How to cut your SIM card (Micro SIM, Nano SIM - iPhone 5)
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- čas přidán 7. 12. 2012
- Use sharp scissors like these - amzn.to/1sy2Sqk
Or just buy a device like this for $3.85 - amzn.to/1OfJgBm
Print the template from here - bit.ly/TMaxwM
This video teaches viewers how to cut a SIM card from a standard (Mini SIM) format down to either a Micro SIM (For the NExus 4 etc.) or Nano SIM (for the new iPhone 5). You can also use a pre-configured SIM cutter like the one linked above if you're uncomfortable cutting your own SIM card using scissors. Thumbs up if you found this video to be helpful & good luck cutting your SIM!
*Disclaimer - cut your SIM at your own risk! - Věda a technologie
shit had me nervous, like trying to defuse a bomb or something.
Bilah M RIGHT
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LOL xD!
Bilah M loppppppppopopppoo
I guess you could call this "cutting edge technology"
Cat LMAO
Ur cringy af
Stfu
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Funny😂
wow first unbox therapy video where the guy is not acting like hes fucking high on cocaine
W.T.F. FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS COKE,NOW I'M SURE HE'S METH TWEAKING
back when unbox therapy made useful videos
'No sim card inserted' .. yep! I've fucked it up!
what did you do ?
I cut it by sim cutter and happened the same to me ..so some sim cards cant be cut.
Emotional Chameleon I laughed to
So I bought a 3.8" phone several years ago, which used a mini-SIM. Then I bought a 4.7" phone, and that used a micro-SIM. Now I have a 5.96" phone coming soon, and it needs an even smaller nano-SIM.
What's going on? Who keeps wanting to put smaller and smaller SIMs into phones that just get bigger and bigger? In a couple of years, am I going to buy a phone so big that I have to store it in a backpack, and they'll tell me I have to get a new atom-SIM the size of a needlepoint?
So true
my theory is that one of the reasons why sims are getting smaller and smaller is to enable the phone manufacturers to accomodate more other fancy components to the smart phones. ie. the nano-sim enables extra space for more and more tiny electronic components to be added on the phone device.
Fal Teot i don't want to agree with you. Whether its nano or micro sim, the space accommodate in the mobile is just the same. Look at the tray for nano sim....they are as big as mini sim. For me it doesn't make any sense. The company is just doing something different so that the consumers will have something to talk about. They are all part of marketing mix strategy.
Richard Smithson I agreed with Richard, Why make it smaller when the cellphones need smaller trays and sliders to insert the cards and moreover the sims always come in the default credit-card size holders. Then you get cellphones that take only one type of sim card.
Holy crap! Thanks for the insight. Maybe the reason why the sim cards are getting smaller is because of the need of space for the new features. Since the older ones doesn't have much features in it that's why they don't require smaller sim. That's just my opinion I don't really know the reason behind it. But it seems like people are enjoying bigger screens, it's kind of like the "new thing".
These instructions were clear and accurate. I followed them and successfully cut down a mini SIM to a nano SIM in a few minutes. I used 180 grit sandpaper to decrease the thickness of the SIM. It was also helpful in doing final adjustment to the width. In the end the new nano SIM fit in the carriage perfectly in all three dimensions. It wasn't as hard as I'd thought. Thanks for the great instructions!
Man if you're watching this video for no reason in 2021, you're not alone
Shut up
2023
I think I fucked up my simcard :'(
hahahahahahah , me too, fuck
Abderrahmane kenzai welcome to the club guys^^
The SPAM is real
***** fucking loser
El Manzanarama Thanks man! Cheers!
I was searching for this and now I bumped into one of Lew's old videos!!!!! :D
This was surprising simple. I spent way too much time searching round the house for sand paper, tape etc and in the end it was really easy with just the scissors. Worked first time with no sanding. Cheers!
I fucked my sim up
You stupid
+Ender Snail phuc yu
+Cutberto Gonzalez Sue.
