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[–] [email protected] 4 points 56 minutes ago

I'm sure I have it in a box somewhere, but paperclips open up SIM slots just as well as SIM tools do.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

I have several, all in a big keyring. I used one of them once. So I keep them. One never knows.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

I sequestered mine in a box of tarot cards so I couldn't lose it

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

I pinned one to my wall in my bedroom just in case

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

I had one of these hanging out in my bathroom for forever. The little fucker wouldn't just go away.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

I've got plenty!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

what is it?? never seen in my life

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 hour ago

it's that little thingy that comes with new phones that opens the SIM card slot

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

Ive had them for a handful of different devices, but theyre typically used to push in the tiny hole for ejecting sim/data cards or manual resets

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 hours ago

it's within my phone's protection case, so i do have it right now. Also, anecdote, a random stranger on a bus was switching sim cards, and asked me if I have the tool, which I indeed I had!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Sounds like a good way to stab yourself in the balls.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

Im always looking for new opportunities

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 hour ago

* AF

I tied a string around mine and threw it into one of those organiser boxes that's full of all sorts of other small items; it's there, I just need to remember exactly in which box (out of several dozen like this) it is.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

I my keyring. Duh.

[–] andybytes 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I got like 20 of these motherfuckers and one hanging around my neck.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

we need a picture to appreciate

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago

I have the round bit in my screwdriver set, the pointy bit broke off so I also now have a bent paperclip in there too.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago

I think I lost it within seconds of turning my phone on for the first time lol

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 hours ago

Laughs in paper clip

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

It's in my phone repair kit XD

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I still have my first smartphone. It's from 2011 and the screen is undamaged.

I also still have the extra plugs for the in-ear headphones that came with it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 hours ago

ok sorry, right this way sir ==>

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago

I keep one in my travel wire pouch thingy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

Probably, but it doesn't matter. A number of small improvised tools will do the same job.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

One? Easely 10.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

I do have one but don't know here is it in the sea of shit I have.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

I have 3, 2 ovals and 1 circle.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

I still have it and I bought backups

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 hours ago

I found a pencil holder I had in the 1990s. It has these little drawers for erasers and stuff. I was like "oh cool, I can fill the rest of these with my SD cards and USB sticks."

So, while cleaning my desk looking for those, I found one of these. I was like "I'm pretty sure I had at least 2 of these." ...I found three.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 hours ago

It's good to finally get some recognition!

[–] [email protected] 59 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I just put it back in the box when I'm done

I have a stack of boxes in the closet, because I might need them someday

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 hours ago

Yupppp; same here.

I think the Librem 5 (may've been another phone) came with a hole to attach to a keychain so it's the only one that I constantly have on me solely because someone thought to design for it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

Forbidden abortion tool

[–] [email protected] 46 points 12 hours ago

not whether you have it – it’s whether you know where it is

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I have one... somewhere. Probably in a tiny box, mixed in with my random cables

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

I hate the random cable drawer, but I'm always pulling shit out of it cause I need something in there.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago

And that's why it can never go away. I keep mine in a box in a closet, but it's accessed multiple times a year. Hell, I just broke it out the other day for a VGA cable

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I keep one on my key ring, never know when you need to pop in a burner sim.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (2 children)

If you’re using a burner SIM in your regular phone then it’s not really a burner SIM.

Fine if you’re just using it to hide your phone number companies, but if you’re hiding from the authorities then it’s the devices IMEI which is going to sell you out I’m afraid.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 hours ago

I have dumped like 30 of them into trash recently because I tend to sometimes replace/repair phone parts for people and if you buy a replacement part it comes with this thing.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

smug look of superiority

Ah Fairphone 5 life

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 hours ago

Same here, Sony Xperia

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I threw all of those away. I have paper clips, and those eject holes are intentionally designed to be the width of a bent paper clip.

Those things are just a less useful paper clip.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 hours ago

They're easier to use, but a monotasker, so yea, gimme a paperclip

[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 hours ago

Or, you know, a hoarding problem…

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 hours ago

I have one in my wallet - they are quite handy for cleaning lint out when the phone charging port inevitably collects enough to be annoying.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 hours ago

I have multiple. I keep the phone boxes after I buy a phone. I probably still have them for 3 or even all my 4 smartphones that I've owned over the years.

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