Grab a hammer, go outside to concrete or find a rock, and flatten your own paperclip.
I’ve had to do that before in a pinch. My Sim card was saying it wasn’t installed even after a reboot, and I was about 3 hours from the closest store I could buy one from.
For anyone else who ever has this problem, there are easier ways than a paper clip and hammer.
I have used pencil lead (0.5mm) successfully. You get a short piece and push hard, it might hurt your thumb a bit but it works. Obviously most needles work but I have used things like safety pins from the back of a shirt pin. I’ve also used the tip of mechanical pencils in a pinch. And if you’re crafty you can do something (carefully) with a toothpick and a knife to shave the tip down. Dumbest thing I’ve ever used is a disposable flosser that had a toothpick on the end. I also used that to clean USB C ports. All of these also similarly work on small reset buttons on routers and such.
Grab a hammer, go outside to concrete or find a rock, and flatten your own paperclip.
I’ve had to do that before in a pinch. My Sim card was saying it wasn’t installed even after a reboot, and I was about 3 hours from the closest store I could buy one from.
Not perfect, but it got the job done.
I think Satan gets tips from capitalism.
For anyone else who ever has this problem, there are easier ways than a paper clip and hammer.
I have used pencil lead (0.5mm) successfully. You get a short piece and push hard, it might hurt your thumb a bit but it works. Obviously most needles work but I have used things like safety pins from the back of a shirt pin. I’ve also used the tip of mechanical pencils in a pinch. And if you’re crafty you can do something (carefully) with a toothpick and a knife to shave the tip down. Dumbest thing I’ve ever used is a disposable flosser that had a toothpick on the end. I also used that to clean USB C ports. All of these also similarly work on small reset buttons on routers and such.
I usually take a needle of some kind and clip the point off so it’s not as sharp.