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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
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)
Needle is pointy. Needle sometimes does not push button. Needle digs in and makes doubt and concern.
Needle may work, but requires dedication that causes anxiety. Needle maybe will break things inside and the only way to know for sure is to hit a very uncomfortable point of no return for the result.
Needle is danger maybe, and I hate the needle for that. But sometimes needle is necessary.
Or, you know, a hoarding problem…
Excuse me, what do you mean, ‘problem’?
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.
They can but I don’t believe the average burner phone user would even know how.
I’m no expert but you would need to flash the firmware for the baseband modem. But then you would need a valid IMEI and then what happens with network collisions if it’s already on the network.
How do you verify you’re actually broadcasting the spoofed IMEI without some hardware to intercept the signals being sent out.
Just seems like a lot of effort when you can just use burner phones and not run the risk. With OPSec you only need to screw up once.
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 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.
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
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
