I have heard some US carriers have asked for the tool to be removed to make it 
harder to change carriers.
Jonathan Mosen
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On 17/08/2014, at 7:38 am, Alan Paganelli <alanandsuza...@earthlink.net> wrote:

> I've bought an iPhone 4, an iPhone 5s, and an iPad air.  My wife has bought 
> an iPhone 4 and an iPad Air all from AT&T.  Only my iPad air actually came 
> with the removal tool.  Why this is so I cannot say.  I've never had any need 
> to remove it but as I've said in another post, somebody told me that the 
> pointy end of a straight pin works well.  I've never tried it to confirm that 
> though.
>  
>  
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>  
> Alan
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Sieghard Weitzel
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Sent: Friday, August 15, 2014 10:55 PM
> Subject: RE: inserting symn card in ipad miny
> 
> The Sim removal tool is included here in Canada as well. I usurped a small 
> plastic box which at one point contained these really thin breath freshener 
> strips and I always have it in my passport wallet with my SIM removal tool 
> when I travel. If I go to a country where I buy a local SIM I put my Canadian 
> Nano SIM into this container together with the tool. Then when I'm an hour or 
> so from landing again in Canada I put the airline blanket over my lap in case 
> I drop the Sim and I change it. As Jonathan said, it's easily done once you 
> practiced a couple of times. SIM cards have one corner which is cut off a bit 
> and that corner goes towards the top of the iPhone and towards the outside.
>  
>  
> Regards,
> Sieghard
>  
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf 
> OfAlan Lemly
> Sent: Friday, August 15, 2014 10:08 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: RE: inserting symn card in ipad miny
>  
> As someone else on this list has posted, push pins work well for inserting 
> into the hole to pop out the SIM card tray. Although I've never used a push 
> pin, I found a paper clip not so helpful the one time I tried to remove the 
> SIM card on my iPhone 5.
>  
> Alan Lemly
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com[mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
> Jonathan Mosen
> Sent: Friday, August 15, 2014 4:18 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: inserting symn card in ipad miny
>  
> Hi Maria, this is one of those things where it might pay to have sighted 
> assistance the first time you do it, but once you know how, it's easily done. 
> I pop sims in and out of my devices all the time when I travel, so i don't 
> get hit by extortionate roaming charges.
> It's really easy to do with the right tool. There's a sim tray on the side of 
> the device. You pop the Apple Sim removal tool into a tiny round hole, press, 
> and the tray pops out. I'd do it on a flat surface because the nanosims can 
> be easily lost.
> I understand that with some iPhones in some markets, Apple does not bundle 
> the sim removal tool with the iPhone. It's standard in New Zealand and I 
> suspect it will be standard in Australia. I don't recall if a sim removal 
> tool came with my Mini or not. They're really small and can easily be missed 
> in the box.
> If you can't find the sim removal tool, a paperclip usually does it.
> Best of luck.
> Jonathan Mosen
> Mosen Consulting
> Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training
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>  
> On 14/08/2014, at 4:54 pm, Maria From Australia <bubbygirl1...@gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>  
> 
> `hi.  am needing to know how to insert a SIM card  in an ipad miny. 
> thanks 
> 
> Blessings!  Maria and my guide Karly  email bubbygirl1...@gmail.com
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
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