Inserting the SIM card into your Samsung Galaxy Core is crucial if you need to use your mobile phone. Indeed, the SIM card enables your Samsung Galaxy Core to be able to connect to the mobile network and therefore to make phone calls. Nevertheless, in the event you just bought your Samsung Galaxy Core, it is not always easy to find out how to put the SIM card. That’s why we made the decision to write this tuto. We will first of all discover what to do before inserting the SIM card in the Samsung Galaxy Core. We will discover how to insert the SIM card. Finally, we will observe what the diverse types of SIM card.
What to do before putting the SIM into your Samsung Galaxy Core
Before you start inserting the SIM card into your Samsung Galaxy Core, it is important to test two or three stuff. 1st of all, we recommend you to switch off the Samsung Galaxy Core before you put the SIM card. We also recommend you to test if the kind of SIM card you have matches to the model of your telephone. Indeed, there are several types of SIM cards and each smartphone is compatible with a specific type. Refer to the last section of this tuto for more info. At last, if perhaps the location of the SIM card of your Samsung Galaxy Core is on the side, we recommend that you have a pin or a thin and sharp object to open the slot for SIM. If you would like to change the PIN code of the SIM card, please refer to our guide to change the PIN code on Samsung Galaxy Core.
Ways to insert the SIM card into the Samsung Galaxy Core
Based on the model of your Samsung Galaxy Core, there are two possible methods for inserting the SIM card. The right process should therefore be 1 of the following.
Process 1: Insert the SIM card by the side of your Samsung Galaxy Core
To insert the SIM card into your Samsung Galaxy Core, first of all find the slot that is generally on the side of the telephone. It is really simple to spot it because there is often a little hole next to it. When you have found it, you will have to insert a pointed object into the little hole next to the slot. As an example, you can make use of a paper clip to do so. By pushing into the hole, the SIM card rack should come out. You must then remove the rack from the slot. Simply insert the SIM card into this rack and re-insert it into your Samsung Galaxy Core. That’s it!
Process 2: Insert the SIM card from the back of the Samsung Galaxy Core
If your Samsung Galaxy Core doesn’t have a slot on the side, this means that the SIM slot is on the back of the telephone. The first of all step will likely be to remove the cache on the back of the Samsung Galaxy Core. To do this, you just have to unfasten it with your fingertips. Once done, you should observe the location of the SIM card. From time to time the location is under the battery. In this case, you have to remove the battery. All you have to do is insert the SIM card into your Samsung Galaxy Core. Be careful to put it in the proper direction, the gold side of the card must be down. Reassemble everything and it’s good!
The different types of SIM cards
There are three diverse types of SIM cards. Indeed, these three types differ in accordance to their size. We thus find:
- The SIM card: which is of standard size.
- The Micro SIM card: that is smaller than the standard size.
- The Nano SIM card: which is really very little. The chip covers nearly the entire surface.
In the event you do not have the proper SIM card for your Samsung Galaxy Core, you can ask your operator for another 1. There are as well adapters which could resolve compatibility issues. At last, when you have a standard SIM card, it might be cut to make it into Micro SIM or Nano SIM. At your peril.
