I can't find the "add eSIM" button anywhere on my iPhone 14 Plus. It's strange that when I enter eSIM into the search engine in the settings, the button is there, but when I click on it, it just opens the "Mobile Network" settings and nothing else. I tried restarting, airplane mode, resetting all settings, even erasing my entire iPhone and reinstalling everything, and still nothing.
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iPhone 14 Plus, iOS 26
Oops … you said two conflicting things.
An A2632 iPhone does not accept a SIM card! It uses eSIM only.
You do not have a legitimate iPhone.
Oops … you said two conflicting things.
An A2632 iPhone does not accept a SIM card! It uses eSIM only.
You do not have a legitimate iPhone.
jaroslav39 wrote:
According to information I found on about 10 different sources, the A2632 model is intended for the European market, so a physical SIM slot is nothing unusual. The model for the American market is the A2886.
That is absolutely incorrect, and the reverse of the correct status.
Identify your iPhone model - Apple Support
Are you saying that you had an eSIM installed on the phone and now it has disappeared and you are trying to add it back in?
Or
Are you saying that you have never installed an eSIM on the phone, but you want to do this now, and there is no "Add eSIM" button in the settings?
Tap Settings > General > About
What is the Model Number of the iPhone?
Now, tap directly on the Model Number and another 5 character number will appear.....something like Axxxx. What is the 5 character number that appears?
jaroslav39 wrote:
So I don't know where the problem could be.
I can tell you exactly where the problem is. You have a device claiming to be an A2632 model that accepts a SIM card. That is a fraudulent device.
I don't think so. According to information I found on about 10 different sources, the A2632 model is intended for the European market, so a physical SIM slot is nothing unusual. The model for the American market is the A2886.
The model number of this phone is A2632. I've had this phone for about two weeks and have never had an eSIM activated on it, so I've never had the option to "add eSIM" in the settings. I thought it was because of iOS 26, because after the update, even my physical SIM card didn't work, but that was fixed after patch 26.0.1. However, the button did not appear.
Now I'm even more confused than I was at the beginning. Anyway, either way, there isn't a version that doesn't support eSIM. So I don't know where the problem could be. Especially when there's a button in the search engine settings...
Exactly the same problem. After installing 26.0.1, the phone now detects the physical SIM card, which it didn’t detect before. But the option to 'add eSIM' is still missing. I have an iPhone 14 Plus.
"Add eSIM" button is missing on my iPhone 14 Plus
