In case it helps anyone else, the intermittent 'no sim' on a new Nexus 5 was in my case not due to software or firmware, but lateral movment of the sim card in the tray. I noticed many people who had this problem mentioned they used an adaptor (nano micro). I also do. A piece of sellotape across the back and folded over the shortest long edge (i.e. adjacent to the 45 deg notch) solved the problem perfectly.

In case it helps anyone else, the intermittent 'no sim' on a new Nexus 5 was in my case not due to software or firmware, but lateral movment of the sim card in the tray. I noticed many people who had this problem mentioned they used an adaptor (nano micro). I also do. A piece of sellotape across the back and folded over the shortest long edge (i.e. adjacent to the 45 deg notch) solved the problem perfectly.

Good stuff - thanks, all & all noted. Look forward to following progress & helping if & where I can.

Hi all,
I am a new user (but long time Ubuntu user) determined to escape Android/iOS. I'm liking a lot of UBports on my Nexus 5. Few teething probs, but the sort of things I expected I would have.
One silly thing that is bugging me - is it poss to turn off the Scopes/dash on rc/stable and have the app drawer as it appears on the devel ch? I am constantly swiping at it to try to get rid if it. I have been through the menu several times and searched. Am I being really unlucky & missing it or is it only like that on the devel ch atm? Looks beautiful on there as untouched xenial snow & as smooth as butter. On rc atm, as I mean to use this as my daily phone - sounded like a happy balance, but would be great if poss to switch to that clean no app appearance. Cheers

@rf PS I should prob add that the phone was new (well, freshly unwrapped), so I would be unlucky if it is hardware. Uninstalled Skype (no help) reflashed from stable to devel (no help). Cheers

@jolek78 Sorry to reply to a post that is a few months old but mine has also started saying no sim. Seemed to follow install and use of of Skype webapp (but poss. coincidence) A restart cures it - for a while. In my case, the first thing I did upon receiving the phone was to flash UBPorts. I wonder what stock image you flashed - the latest here: https://developers.google.com/android/images perhaps? If so I will do the same. Cheers