Thread: [SOLVED] SIM card "DEMAGNETIZATION"? - Read last reply!
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petur is offline petur
2013-07-15 , 10:45
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Originally Posted by TheoX View Post
Now here's his variant of the story: The SIM is like a fuse for the antenna, so if there are some frequency fluctuations the SIM card is the first one that gets fried just to protect the GSM Driver (chips or whatever). He told me that once a customer came with a FRIED (but the good kind of frying, that the SIM was physically burnt, with visible marks of burning) SIM card, they replaced the SIM and the phone worked beautifully for 2 more years flawlessly until the customer came to get a new phone.
That is 100% b*llsh*t, the GSM controller just talks to the SIM with a certain protocol, like it would talk to a memory chip or another controller. The SIM is nowhere near the TX/RX signals.

Of course, if some spike hits the antenna or powersupply (like an EMP), it will fry the SIM. But also the GSM controller and other stuff.

Just take it from me, the electronics in the SIM just died, no need to look for an explanation.
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