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After activating my phone bought through Best Buy, on my Verizon line, it asked me about assigning my phone number to something like "Primary" or "Personal" but then also assigning "Verizon" to the same options. Now I have two labels, "Primary" and "Personal" (or PE and PR) and one is clearly actually tied to my phone number and the other does nothing. How can I safely remove the one that is not being used?

Under "SIMs" I have Primary and Personal, both are shown as "On," but Personal has my phone number with it. Can I uncheck "Turn on this line" under the Primary label?
 
rbf1138 said:
After activating my phone bought through Best Buy, on my Verizon line, it asked me about assigning my phone number to something like "Primary" or "Personal" but then also assigning "Verizon" to the same options. Now I have two labels, "Primary" and "Personal" (or PE and PR) and one is clearly actually tied to my phone number and the other does nothing. How can I safely remove the one that is not being used?

Under "SIMs" I have Primary and Personal, both are shown as "On," but Personal has my phone number with it. Can I uncheck "Turn on this line" under the Primary label?
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You don't "remove" them, but you can edit them.

"cellular plan label" at the top of each on the "cellular" page.

Also note that settings are different between carriers.

finally... your phone isn't carrier-locked, is it?
 
lindros2 said:
You don't "remove" them, but you can edit them.

"cellular plan label" at the top of each on the "cellular" page.

Also note that settings are different between carriers.

finally... your phone isn't carrier-locked, is it?
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It is for 60 days, then it can be unlocked. I’ve always had unlocked phones but this is the first time in years I’ll have any period of being locked.

Here’s how I have it set now (I toggled the other sim with no number to Off).
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lindros2 said:
"cellular plan label" Personal has the arrow to the right. You can change that to anything you want.
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But on past phones I never had to label or distinguish anything like this. Is there something most people call this? Personal, Primary, etc all make sense but again, never had to do this before on my 15 Pro.
 
rbf1138 said:
But on past phones I never had to label or distinguish anything like this. Is there something most people call this? Personal, Primary, etc all make sense but again, never had to do this before on my 15 Pro.
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iOS assigned the labels automatically and you can change it if you want.

It did the same thing here except the label choices "Primary" and "Personal" probably didn't make much sense.
 
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rui no onna said:
I know you can buy eSIMs from 3HK so I reckon not much difference from before. I believe they require KYC.
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Thanks! Yeah a few years back you still had to go talk to them to move between phones which... was a lot worse than physical SIM. I'll check in a couple of weeks.
 
A dumb question perhaps -- I had forgotten about the "Convert to eSIM" function, but was wondering how well it works in practice? Does it also depend on carrier support for the feature in particular, not just eSIM support in general?

I was going to contact my MVNO anyway to request an eSIM, and have them send me a QR code or whatever method they use, and still plan to do that, but still curious how well the function actually works.

Another reason which popped up in my mind is that they'll need to provision the account for 5G, since I didn't have that service before. In the past, they've needed to flip switches on their end to turn on other features, like VVM, so I'm assuming it's the same with 5G.

If I was going from one 5G phone to another 5G phone, I don't think it would be an issue since I would already have it enabled on the account, and the Convert or transfer via device backup would be fine, but in this case, the leap is from an XS to 17P.

I suppose I could just try it anyway, and contact them to fix whatever may break, or not work, but I don't think that tactic would be as simple and clean as they're accustomed to, and I don't want to test that theory.
 
Hello,
Is there a bigger battery in the eSIM only version of the iPhone 17? If I purchase this for use in the UK, will this create a problem for Genius Bar visits in the UK?
 
sdm1985 said:
Hello,
Is there a bigger battery in the eSIM only version of the iPhone 17? If I purchase this for use in the UK, will this create a problem for Genius Bar visits in the UK?
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Yes it has been confirmed that there is a bigger battery in the 17 Pro and Pro Max models. Getting service on it may be an issue in the UK but you should ask Apple what would happen if the battery or device needs to be replaced.

www.macrumors.com

iPhone 17 Teardowns Confirm SIM and eSIM-Only Battery Capacities

YouTube channel REWA Technology today shared an iPhone 17 Pro teardown video, offering a closer look inside the model with a SIM card tray. We are still waiting for repair website iFixit to share a more comprehensive teardown of the latest iPhone models, but this video provides a good look in...
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poocat said:
Anyone in Hong Kong on this thread have an eSIM? Wondering how they're handling it given new phones.
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It shouldn't be any different than a physical SIM for a regular talk /text plan.They will still collect your personal information when obtaining a plan with an eSIM. However, for roaming/travel eSIMs this is not always the case. I use several of these travel eSIMs and they have never requested m my personal information. I know for the 3HK travel eSIMs, registration is not required unless one plans to use it in HK. Without registration, it will work everywhere but in HK.
 
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MacInTO said:
Yes it has been confirmed that there is a bigger battery in the 17 Pro and Pro Max models. Getting service on it may be an issue in the UK but you should ask Apple what would happen if the battery or device needs to be replaced.

www.macrumors.com

iPhone 17 Teardowns Confirm SIM and eSIM-Only Battery Capacities

YouTube channel REWA Technology today shared an iPhone 17 Pro teardown video, offering a closer look inside the model with a SIM card tray. We are still waiting for repair website iFixit to share a more comprehensive teardown of the latest iPhone models, but this video provides a good look in...
www.macrumors.com www.macrumors.com
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Thank you. The base iPhone 17 eSIM only does not have a bigger battery?
 
Anyone seeing weird issues with dual eSIM on 17 Pro? ATT and Tmobile. Every time a call ends phone searches for signal on both sim like model restarts. Every time someone calls if I don’t answer it searches for signal after they quit calling.

Anyone else seeing weird things on eSIM on 17 Pros ?
 
poocat said:
Anyone in Hong Kong on this thread have an eSIM? Wondering how they're handling it given new phones.
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Last year I tested an eSIM here in the USA. Turns out the data is routes through Hong Kong and as a result some websites were blocked. I would avoid HK eSIMs if possible.
 
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