Phone says "no SIM card"
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Which device? There is a user here that was having the same issue. Happened on 3 or 4 of her phones that were replacements I think. Apparently was an issue with the serial number being entered incorrectly by her carrier, I think.
Remove the SIM and SIM tray, and blow into the SIM port. Clear all debris from the SIM port, this may help? Compressed air usually does the trick for me.
My iPhone 4 did that twice in the first week that I owned it (it was brand new so I don't think it was dust). It did it once again about twelve months later. I never figured out what caused it. I just reseated my SIM each time it did it and it then it was fine.
Take the sim card out and use a small eraser to rub the gold contacts. Put it back in and I bet you won't have any further issues.
Mmm, strange. If you've cleaned the SIM and the SIM port you could always try a restore. When/if you restore set the phone up as new.
Makes no difference if you restore now or after a new SIM, if the OP were to do it now at least they wouldn't be waiting a couple of days for a new SIM when it could be fixed by a simple restore. It probably isn't software related but it's just another option.
He may not need to restore, though. It's only happening a few times a week and he can have a new SIM in two days. It's worth a shot, IMO. I just like to start with the simplest troubleshooting steps first and leave restoring to factory settings for a last resort.
This happened to my hubby on the iPhone 4 first one we got on release day. We tried changing sim card, but had to bring it in to an Apple store. It ended up being a hardware problem. They were good a changing it out. Actually had to change his phone out a total of 4 times in 2 mths. and the 5th time was finally a winner. All were hardware problems.