eSIM and Sailfish OS

I don’t believe the 10 II has eSIM. Are you confusing it with something like an actual physical SIM providing same/similar functionality?

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I think the mentioned software is more of a front end to lpac, which would have to be ported to SFOS first: GitHub - estkme-group/lpac: C-based eUICC LPA
If I understand lpac correctly, it can be used from the command line, so a front end would not be strictly necessary.

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any updates here? I’d like to try SFOS on Sony Xperia 10 IV but need eSIM support

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Given the fact the new C2 reference device apparently does not support eSIM I doubt Jolla will be much motivated to implement this. I think it will have to come from the community.

Not really planned but some preparation things have been done. eSIM is somethimg that we need eventually support.

As we speak, there are more urgent items to finalize. Support for eSIM is something that we roadmap for Sailfish 5 series but not for the first release.

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So, no dual sim use in X10V (XQ-DC54) then :thinking:… and XQ-DC72 is not on the list of supported devices, why XQ-DC54 was the device to go for…
:put_litter_in_its_place:

Then my 10III has to last a bit longer.

We have decided to support the variant XQ-DC72, too. It has two physical SIM slots, one of which can be used for a SIM card or an SD card. Our documents need an update. XQ-DC72 shares the code base with XQ-DC54 but requires a different configuration. We will create dedicated flashable images for these two variants.

XQ-DC54 has the eSIM, one physical SIM slot and an SD card slot. Unfortunately, Sailfish does not support the eSIM. Therefore, XQ-DC54 works as a single SIM phone.

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Hooray, this is great to have this confirmation. Thanks so much.

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Not 100% Sailfish related but may still be interesting to get some background information on eSIM:

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If anybody is interested in technical specifications, please see the eSIM specifications for Consumer devices on the GSMA website:
https://www.gsma.com/solutions-and-impact/technologies/esim/esim-specification/

Hi,

Is Sailfish OS for Sony Xperia 10 V going to be available in the Downloads any time soon. I keep checking and nothing. After the Sauna release, I thought maybe, but its still not there!?

Cheers

Dave

Why are you posting in the thread about eSIM, and not the one about Xperia 10 V?
The proper thread actually does have an answer.

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Oh yes, somehow the forum page changed on my computer. I will try to find it again.

Good evening everyone,
any news about Sailfish and esim support?
I have an Xperia 1o IV, but I’m waiting to unlock the bootloader, I would like to know if Sailfish supports at least one esim.
Thanks.

Is there really no news?
Does anyone know anything, please? :disappointed:

Esim is not yet supported and there are no estimates/indications about when it will be supported.

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Hello and thank you so much for answering me! :smiley:
I understand, we will wait then…

I stumbled about esim.me - a card that you can put in the normal slot - which then can somehow turn a “normal phone” into one esim ready.
This card is offered also for the xperia 10iii and the 10ii.

Has anyone tested this or experience with a card like that? At least for android this seem to work - and i got no clue if this would be restricted by sailfish as software.
Maybe this can be a small workaround.

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I can imagine that these eSIM cards function like real SIM cards, so there shouldn’t be any problems. But, as always, someone needs to test and confirm this.

The main issue is to support eSIM in the OS in order to use the dual SIM phone functionality. Most of the new hardware offers a physical SIM slot and the 2nd one is an eSIM. The esim.me solution doesn’t solve this problem.

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