Memes @lemmy.ml

1y ago

I lose mine last month :(

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Only Satan would design a hole that is smaller than the end of a bent paperclip when the entire purpose of the hole is to put something into it.
- How else can you sell an iPoker 4X?
  
  You're still using the 4X? Lol, get yourself an 8Max and thank me later.
- An earring pokey works too, just wipe off any schmutz
- is there a name for the superfine point ones?
  
  I guess it's called a SIM card eject pin tool, but you'll usually find them in cell phone toolkits.
- there must be an everyday item that functions as a makeshift alternative.
  
  Certain plastic toothpicks work.
- For a Korean, the hole doesn't need to be that big

I just realized that each phone comes with one and only one of SIM ejectors, and I have a lot of those in my drawer. I think I have a problem. -_-
- You're responsible for everything!!!
- Most screw-driver kits like the IFixIt kits, include a sim-eject head.
- Me too… and my phone uses an eSIM!
- The chosen one!

I keep one on my keys since it's useful for pushing reset buttons and things and if I really need to it even works as a screwdriver
- Someone told me this a few years ago. Absolute pro life tip!
- Does it ever poke you?
  
  I kept mine on my keychain for the longest time until it got me right under one of my finger nails. The amount of times I've had to use it does not justify that trauma.
  
  I tried doing it at one point, yes, frequently

I have a lifehack for this:
- That wallet has seen some serious shit.
  
  Yeah, I urgently need a new one but I keep postponing and forgetting. 😅 It used to be a cheap fake leather one which looked cool, has a crocodile head on the outside in it, and just plainly looked cool. Now, 5 years later, all the leather, except for the crocodile head, has proven to be a thin layer that has come off over time and what remains is a completely exposed (again, except for the crocodile head) black rubbery underlayer. 😅 Oh, well, it cost me €5 or something, I guess 5 years was a good service at that price...

I noticed my phone battery bulging just yesterday. So I went and dug up the documentation that came with it to see if I could take advantage of the manufacturer's warranty. No dice, but the sim card tray ejector thing was in with the user's manual. So at least I have that. :/
- Check out ifixit.com - your phone might be pretty repairable. It's crazy that companies stopped making phones with replaceable batteries.
  
  Not that much. . . . .
  . . .
  . . Money is why
  
  Yeah, I've done some research about fixing it myself on YouTube. A kit to fix it is only about $25. But I was a little intimidated by the "heat the phone to soften the adhesive so the screen will come off" step and decided to look into how much it'd cost just to get it fixed professionally.
  I walked into the "Authorized Google Repair" shop with my bulging Pixel and the guy told me there was a "99.9% chance" that the screen would break in the process of replacing the battery and if he had to replace the screen too, the total cost would be more than I paid for the phone and more than I would pay to get an identical model on Amazon now.
  So, I'm evaluating my options. I could get a replacement battery and a replacement screen and do a lot of research and fix it myself, which is a little risky. Or I could just contribute to the e-waste problem and get a new phone (or a refurb; this whole ordeal makes me want to not spend much on phones in the future) that has a consumer-replaceable battery.
  Oh, also, I've had this phone for less than three years.
  Also, an unlocked bootloader and a mature LineageOS or GrapheneOS or whatever other Open-Source no-Google-apps distribution is basically an absolute deal breaker must have for me. (I suppose if I do end up getting a different phone, I could look into Linux phones too, but I'm a little wary of that. I got burned with the Openmoko Neo Freerunner back in the day.) I bought this Pixel direct from the manufacturer (not through a carrier or anything) because that was the only way to get it with an unlocked bootloader so I could go LineageOS. But going that route, I only get the one-year manufacturer's warranty. No carrier warranty or anything.
  So I guess I'll go go pray to Saint Louis Rossmann now and hope for divine inspiration. Lol.
  (Ha! Sorry for the rant. I was an extremely late adopter of smartphones at all because I don't trust them. This is the first smartphone I've ever had and it didn't last me three years! Clearly I should have remained staunchly Amish for QWERTY. Lol.)
  
  You can replace phone batteries. It's not that hard. It's just harder than sliding it in.
  It costs $15 plus the battery cost to have a professional with warranty to do it for you.

