Had a "invalid sim card" top left hand corner of IPhone

[Rob1963]

Anybody ever see this message before "invalid sim card" in the top left hand corner of my Iphone 7 where ususally you see Public Mobile, I simply powered down and turned the phone back on and all is good. Just curious if anyone else has had this happen?

[gj]

FYI, about an hour back, my iPhone (SE) too showed a "No SIM" message on the top left corner where it usually indicates the signal and "Public Mobile" . I was worried it could be some SIM swapping scam as it has been in the news lately. Tried putting it in a different phone and it did not work there either. I restarted the iPhone and put it back and it worked. Really weird.

[Rob1963]

lol. no upgrade but the problem went away with a power down and up, 🙂

[aquintar]

Maybe your SIM card port isn't fully pushed in on your phone? Make sure it's in there real tight!

[geopublic]

@Rob1963  Maybe a good time to hit the lottery booth. 

[Luddite · Accepted solution]

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@Rob1963 wrote:

Anybody ever see this message before "invalid sim card" in the top left hand corner of my Iphone 7 where ususally you see Public Mobile, I simply powered down and turned the phone back on and all is good. Just curious if anyone else has had this happen?

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Never in 6 years & 3 different iPhones. You must be special!

By any chance did you recently update to iOS 13.2? It's been buggy apparently. https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2019/11/08/apple-ios-1322-release-should-you-upgrade-iphone...