Travel eSIM
Install your eSIM on Android
Most Samsung Galaxy phones from the S20 on, and Google Pixel 3 and newer, take an eSIM. The menus differ a little — pick your phone.
Samsung S20+ · Pixel 3+Not locked to one carrierOn Wi-Fi
Before you start
Open your eSIM on another screen — a computer or a tablet: Account → eSIMs → Show QR / Install. The phone scans the QR code from there.
Install it
Samsung
- 1Settings → Connections → SIM manager
- 2Add eSIM → Scan QR code from service provider
Scan the QR from your MirageTEL account on another screen, or type the code shown under it.
- 3SIM manager → Mobile data → the new line
Leave calls and texts on your usual SIM.
- 4Connections → Mobile networks → Data roaming → on
Google Pixel
- 1Settings → Network & internet → SIMs
- 2Add SIM → “Download a SIM instead?” → scan the QR
Or type the code shown under the QR.
- 3Mobile data → the new SIM
Calls and texts can stay on your usual SIM.
- 4Open the new SIM → Roaming → on
Do and don’t
Do
- Install on Wi-Fi before you leave.
- Give the line a name, like “Travel”.
Don’t
- Don’t delete the eSIM profile — it usually can’t be downloaded twice.
- Don’t turn off your usual SIM if you want its calls.
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