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How to Turn Off ‘Your SIM Played a Tone’ Message on iPhone 6s

Rupesh Sinha
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Going crazy with the ‘Your SIM played a tone’ message on your iPhone 6s (or iPhone 6s Plus, SE or 5S)? Well, our condolences are with you because even we have been on the receiving end of these messages. For people unaware, these are flash messages most probably from your network, that takeover your iPhone’s screen and when you accept the message, you either get a spam message or something promotional. Moreover, these messages tend to pop-up every few minutes or every few hours, if luck is on your side.

Your SIM played a tone message iPhone 6s

Along with being annoying, these messages also interfere with a device’s performance. Ever since these messages started arriving on our iPhone 6s, we witnessed quite a few hang-ups. So, keep your cool, as here’s how to turn off ‘Your SIM played a tone” message on your iPhone 6s:

1. Go to iPhone’s “Settings” and scroll down below to find “Phone”

iPhone Settings Phone

2. In the Phone Settings, tap on “SIM Applications” and select “FLASH!“.

iPhone 6s SIM Applications Settings

Note: Not all mobile operators feature this option with the same “FLASH!” name, so check out other similar options in the SIM Applications page. 

3. Here, tap on “Activation” and in the following menu, hit “Deactivate“.

Deactivate flash messages iPhone

4. You’ll then getting a flash message asking you confirm “FLASH! OFF“. Select “Accept” and take a sigh of relief.

turn off your SIM played a tone message iPhone

Once you are done, you should not be receiving any flash messages. However, if you are still receiving flash messages, you are jinxed. Jokes apart, you will then have to call your operator’s customer service number and ask them to turn off SIM flash messages.

SEE ALSO: How to Block Chrome Notifications on Windows, Mac and Android

Get rid of flash messages before they get on the nerve!

If you ever feel like testing your cool, you should activate flash messages on your phone and let the drama ensue. We don’t recommend it though. The method to disable flash messages on the iPhone is pretty simple, so follow the aforementioned steps and get rid of these messages before you go nuts. If you come across any problems on your device, do let us know in the comments section below.

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Rupesh Sinha

Rupesh is a section editor here and one of the hosts at our YouTube channel. A long time mobile lover and technology aficionado, he loves to indulge in all things technology! In his free time (which is non-existent), he loves watching Westworld, Silicon Valley, and Game of Thrones, obviously.

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  • Vikram says:

    Sir mere pass idea ka SIM card h or her 5 second me massage aata h your sim played ton
    Sim please give me a solution

    Reply
  • Malarvannan N says:

    Thanks guys it helped me a lot

    Reply
  • Faiz says:

    Sorry friend,i didn’t find falsh option.Rather i found something like utility service,cricket etc etc.This sudden alert is so annoying..please help me out to get rid of this.

    Reply
  • Sandeep says:

    For airtel customers there is no FLASH option…instead of flash …go to settings-> Phone-> sim applications->airtel live-> start/stop -> select STOP , then accept stop services…its done!!!

    Reply
    • Amar says:

      Thanks bro

      Reply
    • chhaya says:

      after clickng on airtel live…nothing is hapening…no start and stop is showing….i have i phone se and airtel connection….please resolve it

      Reply
      • Girish says:

        ya i do have same plm

  • muhsin.nlsm says:

    thanks. happy with u

    Reply
  • Karan says:

    I am NRI and here for 3 weeks,got iPhone 7 plus 128gb ,using Airtel sim,I am still struggling to stop these messages,can’t find FLASH or callxchange option

    Reply
    • Rakesh says:

      Same issue. Were you able to find the solution ? If yes please share

      Reply
  • Chaithra says:

    Thank u so much it helped me a lot

    Reply
  • Nidhi says:

    I don’t have the option of flash in my phone

    Reply
  • Prachi says:

    Thanks a tone.. It is very helpful…

    Reply
  • Sparsh Jaiswal says:

    Thanks Dude…it really helped!

    Reply
  • Amit Soni says:

    Thanks a lot for this solution…i was bugged with this.

    Reply
  • Akash Kumar choudhary says:

    I am face this” sim played tone ” word at 1 months in my cell … so I have seen your helpfull way and get step the instructions of your way .. and finally I feel relief.. thanku so much buddy.

    Reply
  • Narad says:

    Thank you very much

    Reply
  • Amitava Ghosh says:

    Thanks Guys. It was on immense help & was really getting on my nerves.

    Reply
  • Prabhakaran says:

    Thanks

    Reply
  • Akash Soni says:

    I suffer same problem in my iphone 7 plus.
    But I hv used Bsnl SIM card in my phone .i follow this process bt not to show Flash or caller\change in it.
    So what can I do.

    Reply
  • i_ch says:

    Dont have FLASH option under SIM Applications. do suggest what can be done

    Reply
  • Preet says:

    Thanks dear for such a great help ,i was really fed up from such a supid problem .Moreover i had paid to someone to solve the issue but everything was waste .Thanks again

    Reply
  • Sanjay says:

    Follow the step but now showing flash option please look into this urgently..

    Reply
  • Kumar Kaushik says:

    FLASH option has been removed from the menu. However it can be disabled by dialing 198 and navigating to ‘value-added service’ option from main menu then ‘disable value-added service’ option and selecting ‘Flash service’ then confirm.

    Reply
  • Dineshwaran says:

    Thankyou verymuch

    Reply
  • santosh says:

    thx boss very sick msg it was always

    Reply
  • Victor says:

    Thanks Bhaskar … sigh of relief

    Reply
  • Namrata says:

    Thanks a lot .:)the way u hv explained..

    Reply
  • Ameya Satvidkar says:

    Thanks. It is also applicable for Iphone 5s iOS 9. Explanation with pictures helped me a lot

    Reply
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