Only Satan would design a hole that is smaller than the end of a bent paperclip when the entire purpose of the hole is to put something into it.
How else can you sell an iPoker 4X?
You’re still using the 4X? Lol, get yourself an 8Max and thank me later.
Grab a hammer, go outside to concrete or find a rock, and flatten your own paperclip.
I’ve had to do that before in a pinch. My Sim card was saying it wasn’t installed even after a reboot, and I was about 3 hours from the closest store I could buy one from.
Not perfect, but it got the job done.
I think Satan gets tips from capitalism.
is there a name for the superfine point ones?
I guess it’s called a SIM card eject pin tool, but you’ll usually find them in cell phone toolkits.
some are thicker or thinner than others. some phones have a superthin hole. so some ejectors or a paperclip won’t work (for some phones).
maybe the superthin variety is the most common variety out there. but i have a collection and they are nearly all thick.
there must be an everyday item that functions as a makeshift alternative.
Certain plastic toothpicks work.
An earring pokey works too, just wipe off any schmutz
For a Korean, the hole doesn’t need to be that big
I just realized that each phone comes with one and only one of SIM ejectors, and I have a lot of those in my drawer. I think I have a problem. -_-
You’re responsible for everything!!!
Most screw-driver kits like the IFixIt kits, include a sim-eject head.
Me too… and my phone uses an eSIM!
I keep one on my keys since it’s useful for pushing reset buttons and things and if I really need to it even works as a screwdriver
Someone told me this a few years ago. Absolute pro life tip!
Does it ever poke you?
I kept mine on my keychain for the longest time until it got me right under one of my finger nails. The amount of times I’ve had to use it does not justify that trauma.
I tried doing it at one point, yes, frequently
Interesting, it never does for me. Maybe I’m just lucky or my sim tool is a slightly better shape
I have a lifehack for this:
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Got it a 7 years ago, haven’t lost the ejector since… Even amazes myself everytime I need it and it’s still there… 😅 Before this mine usually didn’t last a week.
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More like 7 years of occasional surprise it’s still there. 😅😂
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Ngl, every time I go look for it out of need I totally expect it to be long gone. I might physically look at it every time I open my wallet, but it became so much part of the ‘background’ that I never actually see it at those times. 😅
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That wallet has seen some serious shit.
I noticed my phone battery bulging just yesterday. So I went and dug up the documentation that came with it to see if I could take advantage of the manufacturer’s warranty. No dice, but the sim card tray ejector thing was in with the user’s manual. So at least I have that. :/
Check out ifixit.com - your phone might be pretty repairable. It’s crazy that companies stopped making phones with replaceable batteries.
Not that much. . . . .
. . .
. . Money is why
Yeah, I’ve done some research about fixing it myself on YouTube. A kit to fix it is only about $25. But I was a little intimidated by the “heat the phone to soften the adhesive so the screen will come off” step and decided to look into how much it’d cost just to get it fixed professionally.
I walked into the “Authorized Google Repair” shop with my bulging Pixel and the guy told me there was a “99.9% chance” that the screen would break in the process of replacing the battery and if he had to replace the screen too, the total cost would be more than I paid for the phone and more than I would pay to get an identical model on Amazon now.
So, I’m evaluating my options. I could get a replacement battery and a replacement screen and do a lot of research and fix it myself, which is a little risky. Or I could just contribute to the e-waste problem and get a new phone (or a refurb; this whole ordeal makes me want to not spend much on phones in the future) that has a consumer-replaceable battery.
Oh, also, I’ve had this phone for less than three years.
Also, an unlocked bootloader and a mature LineageOS or GrapheneOS or whatever other Open-Source no-Google-apps distribution is basically an absolute deal breaker must have for me. (I suppose if I do end up getting a different phone, I could look into Linux phones too, but I’m a little wary of that. I got burned with the Openmoko Neo Freerunner back in the day.) I bought this Pixel direct from the manufacturer (not through a carrier or anything) because that was the only way to get it with an unlocked bootloader so I could go LineageOS. But going that route, I only get the one-year manufacturer’s warranty. No carrier warranty or anything.
So I guess I’ll go go pray to Saint Louis Rossmann now and hope for divine inspiration. Lol.
(Ha! Sorry for the rant. I was an extremely late adopter of smartphones at all because I don’t trust them. This is the first smartphone I’ve ever had and it didn’t last me three years! Clearly I should have remained staunchly Amish for QWERTY. Lol.)
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Yay, what’s my prize?
You can now go on a resetting rampage
You can eject sims cards whenever you want.
Sounding
Hoarder status.
Finally being recognized after so many years of “why do you save that?”.
This is your moment!
What if we’re sure it’s around here somewhere, just not sure where?
Mine is in a safe deposit box in Budapest. You can never be too cautious.
I just randomly found mine the other day.
I have a Moonlander split keyboard that is programmable and uses one of these little things for its reset button. My only gripe with it is that they could have designed a place for it to slot into the keyboard itself since it’s very easy to lose it if it isn’t otherwise attached to something.
Why do you have to reset your keyboard, future boy?
The reset button is used to apply firmware changes. For this keyboard you can customize the keys to pretty much however you like. I have one of the thumb cluster buttons set to Ctrl-C / Ctrl-V for efficiency. It’s great for making changes to personalize your mechanical keyboard experience… but it requires that pin to make changes lol.
I like it since I can assign Enter to one of the left thumb cluster buttons, you normally can’t hit enter with your left hand on a standard keyboard layout.
I’m responsible for a lot of things
Now what is that?
SIM tray opener tool for smartphones. It’s pretty small
It’s a tool to remove the SIM card from a phone
It’s a contraceptive device.
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You need one of these to swap out sim cards on mobile devices
There’s always the trusty toothpick
What kind of toothpick are you using? Most I have seen are way to fat or are to flexible.
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We have a whole keyring full of them at work
Why?? This is actually scary for some reason
I am an IT guy, we need them for… …IT-stuff…
I assume you just leave the keyring on your desk/in some drawer? I had handcuff keys on my normal ring and the pointing thing (for double-locking) made holes in my jeans, so you’d be crazy to go around with those for opening SIMs in your pocket.
It stays on my desk, if have extremely limited need for a sim removal tool in my personal life, and it would just get bent on my keychain
I store mine between my phone and phone case.
All that weight you need to carry over time
Clip gang unite!
Ifixit screwdrivers come with a bit for that.
