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Sep 6, 2022 · 1. Make sure that you have an active plan with your wireless carrier. 2. Restart your iPhone or iPad. 3. Check for a carrier settings update. Go to Settings > General > About. If an update is available, you'll see a prompt to select OK or Update. 4. Remove your iPhone SIM card or iPad SIM card from the SIM card tray and then put the SIM card back.
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If you get an alert that says Invalid SIM or No SIM Card installed, follow these steps.
1.Make sure that you have an active plan with your wireless carrier.
2.Restart your iPhone or iPad.
3.Check for a carrier settings update. Go to Settings > General > About. If an update is available, you'll see a prompt to select OK or Update.
4.If your device has an eSIM, contact your carrier.
5.If your device has a physical SIM card, remove your iPhone SIM card or iPad SIM card from the SIM card tray and then put the SIM card back. Make sure that the SIM tray closes completely and isn’t loose. If you use a SIM tray from a different model iPhone, iPad, or from another phone manufacturer, it might not fit properly.
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If you receive an alert that says Invalid SIM or No SIM Card installed, follow these steps. Make sure you have an active plan with your wireless network provider. Restart your iPhone or iPad .
- Remove Your SIM Tray. If your SIM tray is full of dust, your iPhone wouldn't be able to read your SIM card. Here's how to fix this: Switch your iPhone off.
- Toggle Airplane Mode. Several users, including myself, have been able to fix the SIM card error by switching Airplane Mode on and off. You would stop connecting to cellular networks, so any network error would be cleared.
- Force Restart Your iPhone. There are various problems that could arise because of isolated glitches. However, a force restart should help. All the apps and processes would be closed to erase the glitch.
- Update iOS. When was the last time you updated iOS? If it's been a while, you could be facing a bug. You probably already know if you're using an older iOS version.
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Jan 8, 2021 · We understand that your iPhone 12 Pro Max is having trouble with recognizing the SIM card. We will be glad to assist. Please see the following resource: If you see 'invalid SIM' or 'no SIM' on your iPhone or iPad
Use this guide to remove or replace the SIM card in your iPhone 12 Pro Max. This guide is for the physical SIM card only; the embedded SIM (eSIM) is silicon-based and cannot be removed.