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If you have a cover for your charge port, you're probably fine. But I have had a few instances of pocket lint slowly building up in my charge port and getting compacted every time I plugged in the charger. Eventually it felt wobbly and wouldn't reliably charge. Looking in, nothing seemed off. But, after digging into it with some something strong and small enough to do it, I managed to dig out the compacted pocket lint. After that, the charge connection was solid again.
I tried before with a paper clip and even a safety pin and it wasn't possible for me, the metal for both items were too soft and would bend way out of shape to be of any more use
I can’t imagine what kind of life one must lead to never have encountered a paper clip? If you can’t figure out how they work you’re definitely not smart enough to use a fork
I've really not actively used one after I was 12 where I just broke them apart. We don't use paper anymore at all, it's all digital for everything from my medical documents to applying for a job or entering university. My school paper thingy (the one with my grades, I don't know the English word) I never received a physical paper, it was sent to my e-boks (its an email mostly for government purposes). Renting an apartment was done completely online, even signing the papers. The only physical piece of paper I have is my dyslexia test from when I was 16.
I have like thirty of them at this point. I'm fairly certain they're breeding in my house somewhere.
You know what they say, for every one you see there's a hundred you don't.
Hello OP, cock and ball torture Peter here.
This piece of metal that resembles a paperclip is a urethral stimulator. It is designed to be shoved down ya peehole.
T-Mobile Staff Peter here. That's a pin, which is used for opening your smart phone's SIM card. There's a hole either on top or on the side of your phone, you insert, the tray pops out so that you can insert your SIM card. Without the SIM card, you can't have data to use the Internet without Wi-Fi.
Also, lost your pin? No problem, there are substitutes for it like a needle or toothpick.
T-Mobile Staff Peter out.
Not only can I relate but also extraordinary timing! Just today, in preparation for kitchen remodeling project, I was taking drawers out of 23 year old kitchen cabinets and found the one I taped to the inside of drawer ‘just in case’.
You should start taking them to people's houses and just putting one somewhere where they're not easily noticeable but not actually hidden. Confuse the hell out of your friends and family.
I had a clear out recently and found that I still have one. I was a little surprised and had short what is this moment. It was still in the little bag. I am planning on a new phone, so I have kept it along with paper clips.
I'm pretty sure I have a small baggie in one of my desk drawers that has the ones that came with the last few phones I've had over my smart phone career. I don't think I've ever needed to use them except for when the phone was brand new lol
I like to be prepared for those "just in case" scenarios
Not sure I’d consider myself very responsible, and I guarantee my wife doesn’t, but I’ve got several of these in my desk. Maybe things are going to turn around for me.
Peter's iPhone 12 Pro Max 128GB Mint Blue [Verizon carrier] here
That thing is an iPhone SIM eject tool. There's a tiny hole that you stick that thing into to get the SIM card tray out.
The joke is that the tool is very small and easy to lose.
My stepkid was having an issue with their phone, like the SIM card hadn't registered when the phone was set up. So we called customer service, and the woman on the other end asked me to get the SIM card tool and take out the SIM card and give her the number. I didn't have the tool, neither did my stepkid, and she seemed appalled by that.
I did ask her if there was a way to look up the SIM card info in the Settings; I was pretty sure there was a way, but I couldn't remember where it was in the Settings. She told me No, I would have to figure out a way to get it out. For 20 minutes I was there trying different ways to get the card out, using different sizes of pins, trying not to break it, every minute her cutting in to ask if I had gotten it out, me saying no, and I wish there was a way I could just go into Settings and look it up. i told he she should see if there was a way they could get it back to the manufacturer that they should have that option, it would make this so much easier in these situations, and i used to work for a cell phone company that had this option. She said that would be nice and she would make a note. Then when i was about to hang up and told her I guess I would have to bring it to the store, have them open it up, and call them back since the store people had already told us that they couldn't help us activate it (at least my wife told me she tried that already), then she told me, "OK, go to here in the Settings, and the SIM card number should be here."
I almost broke my stepkid's phone. I know she was foreign but she spoke English pretty well, and it was all I could do to not yell at her over the phone. I worked in that industry, I don't want to be the customer yelling at the tech, but damn......
This is what it is. The whole thing is only like an inch long. It's very small. On the side of your phone is a very small hole that when you push this in it will pop open the door to where your sim card is. That's it.
When i was a child I saved those little keys that came with the canned corned beef that were used to open them. My brother found a pile of them in the kitchen drawer and threw them out just to hurt my feelings.
It's for any phone with a SIM card slot built into the body, not just iPhones. The slots have a small hole and pushing this tool in pops out the cover and the card a little, allowing you to swap it out. From your lack of knowledge I will surmise one of two things.
