r/eSIMs

Hi All,

I am planning to move to iPhone. Currently i am using Samsung S23 FE (India) with Airtel eSim. Can you please help what is process for this ?

I have checked multiple post didnt find any clear instruction.

Appriciate your help.

Thanks in Advance.

Resolved. This is what i did.

Step 1: ESIMQR <registered email> to 121 from your current phone.

Step 2: You will get a message to confirm esim transfer over message within 60 sec.

Step 3: You will get verification on IVR call in few minutes. Confirm in the call as well.

Step 4: Receive QR on email id within 30 mins.

Step 5: In your new Phone go to Settings>>Mobile Service>>Add eSim>> Scam QR Code.

Step 6: Once added, Services will activate in next 2 hours.

Step 7: You can't send/receive message for 24hrs.

Note: Make sure your email is registered with Airtel, if not you will get email not registered message at Step 1.

Steps to register email -

Step 1: Go to Airtel Thank App in your current phone. Login with your number.

Step 2: Search "Email" or "Update Profile" or similar. You will get option to edit.

Step 3: If Step 2 doesn't work, then try interacting with the chat bot and update the email ID. You'll receive two OTPs ro confirm the change - one on registered phone number and another one on your email.

Hope this helps.

I recently found out about 5ber being out of business when my 5ber card started giving out messages about network error. I have downloaded the xesim app on my non rooted phone but have some questions before proceeding. Will really appreciate if someone can advise. Thank you in advance.

1. The downloaded App is sitting in my Android's file system. To run it each time I have to open it from My Files, it asks for an update and then opens up. is it possible to have an icon in Apps folder so I can open it directly.

2. What exactly are "downloads" in xesim app that one needs to buy? Are these just like how many esims we can buy before we need to pay again?

3. Are we still free to buy esim data plan from any provider on our own and use xesim to install it or are we being forced to buy data plans from the curated providers visible in xesim app?

4. Other than rooting the phone and using a card reader etc, what else is the best, straight forward option to have similar functionality? Is 9eSIM V0 the best alternative? If so, do they ship quickly?

Thanks again

Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max running iOS 26.6.2. Traveling through Europe for about a month (Czech, Germany, Austria, Hungary, and Poland). Signed up for a 30-day Data + Phone plan through Orange. Got a Polish +48 phone number + 50gb of data. Goal was to avoid the $12/day Verizon fee for calls, texting, and data when not on WiFi.

Bought the plan 3 days before departing the US, and verified the account. Did NOT activate eSIM.

Landed in Prague and immediately followed instructions for activation. Wasn’t working, so I took the extra step of turning OFF my old phone number/eSIM (I mean that’s why I’m doing this….to avoid the Verizon charges). Once I did this, it took a while to work but while in taxi to hotel things sort of kicked in and it seemed to be working.

- Phone calls work flawlessly without fail.
- Web stuff, including social media apps, banking apps, etc…all work flawlessly. I’m sending this now on eSIM and obviously it works.

MESSAGING is the problem…

- Many of my text messages fail to send using existing threads. Mostly Android users, but a few iPhone users also. Even after I (reluctantly) delete thread, still fails. Then I called person on other end…ask them to text me using my new eSIM number. I receive their text….my replies fails to send.
- iMessaging in group threads with only iPhone users worked until a few minutes ago…I got an error “you have been disconnected from iMessage, Ignore/settings”
- Mixed group threads (iPhone + Android) has not worked at all. Individual messages to Android users fail. They can text me to my new number on a separate thread, but existing threads daily. And I cannot reply to the new thread messages.
- After turning off iMessage, restarting phone, then reactivating iMessage….suddenly my email address is removed from iMessage and only the new phone number is listed. iMessages fail to send. I restart again.
- This time my email is added back into iMessage….its still on. I send a couple iMessages to recipients and they RECEIVE my messages but tell me that they came from my email. System will not allow me to check/assign new eSIM number to iMessage app, only email.

I obviously / admittedly don’t understand how this is supposed to work.

What am I missing? Any eSIM gurus out there have any suggestions? I won’t be anywhere near a people store for a couple weeks. Also, this was a “trial run” for a much longer trip through France and Italy next year, and so far…it’s a huge failure!

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