16-09-2024 07:54 PM
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
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16-09-2024 10:24 PM
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.
16-09-2024 10:24 PM
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.
17-09-2024 08:06 AM
@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.
17-09-2024 08:30 AM
Thank you!
17-09-2024 08:30 AM
Thank you !