So I have an iPhone XS. My iPhone 13 is turning up Friday. What is the process to transfer the eSim to new phone and deactivate on old one?
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iPhone 13 EE - Transfer eSim to new iPhone?
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@dbrose very helpfully posted the procedure in another thread
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UK iPhone 13/13 mini/13 Pro/13 Pro Max Pre-release, Orders and Dispatch Thread
It takes nothing of the sort. eSIM is pretty much instant. On Friday I received a temporary phone from Amazon so I could send mine to Music Magpie The key thing is YOU MUST have your old phone available and active as EE send an SMS to your old SIM (old phone if it is an eSIM or any phone with...
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And don't forget, iPhone 13 support dual-esim active mode. So you can have 2 esim's active at the same time.
Yes, it's seamless. You can either login in the EE app and download the eSIM directly to the device, or download a QR code on the old device and scan it with the new device.
EE have (temporarily?) removed the ability to buy a new eSIM from their app for security reasons. I went in to a store yesterday and they gave me a new QR code that I used to transfer my plan to a new iPhone. Just bear in mind that it deactivates your plan on your old phone whilst they set up the QR code in store.
Is there no way to do it without the operator's app or intervention? Do the methods mentioned in this article not work?
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About eSIM on iPhone - Apple Support
Learn what an eSIM is, how to set up an eSIM on your iPhone, and how to transfer a physical SIM to an eSIM.