Okay, this really grinds my gears. I've seen this come up many different places. Why do so many blind people have the idea that this is something that a sighted person needs to help them with?
I'm totally blind and have swapped sim cards on many iPhones over the years. It's not complicated or difficult, you just need to have a gentle touch. Before putting in a new sim card or taking out your current sim card if you're selling the phone for example, make sure the phone is powered down first. On the right side or left side of the phone, you'll feel a tiny hole and next to that hole, you may be able to feel the edges of the sim card tray. Find a paperclip and bend out the end with the point on it. You'll use the point to eject the sim card tray. You don't want to risk scratching the side of your iPhone when ejecting the sim card tray so what I tend to do after finding the hole is put my thumb on one side and my pointer finger on the other. I use them to guide the end of the paperclip in. When you push in the paperclip, the sim card tray should pop out. Simply grab it and pull it straight out. Assuming you are holding the phone facing you, like if you were on a facetime call for example, the sim card will be sitting in the top of the tray. Be very careful to not let it fal out! this happened to me once and it took an hour to find it. What I do now is use a tray, box, or a plastic container under the phone. This way if the sim card does fall out, it's in a small area that it can't bounce out of. Okay, grab your new sim card... The card will easily drop into the tray if the orientation is correct. same goes for tray insertion. Don't force it! You'll feel a little notch in the sim card. Line it up to where the old one had it's notch. If you didn't notice when you took it out, its not a big deal. the card will only work one way so trial and error will get you there if nothing else. Once the sim card tray is pushed all the way in, simply power on your phone and you should see the cell carrier and network type in the status bar at the top of your iPhone's screen. On 9/27/21, Rebecca Skipper <skipper8...@gmail.com> wrote: > Jonathan Mosen mentioned it in several of his podcasts. > I'm not sure if they are designed to replace the regular Sim Card or not > though. > > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> On > Behalf Of Lorie McCloud > Sent: Monday, September 27, 2021 9:31 PM > To: 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Re: sim card > > now a virtual sim card is somerhing I've never heard of. I don't think > Spectrum has those but if mine doesn't come in the mail pretty soon I'll > ask. > >> On Sep 27, 2021, at 7:20 PM, Rebecca Skipper <skipper8...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> I always get sighted help, but I've heard that some companies let you have >> virtual Sim Cards. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> On >> Behalf Of Sarah Massengale >> Sent: Monday, September 27, 2021 8:20 PM >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: sim card >> >> Personally, I recommend getting sighted help for this. There is a >> delicate little drawer you have to pull out with a very thin tool, and it >> can be really tricky. >> >> >>> On Sep 27, 2021, at 8:16 PM, Lorie McCloud <lorice...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> has anybody here ever put a new sim card in their phone? 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