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How To Convert a SIM to a MicroSIM with a Meat Cleaver
- pat2man 16y agoI thought this was going to be a joke like the 12V battery hack: http://www.metacafe.com/watch/773138/12_volt_battery_hack_youll_be_surprised/ http://www.metacafe.com/watch/773138/12_volt_battery_hack_yo... Turns out its real and very useful!
- jawee 16y agoWhy is this a joke?
- shadowpwner 16y agoIt doesn't actually contain the said batteries stated in the video.
- chaosmachine 16y agoThat's incorrect. They really do use eight 1.5v button cells to make those 12v batteries. Here's some verification: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue-vFjDxmB4 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 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzgDffMcsUU
- kilian 16y agoWhile meat cleaver sounds way cooler, just some scissors will work just fine.
- coderdude 16y agoWhat's worse than simply saying something that sounds cool is that he doesn't even use a meat cleaver -- it's just a big knife in his pictures.
- Dylanlacey 16y agoBecause I'm a foodie-tragic, that's the first thing I thought -_-
- adolph 16y agoStep one: line the regular SIM up to a MicroSIM...
- alanh 16y agoNot absurd. Whatever device you wish to place your “new” MicroSIM card into likely came with a MicroSIM card.
- adolph 16y agoStep 3: Cut with scissors the line scored by the "meat cleaver." 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 http://www.wikihow.com/Open-a-Champagne-Bottle-with-a-Sword
- archangel_one 16y agoI 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...
- sudont 16y agoBasically: http://www.amazon.com/Micro-SIM-Cutter-Converter-adapters/dp/B003UEWF8I http://www.amazon.com/Micro-SIM-Cutter-Converter-adapters/dp... 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.
- Hates_ 16y agoNot sure why he did this. I was able to get a Vodafone MicroSIM from their shops here in the UK.
- StavrosK 16y agoThis is faster and you can blog about it.
- kondro 16y agoSure, 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.
- hammock 16y agoThat is not a Meat Cleaver, it's a Chef's Knife. Used for chopping vegetables. A meat cleaver is more square-shaped with a larger, flatter blade.