I worked this out with a friend a while ago; he'd just bought an iphone 4 and his existing SIM didn't fit. He'd been directed to a Vodafone store on the other side of town who allegedly had "the tool required to convert your SIM". We joked that this mysterious tool was probably just a pair of scissors. Maybe it was in fact just a big knife...
Some cutters actually do a better job, since they create a "holder" that can be used to fit the nub back into an old-type slot. Otherwise, there's pre-made ones.
Sure, a post like this made sense when the µSIM requiring devices were released, but now?
Every telco that ever wants to sell a wireless data plan in the world should offer µSIM cards and it is a much better idea to use the real thing than to take a razor blade, hacksaw or meat cleaver to a normal-sized SIM.
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[ 0.27 ms ] story [ 50.8 ms ] threadTurns out its real and very useful!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue-vFjDxmB4
You're probably thinking of this 6 volt battery hack video, which is actually a joke:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzgDffMcsUU
Sure, the method is not absurd. I was expecting something far more absurd or exciting, like opening a champagne bottle with a sword or something.
http://www.wikihow.com/Open-a-Champagne-Bottle-with-a-Sword
Some cutters actually do a better job, since they create a "holder" that can be used to fit the nub back into an old-type slot. Otherwise, there's pre-made ones.
Every telco that ever wants to sell a wireless data plan in the world should offer µSIM cards and it is a much better idea to use the real thing than to take a razor blade, hacksaw or meat cleaver to a normal-sized SIM.