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Using eSIMs with devices that only have a physical SIM slot via a 9eSIM SIM car

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Re: Using eSIMs with devices that only have a physical SIM slot via a 9eSIM SIM car

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In case the original author reads this: Depending on what 4G/LTE modem/chip your laptop it is using (it must be based on a Qualcomm SoC which 99% are), there are and I can share documents on how you can do the provisioning directly on the Laptop the SIM card is in. The feature is present in the stock Qualcomm firmware bundle, but vendors like Quectel, Sierra etc may decide if they include the feature or not. I know t…

if you could send it my way, email is in profile

Re: Using eSIMs with devices that only have a physical SIM slot via a 9eSIM SIM car

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If you use the JMP eSIM Adapter you can use a fully open source app, or even your own build of the app or whatever you like.

You can use OpenEUICC with 9esim. They just rebrand it and publish it as their own thing. https://gitea.angry.im/PeterCxy/OpenEUICC

To the dead comment: No, OpenEUICC does not need a rooted phone. Mine is not rooted and it works.

Re: Using eSIMs with devices that only have a physical SIM slot via a 9eSIM SIM car

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post #106

Haha what a coincidence, I bought a 9eSIM adapter a few weeks ago! There is a new eSIM-only card in Germany where you get 3 GB of data plus unlimited SMS and calls per month for free. To order it I had to use Frida and the Android emulator to fool the app into thinking the device had an eSIM. After that you have to do some JavaScript shenanigans on the website to get the QR code. But after that, everything works flaw…

3GB of Data + Unlimited SMS and Calls for free sounds very nice? Can you share the name of the provider so that we can add it to our eSIM comparison for Germany https://www.monito.com/en/esim-plans-compared

It's in the last sentence - GMX FreePhone. It's not one of those "travel eSIMs" though, you need to live in Germany.

Re: Using eSIMs with devices that only have a physical SIM slot via a 9eSIM SIM car

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Haha what a coincidence, I bought a 9eSIM adapter a few weeks ago! There is a new eSIM-only card in Germany where you get 3 GB of data plus unlimited SMS and calls per month for free. To order it I had to use Frida and the Android emulator to fool the app into thinking the device had an eSIM. After that you have to do some JavaScript shenanigans on the website to get the QR code. But after that, everything works flaw…

What’s your use case for the adapter. To use the free service on a non eSIM capable phone? Or for some other stuff? Thanks for the info about the provider. Didn’t hear about the offering yet.

>To use the free service on a non eSIM capable phone?

Yes. I paid 5 €/month for LIDL Connect for 1 GB. I don't need much mobile data and in just a few months the cost of the adapter is amortized. It might also come handy in the future if I travel abroad.

Re: Using eSIMs with devices that only have a physical SIM slot via a 9eSIM SIM car

#215

Haha what a coincidence, I bought a 9eSIM adapter a few weeks ago! There is a new eSIM-only card in Germany where you get 3 GB of data plus unlimited SMS and calls per month for free. To order it I had to use Frida and the Android emulator to fool the app into thinking the device had an eSIM. After that you have to do some JavaScript shenanigans on the website to get the QR code. But after that, everything works flaw…

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Re: Using eSIMs with devices that only have a physical SIM slot via a 9eSIM SIM car

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post #184

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sorry, move them from what to what? Surely an eSIM isn't locked to the first phone I use it on?

It is. The QR codes that provision the eSIM are single-use. Most "real" carriers will of course let you migrate your eSIMs, with varying degrees of pain involved (my Japanese eSIM migrated automatically from iPhone to iPhone; the German one involved making a phone call); but ~all "travel plans" eSIMS will be single-use only.

The QR codes aren't really single-use, my carrier reuses the QR code and you can move devices by removing the eSIM from one and re-importing the QR code on the newer. (The QR code is invalid so long as the eSIM is provisioned on a device, not necessarily powered on)

Re: Using eSIMs with devices that only have a physical SIM slot via a 9eSIM SIM car

#217

Haha what a coincidence, I bought a 9eSIM adapter a few weeks ago! There is a new eSIM-only card in Germany where you get 3 GB of data plus unlimited SMS and calls per month for free. To order it I had to use Frida and the Android emulator to fool the app into thinking the device had an eSIM. After that you have to do some JavaScript shenanigans on the website to get the QR code. But after that, everything works flaw…

so it's possible to use an android emulator + esim on PC to make call / send sms?

Re: Using eSIMs with devices that only have a physical SIM slot via a 9eSIM SIM car

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Hoping for the opposite option. Using physical sims for devices that only support esim?

Curious on what you think the advantage there is ? If you lose your phone , you don't lose your number if it's an eSIM

Chinese carriers don’t support eSIM. Not an advantage. A necessity unfortunately.

Re: Using eSIMs with devices that only have a physical SIM slot via a 9eSIM SIM car

#220

In case the original author reads this: Depending on what 4G/LTE modem/chip your laptop it is using (it must be based on a Qualcomm SoC which 99% are), there are and I can share documents on how you can do the provisioning directly on the Laptop the SIM card is in. The feature is present in the stock Qualcomm firmware bundle, but vendors like Quectel, Sierra etc may decide if they include the feature or not. I know t…

I'd be interested as well.
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