topic Re: Esim on an old phone in SIM cards & Porting

Esim on an old phone

MorganeL — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 18:54:14 GMT

Hi,

I am abroad for a while (EU) and I want to use an old phone to add an eSIM from the country I am currently in. That old phone doesn't have a sim card anymore obviously and only the wifi works on it. Can I still add a foreign Esim to it? Because I had a look in the networks settings, chose "set up an eSIM" and it says "Scan a QR code from EE". So I am wondering if a foreign eSIM or a SIM would work.

Thank you

Re: Esim on an old phone

bristolian — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 21:24:19 GMT

Phones sold in the UK before Dec 2021 could have been SIM network-locked, anything sold since cannot be. Whether that "off-net" SIM is an electronic or physical one is immaterial.

Try another network's SIM in it to be sure.

Re: Esim on an old phone

Chris_B — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 07:06:01 GMT

@MorganeL You have too get a QR code from a local network, with you pressing the get QR code on the device it thinks you want to move a EE number to the eSIM.

Re: Esim on an old phone

MorganeL — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 07:30:09 GMT

Thank you!

Re: Esim on an old phone

MorganeL — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 07:30:22 GMT

Thank you !