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2011-10-28 , 06:03
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Originally Posted by strongm View Post
One or two people have reported problems using a mini SIM cut down to micro SIM in the N9 when the mini SIM carried the large format contact area.

This link shows examples of the comparative sizes to illustrate what I'm talking about

In theory it shouldn't matter, as far as I am aware, since the actual electronic contact area remains the same. But can anyone report success with cutting down such a mini SIM for the N9 (rather than examples of success for the iPhone)? I ask because my current mini SIM is of the large format
I am on vacation in the Philippines. I went and bought a sim card from slow arse suntel so I could put it into my N9. They said they don't sell Micro sims for prepaid accounts so I got the card anyways and went upstairs to another place to have them cut it for me using one of those sim card cutters you can get off of amazon or ebay.
After they cut it I tried it and it did not work so i flipped it over and laid it side by side against a globe micro sim that does work in my N9.


You can see the top part is unneeded and so I just cut it off flipped it over and cut it at the end to match the shape of the rest of it and inserted the two pieces into the N9 micro sim tray and it works now



You need to take a knife and scrape along the edges and also along the back side to thin it out and get rid of the burs just to let you know.
 

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