My phone W550i keeps showing "Insert a sime card" on the screen even when the sim is present. It happens when the phone is kept in horizontal position for a long time
Bug #162856 reported by
rach
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| hal-info (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: hal-info
1.Insert the sim in the phone W550i.
2.Keep it in a horizontal position in an a.c room for a long time
3.The panel keeps showing "Insert a sim card to view the contents"
Keep continuously removing the sim and putting it back
The phone comes back to ready state when it can be used..........
Revision history for this message
| TerryG (tgalati4) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in hal-info: | |
| status: | New → Incomplete |
Revision history for this message
| Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in hal-info: | |
| status: | Incomplete → Invalid |
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Triaged to Incomplete. Sounds like a phone/SIM card problem. Sometimes the SIM contacts need cleaning with an eraser. If the phone can't read the SIM card it doesn't boot properly and thus won't connect via USB. Not much Ubuntu can do about that.