TIPInstall before you fly. Your plan only starts when it first connects at your destination.

Install your eSIM on a Samsung Galaxy

SIM manager, Add eSIM, scan the QR code from another screen. Do it on Wi-Fi before you fly.

Two minutes, on Wi-Fi, before you leave home.

Scan the QR code

  1. Open the QR code on another screen (laptop, tablet, a friend's phone). It's on the install screen, in the "Your eSIM is ready" email and in My eSIMs.
  2. On the Galaxy: Settings → Connections → SIM manager → Add eSIM.
  3. Choose Scan QR code from service provider and scan it.
  4. Confirm, then give the new line a name like kimsim.

No second screen?

In step 3, choose to enter the code instead and paste the SM-DP+ address and activation code from My eSIMs. They have copy buttons. More options.

When you land

  1. Settings → Connections → Mobile networks → turn on Data roaming.
  2. Settings → Connections → SIM manager → Mobile data → choose kimsim.

Keep calls and texts on your home SIM in the same SIM manager screen. How.

Stuck? Don't delete it. Restart your phone first.

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