Solved! If you have a miniSIM where the gold contact area is too big to cut down to microSIM size without cutting into the contact (and the semiconductor inside)... chances are you have an older SIM like I did. Ask your network for a new SIM and chances are the new replacement will have the smaller contact area, which is cuttable.


Got my N9. This is good.

Do not have a micro SIM. This is bad.

My network doesn't provide micro SIMs and doesn't seem to have a plan to do so. This is very bad and also annoying.

I know that there are cutting templates etc. out there, and I've just given it a try. Issue is that the gold contact area on my regular mini SIM card is gigantic compared to that on my buddy's micro SIM which I borrowed for comparison. This means that to match up the contact lines, I ended up having to shave into the contact area a tiny bit.

Somewhat predictably, the results weren't too great: the N9 didn't detect a network when I inserted the my SIM card after surgery (for comparison, my friend's micro SIM works fine in my N9).

So: given that I'm not at all sure that my network will help me, does anyone know whether or not it would be possible for me to buy a microSIM from another network, take it to my network and have them re-program it to cause my N9 to register on my network?

Actual knowledge/info is greatly preferred over speculation at this point, because I'm currently without a cellphone (at least until I get a replacement mini SIM later today) and there's no way I'll rest until my N9 is capable of making and receiving calls/SMS. Please don't suggest moving to another network - if it comes to it, I can make that decision without help. Of course it's lame that my current network can't help me, but I'm otherwise very happy with them.