Alcatel One Touch Scribe: Unrecognized SIM card

You have just purchased an Alcatel One Touch Scribe and when you turn it on, it displays the following error text message: SIM card not recognized. At times the Alcatel One Touch Scribe does not recognize the SIM card and displays this message. In this case, it is not necessarily required to bring the Alcatel One Touch Scribe directly back. Certainly, there are many methods to solve this problem. We will for that reason observe in this tuto, what are the stuff to do and check to ensure the SIM card is recognized on your Alcatel One Touch Scribe.unrecognized-sim-card-Alcatel-One-Touch-Scribe

What to do when ever the SIM card is not recognized on my Alcatel One Touch Scribe

In cases where the SIM card is not recognized on your Alcatel One Touch Scribe, below is a list of stuff that may help you determine the source of the problem, observe repairing the problem.

Clean SIM card

One of the first stuff to do if the SIM card is not recognized on your Alcatel One Touch Scribe is to wash it up. In truth, it may happen that dirt partially prevents the contact between the SIM card and the smartphone. To clean it, pass a small dab of cloth over it and check if it is not damaged.

Check the tracking of the SIM card on your Alcatel One Touch Scribe

At times the problem may originate from the tracking of the SIM card. In truth, it often happens that small metal plugs that most of the time have to come in contact with the SIM card are a bit relaxed. When this is the case, this prevents the Alcatel One Touch Scribe from reading the SIM card. To solve this problem, you just have to thicken the SIM a little by gluing one or two pieces of tape at the back.

Test the SIM card on another smartphone

To find out if the problem originates from the SIM card, you may test it on another phone and you will have your answer. In case it is not recognized on other devices, you may change the SIM card.

Try another SIM card on your Alcatel One Touch Scribe

In cases where the two previous steps do not give anything, it can be required to test another SIM card to find out whenever the problem originates from the card. Certainly, whenever other SIM card function on the Alcatel One Touch Scribe, it can be because the problem originates from the card. Otherwise, it can be at the level of the smartphone that we will have to look.

Check that your Alcatel One Touch Scribe is not Simlocker

In case you have tried many SIM cards on the Alcatel One Touch Scribe and non-e are recognized, the smartphone might be Simlocker. This means that the Alcatel One Touch Scribe will recognize just the SIM card of a specific operator. In this case, you have to unlock it. You will find without a hassle a lot of offer on the internet that may do that.

Check that the problem does not originate from the ROM installed on the Alcatel One Touch Scribe

This part mainly concerns the people who root the Alcatel One Touch Scribe to install a ROM that is not initial. In cases where this is actually what you have carried out, be aware that the unrecognized SIM card problem is quite common after setting up fresh ROMs. We suggest that you reinstall an initial ROM and re-test it.

In cases where nothing works

In cases where all the above solutions do not work, we recommend you to bring your Alcatel One Touch Scribe and the SIM card back to one of your operator’s shops.