I'm very responsible
- You should put them all on a keyring!
- I thought there was a hole in your hand I didn't see the metal. I just saw straight through them. Wtf

I have like 7 of these in a container next to me. I don't think responsible is the word that would be associated with that behaviour.
PS - paperclips work fine for this purpose.
- Evolution
  
  IMHO the one in the middle is the most comfortable to use.
  
  Damn, I have never seen any of these shapes before.
- I used the pins on an Arduino to pop my sim tray because I didn't have any paper clips near me. There are a lot of things you could use.
  
  I always end up using my wife's earrings.

I mean, they fit on a keychain, which is fucking great; Sadly, they stab you through the pants pocket so they're fucking rude.
- I just upgraded mine from an old Apple one to a newer Pixel one, which has a sturdier loop on it.
  
  I don't know what in the hell I did, I have one of the solid circular round ones with a small hole in the back for the keychain. It's been on my keys for ages. One morning I went to put my seat belt on and got a sharp stab. I pulled my keys out and it was bent 90° and I just the tiniest little bit of blood on it.

I do tech support, I always have one on my keychain.
- I used to keep one on my keys back when I worked at a carrier store selling phones. Made life so much easier then.
  In fact, the actual inserted part broke off years ago (and I haven't done phone sales in over a decade), but the main part of the body is actually still attached to my keyring. I haven't even thought about that until this post, actually.
  
  The dude who sold me my latest smartphone this year had one long fingernail. I kinda thought it was a coke nail until he applied my screen protector and used the nail to separate the plastic backing from it. Aha!
  I studied classical guitar in high school and since I could never keep my real fingernails intact I always had three plastic nails going on my right hand. That was a tough one to explain to the local bullies.
- I'll adapt the keychain thing
- I would manage to jab tf out of myself
- Ngl that's pretty smart to keep one on a keychain, better than keeping it in the original box

I just bought a new phone and put it next to the other four I have.
- You're either really good at holding onto those things, or really good at losing/breaking phones

iFIXIT kits include a bit that lets you eject sim trays
- Good. I don't like sim trays. They're small and flimsy and irritating and are easily lost. Not like here. Here everything is built-in and solid.

Now what is that?
- It's a contraceptive device.
  
  As someone who carries one everywhere, I can vouch for its effectiveness
- It's a tool to remove the SIM card from a phone
- SIM tray opener tool for smartphones. It's pretty small
- You need one of these to swap out sim cards on mobile devices

i usually grab a breadboard jumper wire and shove it in my sim card slot 😂

You guys aren't just using eSIMs?
- As someone traveling to other countries a few times a year, eSims have been a game changer.
- These little ejector tools are useful for more than just SIM cards. CD/DVD ROM drives have force eject buttons inside tiny little holes that these can reach and push. Many hardware reset buttons are also hidden inside tiny holes.
  You could use an unfolded paperclip in a pinch. One of my air purifiers has a reset button inside a hole that is slightly too thin for the paper lips I have on hand. But the SIM ejector tool I keep around fits perfectly.
- They're also good for SD card slots.
- Both
- i have never heard of such a thing how does it work
  
  I use an esim with a Pixel and Google Fi. The setup process is this:
  Sign in to Google account
  Complete normal phone setup
  Confirm notification prompt to use this device with my fi account
  Never make phone calls ew gross

Yay, what's my prize?
- You can now go on a resetting rampage
- You can eject sims cards whenever you want.
- Sounding
- Hoarder status.
  
  Finally being recognized after so many years of "why do you save that?".

I have a Moonlander split keyboard that is programmable and uses one of these little things for its reset button. My only gripe with it is that they could have designed a place for it to slot into the keyboard itself since it's very easy to lose it if it isn't otherwise attached to something.
- Why do you have to reset your keyboard, future boy?
  
  The reset button is used to apply firmware changes. For this keyboard you can customize the keys to pretty much however you like. I have one of the thumb cluster buttons set to Ctrl-C / Ctrl-V for efficiency. It's great for making changes to personalize your mechanical keyboard experience... but it requires that pin to make changes lol.
  I like it since I can assign Enter to one of the left thumb cluster buttons, you normally can't hit enter with your left hand on a standard keyboard layout.

