Re: RAZR Says "Insert Sim" or "Check Sim"

"Scott en Aztlán" <scottenaztlan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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| I've done a web search for this problem and quite a few people seem to
| have suffered from it but nobody has posted a definitive solution.
|
| I bought a RAZR V3 for my wife about a year ago. It's been working
| fine up until a couple of days ago, when it randomly started saying
| "Insert Sim" (or sometimes "Check Sim"). Cleaning the contacts made no
| difference. The sim card works fine in a spare phone that I had lying
| around (and which my wife is now using).
|
| Before I send this thing back to Motorola for repair, is there
| anything else I can try which might bring it back to life?
|
| Thanks!

Same thing happened with mine. My solution was to place a small square of
electrical tape three layers thick on the inside of the battery cover
oriented so that it presses down slightly on the SIM. Haven't had a problem
since.

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Doug