My phone keeps saying missing sim card or initialization failed? i have taken out and put back the sim card and battery and nothing works

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It is likely that your SIM card needs replaced. Most service providers will give you a replacement SIM free of charge. Hope this helps!

nokia 7230 it will say "sim card registration failed" no signal. cant make any calls. take the battery and sim card out and put it back in and the error message is GONE and works again. signal is back and can make calls. thought it might be something wrong with the sim card. did a sim swap. still does it. EVERYTIME i get that message and take the sim card and battery out and put it back in it works FINE. something wrong with the phone right? bought it in may this year.

Hi

Remove the battery from your phone. Slide off the back cover of your phone to get to the battery. Gently lift the battery from its compartment to remove.

Insert the SIM card into your phone. Once your battery is removed, insert the SIM card into your phone. Look at the image on the phone to see how to insert the SIM card correctly. Make sure it is pushed all the way into place.

Replace the battery and turn on the phone. Replace the battery back into its compartment and replace the back cover. Turn on your Nokia 2610 phone, and it should boot up. The name of your wireless provider will appear when your phone is turned on.

Allow time for your phone to read the SIM card. Once your phone is booted up, it will say initializing. This means that it is reading your SIM card information. Once your SIM card is read, your phone will go to the home screen. Your SIM card is now activated, and you should be able to access all of your information.

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Your SIM card is not being read anymore due to a number of reasons.
Try rubbing the SIM card with a clean smooth dry cloth and then insert it again.
If that doesnt work, your SIM might be damaged, take it to your network provider and they will replace it, hopefully with your same phone number.

Assuming you did the initial troubleshooting:

Battery pull and sim card removal; then place sim and battery back in.

The next step would be going to one of your carriers stores.  They can give you a test sim to put in your phone to verify whether or not its the sim card.

Hope this helps,
Bill

okay turn your phone off take the back off ,battery and take the sim card out now put the battery back in with out sim card .. turn on. now go open sim and close sim 2... turn off...remove back and battery put sim card in slot 1 make sure its in all the way put battery and back on ... turn the phone on... give it a few minutes it should work....

I had the same problem and find the answer on other forum http://forums.crackberry.com/f85/huge-problem-about-initialization-failed-sos-113323/ I used some scotch tape and worked perfect for me, the idea is to make the sim card a litle "fat" to fit the contacts.

Good luck

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I took your suggestion and replaced the SIM card, but the difference is I managed to locked it in tightly. It worked.