Do you still have one somewhere?

I just put it back in the box when I'm done
I have a stack of boxes in the closet, because I might need them someday
- Yupppp; same here.
  I think the Librem 5 (may've been another phone) came with a hole to attach to a keychain so it's the only one that I constantly have on me solely because someone thought to design for it.
- I never throw out boxes, because I know as soon as I'm unable to get it back I'll need it for something.

not whether you have it – it’s whether you know where it is
- I usually flip it to justify excessive organization: “if you can’t find it when you need it, you don’t actually own it.”
- wise words

Or, you know, a hoarding problem…
- Excuse me, what do you mean, 'problem'?

Laughs in paper clip
- Finding the one that is small enough to pull off the job has been a pain. Recently switched to a new phone... And I struggled until I found
  Just. The. Perfect. Paperclip.
  And then I immediately dropped it between the center console and seat of my car.
  I'll find it eventually. One day.
  
  True. Go one step smaller: A needle will do too (don't ask me how I know)

- Wrong topic bud. We are talking sim card release pins here. NOT the official cisco reset tool.

It's good to finally get some recognition!

I keep one in my wallet.
- I tried that, but it pierced through the leather and escaped
- Keychain baby

it's within my phone's protection case, so i do have it right now. Also, anecdote, a random stranger on a bus was switching sim cards, and asked me if I have the tool, which I indeed I had!

I keep one on my key ring, never know when you need to pop in a burner sim.
- If you’re using a burner SIM in your regular phone then it’s not really a burner SIM.
  Fine if you’re just using it to hide your phone number companies, but if you’re hiding from the authorities then it’s the devices IMEI which is going to sell you out I’m afraid.
  
  IMEI's can be changed. (Which is highly illegal in many jurisdictions) It's not really worth the effort, I use it for when i need a new phone number for something and don't want it immediately tied to me commercially. If hiding from the authorities, don't use unencrypted comms.

I open so many tablets and shit at my work I have preferences on form. Samsung has the worst ones.

How about just messy? Occasionally I still find them laying around
- I keep it in my keychain, save the back up ones in the junk drawer.
  
  OP!!! RIGHT HERE!!!! I FOUND THE RESPONSIBLE AF PERSON!!!!

I found a pencil holder I had in the 1990s. It has these little drawers for erasers and stuff. I was like "oh cool, I can fill the rest of these with my SD cards and USB sticks."
So, while cleaning my desk looking for those, I found one of these. I was like "I'm pretty sure I had at least 2 of these." ...I found three.

I have one in my wallet - they are quite handy for cleaning lint out when the phone charging port inevitably collects enough to be annoying.
- This works suprisingly well, thanks for the tip!
  Had issues charging my phone lately and tried to clean it out with toothpicks etc to no avail. Used this thingy I also carry in my wallet and hey, works like a charm again

Just keep it in the box the phone came in with all the warranty documentation. I've never lost one of these
- Same. And in the past decade plus of using smartphones, I've never had to open the slot except to install the SIM card for the first time. Why do I even keep it around?
  
  Because the moment you throw it away a timer starts and in the next week you'll need it out of nowhere.
  
  I miss sim slots.

My kit:
I generally prefer the clear toothpick - easier to hold, came with a designer cupcake once (and I keep the flag on it because it's otherwise easy to lose a clear toothpick), generally better if the button is deeply recessed.
The paperclip phone tool is kept on the keychain between the USB micro card reader and the wallet sized SD card holder

I need them for work so I got a fancy keychain one
- Question: Is using paperclips a worse alternative? I've found them useful for those sim pinholes but im not entirely sure if its good practice
  
  Paperclips are just fine, they're just not as ergonomic / easy to hold while pushing
  
  It’s just a piece of metal that you use to push in another piece of metal, the same as the sim tool. They don’t cause any damage and are fine to use.
- That looks quite sophisticated for the purpose, I love it. If a phone repair man pulls out one of these, the alarm in my head to make the good coffee will most certainly go off.

smug look of superiority
Ah Fairphone 5 life
- Same here, Sony Xperia

I have the ifixit screwdriver kit and one of the bits is a Sim card ejector. Does it count ?

or a hoarder

"Looks like you lost your sim tray ejector"

I threw all of those away. I have paper clips, and those eject holes are intentionally designed to be the width of a bent paper clip.
Those things are just a less useful paper clip.
- They're easier to use, but a monotasker, so yea, gimme a paperclip

I still have my first smartphone. It's from 2011 and the screen is undamaged.
I also still have the extra plugs for the in-ear headphones that came with it.
- ok sorry, right this way sir ==>
- You still have it or you still use it?
  
