Do you still have one somewhere?

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

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

Or, you know, a hoarding problem…

Laughs in paper clip

It's good to finally get some recognition!

I keep one in my wallet.

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!

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

I open so many tablets and shit at my work I have preferences on form. Samsung has the worst ones.

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.

How about just messy? Occasionally I still find them laying around

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.

I need them for work so I got a fancy keychain one

My kit:

I generally prefer the clear toothpick - easier to hold, came with a designer cupcake once (and I keep the flag on it because it's otherwise easy to lose a clear toothpick), generally better if the button is deeply recessed.

The paperclip phone tool is kept on the keychain between the USB micro card reader and the wallet sized SD card holder

Just keep it in the box the phone came in with all the warranty documentation. I've never lost one of these

smug look of superiority

Ah Fairphone 5 life

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.

I have the ifixit screwdriver kit and one of the bits is a Sim card ejector. Does it count ?

or a hoarder

"Looks like you lost your sim tray ejector"

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

Yes, I keep them in the box.

Raz keeps track of mine

I have about 8 of those. I'm a fucking packrat

I have the whole box. Because you know, it might be needed sometime :P

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.

Like seven a drawer somewhere. I don't know where though

What if I have three sitting on my desk right now?

I still have like eight of those. I bought some smart devices a while ago that all had them for the reset hole, so I’m stocked up for life.

I have 3 lying around somewhere. Comes in handy every few years

I have one in my wallet - just in case someone wants to steal my phone and I somehow have time to remove my SIM and SD before they take it.. optimistic I know

I have one in my tech pouch

I taped mine inside the cell phone case.

Yes, in my drawer of miscellaneous tiny things, next to pens, tiny screwdrivers, and a few old microsd cards.

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

I have like four or five of these.

I have more than one. The key is the word somewhere.

I can confirm that this is false

I have one with a big duct tape flag/handle. Stays in the phone kit with spudgers, tiny screwdrivers, etc.

Oh I for sure still have at least 10. But finding them when I need them is a whole other story

on my keychain with a set of handcuff keys and some earplugs lol

You only need it when setting up a new phone. So once you put the card in, you put the tool back in the phone’s box and just stick that in a closet.

So I’m asking… how CAN you even misplace one of those?

I have a small zip bag of 100+ of these in a drawer. Sometimes you gotta pop out a SIM card. Other times you gotta hit a pinhole reset button to fix a rogue router. In a pinch, they're also a good shiv or shank.

I keep one in my wallet.

It's on my keychain

I have mine under my phone cover. Got sick of losing them all the time when I needed one. Since I put it under the cover, I've only needed it about two times. (Under my cover for over a year).

I keep one in my wallet along with a safety pin, hairpin, hair tie, and a twist key from an old fashioned roll top anchovy tin.

Any one of these things have come in handy a surprising number of times.

I have a bunch of them.

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

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.

A paperclip works fine.

I used to have it between my phone and phone case, but I gave it away to a family member in need as I have something better.

You know those tiny factory default buttons on various hardware? I have a homemade tool in my work backpack specifically for that - The thickest syringe needle my local pharmacy had in store, and I cut the end off. The protective sleeve made it fit perfectly in a pen holder in my work backpack.

I just tossed several. I have used them rarely but kept up with every one ever

I have two, and I know exactly where they are. If GPS were more accurate, I could give you the GPS coordinates for each of them.

tied it around my keychain because SIMs are still much more handy than esim. Phone service where I live charge a fuck ton of money everytime you re register with the QR.

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

Yeah. I have a Nintendo DS game box (still with the original game) where I keep such tiny things. Including various SD card adapters.

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.

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

I have a draw with a box full of Luke 50 of these

As foretold 🙏

Two. I know exactly where they are.

I've got plenty!

I have a whole key ring of these.

Why thank you.

Just replaced my phone so I know exactly where one is. I'm on eSIM tho, so doesn't really matter.

Lies and slander. I have several, specifically because I am not responsible and lose things often.

I have it. I just don't know where it is.

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.

I have some smart devices that came with these so I appear very responsible.

Ive always just used a hair pick when I cant find it 😂

what is it?? never seen in my life

I have one in my wallet and one on my keychain.

