SIM card recovery is often discussed on forums and social networks, but links to specialized software are rare. Basically, these are various fake - applications, the purpose of which is to enrich the developers, and not to solve the user's problem.

Despite this, there are working tools for extracting contacts from the SIM card memory. In this article, we have collected the best of the few programs available for recovering, editing and backing up sim cards.

To use these programs, you need special device- Sim Card Reader. You can order it on Aliexpress, Ebay or Amazon. There are a lot of devices, focus on the rating and reviews.

What kind of device is a SIM card reader

Sim card reader is a special device for reading information from a SIM card. Connects to the USB port of a PC like a regular USB flash drive.

An example is the SIM Card Reader. The device is compatible with all types of SIM cards. You need to install drivers for it to work. SIM application Manager, read about him below.

Generally speaking, a SIM card reader is useful not only and not so much for restoring contacts (because this is not always possible). This device will help:

• do backup contacts in advance (useful in case of deleting content, losing a SIM card, transferring contacts and messages to a new SIM card),
• copy contacts / sms from one sim card to another,
• sync contacts with mobile devices or services like Google Contacts.

Next, consider some of the programs that are used specifically in conjunction with SIM card readers. To work with contacts, in some cases, you need to copy the contents from internal memory phone directly to the SIM card, otherwise, when you connect the SIM card reader, you will see an empty address book.

Advice. If you need to restore contacts on Android, read how to do it.

SIMCom

http://www.gemfor.com/en/software_simcom.html

SIMCom is a professional SIM card manager with many features. The program will not help restore contacts on a SIM card, but it is convenient to use it as an address book editor to create backups and then restore them to an old or new SIM card.

Let's note the main functions:

• Editing contacts in the SIM card address book
• Setting up preferred roaming networks
• SIM card diagnostics: error detection, service information reading
• SMS management (copy, edit, delete from SIM card)
• PIN security code management (change/cancel code)
• Backup sim cards for computer
• Export to a local file / print the contents of the SIM card

SIM Card Data Recovery

http://www.datadoctor.in/data-recovery-software/sim-card-data-recovery-software.html

SIM card Data Recovery- recovery program remote contacts (contact numbers) and SMS messages stored in the SIM card memory. Unlike other applications mentioned here, it is not designed for backup and contact management, i.e. there are purely recovery-functions here.

Sim Card Data Recovery Features:

monosim

http://monosim.integrationweb.com/

monosim is a simple free sim card manager that works with PCSC smartcard reader protocol. The possibilities are modest, but the program is suitable for basic operations. It supports all read/write operations and allows you to backup your contacts.

The sim manager is launched on Windows platforms and Linux. Installation requires special libraries (check system requirements).

pySIM

http://twhiteman.netfirms.com/pySIM.html

pySIM is a simple SIM card manager based on PC/SC protocol. Edits contacts, backups SIM cards, works with any GSM SIM card.

The program is written in python and runs from the console. A convenient GUI version for Windows is available.

Question answer

I have a sim card and it is blocked. There may be many contacts on it, and somehow you need to restore the contacts. The question arises - how to restore the contents of the SIM card, because it is physically still on it?

Answer. You can't get access by bypassing the PIN/PUK code: a locked SIM card is securely protected from hacking. Unfortunately, there are no workarounds. Sim card manager "s can remove protection or change PIN only if they have an old code.

Contacts are on the phone in the address book, but they are not on the SIM card. I tried to count the SIM Manager program, there is nothing on the SIM card. How is this possible?

Answer. Your contacts are stored in the phone's memory. If you want to transfer them to a SIM card, this can be done from the menu. Use "migrate contacts to SIM" or "copy contacts to SIM" commands. After completing the operation, your contacts will be available on any phone where this SIM card is installed.

I read that the EaseUS Mobisaver program restores contacts, but after connecting to a SIM card, it does not find anything. The website says it is professional program to restore sim cards.

Answer. On the EaseUS website, you will indeed find detailed manuals on how to restore contacts from a SIM card. The fact is that this program (and many of its clones) do not work with a SIM card, but only extract contacts from the phone's memory. Developers want to take money from you for non-existent features.

A short story about such a not every day necessary, but still useful thing, like a SIM card cutter, with which you can cut a SIM card for micro-SIM or nano-SIM in just a few seconds. Well, a set of adapters for using cropped sim cards in ordinary "sim cards"

Anticipating the logical question “Why do you need it if you can go to the salon cellular communication your operator and change the SIM card to which one you need or cut it off for 150 rubles? I will answer that yes, it is possible to do this, but not all and not everywhere operators provide this service even for money.
Considering that at present smartphone manufacturers have begun to massively switch to mini- and nano-formats, and at the same time remembering that it has become the norm to use at least 2 SIM cards in a smartphone, then by simply calculating the costs of transferring 4 SIM cards (2 of your own and 2 spouses ) we get an amount, even with today's evergreen rate, comparable to the cost of a special “stapler” for self-pruning, which, I think, will come in handy more than once in the future.
Also, just in case, I ordered a set of adapters for the reverse adaptation of cropped sims to the standard format.

The device is delivered in a small cardboard box with a description of the use of the contents. The device allows you to crop a standard SIM card to a micro-SIM size, as well as crop a Micro-SIM card to a Nano-SIM size.

At first glance, the device is very much like a stationery stapler. The kit also comes with two flimsy adapters and studs to remove the SIM tray on iPhone-like smartphones.

Smoothes the device quite thoroughly and reliably, I did not find a single plastic part in the design

The principle of operation of the device is quite simple. By pressing the handle, we lower the special pushers, which, resting against the SIM card, push it into the hole of the desired size, thereby breaking out the deprivation

There are two trays at the bottom front - one is the size of a regular SIM card for cutting to the “micro” size, the second is the size of a micro-Sim card for cutting to the “nano” size. Before cutting, you need to make sure that the beveled corner of the SIM card matches the corner in the hole, so as not to cut the SIM card incorrectly.

Let's move on to testing

Insert a SIM card into a standard size tray

We put the device on a flat hard surface and sharply, but gently, press the handle until it stops. At the output we get a micro-sim card and a scrap

There are small notches on the received SIM card - a consequence of breaking out

Irregularities and roughness of the resulting nano-sim card can be removed with a regular nail file

We are trying to install our SIM card into adapters from the device kit.
From nano-sim to micro-sim

From micro-sim to standard

As I mentioned above, the adapters are quite “snotty” and the SIM card tries to fall out of them, but I think it will do as a backup option.

Supplied in a small envelope with a transparent window

It is indicated on the back that these adapters allow you to change the size of the SIM card from nano to micro, from nano to standard and from micro to standard

The "SIM Menu" application on numerous Android smartphones is located in the general menu of the Program (Tools). We will tell you about what this application is and how you can uninstall it.

Android: What can the SIM Menu do?

SIM Menu application for operating room Android systems is already preinstalled. What content will you find in this application, depends entirely on your service provider mobile communications. This content is read from the SIM card through the application.

As a rule, through the SIM-Menu application, you can view various information, as well as order some paid services. Examples of such services include weather forecast, news, or an alarm clock service. To date, this application for the most part has already outlived its usefulness.

Removing the SIM Menu: Here's How It's Done

Unfortunately, you won't be able to uninstall SIM-Toolkit just like that. However, if you have the appropriate rights, you can uninstall this application without consequences for your smartphone.

• You need Root permissions to uninstall the app. After that, you will be able to remove the pre-installed applications.
• Advanced users will find the SIM-Toolkit as a file called "stk.apk" in the "System/Apps" folder. Here, too, using Root access, you can delete the application.