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How To Convert a SIM to a MicroSIM with a Meat Cleaver

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While meat cleaver sounds way cooler, just some scissors will work just fine.

What's worse than simply saying something that sounds cool is that he doesn't even use a meat cleaver -- it's just a big knife in his pictures.

Because I'm a foodie-tragic, that's the first thing I thought -_-

Not sure why he did this. I was able to get a Vodafone MicroSIM from their shops here in the UK.

This is faster and you can blog about it.

Step one: line the regular SIM up to a MicroSIM...

Not absurd. Whatever device you wish to place your “new” MicroSIM card into likely came with a MicroSIM card.

Step 3: Cut with scissors the line scored by the "meat cleaver."

Sure, the method is not absurd. I was expecting something far more absurd or exciting, like opening a champagne bottle with a sword or something.

http://www.wikihow.com/Open-a-Champagne-Bottle-with-a-Sword

I worked this out with a friend a while ago; he'd just bought an iphone 4 and his existing SIM didn't fit. He'd been directed to a Vodafone store on the other side of town who allegedly had "the tool required to convert your SIM". We joked that this mysterious tool was probably just a pair of scissors. Maybe it was in fact just a big knife...

Basically: http://www.amazon.com/Micro-SIM-Cutter-Converter-adapters/dp...

Some cutters actually do a better job, since they create a "holder" that can be used to fit the nub back into an old-type slot. Otherwise, there's pre-made ones.

Sure, a post like this made sense when the µSIM requiring devices were released, but now?

Every telco that ever wants to sell a wireless data plan in the world should offer µSIM cards and it is a much better idea to use the real thing than to take a razor blade, hacksaw or meat cleaver to a normal-sized SIM.

I thought this was going to be a joke like the 12V battery hack: http://www.metacafe.com/watch/773138/12_volt_battery_hack_yo...

Turns out its real and very useful!

Why is this a joke?

It doesn't actually contain the said batteries stated in the video.

That's incorrect. They really do use eight 1.5v button cells to make those 12v batteries. Here's some verification:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue-vFjDxmB4

You're probably thinking of this 6 volt battery hack video, which is actually a joke:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzgDffMcsUU

That is not a Meat Cleaver, it's a Chef's Knife. Used for chopping vegetables. A meat cleaver is more square-shaped with a larger, flatter blade.

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