Honor 9N: Unrecognized SIM card

You have just acquired an Honor 9N and when you turn it on, it displays the following error message: SIM card not recognized. From time to time the Honor 9N does not recognize the SIM card and displays this message. In this case, it is not necessarily necessary to bring the Honor 9N directly back. Certainly, there are a lot of tips to solve this trouble. We will therefore find out in this tuto, what are the things to do and check so that the SIM card is recognized on your Honor 9N.unrecognized-sim-card-Honor-9N

How to proceed when ever the SIM card is not recognized on my Honor 9N

If perhaps the SIM card is not recognized on your Honor 9N, below is a list of things that could help you identify the source of the trouble, find out repairing the trouble.

Clean SIM card

One of the first things to do if the SIM card is not recognized on your Honor 9N is to clean it up. Actually, it may possibly happen that dirt partially prevents the contact between the SIM card and the cellphone. To wash 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 Honor 9N

From time to time the trouble may possibly come from the tracking of the SIM card. Actually, it often happens that little metal plugs that most of the time have to come in contact with the SIM card are a little relaxed. When this is the case, this prevents the Honor 9N from reading the SIM card. To solve this trouble, you simply have to thicken the SIM a little by gluing 1 or two pieces of tape at the back.

Test the SIM card on another cellphone

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

Try another SIM card on your Honor 9N

If perhaps the two previous steps do not give anything, it is necessary to test another SIM card to find out in cases where the trouble originates from the card. Certainly, in cases where other SIM card work on the Honor 9N, it is because the trouble originates from the card. Otherwise, it is at the level of the cellphone that we will have to look.

Verify that your Honor 9N is not Simlocker

If you have tried a lot of SIM cards on the Honor 9N and non-e are recognized, the cellphone could be Simlocker. It indicates that the Honor 9N will recognize just the SIM card of a certain operator. In this case, you have to unlock it. You will find without a hassle a lot of provide on the net that could do that.

Check that the problem doesn’t come from the ROM installed on the Honor 9N

This part mainly concerns the people who root the Honor 9N to install a ROM that is not initial. If perhaps this is actually what you have done, be aware that the unrecognized SIM card trouble is quite common after setting up fresh ROMs. We recommend that you reinstall an initial ROM and re-test it.

If perhaps nothing functions

If perhaps all the above solutions do not work, we recommend you to bring your Honor 9N and the SIM card back to 1 of your operator’s shops.