Tech Gospel According To John: MY PHONE IS DEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I had a similar problem with my X10mini - one day I took it out of my pocket and it was displaying a "No SIM" message in the status bar.
The phone was fine, and worked with other SIMs but my original SIM was dead.
On removal, there appears to be a small dent on one of the contacts, so it's possible that applying pressure in the right (or rather wrong!) place on the back causes the SIM contacts to damage the SIM.
I doubt the SIM got a dent from holding or pressing it the wrong way... might've been a defective SIM, where the contacts weren't pressed well, and a contact caught on the metal going into the phone.
But either way... ya, check the phone with another SIM just to verify that it isn't a defective SIM.
My X10 Mini also died on me. With sim card removed, phone wouldn't power on still. It might be a defective battery because even when not powered on, my phone is warm. Did you have similar theory? How is your X10 Mini Pro now?
Hi! Sorry to hear about your phone. Can you try using another SIM all together? If that doesn't work, try bringing it to a service center, or the store you bought it from to try a different battery.
My Mini Pro is fine, it never had a problem, it was really just the SIM.
Does the phone vibrate when you press the power key? If it does and swapping SIMs doesn't work, it may need to be flashed. Service center can do this in about an hour or so depending on work load.
Hi again, keep us posted on your problem. Mine was diagnosed with a defective board. Imagine?! Only 2 weeks after i bought it brandnew! and was never dropped! Im beginning to hate SE. I heard similar issues on the internet on the X10 series. You could try using the phone without a SIM and try if it replicates the problem.
hi anonymous, sorry to hear about your phone. Unfortunately these things really happen with electronics. But the defect rate of most major manufacturers is really low. I hope they replace your phone with a new one and not just repair it.
Keep us all posted on your issue and how it was resolved.
Will probably request for a 64k or older SIM card.