Everyman Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 I have been very reluctant to adopt eSIM, and have preferred physical SIM, since I assumed that if I lose my phone I will lose all my eSIMs whereas with a physical SIM I lose only the card in the phone at the time. However, I am seeing the writing on all the wall and I may have to adopt eSIM since my next phone may not support physical SIMs. I have discovered that if my phone is lost, I can remotely erase the eSIMs from the phone. To get back my Philipines SMART eSIM, I can apparently then use the original QR code to load the eSIM onto a new phone. Anyway I would like to know if I can do the same with an AIS eSIM QR code. I did ask AIS (they said no), but they answered very quickly and I don’t think they understood what I was talking about. What are your experiences with this? Does it work? I don’t want to be in, say, China, lose my phone, and have to go to an AIS store in person in Thailand in order to get my phone number back and receive banking OTPs, etc. If I can re-use the QR code however (provided it has been erased on the old phone), this essentially solves my problem because I can get my AIS number back from outside Thailand. Thanks in advance for helpful replies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 I have post-paid AIS subscription, and a quick call to their customer service 1175 fixes everything, including any eSIM issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Everyman Posted Friday at 12:03 PM Author Share Posted Friday at 12:03 PM Apparently nobody cares about this issue except me, but I bought an AIS eSIM today, loaded it on my phone, deleted it, and tried to install it again from the same QR code. It did not work, so that answers the question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
novacova Posted Friday at 12:37 PM Share Posted Friday at 12:37 PM Request another QR code. If you have an iPhone, the eSIM is saved in your Apple/icloud account, comes in handy if you lose your phone. Just sign in on the new phone and viola… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Everyman Posted Saturday at 03:42 AM Author Share Posted Saturday at 03:42 AM 15 hours ago, novacova said: Request another QR code. If you have an iPhone, the eSIM is saved in your Apple/icloud account, comes in handy if you lose your phone. Just sign in on the new phone and viola… It’s my understanding that the eSIM is NOT backed up and saved in the cloud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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