What to do if you`ve locked yourself out of access to your SIM card
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Ever lock yourself out of your own SIM card by not remembering your SIM PIN? Here`s what to do! With iOS 12, Apple gave us a way to secure our SIM cards by locking it with a PIN code (here`s how-to set it up). It`s a simple process and gives us an added layer of security each time we restart our iPhone or remove the SIM card and pop it into another device. But what happens when you`ve set up a SIM PIN a long time ago and forgot you did so? And then, when you try to create a new one, you`ve managed to lock yourself out of your own SIM card because of numerous failed attempts at guessing what your previous SIM PIN was? This happened to me recently (don`t ask how), but fortunately the process to regain access to your SIM card is not too difficult. Here`s how to do it! How to (accidentally) lock yourself out of your SIM card Of course, you don`t want to lock yourself out, but this is how it happens. Go to Settings, then find Cellular and then select SIM PIN. Tap on the toggle for S...