  I have it but I don't use it.

I have one... somewhere. Probably in a tiny box, mixed in with my random cables
- I hate the random cable drawer, but I'm always pulling shit out of it cause I need something in there.
  
  And that's why it can never go away. I keep mine in a box in a closet, but it's accessed multiple times a year. Hell, I just broke it out the other day for a VGA cable

Raz keeps track of mine

I have the whole box. Because you know, it might be needed sometime :P

I have about 8 of those. I'm a fucking packrat
- If you need any spares, let me know.

Yes, I keep them in the box.

I have 3 lying around somewhere. Comes in handy every few years

What if I have three sitting on my desk right now?
- You could make a cool little Mitsubishi-like symbol/design with them

Like seven a drawer somewhere. I don't know where though
- I have three downstairs in the garage, now the real question is... Where in the garage tho.

I still have like eight of those. I bought some smart devices a while ago that all had them for the reset hole, so I’m stocked up for life.

You only need it when setting up a new phone. So once you put the card in, you put the tool back in the phone’s box and just stick that in a closet.
So I’m asking… how CAN you even misplace one of those?
- What do you mean you don't take out the sd card every so often so you can quickly transfer 48GB of cat videos to your computer?

I taped mine inside the cell phone case.
- That's honestly brilliant.
  
  Oh. Thanks. That made me feel good. Don't hear that often.

I got like 20 of these motherfuckers and one hanging around my neck.
- we need a picture to appreciate

I have one in my wallet - just in case someone wants to steal my phone and I somehow have time to remove my SIM and SD before they take it.. optimistic I know

I have one in my tech pouch

I have like four or five of these.

Oh I for sure still have at least 10. But finding them when I need them is a whole other story

I have one with a big duct tape flag/handle. Stays in the phone kit with spudgers, tiny screwdrivers, etc.
- i'm just old and still have all the boxes all my phones came in. anyone need a poker for a blackberry curve?

I have more than one. The key is the word somewhere.

I can confirm that this is false

on my keychain with a set of handcuff keys and some earplugs lol
- You sound fun.
- One can never be too prepared. "Prepared for what?" is the question.

Yes, in my drawer of miscellaneous tiny things, next to pens, tiny screwdrivers, and a few old microsd cards.

I have a small zip bag of 100+ of these in a drawer. Sometimes you gotta pop out a SIM card. Other times you gotta hit a pinhole reset button to fix a rogue router. In a pinch, they're also a good shiv or shank.

I keep one in my wallet along with a safety pin, hairpin, hair tie, and a twist key from an old fashioned roll top anchovy tin.
Any one of these things have come in handy a surprising number of times.

I keep one in my wallet.
- chaotic neutral?

I have mine under my phone cover. Got sick of losing them all the time when I needed one. Since I put it under the cover, I've only needed it about two times. (Under my cover for over a year).

Lies and slander. I have several, specifically because I am not responsible and lose things often.

I have dumped like 30 of them into trash recently because I tend to sometimes replace/repair phone parts for people and if you buy a replacement part it comes with this thing.

I have a bunch of them.

It's on my keychain
- Sounds like a good way to stab yourself in the balls.
  
  Im always looking for new opportunities
- me to.

I'm sure I have it in a box somewhere, but paperclips open up SIM slots just as well as SIM tools do.

I used to have it between my phone and phone case, but I gave it away to a family member in need as I have something better.
You know those tiny factory default buttons on various hardware? I have a homemade tool in my work backpack specifically for that - The thickest syringe needle my local pharmacy had in store, and I cut the end off. The protective sleeve made it fit perfectly in a pen holder in my work backpack.

I bought a multi tool that has one of these built in.