What Does Sim Card Not Supported Mean on iPhone & How to Fix it?

Some people have recently encountered a sim not supported or sim not valid problem after resetting their Apple iPhone or switching to another SIM card; and do not know the reason if their handset was already working properly with their SIM card. Sometimes, after updating or resizing or replacing the SIM card these two problems (Sim Card not Supported or Sim not Valid) on iPhone are encountered.

Or May be you have purchased your iphone from another country or another country you deal with and you face this messag (Sim Card not Supported or Sim not Valid) on iPhone when you want to activate SIM card. The message will be like this “The SIM card that you currently have installed in this iPhone is from a carrier that is not supported under the activation policy that is currently assigned by the activation server. This is not a hardware issue with iPhone. Please insert another SIM card from a supported carrier or request that this iPhone be unlocked by your carrier. Please contact Apple for more information.”

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In this tutorial, we fully explain all the problems and messages of Apple iPhone SIM card not Supported and teach you the quick solution.
These tutorials are for all Apple iPhone X, 8 PLUS, 8, 7 PLUS, 7, 6S PLUS, 6S, 6 PLUS, 6, 5S, SE, 5C, 5, 4S models facing (Sim Card not Supported or Sim not Valid).

Table of Contents

All Apple iPhone SIM Card Errors:

sim not supported
invalid sim
sim not valid
sim failure
no sim card

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What is Apple iPhone’s sim not supported and sim not valid message?

This problem (Sim Card not Supported or Sim not Valid) has recently occurred for some Apple iPhone after reissuing or updating or replacing the SIM card if the phone has already been working properly with the same SIM card.

If your iPhone box is original and you see on the back, you will notice a 20-digit iccid code on the back that shows a special SIM card.
This means that your iphone has been ordered by one of the operators or carrier and is usually sold in installments, for example Operator Lock: Sprint America, T Mobile America, at & t America, Softbank of Japan, Japan ntt docomo and other operators if previously with a SIM card other than this. Operators and carriers are working correctly and after resetting you will see this message (Sim Card not Supported or Sim not Valid) on iPhone due to the operator relocking again for one of three reasons below.

Debt or non-payment of installments or reports of theft or missing are usually the iphones that have been purchased from mobile stores in other countries. And after some time have encountered this problem on iPhone due to non-payment of installments and most of the operators of sprint, tmobile, is at & t and if you purchased from another country it can be unlocked by one of the same operators

What is the solution for sim not support and sim not valid?

Some iPhone users when insert a new sim card from a different career on their iPhone, if their iPhone is not unlocked, then they will encounter the message by Apple “Sim Card not Supported”. To solve this problem on iPhone, follow the methods bellow.

contact Your Carrier

The first step to unlock your iPhone when you encounter (Sim Card not Supported or Sim not Valid) on iPhone , is to contact your carrier and ask the support team to unlock your iPhone. Contact your carrier and request an unlock for your iPhone. Remember that your account might need to meet requirements for unlocking. When you submit the request, it might take some days for you carrier to complete.

When your carrier confirms that they have unlocked your iPhone, the message (Sim Card not Supported or Sim not Valid) on iPhone will disappear and you can insert a new Sim card and use your iPhone.

iCloud Activation Unlock

First you need to insert your Sim card and press Home button, and then select emergency call.
Then you have to dial this code: “*#*#*#*#*#” and press call button. Repeat doing it 3 times, and then shut down your iPhone.
Then, turn on your iPhone and select your region and language.
In the Activation Lock of Apple ID and it’s password just type this code #*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*. Repeat this twice and press next.
At the end, after signing in to your Apple ID you can set up your iPhone and start using it with a new carrier and new Sim card.

Note: Remember, this method might not work on all iPhone models facing (Sim Card not Supported or Sim not Valid). However, on iPhone 5, 5s and 5se it’s recommended.

What is Sim Unlocker?

The SIM unlockers are a thin fuselage that has an ic that inserts the SIM card with the SIM card shel and unlocks the network lock of Apple iPhone and SIM card lock. The best of them are turbo sim, heicard, xsim lte, R sim 12 and are non-original models of Sim club which is in fact a replica of heicard Sim.

If you try this method on iphone it would work on all the carriers. For this method, you need to have on R Sim (The R Sim contains an IC that will help you to unlock the carrier).

Follow the following steps:

First, put the R Sim at the back of the Sim card tray and Sim in the front on its own place and insert the Sim card tray into your iPhone.
Then, turn on your phone and select your preferred language and your country and region.
Activation Lock, just insert your Apple ID and it’s password and now your carrier is unlocked and you can use your iPhone.

What is “could not activate iPhone” message?

This message has recently increased and the reason for this message is Internet crash when activated, Internet switching on activation, refresh of the iPhone, IC hard drive replacement, device crash and malfunction, SIM card malfunction.

What is invalid sim message?

Invalid sim message is also common on most Apple iPhones, and the reasons for this are SIM card malfunction (as with Gevey, and Gevey SIM rupture) and IPhone path malfunction and swipe and hit.

What is Sim failure message?

The failure message of Sim can be because of SIM card failure or phone stroke, which in the first step you can solve this issue by replacing the SIM card and the next step hardware repair.

What is No Sim Card Message?

No Sim message is due to SIM card malfunction (SIM burn) Fracture of scratch card pins and swelling and fracture which can be solved first by SIM card replacement, next by checking of SIM card pins and then hardware repairs

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