Hi.
I don't know how eSim works. I received a sim card with the phone, and someone
installed it for me.
Wish I had more information.
Kevin and Jilly
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Mohib
Anwar Rafay
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2022 10:09 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: My new iPhone 13 Pro Max worked too well.
Congratulations for new phone. By the way, how do you activate eSim in iPhone
13?
On 3/15/22, Kevin Minor wrote:
> Hi.
>
> As you may remember, yesterday I received my new iPhone 13 Pro Max. I
> was originally going to wait for someone to help me get it going, but
> I decided to give it a try myself. I did learn that Voiceover was
> working after I increased the volume, so off I went. The first thing
> that was important to me was to get everything from my old phone onto
> the new one. I thought there'd be no problem with this. All I'd do was
> enter the code from my new phone onto the old one, and off I'd go.
> Problem was there was nowhere to enter the code. I then thought a
> Bluetooth keyboard was the problem, so I turned it on and tried. Still no
> luck. I then gave up on that and went on.
> Thankfully, I was able to do an iCloud restore, and it's as if my new
> phone is like my old one, including the Tarzan ring tone that I installed.
>
> There was something odd that I noticed about my new phone. Whenever I
> unlock it, there's a code that I enter. That's not the odd part. What
> is odd is when I touch the screen, the new phone makes the sound that
> a Bluetooth keyboard is going into edit mode, and whenever I enter a
> number, it makes that click sound. I checked Bluetooth settings, and
> the only thing that was there was my Apple Watch, which was ported
> over from my old phone with no help from me.
>
> Now for the real fun. I was informed there was an update for my watch.
> I went onto the phone and accepted the terms for it. Then I got a
> screen on my phone where I couldn't do anything. There was no option
> to install the update. It was the same way on the watch. I had the
> watch on its charger, so no problem there. I then closed the watch app on the
> phone and restarted it.
> This time I got an install option, so I hit it. Then I got the option
> to enter the passcode for my phone. Problem was there was no way to enter it.
> There was no keypad to use. I knew what the problem was. The phone
> thought a Bluetooth keyboard was on. I got out of the watch app,
> paired my keyboard with the phone, and started the watch app. There
> was still no way to enter any passcode, but once I turned power off of
> the keyboard, the onscreen keypad appeared, and I was able to update the
> watch.
>
> My point is that I think Apple does things too well. If it were going
> to still think Bluetooth devices were working, at least port them over.
>
> Other than the above, all works great with my new phone and watch.
>
> Have a blessed day and don't work too hard.
>
> Kevin and Jilly
>
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