Only Satan would design a hole that is smaller than the end of a bent paperclip when the entire purpose of the hole is to put something into it.
How else can you sell an iPoker 4X?
You’re still using the 4X? Lol, get yourself an 8Max and thank me later.
I did but I’m still saving up for the handle
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For anyone else who ever has this problem, there are easier ways than a paper clip and hammer.
I have used pencil lead (0.5mm) successfully. You get a short piece and push hard, it might hurt your thumb a bit but it works. Obviously most needles work but I have used things like safety pins from the back of a shirt pin. I’ve also used the tip of mechanical pencils in a pinch. And if you’re crafty you can do something (carefully) with a toothpick and a knife to shave the tip down. Dumbest thing I’ve ever used is a disposable flosser that had a toothpick on the end. I also used that to clean USB C ports. All of these also similarly work on small reset buttons on routers and such.
I usually take a needle of some kind and clip the point off so it’s not as sharp.
An earring pokey works too, just wipe off any schmutz
there must be an everyday item that functions as a makeshift alternative.
is there a name for the superfine point ones?
For a Korean, the hole doesn’t need to be that big
I just realized that each phone comes with one and only one of SIM ejectors, and I have a lot of those in my drawer. I think I have a problem. -_-
You’re responsible for everything!!!
Most screw-driver kits like the IFixIt kits, include a sim-eject head.
The chosen one!
Me too… and my phone uses an eSIM!
I keep one on my keys since it’s useful for pushing reset buttons and things and if I really need to it even works as a screwdriver
Someone told me this a few years ago. Absolute pro life tip!
Does it ever poke you?
I kept mine on my keychain for the longest time until it got me right under one of my finger nails. The amount of times I’ve had to use it does not justify that trauma.
I tried doing it at one point, yes, frequently
Interesting, it never does for me. Maybe I’m just lucky or my sim tool is a slightly better shape
I have a lifehack for this:
That wallet has seen some serious shit.
Yeah, I urgently need a new one but I keep postponing and forgetting. 😅 It used to be a cheap fake leather one which looked cool, has a crocodile head on the outside in it, and just plainly looked cool. Now, 5 years later, all the leather, except for the crocodile head, has proven to be a thin layer that has come off over time and what remains is a completely exposed (again, except for the crocodile head) black rubbery underlayer. 😅 Oh, well, it cost me €5 or something, I guess 5 years was a good service at that price…
Wait sim ejector holders exist?!
Got it a 7 years ago, haven’t lost the ejector since… Even amazes myself everytime I need it and it’s still there… 😅 Before this mine usually didn’t last a week.
Damn you really are a responsible person, I mean 7 years and you’ve kept it and looked after it lol
More like 7 years of occasional surprise it’s still there. 😅😂
I can imagine what it’s like to find it a year or two later and being like “Damn this thing still exists” lmao
Ngl, every time I go look for it out of need I totally expect it to be long gone. I might physically look at it every time I open my wallet, but it became so much part of the ‘background’ that I never actually see it at those times. 😅
The worst type of objects are the ones that are smack in front of you but you don’t see them because you don’t use them often enough.
It’s like holding your phone in your hand then spacing out, then when you zone in again you try looking for your phone which is still in your hand but because you spaced out and are used to it being in your hand often, you naturally forgot and thought you lost it.
I have like 7 of these in a container next to me. I don’t think responsible is the word that would be associated with that behaviour.
PS - paperclips work fine for this purpose.
Evolution
IMHO the one in the middle is the most comfortable to use.
Damn, I have never seen any of these shapes before.
I used the pins on an Arduino to pop my sim tray because I didn’t have any paper clips near me. There are a lot of things you could use.
I always end up using my wife’s earrings.
I mean, they fit on a keychain, which is fucking great; Sadly, they stab you through the pants pocket so they’re fucking rude.
I just upgraded mine from an old Apple one to a newer Pixel one, which has a sturdier loop on it.
I don’t know what in the hell I did, I have one of the solid circular round ones with a small hole in the back for the keychain. It’s been on my keys for ages. One morning I went to put my seat belt on and got a sharp stab. I pulled my keys out and it was bent 90° and I just the tiniest little bit of blood on it.
I’m very responsibleI thought there was a hole in your hand I didn’t see the metal. I just saw straight through them. Wtf
You should put them all on a keyring!
I do tech support, I always have one on my keychain.
I used to keep one on my keys back when I worked at a carrier store selling phones. Made life so much easier then.
In fact, the actual inserted part broke off years ago (and I haven’t done phone sales in over a decade), but the main part of the body is actually still attached to my keyring. I haven’t even thought about that until this post, actually.
The dude who sold me my latest smartphone this year had one long fingernail. I kinda thought it was a coke nail until he applied my screen protector and used the nail to separate the plastic backing from it. Aha!
I studied classical guitar in high school and since I could never keep my real fingernails intact I always had three plastic nails going on my right hand. That was a tough one to explain to the local bullies.
I would manage to jab tf out of myself
I’ll adapt the keychain thing
Ngl that’s pretty smart to keep one on a keychain, better than keeping it in the original box
I just bought a new phone and put it next to the other four I have.
You’re either really good at holding onto those things, or really good at losing/breaking phones
i usually grab a breadboard jumper wire and shove it in my sim card slot 😂
Now what is that?
It’s a tool to remove the SIM card from a phone
SIM tray opener tool for smartphones. It’s pretty small
You need one of these to swap out sim cards on mobile devices
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iFIXIT kits include a bit that lets you eject sim trays
Good. I don’t like sim trays. They’re small and flimsy and irritating and are easily lost. Not like here. Here everything is built-in and solid.
I fixit gang. If you did not know, some of the ifixit kits have a screwdriver bit that is just for that
Every screwdriver lie I’ve bought has these
You guys aren’t just using eSIMs?
As someone traveling to other countries a few times a year, eSims have been a game changer.
They’re also good for SD card slots.
These little ejector tools are useful for more than just SIM cards. CD/DVD ROM drives have force eject buttons inside tiny little holes that these can reach and push. Many hardware reset buttons are also hidden inside tiny holes.
You could use an unfolded paperclip in a pinch. One of my air purifiers has a reset button inside a hole that is slightly too thin for the paper lips I have on hand. But the SIM ejector tool I keep around fits perfectly.
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i have never heard of such a thing how does it work
