I did something stupid

Depends how far you inserted the pin. I've heard of people intentionally doing this on older iPhones to increase speaker volume.Test it. Make a test call with some artificial ambient noise, i.e., tv, radio, etc.

 

Why do you have an iPhone if you don't know where the sim eject hole is?

 

Well here's the good news. If you DID damage the noise cancelling microphone that way, I seriously doubt anyone at Apple could detect that it was due to "user error." That means if you find its inoperable, just take it to a Genius bar at any Apple store and tell them it's not working properly. Don't tell them its because you stuck a pin into the hole....just tell them its not working. They'll test it, verify its not working and give you a new one. Well a refurb'd unit at any rate.

 

Yes, you are correct. You did what you said in the title.

 

I really, really hope that was sarcasm. If I had just bought an iPhone (or shoot, any phone for that matter), and was on the phone with ATT, and they told me to stick a paperclip in the hole on the top of the phone to eject the sim, guess what? I'd probably stick a paperclip in it. I don't think knowing where the sim eject hole is should be a prerequisite to buying a phone these days...

 

Haha your right. Some people on here like to act like only an elite group of people can have an iPhone.

Did you tell the ATT employee on the phone you had an iPhone 4. If you did and they told you to put it I'n the whole on the top it's there fault. Obviously they got it mixed up with an earlier generation but they still told you the wrong information.

 

OK, I'll feed the troll. Why do you bother to post when you don't have anything useful to say?

The iPhone4 has 100% more little holes than previous models. My mom probably would have made a beeline for the headphone jack and released the magic smoke. I expect customer service to be more cautious when asking people to stick paper clips into things.

I don't see this is much different than customer service asking if sound is coming out of the speaker and the user responding, "Just one." That's why there's a sticky in this forum... Not everyone cooks their own ROMs. And to make matters worse they swapped speaker sides with the iPhone4 to dial the confusion up to 11.

So, back to you. I'm cranky tonight but for the love of jebus the OP came in and admitted a big goof and humbly asked for assistance on determining if damage had been done. If you're looking for threads to toss insults this is a target rich environment and you can find better ones.

 

I'd be surprised if you did any damage, as that hole is a lot smaller than a standard paper clip, but you said "pin" ? Maybe you're using something smaller then.

 

lucky she told you to use a pin, the blunt edge of paperclip would have probably done more damage.

Those are the phone calls you wish they recorded 'for training purposes' ha ha. But of course, it wouldn't have been...

 

I'd tell Apple AT&T told you to do it and you worried if it did any damage… they may give you a refurb anyway.

 

I'm pretty sure you are mistaken.

Previous iPhones didn't have noise cancelling microphones, but users did try to increase speaker volume by piercing the speaker enclosure.