How to Activate Your eSIM on iPhone and Android

After you buy an eSIM on XeroSMS it sits in your orders with a QR code. Activation takes about two minutes; do it over Wi-Fi, ideally before you travel.

iPhone

1. Open your eSIM order on another screen so the QR code is visible.
2. On the iPhone: Settings → Cellular → Add eSIM → Use QR Code, and scan it.
3. Label the line (for example "Travel data") and keep your main line as default for calls.
4. When you arrive, turn the eSIM’s Data Roaming on and select it as your data line.

Android

1. Settings → Network & internet → SIMs → Add eSIM (wording varies slightly by maker).
2. Choose to scan a QR code and point the camera at your order.
3. Confirm the download, then pick the eSIM as your mobile-data SIM when you need it.

If activation fails

• One QR code installs one eSIM, once. If it was already scanned, the profile is on that device — look in your SIM list.
• A locked phone will refuse a foreign line; the carrier that sold the phone must unlock it.
• No service after installing usually means data roaming is off, the wrong SIM is set for data, or you are outside the plan’s country.