Some Agleam New Pixel 3s Aren't Registering Sim Cards & Google Is Boring Their Anxiety On A Fix

You aloof brought a cast new Pixel 3 from the Google Store, and you admit your SIM agenda alone to acquisition the phone won't admit it at all. No amount what you do, the SIM agenda won't annals and your Pixel won't affix to your carrier network. That's what happened to me and several added Pixel 3 owners. The acceptable account is a fix is coming, the bad account is Google doesn't accept a date for that fix. After speaking with a Google Support Specialist, I abstruse that Google is acquainted of this situation. They accept it's a software affair that will crave an OTA amend to fix. Usually, Google alone sends... more

You aloof brought a cast new Pixel 3 from the Google Store, and you admit your SIM agenda alone to acquisition the phone won't admit it at all. No amount what you do, the SIM agenda won't annals and your Pixel won't affix to your carrier network. That's what happened to me and several added Pixel 3 owners. The acceptable account is a fix is coming, the bad account is Google doesn't accept a date for that fix.

After speaking with a Google Support Specialist, I abstruse that Google is acquainted of this situation. They accept it's a software affair that will crave an OTA amend to fix. Usually, Google alone sends out one software amend a month: the account security patch. According to the two altered Google Support Specialists, Google doesn't appetite to change this behavior, so instead, they will "include the fix for the SIM agenda botheration with this month's security patch."

But here's the trouble: At the time of this writing, we accept seven canicule larboard in the month. Ideally, Google would accelerate out the October security application afore the end of the month. However, back I asked about a date for this application (and the fix for this cogent problem), they weren't able to accord me annihilation specific. This agency amid now and the end of the month, we should apprehend the application to be pushed out so that we can assuredly use our phones.

Well at atomic I can accomplish emergency calls?

The Pixel 3 launched on October 9, and abounding bodies who preordered had the phone in their easily by October 17. So if this takes until Halloween, that agency bodies like me will accept been ashore after corpuscle account for two abounding weeks. Thankfully, I accept added phones to use, but what about bodies who are relying on their Pixel 3 or 3 XL as their alone phone?

At atomic to me, this doesn't accomplish sense. After SIM agenda functionality, the phone is about abortive — decidedly back you're abroad from home. You'd anticipate a fix for this botheration would be Google's top priority, but they're demography their candied time.

We'll amend this commodity as we apprentice more, including back (or if) a fix is assuredly issued. In the meantime, let us apperceive in the animadversion area beneath if you're experiencing SIM-gate on your Pixel 3 as well.

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