Locked sim

[eva_02]

I was receiving no service today and so I took my sim out and in again. When I put my password back in to unlock my sim, it says waiting but never does anything. I am now locked out of my sim. Can you help?

[dalyer]

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@eva_02 wrote:
Thanks for that link. I tried something that someone on that website mentioned and I finally got my sim unlocked and I now have service and can send and receive calls and texts again.
What I did was shut my phone off, take out the sim, start my phone again, put in my sim when it asks and when I put in my PIN it worked!
Thank you

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Great - glad you got it sorted.

Do you mean that you power the phone on without a SIM and only insert it when the phone is up and running and prompts you to insert a SIM?

I always assumed that removing/inserting a SIM while the phone was powered on might risk damaging the SIM but maybe I was being too cautious?

Disabling the SIM PIN lock from now on might also help to avoid this happening again unless you really need/want it on?

[eva_02]

Yes and I've never had or heard of problems arising because the phone was still on.
But I will leave the sim PIN lock on just so I can remember it.
Thanks

[lindahehir]

I have this problem now and have tried everything mentioned in this thread. Does anyone have any other ways to solve it???

[dalyer]

Duplicate post:

http://community.48months.ie/t5/Phones/iPhone-stuck-on-unlock-sim-screen/m-p/51964