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URGENT HELP remove SIM on wAP ac LTE6 kit

Fri Jul 09, 2021 2:34 am

Someone can help me please?

I am no more able to remove the SIM from the wAP ac LTE6 kit
the SIM slot is push-push... I mean you push until you hear the click and the SIM is inserted
You push again until the click and the SIM can be pulled out

No way... the SIM seems blocked into the slot and there is no enough space to catch it

I opened the unit to see if there was an alternative way, but no... there is no access at all.

I suppose I should split the motherboard from the black base

Suggestions?
 
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Re: URGENT HELP remove SIM on wAP ac LTE6 kit

Fri Jul 09, 2021 2:39 am

Are you using a SIM adapter? If so, then you might be out of luck.
 
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Re: URGENT HELP remove SIM on wAP ac LTE6 kit

Fri Jul 09, 2021 3:19 am

Very carefully...
Use a superglue and a toothpick
When toothpick is glued, pull back the SIM
 
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Re: URGENT HELP remove SIM on wAP ac LTE6 kit

Fri Jul 09, 2021 10:25 am

Yes I was trying different SIM card from different operators... and...
YES I used a SIM adapter because the SIM is a nano and the MikroTik slot is a micro.

I would like to avoid to use super glue... if the glue the blocks both the SIM and the chassis together... it will be a nightmare
 
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Re: URGENT HELP remove SIM on wAP ac LTE6 kit

Fri Jul 09, 2021 10:28 am

I understand, but your next option is to unsolder the sim reader?
 
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Re: URGENT HELP remove SIM on wAP ac LTE6 kit

Fri Jul 09, 2021 10:42 am

OK... I tried to use the "super glue solution just some minutes ago"... no lock... now it is worst
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In other words... the outer border of the SIM adapter has been pulled out and the rest is still inside

i also have the CAT4 version of the same wAP kit and I opened it: the SIM holder is accessible by inside the box and you can eventually push the SIM out insted of pull it.
Unfortunately the CAT6 version has a different approach and the SIM holder is between the mainboard and the black base so to access it I need to disassemble everytrhing... an hard work and moreover I need to remove also the modem because same screws seems tio be behind it.
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Re: URGENT HELP remove SIM on wAP ac LTE6 kit

Fri Jul 09, 2021 10:48 am

but if you use superglue again, you can reach the SIM directly?
 
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Re: URGENT HELP remove SIM on wAP ac LTE6 kit

Fri Jul 09, 2021 11:01 am

I can give a try again... but this time I am "blind", I can not see inside where I am going to put the glue...
Maybe better to bring the unit to a smartphone reapair shop ?
 
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Re: URGENT HELP remove SIM on wAP ac LTE6 kit

Fri Jul 09, 2021 11:07 am

at this point is better for sure....
 
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Re: URGENT HELP remove SIM on wAP ac LTE6 kit

Fri Jul 09, 2021 11:23 am

Eventually,
anyone knows how to correctly disassemble the mainboard from the black base?
 
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Re: URGENT HELP remove SIM on wAP ac LTE6 kit

Fri Jul 09, 2021 11:34 am

once the single screw has been unscrewed,
the block can be extracted,
then the 4 screws that can be seen are unscrewed (2 hold the antennas still)
so the mainboard can be separated gently from heatsink
 
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Re: URGENT HELP remove SIM on wAP ac LTE6 kit

Fri Jul 09, 2021 12:12 pm

see the picture please.
do you mean I have ti remove just the 4 RED or also the 2 two GREEN than are under the modem?

Moreover, maybe removing the white plastic (the one around the ethernet ports) I can find some spece to remove the SIM without split the motherboard from the black base

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Re: URGENT HELP remove SIM on wAP ac LTE6 kit

Fri Jul 09, 2021 2:25 pm

you can remove also the 2 green
 
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Re: URGENT HELP remove SIM on wAP ac LTE6 kit

Fri Jul 09, 2021 6:36 pm

OK.
Removed the 4 red screws and the 2 green, split the mainboard from the black base and removed the SIM locked.
Assembled everything again and now... the unit does no more recognize any SIM. it says SIM NOT INSERTED.
Most likely the SIM holder has been damaged or something like that.

I can use it at least as an access point...

Is there a way to buy just another unit without the modem and reuse my LTE modem?
 
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Re: URGENT HELP remove SIM on wAP ac LTE6 kit

Fri Jul 09, 2021 6:45 pm

Search someone with broken modem :)
Ok, no :) ...
 
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Re: URGENT HELP remove SIM on wAP ac LTE6 kit

Fri Jul 09, 2021 6:57 pm

Eventually may I use the modem from my kit inot this:
https://mikrotik.com/product/wap_ac

in other words, what is the MikroTIk unit like the one in my kit but with modem inside?
 
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Re: URGENT HELP remove SIM on wAP ac LTE6 kit

Fri Jul 09, 2021 6:58 pm

Actually the "wAP R ac" [RBwAPGR-5HacD2HnD] are not solded separately,

I just open one wAP ac (new black heatsink model) for help you,
but do not have sim slot and MiniPCI-e slot.
 
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Re: URGENT HELP remove SIM on wAP ac LTE6 kit

Fri Jul 09, 2021 7:41 pm

many thanks for your effort.

Since the modem itself is also sold separately by MikroTik, where can it be used?
 
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Re: URGENT HELP remove SIM on wAP ac LTE6 kit

Fri Jul 09, 2021 7:43 pm

"SXT R"
https://mikrotik.com/product/sxt_r

"wAP R"
https://mikrotik.com/product/RBwAPR-2nD

etc.

oh...

wAP R ac????
https://mikrotik.com/product/wap_r_ac

Why some minutes ago don't are present???????????
 
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Re: URGENT HELP remove SIM on wAP ac LTE6 kit

Tue Jul 13, 2021 1:39 am

Just to let you know the end of the story.

The nano to micro SIM adapter definitely damaged the SIM holder.
This morning I visited a smartphone repair shop, but they refused to have a look to my Mikortik, so I got a new SIM holder for 2 euro, a big one, for traditional SIM... it was for Nokia phones.
I removed the original Mikrotik SIM holder with the help of cutter, then solded 6 very small wires (the ones used for cabling alarms) to the damaged contact of the SIM holder, then bring them outside of the Mikrotik case, and in the space under the cover I solded the Nokia SIM holder.

and... it works again !!!

Keep in mind... NEVER use SIM adapter!!!
 
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Re: URGENT HELP remove SIM on wAP ac LTE6 kit

Tue Jul 13, 2021 1:45 am

And never go to that repair shop...

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