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.. _l5_evergreen_known_issues:

Known issues
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This page lists known issues for the **Evergreen** shipment of phones as supplied to users.


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.. _l5_evergreen_known_issues_iso7816:

Device may damage SIM if SIM is inserted/removed while device is powered on
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**Problem**:

The SIM card may be irreparably damaged if the SIM card is inserted or removed while the phone is powered on.

**Description**:

The electrical contacts for the Librem 5 and Liberty Phone nano-SIM and microSD tray are not ISO/IEC 7816 compliant.
This is due to the type of SIM tray in use.
**Insertion or removal of the tray while the device is powered on will likely irreparably damage the SIM card.**
**Users should power off the phone before replacing SIM cards.**

Board revisions as of approximately mid-2023 include a SMT fuse intended to prevent damage to the SIM card, but this is not a failsafe solution.
This issue will be addressed in future hardware revisions.