Sim/mobile networks stops working/isn't recognized until restart

Fireeyeeian

So this has happened twice now. First time it happened I was driving to work but after I lost connection to my home wifi I noticed nothing was loading and it said that I had no mobile network available, which was odd so I restarted the phone and that fixed it, every worked fine after that. 12 hours later after my shift I got home I went to bed woke up later and notice the issue was happening again so I looked in "about phone" and all the options looked like I didn't even have a sim installed like no phonenumber and such. I tried toggleing the enable/disabling the sim toggle but it didn't looked to be toggling
Anyway I did a restart and at first I was worried because sim still wasn't showing but it turned out the toggle worked without showing it worked and when I turned the sim back on after a moment every works fine for now.

If there is any data like the bug report that could be helpfull i can send it. Other than some odd app crashes in one app and some odd behaviour is another graphene has been perfect but this issue is problematic.

de0u

Fireeyeeian Is this a physical SIM or an eSIM? If it's a physical SIM, how old is it?

Fireeyeeian

de0u
Oh forgot to mention that. It's a physical sim and I got it within a year ago just after I got this pixel 8 pro (new)

de0u

Fireeyeeian I don't think I'm aware of other reports like this, so it might not be widespread. It's even possible it's a problem with the cellular modem in just that one device. If it were an old SIM I would suggest asking the carrier to issue a new one, because they can go bad, but that seems less likely here.

Fireeyeeian

de0u yeah I read some posts like that and with my stuff being somewhat new and with recently getting (and installing) the latest GOS update I thought maybe it's some bug but yeah not sure.

enthusiast

I have literally the same issue but with Wi-Fi, I still didn't test with SIM... it shows "No available networks". The only logical and temporary workaround is to restart.

de0u

enthusiast I think it would probably be best to keep discussion of the Wi-Fi issue in the recently-created Wi-Fi thread.

In general it is good to avoid posting about one issue in multiple threads in a short period of time (on any user forum).

Fireeyeeian

It just happened again seemingly for no reason while I was at work. Only thing that stands out is I plugged it in as it was low (14%) and using battery saver and a few minutes layer I realized it said no network. A restart is the only thing that brings it back. I'll have to hope it happens (or not) while at home to see if it's all network including wifi or just cell.

Fireeyeeian

Fireeyeeian so I had just let me phone change and sit and about 30 mins to an hour later when I checked my phone the issue had happed again.

de0u

Fireeyeeian Unfortunately these symptoms sound consistent with a hardware problem.

I guess the best case would be something simple like junk on the contacts of the SIM card. You might try using a pencil eraser, gently.

The next-best case might be replacing the SIM card. Maybe not too likely, but maybe fast and free.

Though it would be disruptive, evaluating the health of the cellular modem might be easiest by wiping the device and flashing back to Google's OS. If you see the same symptoms then, the cellular modem may be bad.

Fireeyeeian

de0u yeah I'll check the sim card this week, it just happened again, I have a spare phone I can try it in and I'll see there. If I put a different sim in this pixel 8 pro any conflicts or issues with that? Or will it "just work" as I have a spare sim that's active. This current sim is an Xfinity my spare is an ATT.
Found a similar issue: https://xdaforums.com/t/my-google-pixel-8-pro-is-having-sim-issues-after-android-16-update-anyone-else-experiencing-this.4748152/

de0u

Fireeyeeian If I put a different sim in this pixel 8 pro any conflicts or issues with that?

I am unaware of any expected ill effects.