Install your eSIM on an Android phone

The wording differs between manufacturers, but every Android eSIM flow lives under the SIM or network settings.

Android manufacturers each name the same screens differently. The steps below use the stock Android wording, with the common Samsung variations in brackets.

Step by step

  1. Open Settings, then Network & internet [Samsung: Connections].
  2. Tap SIMs [Samsung: SIM manager].
  3. Tap Download a SIM instead, or the + next to eSIM [Samsung: Add eSIM].
  4. Tap Next, then scan the QR code from your order.
  5. If you cannot scan, choose Enter it manually or Enter activation code and type the SM-DP+ address and activation code from your order.
  6. Give the line a name you will recognise, then finish the setup.

When you arrive

  1. Enable the SAIMING eSIM in SIM manager.
  2. Set it as the line for mobile data.
  3. Turn on roaming for that line — on most Android phones this is a per-SIM switch, not a global one.

If you cannot find the option at all

No “download a SIM” option usually means the phone has no eSIM hardware, or the manufacturer removed it from your regional variant. The device compatibility page explains how to confirm.