SIM chip for Nokia - how do I put the bugger in?

[Dina Lerret]

On 11/21/05, Shaun Hately <drednort at alphalink.com.au> wrote:

> On most Nokia's at the back, near the base is a small flattened semi-
> circular button that you are meant to push down as you push the cover
> forward. In theory this should be quite easy - in practice, not
> always.

In *theory*. {chuckle}  I... I was so flabbergasted.  He just used one
thumb on the release, pushed forward with his finger tip, and the case
smoothly opened. =:-o


> I have found with difficult ones that it is best to put the phone
> face down on a soft cloth (to protect the front) and then using a
> normal writing pencil, push down on the button, quite hard and push
> forward at the same time. This will often move the cover.

I tried that with a retractable pen tip (as a gal with nails, I try to
find substitutes) and it didn't work. :-(


> Once the cover is off, the SIM card generally goes into a holder
> right near the base of the phone, with the battery located in the
> centre of the phone.

Aye, once the back cover was off, the battery was easy to pop out and
insert the T-Mobile SIM.  He didn't know how to insert the SIM chip,
so I did that.

{snort} Since we're both half Japanese and in the vein of 'how many
people to screw in a light bulb' joke, it took two to put in a SIM
chip.

Well, at least I now know about placement of SIM chips, even if I
can't get the back case off. ;--)  I usually like learning useful
stuff, and even if I don't personally own certain technology (my
boss's father questions me about an iPod--I never owned one--or my
boss gives me his Blackberry--don't have one of those either), I'm
surrounded by it.  I don't have much by way of 'portable' technology
because I'm not really 'on the go'.

When my boss's niece had a graduation party and they rented a
projector (I was asked to make a songvid from their home movies), I
had to figure out how to set-up and get the projector going and then
give my boss a brief overview.  It's such an opposite compared to my
previous job where my supervisor basically told her entire department
we're 'dumb' and not to think on our own, even though we were in there
for 8-10 years.

Dina