Sim card notification

[jbrizz]

Hi, I'm new to these forums and new to HTC. I've always been a Nokia fan but S60 is falling just too far behind for me in 2009. I sold my Nokia E71 and bought a Malaysian Hero (they're not available in NZ) and flashed a rooted generic firmware onto it. Very happy with the phone overall.

I have a question though, I'm getting a sim card notification on the top bar thing and a blank notification entry in the pull down list. Clicking it doesn't do anything. The manual doesn't say what this means and I've found another person on XDA-Developers with the same thing. They are with the same carrier as me, Vodafone NZ.

Here's a screenshot:

Any ideas?

Edit: Forgot to mention, it comes and goes. Every now and again I see it has disappeared, but it doesn't stay away for long.

 

[daffyduck]

Not seen this notification before. Was the phone bought unlocked and is there any specific reason as to why you have rooted the phone? Other than that, I assume the phone works fine in all other respects.......

 

[jbrizz]

Yeah it was unlocked, worked fine on the stock Malay firmware but still showed this icon. Seems to work fine now too as far as I can tell. I expected it would go away on the rooted generic firmware but it's still there, so I'm guessing it's something to do with my sim, I would like to know what it wants to say...

I rooted it partly on principal, partly for fun and partly for function (wifi tether etc).

 

[joelholmquist]

Have you found it out yet?

I'm just like a big "?" too you know ;-)

Have been using my hero for 2 weeks now and this last week
this same icon has come and gone, just like it has for you....strange
that it's not in the manual though ???

 

[jbrizz]

Nah still not sure what it means. Doesn't seem to cause any problems though.

 

[Levitate]

I have this is my nexus one & I really want to get rid of it! Nobody knows what this is?

 

[bluenova]

I'm not sure what the icon refers too but have you guys checked that your SIM card is properly locked in place?

 

[Levitate]

I figured it out, there is a system application on my phone called Sim Toolkit, I've talked with other Nexus One owners who don't have this application. I have root access on my phone so I used titanium backup to uninstall it and now the notification is gone! so far no side effects

I'm on the same network as OP (Vodafone NZ) so I imagine it has something to do with their sim cards having this software bundled with them somehow?

 

[bluenova]

I figured it out, there is a system application on my phone called Sim Toolkit, I've talked with other Nexus One owners who don't have this application. I have root access on my phone so I used titanium backup to uninstall it and now the notification is gone! so far no side effects

I'm on the same network as OP (Vodafone NZ) so I imagine it has something to do with their sim cards having this software bundled with them somehow?

Interesting, I also have the SIM toolkit (I think all GSM phones do) but I never saw this icon. Perhaps something to do with that Carrier.

 

[Scifitrekkie]

I have posted a fix to remove the SIM Card/Clog notification (which appears to be related to Vodafone NZ only SIM cards) from the top task bar of your Android phone (non rooted) refer to link below:

Sim card notification icon in android phone - Vodafone Forum

This has been successfully used on HTC Desire, and HTC Desire HD..
If you need one for a rooted Andriod post a request.