What if we're sure it's around here somewhere, just not sure where?
- Mine is in a safe deposit box in Budapest. You can never be too cautious.
- I just randomly found mine the other day.
- Accurate

aka fancy paperclip

I fixit gang. If you did not know, some of the ifixit kits have a screwdriver bit that is just for that
- Every screwdriver lie I've bought has these

I have something like 100 of these in a draw in my home office. Along with a straightened paperclip as a backup.
- i have s few dozen straightened paper clips and then a couple of those hidden away for the particularly stubborn sim trays

We have a whole keyring full of them at work
- Why?? This is actually scary for some reason
  
  I am an IT guy, we need them for.... ...IT-stuff...
- I assume you just leave the keyring on your desk/in some drawer? I had handcuff keys on my normal ring and the pointy thing on the keys (for double-locking) made holes in my jeans, so you'd be crazy to go around with those for opening SIMs in your pocket.
  
  It stays on my desk, if have extremely limited need for a sim removal tool in my personal life, and it would just get bent on my keychain

this made me feel good about myself, thanks

I have a screwdriver bit set that just includes one of those, very tightly secured. Whoever was responsible for ensuring this was neccessary: You are a hero.

....I used mine to clean my ears.

I still have it and now phone is eSIM only. But I can’t bring myself to throw it out.

How often are you dudes changing SIMs? I only ever do it when I get a new phone, and they always come with one.

I put mine on the keychain.... It's responsible for some small holes in my trousers pockets and I have been pricked too but worth it.

I'm responsible for a lot of things

I may have found 5 in my desk drawer the other day...

Just tuck it into your phone case if you can. Easy solution to always have it when you need it.
- Ah yes, phone cases I definitely use those
  
  Seriously? Are you just 100% confident you'll never drop it? Or replacing a phone isn't a big deal for you?
  I hate to think how many phones I'd have broken without a case.

Paper clip is better, these things are very flimsy, but also phones and Tablets don't always come with them.
- Funny, the one that came with my Galaxy is actually pretty sturdy.
  
  That's good, I've usually found the flat ones made with sheet metal are weaker and more bendable than ones made from steel wire, or just using the small sized paper clips. Which is problematic because I like to keep them in my bag in case I need to use them and if they end up bent up it's not great.
  I think the reason the ones I've gotten fared so poorly is because they're aluminium as opposed to steel like the paper clips. Which always fair better in my bag than the flat stamped ones do.

This is why us millennials keep our phone boxes

I keep mine in my phone case.

I have plenty around the house. When I needed it, I still had to find something else to use because I had no idea where this was.

I've always just kept it in my case, against the back of my phone.
- Same. I have tow phones, one personal and one business. Kept it in my personal one, between phone and case. You never know when you or someone else might need it.

I have many of them. At least 4.

I am not responsible for most of the random stuff I own, but at least for that thing I found a good place. I keep it between the back of my phone and my phone case. I have to remove the case anyway to access the slot, and then it is just right there available.
- I can always find a random thing to do it. It's also possibly to pry it from the gap sometimes

disorganized paperclip gang sound off!

There's always the trusty toothpick
- What kind of toothpick are you using? Most I have seen are way to fat or are to flexible.

Wallet, coin part with a zip to keep it safe. It sits next to a random quarter i was given as change (im from the uk and it was given in place of a similar looking uk coin) a silver 1 pence coin (apparently they are rare and worth about £60 but as if my lazy arse is gon a sell it (and who actually buys these things anyway?) Some guitar picks and a franc (defunct french currency)

I have at least 6 in my office right now, and another 2 or 3 around my house, and one in my truck...
I will not be taking any questions at this point.

I store mine between my phone and phone case.
- All that weight you need to carry over time

Clip gang unite!

I got a Sony Xperia III last month. You can use a fingernail with it since the tray also holds your SD card

Mine are all still in their boxes which I still save for no reason as I never ever will use them. Whenever I need a pin, I can't find a single box, but the boxes are always in the way when I try to find something else. It's a weird world we live in.

Low bar

I never kept mine and used a needle instead

I scotch-taped it on my desk, I'm looking at it right now...

nope, just a hoarder :)
- Same, I'll unpack any electrical item and keep all the packaging including the wire tiers on cords, plastic bags with the tape carefully folded back and pack all of that back up in the box and storage the empty box in my garage incase. I then use the item until it breaks and then 6 years later see the box on a shelf while walking passed, realise I no longer own said item and throw the box away.
  
  Are you me?
- Phew... I was hoping I wasn't the only person with like 17 of these.

I have two of those. One's from my old phone.

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