# Why do we get a "No SIM" error message on our iPad?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-get-a-no-sim-error-message-on-our-ipad/722412
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [June 13, 2015, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-get-a-no-sim-error-message-on-our-ipad/722412 "2015-06-13T04:08:00Z")
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### Author: ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2015, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-get-a-no-sim-error-message-on-our-ipad/722412/1 "2015-06-13T04:08:00Z")

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This afternoon, Mrs Piper’s iPad stopped connecting to the Internet and in the upper left corner is sowing a little message: “No SIM.”

Any idea why this would suddenly start happening? How can I fix it?

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### Author: ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2015, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-get-a-no-sim-error-message-on-our-ipad/722412/2 "2015-06-13T05:27:25Z")

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Have you tried doing a full shutdown, then eject and reinsert the SIM? With any luck, it’s just a transient thing. My phone did the same thing a couple weeks ago, and the shutdown and eject bit fixed it.

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### Author: ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2015, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-get-a-no-sim-error-message-on-our-ipad/722412/3 "2015-06-13T05:38:16Z")

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How do you eject the SIM card on an iPad?

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### Author: ![Kyrie\_Eleison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kyrie_eleison/32/7682_2.png) [@Kyrie\_Eleison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyrie_Eleison)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2015, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-get-a-no-sim-error-message-on-our-ipad/722412/4 "2015-06-13T05:46:29Z")

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[Remove the SIM card from your iPhone or iPad](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201337). In many cases the instructions call for you to use the “SIM eject tool,” but a bent paper clip works just fine if you, like me, have no idea where that little thing got off to.

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### Author: ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2015, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-get-a-no-sim-error-message-on-our-ipad/722412/5 "2015-06-13T07:34:18Z")

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I get that on my phone every now and then. I just turn my phone off then restart it. Works every time.

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### Author: ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2015, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-get-a-no-sim-error-message-on-our-ipad/722412/6 "2015-06-13T15:01:56Z")

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Powered off and on and it’s working again. Thanks all.