+Cutberto Gonzalez me too -_-
same
Sitting here in 2021, and looking back, I would not have trusted myself to cut up a SIM card, but I still done it anyways, so much easier to just pop it out of the card today
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Worked perfectly, thanks for the template and spot on instructions. Also used the sandpaper to smooth the edges to fit in better as well!
Fun little tutorial. I came to learn that i cut my sim card far too much, so the extra tape helped me out in making my simcard still stick and be useable. Worked flawlessly.
took me light years to finally do this, VERY HELPFUL
Watching this in 2015, trying to install my sim to my New OnePlus 2. Quite helpful, thanks Lue!
Three years ago this is the video that I first watched that made me sub :) still love the content
One of the most useful guides I've ever watched here. Thanks man!
The process was extremely easy! I've already converted a Mini SIM to Micro SIM for an LG G4 and a Mini SIM to Nano SIM for a Samsung Galaxy A7. Thank you very much for your video, it helped a lot. Keep up the good work! I subbed!
it's 2019 and i really needed this~ >_< thanks
Worked perfectly for my iphone 6s ^^
Thank you for the well produced video! Just successfully converted a micro SIM to nano SIM for use in a ZTE tablet. Card was already active so this saved me a little bit of $. The key was sanding it down enough to slide into the slot☺
Thanks for sharing, I was nervous about cutting into the metal portion but watching it be done helped.
RIP CARD, I DID IT SO WRONG! FUCK THIS...
jakob eriksson not worth it, just buy one for 10$...
UnknownUser I just wanted to try it with my old sim atleast, but i fucked up..
You can get them for free... (AT&T only)
Not in sweden GoProVideos
Worked for me! Here's a tip: cut the card slightly too large, check it, and sand the edges with 80 grit sandpaper until it fits
Omg I just eyeballed it and it worked. Thank the Lord!!
Worked perfectly for me. I went from a Note 4 (micro Sim) to Nexus 6P (nano Sim). No problems at all. Thank you for this! I just used Scotch Precision scissors that I got from CVS and worked great. Was very easy to cut.
Super easy guide to follow, works like a charm, ty!
I did it with nail clipper :DDD
hahahaha :D
same
That is a little hard with nail clippers because it is curved.
not all of them
I did it with nail clipper too XD
Worked great thanks for sharing! :)
Thank you very much, took me about 10 minutes and a lot of patience with some little sharp scissors.
Great, It works! Few cuts and I have NanoSIM. Thank you! You saved me time and money.
You're A life saver man. Fuck a 20 dollars
So I ended up completely ruining my sim card and... im off to buy one in the morning.
+StanleyLimehouse lol 😂😂
I can't believe they charge you 20 dollars for a fucking SIM. Here you get one for $1.5
Thank you so much for the tutorial! Worked perfectly. I used a nail file for the sanding instead though. :)
C De La Roi so when you cut your sim card, it really works on the new phone? i guess Im scared to cut mine . :)
Wow. What a throwback xD I'm about as old rn as Lew was, when this video came out.
I needed to cut a little piece of the metal contact, I didn't know that I could do that. Thx a lot!
Greetings from France
IT WORKED, i feel so smart
October 2019...this is a history lesson in ancient tech problems
Totally cut my sim card using your guidelines. Didn't use a template or draw lines as I could tell where I needed to cut it. Did sand it down, popped it in the new device and it totally worked. Had I not seen your video, though, I never would have attempted it. Thanks!!!!
Not all cuts shown, bad
Sandpaper trick, good
Stencil, good
Link for alt device, good
Subscribed.
Thank you for the video.
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Haha, 69 likes
+Jonathan Allison LOL
Thank God! You're just in time.
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i click on the link and it takes me to a page where the language seems different than english, where do i click to view that template
I found a copy of the template he used and it worked awesome for me! Thanks man!
damn from 2012 to 2018 the difference is real. You deserve the 10 million subs
I just used *Norton SandWet Waterproof Super Fine 400 Grit* sandpaper to make my microSIM a nanoSIM. Very quick and painless and I daresay more precise than cutting. This SIM has followed me from phone to phone since it was a regular sized SIM in 2012!
from phone to phone?? I try to put my SIM card from 2012 into my next phone... now...
