Inserting the SIM card into your Honor 6X is important if you need to use your mobile. In fact, the SIM card permits your Honor 6X to be able to connect to the mobile network and therefore to make phone calls. Nevertheless, in case you just bought your Honor 6X, it is actually not always simple to find out the right way to put the SIM card. That is 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 Honor 6X. We will discover the right way to insert the SIM card. Finally, we will see what the different types of SIM card.
What to do before putting the SIM into your Honor 6X
Before you start inserting the SIM card into your Honor 6X, it is actually important to check 2 or 3 things. First of all, we advise you to switch off the Honor 6X before you put the SIM card. We also recommend you to check if the sort of SIM card you have corresponds to the model of your mobile phone. In fact, there are a lot of types of SIM cards and every cellphone is compatible with a certain type. Refer to the last part of this tuto to find out more. At last, in cases where the tracking of the SIM card of your Honor 6X is on the side, we highly 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 guideline to change the PIN code on Honor 6X.
Ways to insert the SIM card into the Honor 6X
Depending on the model of your Honor 6X, there are two possible solutions for inserting the SIM card. The right procedure should therefore be 1 of the following.
Process 1: Insert the SIM card by the side of your Honor 6X
To insert the SIM card into your Honor 6X, first of all find the slot that is usually on the side of the mobile phone. It is quite simple to spot it because there is often a tiny hole next to it. When you have found it, you will have to insert a pointed object into the tiny hole next to the slot. One example is, you can use a paper clip to do so. By pushing into the hole, the SIM card rack should come out. You have to after that remove the rack from the slot. Simply insert the SIM card into this rack and re-insert it into your Honor 6X. That is it!
Process 2: Insert the SIM card from the back of the Honor 6X
If your Honor 6X does not have a slot on the side, this means that the SIM slot is on the back of the mobile phone. The first of all step are going to be to turn off the cache on the back of the Honor 6X. To do this, you just have to unfasten it with your fingertips. Once completed, you should see the location of the SIM card. From time to time the tracking is under the battery. In this case, you will need to turn off the battery. All you have to do is insert the SIM card into your Honor 6X. Be careful to put it in the best direction, the gold side of the card must be down. Reassemble everything and it’s good!
The different types of SIM cards
There are 3 different types of SIM cards. Indeed, these 3 types differ in accordance to their size. We so 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 tiny. The chip covers almost the entire surface.
If you do not have the best SIM card for your Honor 6X, you can ask your operator for another 1. There are also adapters that could solve compatibility issues. At last, if you have a standard SIM card, it could be cut to make it into Micro SIM or Nano SIM. At your peril.
