iPhone 4S Sim failure

[shandyman]

I've had the 4S since launch, with very little issues, but out of the blue yesterday, I got a popup which said SIM failure and then in top left said invalid SIM. Restarting would fix it, but anything from 5 minutes to an hour later, would happen again.

It happened on 5.1 (yes, beta) and on 5.0.1. I know there was an issue with this before, but I assumed the people that had it, had it from the start, as opposed to random onset after 2 months or so like me....

Should I just head to orange and try and get a new SIM or take it to the Apple Store for them to check it out?

 

[sgjohnston]

Probably just a broken SIM - we've had several over the years. I would go back to Orange, they should just replace it.

 

[shandyman]

Well I'm on the newer 5.0.1 that was released for the 4S only and still getting it.

How quick is it for swapping the sim?

 

[Thai4s]

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Did you check the sim? Does it seem to be anything wrong with it?

 

[shandyman]

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Did you check the sim? Does it seem to be anything wrong with it?

It looks relatively ok but has slight streaks on it

 

[M Quick]

My suggestion would be, if not already disabled to disable sim lock. That seems to have fixed the issue for most i know that had this problem.

 

[shandyman]

My suggestion would be, if not already disabled to disable sim lock. That seems to have fixed the issue for most i know that had this problem.

I assume you mean SIM PIN, not SIM lock? It's not on. Was one of the first things I checked before resorting clean install.

Anyway, been to Apple Store, they checked it out and phone is fine, it's the SIM, as they put it in a 4 with same problem.

Annoyingly the Orange shop wont replace faulty SIMs in store, so had to phone up and they're sending via royal mail.

Thanks for the help peeps

 

[scaredpoet]

That's rather annoying. You'd think the shops would have SIMs on-hand, seeing as they're presumably activating new phones there all the time.

 

[shandyman]

That's rather annoying. You'd think the shops would have SIMs on-hand, seeing as they're presumably activating new phones there all the time.

Yea I know! I knew O2 did it. Orange don't. Gotta wait 3-5 days for the SIM the. Phone then up for the switchover! It could be sorted there and then if they sorted instore!

 

[Eager Beaver]

That's rather annoying. You'd think the shops would have SIMs on-hand, seeing as they're presumably activating new phones there all the time.

How could they not?
(they are prolly just keeping them under the drawer for new activations)

 

[Stig1990]

I've had the 4S since launch, with very little issues, but out of the blue yesterday, I got a popup which said SIM failure and then in top left said invalid SIM. Restarting would fix it, but anything from 5 minutes to an hour later, would happen again.

It happened on 5.1 (yes, beta) and on 5.0.1. I know there was an issue with this before, but I assumed the people that had it, had it from the start, as opposed to random onset after 2 months or so like me....

Should I just head to orange and try and get a new SIM or take it to the Apple Store for them to check it out?

Thats really strange i got my 4s the day it came out aswel my mine also started having the exact same problem pretty much around the exact same date that yours has.

There are plenty of people reporting this issue so i find it hard to beileve that loads of people have dodgy sim cards, but on the other hand most other forums ive read people have said they have had the problem since day 1. Since the end of december mine comes up with the failure around 2 times everyday, sometimes it could be 3 or 4, or even just the once.

I spose i should go to vodafone to get a new sim card first and see if that fixes it, it really find it bad on apples part that they cannot even release a statement about the issue. Im just hoping with my fingers crossed that its not a hardware problem.