Anyone On e-sim? Will it help you after losing your phone?

SprintingWorm

It has been there for awhile. But not until the new iPhone brought it up it started to make another internet media discussion.

I thought it would be great if I lost my phone. Anyone who picked it up or stole from me cannot use it because of the e-sim lock. IDK, I have never tried it, but have heard about it for long.

Heyo

SprintingWorm Yeah I was wondering about this! I don’t have any plans to get the new iPhones but I’ve seen several comments already about how difficult eSim only might be for lots of people. Particularly those who travel and non-techie people who are upgrading. I think launch day will be pretty hectic with all the carriers trying to activate their eSims.

I do think it’s helpful in those situations like losing your phone and stuff, but I wonder if it’s worth the tradeoff of all the potential headaches?

I’ll be honest though that I’ve never used an eSim myself so I can’t speak directly to it, I just know what I’ve heard from friends who do use eSim.

Matthias

SprintingWorm it would also be difficult to use If iit s locked by a code and if a Google account is set the Google FRP Lock wouldn’t let anyone use the phone even after it is reset.

The eSIM data also could be deleted, at least by resetting the phone, for there is a option to Factory reset and erase the eSIM. And also most of the phones which uses eSIM could also be used with a nanoSIM.

Maybe I am getting this eSIM Lock wrong, but I don’t think it is more secure than using the Device lock code.

Unfortunately my devices does not support eSIM, so I didn’t get to try it.

Menguelez

I had heard e-sim on smartwatch, never in a phone. But maybe helps you in case stolen the phone.

P4NDA0NE

J’en ai entendu parler mais je ne vois pas teop comment cela fonctionne 🤔 avec une carte SIM physique, pas de soucis mais une E-Sim, je ne vois pas comment ça marche, niveau activation, etc … 😅

DarkPikaJP

Not current using an e-sim capable phone. Would be cool to see how it works tho. A carrier in the US is giving a 3 month free trial to those that are able to use e-sim.

P4NDA0NE

Avec une E-Sim j’aurai trop peur de me faire pirater 😅 oui c’est con mais vu que tout est potentiellement piratable maintenant, on sait jamais 😅