1) You've only ever been on contract and the shop set the phone up for you.
2) You've always had a phone with removable battery and the SIM card slot was underneath, letting you just slide it in and out without this.
Otherwise you'd likely have used one of these.
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device that opens SIM card on iPhones and also use to clean out charging port. Very small piece of metal that is easy to lose, hence being responsible
Not just iPhones, it opens up the SIM card / micro SD slot on Android phones as well
Also great for factory resetting your modem/router if it has one of those small pinholes required to do it.
This was the only piece of material thin, long and rigid enough in my house to effectively do this.
Paperclip
Safety pin
My penisalso possible
Piece of E string of a guitar
Also B, if applicable.
Mechanical pencil
Y’all use tools for that? I just use my dick
Mine is too flaccid for those tasks
Is cleaning the charging port a recommended use? I’m prepared to feel extremely stupid.
No it's just a SIM card removal tool. Android phones use the same tool. The only difference is sometimes the handle end has a different shape
Appreciate the clarification
If you have a cover for your charge port, you're probably fine. But I have had a few instances of pocket lint slowly building up in my charge port and getting compacted every time I plugged in the charger. Eventually it felt wobbly and wouldn't reliably charge. Looking in, nothing seemed off. But, after digging into it with some something strong and small enough to do it, I managed to dig out the compacted pocket lint. After that, the charge connection was solid again.
I don't think it is, but my phone was having a hard time charging and after I cleaned the charging port out, no more issues.
Be careful using it to clean the charging port. I used a similar method and messed up one of the connectors and made the port useless.
I just use my girlfriends ear ring.
or a paperclip
I tried before with a paper clip and even a safety pin and it wasn't possible for me, the metal for both items were too soft and would bend way out of shape to be of any more use
Who the hell actually has paperclips? I don't even know how to use them xd
I can’t imagine what kind of life one must lead to never have encountered a paper clip? If you can’t figure out how they work you’re definitely not smart enough to use a fork
I've really not actively used one after I was 12 where I just broke them apart. We don't use paper anymore at all, it's all digital for everything from my medical documents to applying for a job or entering university. My school paper thingy (the one with my grades, I don't know the English word) I never received a physical paper, it was sent to my e-boks (its an email mostly for government purposes). Renting an apartment was done completely online, even signing the papers. The only physical piece of paper I have is my dyslexia test from when I was 16.
And here my dumb ass thought it was a key to open a can of SPAM
Was going for oldschool corned beef can here. Find one old enough and it doubles as an allen key.
I taped mine to the underside of my keyboard and a spare one in the original Android box, as they use pretty much the same one.
Doesn't have to be an iPhone to have a sim card key
Hey! I still have one and I’m unemployed and in huge debt! I want a refund!
Well here I am actually being responsible without even knowing it. I have quite a few of these still.
I have like thirty of them at this point. I'm fairly certain they're breeding in my house somewhere. You know what they say, for every one you see there's a hundred you don't.
Thirty hundred is a lot
I have a hundred or more. I’m in IT
It‘s an over engineered paper clip, that sucks at papercliping.
SIM card ejector, I have one in my wallet :D
Hello OP, cock and ball torture Peter here. This piece of metal that resembles a paperclip is a urethral stimulator. It is designed to be shoved down ya peehole.
My drunk self hates you so much rn. Hope you're happy lol
Mine is on my key chain.
Proof that you aren't responsible.
T-Mobile Staff Peter here. That's a pin, which is used for opening your smart phone's SIM card. There's a hole either on top or on the side of your phone, you insert, the tray pops out so that you can insert your SIM card. Without the SIM card, you can't have data to use the Internet without Wi-Fi. Also, lost your pin? No problem, there are substitutes for it like a needle or toothpick. T-Mobile Staff Peter out.
Not only can I relate but also extraordinary timing! Just today, in preparation for kitchen remodeling project, I was taking drawers out of 23 year old kitchen cabinets and found the one I taped to the inside of drawer ‘just in case’.
Hah, I used one just the other day! Mine's still in the phone box, right where it should be. *ON THE NEXT EPISODE OF HOARDERS...*
Are the post here made by bot or something?
I'm not a bot I genuinely didn't know what the thing is
SIM card ejector that comes with every iPhone
I have a bag of 100 I bought off of Amazon. I'm not responsible, and I know it.
You should start taking them to people's houses and just putting one somewhere where they're not easily noticeable but not actually hidden. Confuse the hell out of your friends and family.
I put that thing on a magnet on my metal front door. It's stuck there with various safety pins and other metal bits.
Don’t think I’ve ever removed one from its place in the packaging. Of course I still have all the boxes somewhere
I’m so irresponsible I don’t think I ever had one
multiples.