@@LindaSelfPortrait you haven't gotten a new phone since 2012?
@@RekzysTheTitan No I almostt laughed at you for second though, look at what he said "The SIM has followed me phone to phone since 2012!"
Yes, the author should have mentioned the grade of sandpaper and the importance of cutting the corner piece.
With any other product than "Norton SandWet Waterproof Super Fine" it wouldn't have worked at all, that's for sure. Essentially vital information right there!
R.I.P my minisim
Thanks. It worked like a dream. Only 10 minutes effort.
Oh my gosh. I didn’t think this was actually going to work! I messed up my cuts and it still worked!
lew sounds like he knows what he's talking about... what happened to him in 5 years
ikr
He is also more relaxed and not shouting at me
This is so true
He’s more fun now
you have a point lol I didn't even realize this was him before I noticed your comment
Omg this guy loves to talk. He didn't take a single breath this whole video
Just bought a One Plus 5T and had to cut my micro SIM into a nano SIM. Thanks to your video I was able to do it really quick. Great video! Thanks so much!
It worked after a bit of fiddling. Saved the day. Thank you
a world without sims interests me
you know sim cards can be resized right?😊
This is Gavinlovesdogs on my Brothers account.
So I had a Micro-Sim Flip phone. I got a Nano Sim Phone. I was a bit scared to use my real sim, So I tried it with a in-active sim. I did the steps, (Without a template) and The old Number on the In-Active Sim popped up in the Settings. I was amazed. Thank you so much.
Cheers, Gavin
THANK YOU SO MUCH LOU THIS HELPED ME SO MUCH KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK MATE LOVE IT
I didn't need a template or marker I just grabbed my scissors and cut to the metal bit and somehow it worked
got mine cutted , Mini to Micro then to Nano
don't need sanding , push slightly harder for it to go in.
October 2018 Lew I try to see all your videos now I have seen the most of them keep going if you saw my comment
man, youve come a LONG way lou!
What's next.... Nano SD card? or perhaps, Pico sim card?
Nano's already there
yocto-sim, imagine that :)
Oh good lord, they have changed SD card sizes now? FU Huawei...
There is a nanosim
From full to nano, they were just cuts, from pico to armstorng they are shrinked
how do u not lose data on the sim by cutting the metal section
Wow 8 years later you dont have any likes a verified ytber
10 years
it's just contacts, they don't hold the data
Worked with no problems. Didn't use the template. Had a nano sim to use as the template. Scored the sim with a razor and cut along marks with kitchen knife. Used sandpaper to thin the chip and round the corners. Appreciate the tutorial.
Hey thanks man this video really helped me out today I was all worried at first to try it but luckily enough it worked thanks for this video man i owe you
Get a nano sim then get an adapter
Who's finger was that on the left at 5:27? D=
I was like "he sounds like lew" then I looked on the channel and I was subbed and notifications then I saw it was unbox therapy! Wow. Humble beginnings
to be honest tought it wouldn't work but actually worked !!!! thank you so muchhh
Link for template doesn't work?
Richard Lovett can i trace it from my computer screen or do i have to print ?
***** thanks but i already did it by just pausing the video and estimating it :D
+Emilyzx - no need for template just use a nano stud cut a long it call it done
+Emilyzx - Careful you cut off your finger... you'll get a nano finger
+Emilyzx - blogdoiphone.com/goodies/How_to_cut_Mini_and_Micro_SIM_to_Nano_SIM.pdf
Who needs a template?
Just do it ✅
So this is the video that got Unbox Therapy popular.
I did it without seeing all the video and without listening the sound because I was at work jajajajajajaja. Thanks! :D
Instructions unclear, i cut my hair like Rihanna.
Can phone companies provide nano sim for the same phone number for which you had a micro sim? That would save the hassle of all cutting & grinding trial & error shit.
