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hi!
I just arrived in Australia from Sweden, and I need to change my e sim to a physical sim bought in the country on my
iphone 15 plus.
I will go back to Sweden in 6 months and then need back my old e sim. is this possible? If not, how can I go about it?
Thank you!
iPhone 15 Plus
Does your phone have a physical SIM tray? (iPhone 15 variants that Apple designed for the U.S. market do not.)
Is your phone carrier-locked? If it is, you will need to convince your carrier to unlock it before you can use a SIM from any other carrier, whether that is a physical SIM or another eSIM.
How to unlock your iPhone for use with a different carrier - Apple Support
Is your plan to transfer your phone number to the Australian carrier, and perhaps also to stop subscribing to the Swedish phone service while you are in Australia? That would definitely require help from the phone companies. I'm not an expert, but it also might mean that when you came back from Australia and restarted service with the same phone number, the Swedish carrier would have to issue you a new eSIM.
Or is it just to add an Australian SIM with a different phone number than your main (Swedish) one – making your Australian SIM the default one for outgoing cellular phone calls, and for cellular data?
As you can see, this may quickly get into areas where you need the carrier's (phone company's) assistance.
If I understand your post correctly, then you have an eSIM in your iPhone 15 Plus from a Swedish carrier. You have arrived in Australia and want to get a Physical SIM from an Australian carrier. You also would like to de-activate the Swedish eSIM and use the Australian SIM exclusively while in Australia.
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You can begin by turning the Swedish eSIM OFF. Open Settings ➡️ Cellular ➡️ eSIM ➡️ Turn on this line: Set this switch to OFF. This action will turn OFF the eSIM and the iPhone will not use it at all. NOTE: If you want to cancel service to the eSIM, then that is a separate action which can be done by contacting the carrier.
You can then insert the Australian active Physical SIM card in your iPhone 15 Plus and begin using it.
When you are ready to go back to Sweden, then you can simply remove the Australian Physical SIM and turn ON the Swedish eSIM that you had previously turned OFF.
Axel F.
Switching from E sim to physical sim on iPhone 15 plus
