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kcchaso

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Nov 21, 2012
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Has anyone made their own nano-sim card? Did you have to sand it or you just cut it pop it right in?
 

cyclotron451

macrumors regular
Mar 16, 2005
220
1
Europe
I was going to cut my 128k mini-sim down to size but then noticed Vodafone Italy had a free nano-sim available as replacement. I did practice on an old mini-sim and it was easy to cut to size with sharp electrician's scissors, then the only filing with sand-paper that I did was to smoothen the rough edges on the sim. The depth of the cut-down sim wasn't a particular problem.

practice on something old first!
 

ProudLoz

macrumors regular
Aug 26, 2012
240
0
The T-Mobile SIM card I cut down for the hell of it didn't need any sanding whatsoever. Just cut it up and you're good to go.
 

XboxMySocks

macrumors 68020
Oct 25, 2009
2,230
198
Yeah, they don't usually need sanding. I would still recommend doing it out of anal retentiveness, but it's not needed.
 

forcetactic

macrumors 6502
Jul 30, 2010
478
7
Mine needed sanding but it's very easy to do. If your sim card has some resistance when inserting, just sand it a bit
 
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