My phone company have sims that are regular, micro and nano all in 1.. just pull it out of the plastic and done..
To actually have SIM cards nowadays is the real problem. Modern phones could easily do without SIM cards alltogther. It would safe space and ressources and you just use a username and password to log into your mobile carrier.
what carrier do you have?
St. Devil in my country they do that and I live on an island
Thanks. Worked perfectly. It also works if you already have a nano sim card and use to cut into shape.
great video thank you for this. very tempted to do this myself right now but I'll just wait til tomorrow to take a trip to the store so I have both types of sim cards just in case.
These full sized sim cards without cuts are kinda rare
i don't know what kind of cut you mean but when i got my first sim card it was in the full size sim card adapter thing and my dumb and useless and french fry and chips feasting sister wanted to cut the telia logo out of the full sized sim card adapter so she ruined the sim card adapter without my permission
@@PearCoin124 Yes, without that adapter. They are the ones I talked about
I have no use for this what so ever, I still watched a 6 min video on it for.. some reason...
Same
Worked perfect thanks lou!
it works!!! thanks man. so easy. i didnt even need the template
who else is worried they'll fuck it up if they try ?
I actually did.
@@SikanderG what happened?
@@MelissaMirabileG i did and worked
These things looks so common nowadays😂
It worked! Thank you!!! I didn't use a template just held it against another nano, but holy crap, thought i'd stuff it up.
just wanted to say i followed your instructions AND IT WORKED! i didnt even have to sandpaper the back. my galaxy s9+ tray took the mini sim just like that. in forums everybody kept saying you should never cut the metal part but thats obviously wrong. my mini sim even looked way different from yours, it was oversized on all four sides, but its important to look for those grind marks that your phone leaves on the sim card. thats the important bit. i used one of those mini-micro-nano adapters as a guide. just left the nano part open and put it on top of the mini sim, then drew the nano-sim lines and cut it. again, watch for the marks. thats where your phone connects. A+
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I did everything you said and mine still says no sim 😩
Template link is not available to download
It's A4. Will it print correctly on US letter-size?
no
Just google one...there’s loads
watching this during the lockdown xD
Very helpful when travelling and swapping SIM cards. Thanks for sharing and thumbs up =)
template link dead
Wow. $20 for a sim? its like what 99p in the UK (Around 70-80cent
Our carriers screw us in the states.
Dylan Nyko where i live (Cyprus) it is totally free .. and you can even get candies at the front desk for being a customer :)
free in serbia to, im just to lazy to go to provider shop
Its 99 here for straight talk but it is bad when it comes to data usage
wow what??free in hungary at telekom
I took your advice just to cut it as close to the gold part as I could, without cutting into it, and voila! works like a charm. Didn't bother with the paper, lines, etc. but I did use my kitchen scissors.
Didn't even realize this was Unboxtherapy till I looked at the discription!!!!! thought id know Lew's voice anywhere. gotta watch more older vids now!!
Idid it without tutorial or anything i got lucky cx
Me too.
Sweet.
Why am i watching this?
Because you're considering switching to a phone with the nano-SIM form factor?
same i have 0 interest
because we love Lew
Im watching this because I paid a dollar for someone else to do it when I could have done it myself. T_T
You love a douchebag that does fake giveways?
This is really what i need to know. Very helpful vid. Thanks.
haha needed this video in 2020!! Thanks Lew
Looks like I found the template!
www.technobuffalo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/microSIM_to_nano_SIM_iPhone_5_guide.png
Instructions unclear. Note 7 blew up.
Victory! It didn't work at first since I inserted in the wrong direction. Thx for the tutorial!
Works AWESOME on my new Nexus 6 that Verizon said couldn't be used on their network. I bought it off Ebay brand new still in box from a dealer who had sold over 1000 of these. Just took my old SIM, used your excellent template and instructions, cut it down, and wham, Verizon on the phone they said would not work. Verizon couldn't help, Motorola couldn't help, but you sir, did help me :-)