I bought a multi tool that has one of these built in.

In an electronics tool kit.

Mostly because the only time recall using that specific tool was when I got my Pixel 8, and that was shortly after release, so its been a minute.

One in my wallet at all times.

I usually have one, but right now I have a paper clip with one side folded out 90° sitting in my wallet.

I stick them in a cork board.

Forbidden abortion tool

I am the distributor of cell phones where I work. I have a box of these. They’re also useful to reset UniFi and other networking equipment.

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

I keep one in my keychain for the random instances I need one, especially when I'm away from home.

It's come in handy more than I thought it would.

Inside my phone case. Only makes sense to keep it with the phone.

Nope. I got a pack of Resetamatron 3000s off Amazon to take up space in my junk drawer.

I have like 3 😅 and I don't even need them cause my ifixit kit has one that's a screwdriver bit but I don't wanna throw them away lol

No, I have OCD and everything has its spot

Multiple ones.

The ones I have seen most recently are so thin and flimsy that they are worse at the job than a paperclip.

I usually find my thinnest allen wrench and use that.

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

Absolutely not, lol; It's the opposite. I have a keychain one that I'm too lazy to remove. And it actually twists and gets caught in the holes on adjacent keys, so it's not like I never notice it!

I bought a bag of 20, stash them all over the place.

You can buy screw drivers with a zillion different "proprietary" bits for driving whatever thing. This is one of them.

I still have the box for my phone with the SIM remover still in it lol

I do have one but it is because I'm lazy and dont go through my shit. I am not responsible.

I've got at least 2 on my desk. Both from my new phones ( the one I accidentally fried in a lake and the replacement I got ). They're both connected to some little piece of magnet strip that I have no idea where it came from.

I switch phone plans every few years, and I have no idea how esims work, so yes.

I keep one in my travel wire pouch thingy.

Mine is in my case with adapters & extra SD cards.

Where that case IS however, fuckin, no clue.

Have one in my wallet, I change simcards often though, basically each new country.

A bunch, but the cherry is taken by a dedicated SIM ejection tool bit in my IFixIt kit.

I got two ifixit kits and that's all I need, even though I stopped repairing the phone and just trade in every three years.

I use it as an embroidery tool instead.

Somewhere, yes..

I still have my Oneplus 3 box with all the things it came with. I switched to Pixel 6A last year, because my mom dropped it and screen broke.

More than one actually. I keep one stabbed into my computer desk most of the time

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

I have one sitting on my fireplace mantle in a little dish. It's there to pop our Arlo doorbell off when it needs to come inside to charge.

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

This is the main reason I buy paperclips. I've got some of these around but I'm not sure where.

The ifixit toolkit has it - well with a hex shank.

But the last time i actually opened that hatch, i had to split a sliver off a wooden stick (coffee stirrer).

probably

It's in my phone repair kit XD

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

I feel like everyone’s missing the joke here. That’s not the normal sim pen ejector tool. That’s the liquid metal one that they only made for like a year or two

I still have it and I bought backups

Attached it to the pen drive as a key tag

I used to work for a cell phone "fixer" place. The quotations are because the hardware and software on iPhones is so locked down. Usually we would get iPhones that broke in a way that was out of warranty. Their warranty sucks. You will pay for your iPhone until it dies. Then you will pay for a new one. Android based devices followed suit. Neither had this problem starting out.

I my keyring. Duh.

One? Easely 10.

I have a key holder with a fabric holder above it for random things. Like my checkbook for paying the gardeners, the mailbox keys, and this doodad is leftover from when I used to have a rechargeable front door camera doorbell.

Yep its not hard to keep around. How are people losing em just put it in the right place after you’re done using it.

I probably have like 3 or 4

Wait aren't those ADHD therapeutic help made so you can feel good about losing something that easily replaced by a paperclip for once instead of losing something actually important like your keys ?

Yep I have 2 on a small o-ring with a usb memory stick I use.

I have 3, 2 ovals and 1 circle.

Taped mine to the back of my phone, hidden by the case.

Oh really? I didnt know that, yes I still do and it's only one I have

what is that

* 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.