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Convert a SIM To a MicroSIM, With a Meat Cleaver
An anonymous reader writes "This morning, my shiny new iPad 3G 64GB arrived from the USA! The only problem was, it had an AT&T MicroSIM and as yet there is no such thing in the UK. So what's the solution? Get a chopping board, a meat cleaver, and a pair of scissors — simples!"
I've heard advice from others that a file is actually better, as it works better for removing the controlled amount of material and things like rounding corners.
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What exactly is the point of MicroSIM anyway? To make it easier to lose?
Locking customers in.
Cutting edge technology.
This person puts a new meaning to the term "hacker."
Or an old meaning.....
Except that the page footer says "Made on a Mac" with an Apple logo. "Sent from my iPhone." "Sent from my iPod." Who cares? Their products insert advertising. I hate Apple for that crap.
Put identity in the browser.
Did the guy write it himself? No? Then the product inserted it. I didn't claim it was hidden from the user.
Put identity in the browser.
Ummmm....the point isn't that you can disable it. It's that it's extra advertising that's automatically inserted by default. If I buy a product, the company should be happy enough about that, not make strong suggestions that I continue advertising their product. Most consumers leave their gadgets at default settings, and Apple is relying on that tendency.
It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
Yeah so?
Blackberry does it on their devices, Hotmail does it, Android phones do it. So you hate all of them too?
Your attitude would have stopped every human technological advance from fire through to space travel.
The risk of any experiment is failure. The reward is knowledge either way. I mean come on, he was risking a SIM card, not life and limb here.
Never trust a man in a blue trench coat, Never drive a car when you're dead
Never mind, apple lovers dont need to be factual when taking shots at android - big Steve said so.
This seemed like a reasonable sig at the time.
but doesn't that mean we can just hate on both Apple AND Blackberry now?
This seemed like a reasonable sig at the time.
No. I think he knew exactly what he was doing.
From the article:
"Above is a picture of the SIM cards - as you can see, they vary a lot, but the only parts that matter to us are the contacts which are common to the MicroSIM and SIM. Electronically, the SIM and MicroSIM are the same so we can cut the rest away and not worry (so long as we are careful)."
He's not cutting gemstones - It's a SIM card, they're cheap. If he'd trashed it, he would have just gone and gotten another one.
I think it was a little more calculated than pure luck. It is pretty much a known certainty that a SIM/Smart card is going to have most of the silicon applied to the back on the contact area, it's just cheaper to make them that way.
Worst case scenario? His "lack of judgement" forces him to call vodafone and request a replacement Sim. They normally arrive next day. Given the choice between no internet and playing the low risk game of butcher the card, I think the butchery would be my preferred option.
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the problem wtih heatshrink tubing is you always remember it *after* you've soldered your wire...!