Obviously, you need a second phone to put the sim or esim in. It doesn’t necessarily need service though. You just need an internet connection to get the QR co

Obviously, you need a second phone to put the sim or esim in. It doesn’t necessarily need service though. You just need an internet connection to get the QR code for the esim (though I have a paper version I can scan as well). The beauty is I don’t have to swim to the bottom of a lake to get the original phone to get the original sim. I can just scan the piece of paper and put my pin into the new phone. Though I think no matter what, I would have to go online to give the IMEID so the phone will successfully activate.