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UK eSIM/Dual-SIM Thread
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Yes. You can choose which SIM you want the phone to take the mobile data from.
So yep! I got my eSIM! And it's activated on my phone!
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Can you upload a screenshot showing both sims live?
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Which EE store? Mine is still faffing about trying to figure out how to do the swap.
Got as far as an ID scan and sim pack lying on counter.
Gracechurch St in London. They had no issue with handing them out, they just didn’t know exactly what to do with them for the first time but got there in the end.
My old physical SIM is dead, and I can't change the SIM in the tray until I get home.
Scan the code, add a (blank) data plan...then just go to ee.co.uk/simswap and do the process there. It's easy...
Any word on how this works with cellular Apple Watch? Im looking to set up a 12 month sim on my account and use that as the eSim, but also use my watch with that number rather than my current physical sim number as that's gonna be a work line.
After speaking to 150 its pretty clear that no one person has all the info yet, so its gonna take pioneers like yourself to figure this all out!
I'm going into town tomorrow so I'll pop in past the a shop and see if I can get my pack.
Question: I'm going to be putting in my work sim card as a 2nd sim. If I'm on holiday, can I "turn off" this sim without physically removing it?
Question: I'm going to be putting in my work sim card as a 2nd sim. If I'm on holiday, can I "turn off" this sim without physically removing it?
Apple Watch cellular works fine with the eSIM on the iPhone. I have just tested it and it works the same as if the phone had a physical SIM in it.
Anybody else experiencing a massive slowdown in 4G data transfers speed after switching to eSim?
Cellular Apple Watch works as normal with an eSIM.
You can't turn off physical SIMs unfortunately. You can only turn off eSIMs.
Ah, I'd hoped there would be a selective airplane mode or something like that.
For those who wanted a picture.... Here is a photo of an EE eSIM swapped from a Physical Sim and a BT Physical SIM in a XS Max (unlocked)
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In the end they insisted on doing a full sim swap in store, so I left the store with my esim QR code and a dead sim in the phone. I didn’t have to use the simswap website, I scanned the QR code and it updated with my EE number and asked me to choose that number which I did.
They kept insisting that I could only use 2 EE sims which is why I asked if anyone had a screenshot.
If anyone else needs one to show staff:
And the sim pack
Great stuff thanks.
One more question. Apple's site says that you can have 1 of 3 options during setup:
1.line 1 for voice/texts/data, and line 2 for just voice & texts
2. line 2 or voice/texts/data, and line 1 for just voice & texts
3. Line 1 or voice/texts/data, and line 2 for just data.
but further down the page also shows the ability to change which number data comes from. My question is, if I have line 1 using voice/texts/data initially, and line 2 for just calls and texts, but later go into settings and change line 2 to be my data number, will that then disable calls on my line 2 number?
I'm in this same boat. I would have preferred to move my US # to the eSIM but if EE gets there first...
At first I was upset at the carriers for not being ready but honestly, WTF is Apple doing by not working more closely w/ the carriers BEFORE all of this? It's very clear none of them had access or were part of the testing. It's almost like they are just part of the Beta testing group like regular Developers, which is not at all good for anyone.
I agree it is poorly worded.
Basically, yes you can do what you have asked.
From what I can see the things you can’t do is have iMessage or FaceTime on both lines, which is where the “text” question is leading, I guess.
So you can use either line for voice and SMS, but only one for iMessage.
Regarding Data, you select which line is your Data line, you can change between the two.
One thing to note is that if you have Data active on Line 1 and Line 2 is being used for voice, it will stop using Line 1 for Data, until you have finished the call.
There is an option you can turn on that will use Line 2 for Data in the above scenario.
I guess I won't be able to switch the EE number to eSIM until the next time I come to the UK. Bummer this isn't able to be done online, which I think is the whole point of eSIMS.
Currently all methods we have seen requires you to be in the UK unfortunately. This may change in the future. But by the time you arrive, EE would have gotten themselves fully sorted and you can easily pop in to any EE store and get the QR code.
No, unless your "line 2 number" is a data only SIM. You can't really disable calls from both SIMs unless it's an eSIM and you completely disable its line (or airplane mode).
Just returned from the Taunton store empty handed, even though they had stock of the e-sim packs.
First of all they told me it was only for second lines and the can't transfer a normal sim to an e-sim. I tried to tell them they where wrong, even called 150 and spoke to tech support who confirmed I was correct. Once that happened I must have dented the guys ego as he then said they wouldn't swap it as they only have e-sims for new customers and not for transfers. He tried to argue that I couldnt use an iPhone without a physical sim.
I ended up walking away as his lack of knowledge was insulting.
Going to have to wait a few weeks now as im out of the country as of tomorrow morning (which I tried to explain to the guy in the store but again he had no interest.)
First of all they told me it was only for second lines and the can't transfer a normal sim to an e-sim. I tried to tell them they where wrong, even called 150 and spoke to tech support who confirmed I was correct. Once that happened I must have dented the guys ego as he then said they wouldn't swap it as they only have e-sims for new customers and not for transfers. He tried to argue that I couldnt use an iPhone without a physical sim.
I ended up walking away as his lack of knowledge was insulting.
Going to have to wait a few weeks now as im out of the country as of tomorrow morning (which I tried to explain to the guy in the store but again he had no interest.)