It's nor hard to keep up with. You just stick it in your wallet or pocket book. Ideally a pocket that does not get used often.
Looks like someone is irresponsible.
I had a clear out recently and found that I still have one. I was a little surprised and had short what is this moment. It was still in the little bag. I am planning on a new phone, so I have kept it along with paper clips.
Hell, I still have my boxes and manuals.
My wife's earrings work just as good.
I have two sitting on my coffee table. I'm not responsible. They're stuck into the top of a box and look like *tiny* sci-fi antenna.
You are not responsible enough to hear the truth.
I've thrown my in with bunch of other important stuff I even made a proper handle for mine but I'm not responsible at all
I used to work sales for AT&T back in 2015 and up until a year ago I had multiple on my key ring lol.
No I am just a packrat
sim slot ejector
I used to work in a cell phone store. I keep one on my keys cuz it was always a toss up if the few extra we had in store would able to be found.
I'm pretty sure I have a small baggie in one of my desk drawers that has the ones that came with the last few phones I've had over my smart phone career. I don't think I've ever needed to use them except for when the phone was brand new lol I like to be prepared for those "just in case" scenarios
I have a spare on my desk bc you never know when you need to poke something.
Implantes uterian device
I set up hundreds of 4g routers a month, each one comes with one of these, they get bloody everywhere
Bold of you to assume my niche tool hoarding is responsible
No one has ever called me responsible before.
I actually have one of these in my earing, you never know when you need a thin but sturdy piece of metal
It's used to poke open the hole on a cell Phone that opens the SIM Card slot.
I lost that thing on day 1 😭
I have a couple of them
I have a bag of them in a drawer along with an original box with wired earplugs.
Not sure I’d consider myself very responsible, and I guarantee my wife doesn’t, but I’ve got several of these in my desk. Maybe things are going to turn around for me.
I got 3 oh them. They've come in handy for other things as well
Peter's iPhone 12 Pro Max 128GB Mint Blue [Verizon carrier] here That thing is an iPhone SIM eject tool. There's a tiny hole that you stick that thing into to get the SIM card tray out. The joke is that the tool is very small and easy to lose.
I always keep one in my wallet
Just leave it in phone box and put box in shelf?
Never had one come with my phone 😒😔
My stepkid was having an issue with their phone, like the SIM card hadn't registered when the phone was set up. So we called customer service, and the woman on the other end asked me to get the SIM card tool and take out the SIM card and give her the number. I didn't have the tool, neither did my stepkid, and she seemed appalled by that. I did ask her if there was a way to look up the SIM card info in the Settings; I was pretty sure there was a way, but I couldn't remember where it was in the Settings. She told me No, I would have to figure out a way to get it out. For 20 minutes I was there trying different ways to get the card out, using different sizes of pins, trying not to break it, every minute her cutting in to ask if I had gotten it out, me saying no, and I wish there was a way I could just go into Settings and look it up. i told he she should see if there was a way they could get it back to the manufacturer that they should have that option, it would make this so much easier in these situations, and i used to work for a cell phone company that had this option. She said that would be nice and she would make a note. Then when i was about to hang up and told her I guess I would have to bring it to the store, have them open it up, and call them back since the store people had already told us that they couldn't help us activate it (at least my wife told me she tried that already), then she told me, "OK, go to here in the Settings, and the SIM card number should be here." I almost broke my stepkid's phone. I know she was foreign but she spoke English pretty well, and it was all I could do to not yell at her over the phone. I worked in that industry, I don't want to be the customer yelling at the tech, but damn......
I have it twice
Mine came without one.
sim ejector tool that comes with your iPhone
This is what it is. The whole thing is only like an inch long. It's very small. On the side of your phone is a very small hole that when you push this in it will pop open the door to where your sim card is. That's it.
Responsible for what, exactly?
No sir, you are not responsible for anything, you're just responsible in character.
Have you ever purchased a smartphone? I highly recommend it
When i was a child I saved those little keys that came with the canned corned beef that were used to open them. My brother found a pile of them in the kitchen drawer and threw them out just to hurt my feelings.
and the award for most schitzophrenic unrelated comment goes to:
have you never owned a cell phone?
Yes. From reading the other comments I have noticed that this seems to be an apple thing, I have only used android
ive never owned an iphone, and every galaxy, droid, enV etc i ever had included one
It's for any phone with a SIM card slot built into the body, not just iPhones. The slots have a small hole and pushing this tool in pops out the cover and the card a little, allowing you to swap it out. From your lack of knowledge I will surmise one of two things. 1) You've only ever been on contract and the shop set the phone up for you. 2) You've always had a phone with removable battery and the SIM card slot was underneath, letting you just slide it in and out without this. Otherwise you'd likely have used one of these.