JudyTy Posted Monday at 20:40 Share Posted Monday at 20:40 Hello everyone. I found this website and I hope someone can help me. I have an old flip phone (Samsung SGH-T301G) that I used to have with TracFone. I recently had a death in my family and remembered I had tests and pictures on this old phone of the person that passed away that I would like to get off of it. The phone surprisingly boots and charges, but I get a message that the SIM Card is Rejected, which I am assuming is because it doesn't have service, and then I can't get past this error. My nephew tried to plug the phone into his computer and it doesn't show up for him to get the pictures off either. Does anyone know how I can get past this error message about the SIM so I can get to my menus? I just want to get my pictures and see my text messages. Thank you for your help. I know this is an old phone and I hope someone can help. I hope I posted this in the right place too. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1452468-can-someone-help-me-with-a-old-flip-phone/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Dick Montage Subscriber² Posted Monday at 21:13 Subscriber² Share Posted Monday at 21:13 Put a valid active SIM card in Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1452468-can-someone-help-me-with-a-old-flip-phone/#findComment-598972310 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyTy Posted Monday at 21:43 Author Share Posted Monday at 21:43 I don't have another Tracfone SIM card and the phone uses the big ones which I think phones use the small ones now. And I'm not very technical but my phone provider now also is not tracfone so if the SIM was the right size I don't think it would work. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1452468-can-someone-help-me-with-a-old-flip-phone/#findComment-598972316 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindovermaster Global Moderator Posted Monday at 21:57 Global Moderator Share Posted Monday at 21:57 isn't the pictures on the SIM card? Why not use a USB adapter to get the data off? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1452468-can-someone-help-me-with-a-old-flip-phone/#findComment-598972320 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick H. Supervisor Posted Monday at 22:18 Supervisor Share Posted Monday at 22:18 On 10/03/2025 at 20:40, JudyTy said: Hello everyone. I found this website and I hope someone can help me. I have an old flip phone (Samsung SGH-T301G) that I used to have with TracFone. I recently had a death in my family and remembered I had tests and pictures on this old phone of the person that passed away that I would like to get off of it. The phone surprisingly boots and charges, but I get a message that the SIM Card is Rejected, which I am assuming is because it doesn't have service, and then I can't get past this error. My nephew tried to plug the phone into his computer and it doesn't show up for him to get the pictures off either. Does anyone know how I can get past this error message about the SIM so I can get to my menus? I just want to get my pictures and see my text messages. Thank you for your help. I know this is an old phone and I hope someone can help. I hope I posted this in the right place too. Expand If the pictures are on the SIM, plug it into another device that will allow you to get around the error message. It's odd, though. I've seen SIM error messages before, but nothing that prevents me from accessing the data on the SIM...normally it just tells me that the Service Provider won't give me a signal... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1452468-can-someone-help-me-with-a-old-flip-phone/#findComment-598972328 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Dick Montage Subscriber² Posted Monday at 22:20 Subscriber² Share Posted Monday at 22:20 On 10/03/2025 at 21:57, Mindovermaster said: isn't the pictures on the SIM card? Why not use a USB adapter to get the data off? Expand Pictures on the SIM card????? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1452468-can-someone-help-me-with-a-old-flip-phone/#findComment-598972330 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindovermaster Global Moderator Posted Monday at 22:34 Global Moderator Share Posted Monday at 22:34 On 10/03/2025 at 22:20, Dick Montage said: Pictures on the SIM card????? Expand I misread that, sorry.. Move on folks.. +Dick Montage 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1452468-can-someone-help-me-with-a-old-flip-phone/#findComment-598972336 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Warwagon MVC Posted Tuesday at 02:38 MVC Share Posted Tuesday at 02:38 Can you try to remove the sim card thats in there? Does it show up to the device manager at all? If so, you could try the app Bitpim. http://www.bitpim.org/ Recently recovered photos off an old flip phone. In my case I had to whipout an old XP laptop. In your case that phone came out in 2009. Try this +Dick Montage, goretsky and Mindovermaster 3 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1452468-can-someone-help-me-with-a-old-flip-phone/#findComment-598972361 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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