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QR Codes and eSims


I contacted sales 2 days ago to change my sim provider and opted for an eSIM. No problem so far. A QR code arrived and I downloaded the eSIM. Nowhere did it say I shouldn’t download the eSIM - in fact the message told me to do it when I received it. Two days later I receive a message saying that my transfer will be done in the evening, and that I should now download the eSIM. 
I eventually found the address for Customer Services but had to go through tons of questions and answers before I could actually speak to a person. All I wanted to tell them was that I had already downloaded the eSIM two days previous, and would I need to do something else. Not a complicated question, but it took more than four hours to get a satisfactory answer.   At the end it meant that they had to issue a new QR code with instructions to download it immediately. I had to enter the chat website twice before I got a satisfactory response to my original question.

Has anyone else had a similar experience?

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Siân
iD Mobile Employee
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  • June 5, 2025

Hi ​@Balletmeisterin  I am very sorry to hear of your experience with us.

Did you manage to get sorted with this?


I’m afraid the answer is NO. This morning I was unable to make calls and nobody was able to call me. So it started all over again; spending 2 hours with chat. Why is it so difficult to chat to a real person? I don’t know how much time is wasted by having to go through the chat bot before connecting me to a person.  Despite doing everything that the community hub told me to do I still couldn’t get my phone to receive or make calls. Finally the advisor sent me a new eSIM (the THIRD one in four days). I have now downloaded the eSIM and it seems to be working. HOWEVER, I’m having problems with apps, plus the strength of the signal is weak.  One final thing - SHOULD I REMOVE MY OLD SIM CARD? Maybe that will help, because having 2 sims in my phone might be causing my problems. I was never instructed to remove the old SIM card. Thanks in advance for any help!

 


Tyler
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  • June 9, 2025

Hey there ​@Balletmeisterin, sorry to hear all this, and our sincere apologies for the delay in assisting.

 

If your new eSIM is now active and working, we’d recommend ensuring that this is set as the primary SIM, and removing/deleting any other iD Mobile SIM card you have on/inside the device.

 

In terms of poor signal, what’s the full postcode you’re having issues in and what phone do you have please?

 

Thanks,

Tyler