message back to back for a few days. Enabling Airplane mode then turning it off, would work for the first few times. Then, it stopped fixing the issue. I found success when your video suggested to eject the SIM card, clean out the slot with an unused tooth brush. Genius. Thanks! Only poor quality part of your video was the shots on the SIM card. I'm not familiar with tech, I couldn't see what your SIM card looked like with your BLURRY camera shot and your thumb right on top of the card. Thanks for the video!

[Bubba_Army_For_Life]

We are all friends here!! I saved my SIM card removal tool because of you guys!!

[cathleenkirk]

Excellent job! The pace was perfect. I could understand what they were saying. Best of all, my phone is working again.

[paulbeldenbush]

SIM Card Failure message is the Check Engine light of the iPhone.

[justmonathefurcrew]

When I bought my phone and the new cover for it I taped my SIM card tool to the back of my phone and put the cover on in an effort not to lose it. I find it's getting harder and harder to find a paperclip. Thanks guys

[johnlindsay]

Thanks for your instructions on No Sim, by following you video. I am back to working Iphone. John

[firewalker]

I always check for updates, that’s the annoying thing about IPhones. If your phone isn’t up to date it will start having issues like this and they will persist until you update. The No sim message, charging issues, service/signal issues are some of the things if you haven’t updated your IOS.

[wearypirates]

I dropped my phone and some how the SIM card slot must have opened slightly. Got the no sim display and panicked. The simple act of trying to get my case off my phone must have some how pushed the card back in. So relieved. Thanks guys.

[stellanieri]

Call my carrier and they couldnt fix then i follow all youre step and guest what IT WORKS definetly subscribing !

[truestory]

I did the switch out to a different SIM and back to mine and it worked.

[Atoku_]

Yea just started having this problem recently and tried everything before like the eject SIM card and clean it but didn’t work, apparently there was a software update for 17. Something and I’m updating it now

Edit: It didn’t work

[Michael_M]

My iPhone 13 pro has started with this issue, but it only happens when its charging. I charge wirelessly at home over night and I'd wake up to having this issue, I'd flick it onto airplane mode and follow these steps and sure enough it would come back on. It's really frustrating. I've followed all steps on these video's apart from getting a new sim so I'm assuming this is now the issue. Replacing today and hopefully it fixes.

[Tavodez]

I have been though 2 different new SIM cards from my carrier seen post summer fix’s my iPhone temporarily but my phone continues to go into sos mode after a while it depends on the timing sometimes it back-back sometimes takes weeks my OS. Is on the latest. One 17 . Something at this point I’m thinking about upgrading if it my last resort and Punt my current iPhone I few yards

[jaystechroom]

Networks settings reset 2 times worked for my moms 8plus. Thanks!

[andreamackay]

Hey guys thanks so much for your tips it’s kinda good to know these things in advance..
I have a couple of questions for you....
How do you stop the call forwarding button turning on by itself?
I was told not to update because when you do it uses a lot of the space on IPhone, I currently have an IPhone 5s ( I know it’s old, but I’m upgrading in a few months) but it’s saying my storage is full, it’s the other storage (which is from updating) I’m so over it 🙄