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> Instead, you have to repeat the whole process and get a new QR code from the carrier Utter nonsense. There's no technical requirement to get a new QR code, t
by FDSGSG 5y ago
> Instead, you have to repeat the whole process and get a new QR code from the carrier
Utter nonsense. There's no technical requirement to get a new QR code, this is up to the carrier.
Why are there so many people spreading straight up lies in this thread?
- csunbird 5y agoExactly. I did not wanted to respond anymore, as the downvotes discouraged me to continue the discussion. I believe the “they are taking our freedoms!” do gather more attention. When I wanted to move to a new phone, I simply deleted the data profile from my old phone and scanned the QR code on the new one, as the provider suggested. It just worked.
- Nextgrid 5y agoThis assumes the provider wants to be nice and make it that way - yours does in this case. eSIM however gives them the option to make the QR codes single-use and require payment or additional verification before giving out another one. Some commenters here are correctly saying that the carrier could technically prevent physical SIMs from being moved between phones by restricting which IMEIs are connecting to the network, but that's not usually done and there's an established convention that SIM cards can be moved around. eSIM gives them a blank slate to start over and break that convention without much backlash.