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Install your eSIM on Android

Start with the install button. Menu names differ by brand.

Three ways in. They all end on the same prompts.

Open your SIM settings and add an eSIM

Choose to enter the code yourself

Tap next on each screen. Label it Travel.

When you land, switch Use SIM on

Turn roaming on for the Ryvo eSIM

Travel is your data line. You're online.

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Install at home, then three switches when you land.

Before you start

  • Wi-Fi. Installing needs internet.Wi-Fi
  • Check your start line. If it starts when you install, install just before you travel.Check your start line
  • Keep your main SIM. You switch data to the eSIM when you arrive.Keep your main SIM
  • Install once. Keep it installed afterwards, and label it Travel.Install once
Four things to have ready before you install.
A plane landing: the moment a plan starts
Install at home. It starts when you land.

Install now, start when you land

A plan that starts on first connection waits until you land.

See how, with pictures

Installed at home? Do this when you land.

One: turn your Ryvo line on

Two: turn data roaming on, Ryvo line only

Three: pick the Ryvo line for mobile data

You're online. The plan's days start now.

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Turn the line on, roaming on, pick it for data.

Choose how to install

Type in the details

On the phone you are setting up, when the button does nothing.

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  • Google Pixel

    Google Pixel: The path to adding an eSIM on a Pixel and on a GalaxyTwo paths side by side, each with its last menu name picked out. On a Google Pixel: Settings, then Network and internet, then SIMs, then Add SIM. On a Samsung Galaxy: Settings, then Connections, then SIM manager, then Add eSIM. Other phones use similar names.SettingsNetwork & internetSIMsAdd SIM

  • Samsung Galaxy

    Samsung Galaxy: The path to adding an eSIM on a Pixel and on a GalaxyTwo paths side by side, each with its last menu name picked out. On a Google Pixel: Settings, then Network and internet, then SIMs, then Add SIM. On a Samsung Galaxy: Settings, then Connections, then SIM manager, then Add eSIM. Other phones use similar names.SettingsConnectionsSIM managerAdd eSIM
Open your SIM settings and choose to add an eSIM.
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The Add SIM screen, with the manual option picked outThe Add SIM screen offers scanning a QR code or entering it by hand, and the manual option is the one picked out. Your phone may call it Need help, Enter it manually or Enter activation code. Copy whatever it asks for from your order page.9:41Add SIMScan QR codeEnter it manually
Choose to enter the code yourself, then copy it over.
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The Android prompt that adds the line, with Next picked outYour phone's own eSIM setup screen, naming the line it is about to add, with the Next button picked out. The prompts end by asking what to label the line: Travel keeps the rest of these steps readable.9:41Add SIMTravelRyvo eSIMNext
Follow the prompts on screen.

With a QR code

Your order page on another screen.

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A phone scanning a QR code on another screen
Open the QR scanner in your SIM settings.
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The scanner screen, with the instruction picked outYour phone's QR scanner, waiting for a code. The code is the one on your order page, which needs to be open on another screen such as a laptop or a second phone, because a phone cannot scan a code on its own screen.9:41Scan QR codeThe code is on your order page. It has to beon another screen, like a laptop or a secondphone.Point your camera at the code
Scan the code on your order page, on another screen.
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The Android prompt reached from the scannerYour phone's own eSIM setup screen, the same one both install routes end on, with the Next button picked out.9:41Add SIMTravelRyvo eSIMNext
Then the same prompts: tap Next on each screen.

When you land, switch the eSIM on

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  • Google Pixel

    A Pixel's Travel eSIM settings, with the SIM switched onThe settings for the eSIM labelled Travel. The highlighted Use SIM switch is on. Mobile data and Roaming below it are still off, which is what you want until you land.9:41TravelUse SIMONMobile dataRoamingApp data usage

  • Samsung Galaxy

    A Galaxy's SIM manager with the Travel eSIM switched onThe SIM manager screen lists two SIM cards, Main and Travel. The highlighted switch beside Travel, the Ryvo eSIM, is on. SIM manager is called SIM card manager on some phones.9:41SIM managerSIM cardsMainHome carrierTravelRyvo eSIMON
Turn on your Ryvo eSIM.
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  • At home

    Google Pixel SIM settings for the Ryvo eSIM at homeThe settings for the Ryvo eSIM, labelled Travel. Mobile data is off, so your main SIM stays the data line, and the highlighted Roaming switch is off.9:41TravelMobile dataRoamingOFFApp data usageData warning & limitPreferred network typeNetworkAccess point names

  • When you land

    Google Pixel SIM settings for the Ryvo eSIM after landingThe same screen for the Ryvo eSIM, labelled Travel. The highlighted Roaming switch is now on, so the plan starts when the eSIM connects.9:41TravelMobile dataRoamingONApp data usageData warning & limitPreferred network typeNetworkAccess point names

  • At home

    Samsung Galaxy Mobile networks screen at homeThe Mobile networks screen. The highlighted Data roaming switch is off. Allow all SIMs to use data in calls is also off.9:41Mobile networksData roamingUsing mobile data whileroaming may result inadditional charges.OFFNetwork mode Main4G/3G/2G (auto connect)Network mode Travel4G/3G/2G (auto connect)Allow all SIMs to use datain callsLet secondary SIMs use mobiledata during calls.Access Point NamesNetwork operators

  • When you land

    Samsung Galaxy Mobile networks screen after landingThe same screen. The highlighted Data roaming switch is now on, so the plan starts when the eSIM connects.9:41Mobile networksData roamingUsing mobile data whileroaming may result inadditional charges.ONNetwork mode Main4G/3G/2G (auto connect)Network mode Travel4G/3G/2G (auto connect)Allow all SIMs to use datain callsLet secondary SIMs use mobiledata during calls.Access Point NamesNetwork operators
Turn on roaming for the eSIM.
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  • Google Pixel

    Google Pixel SIMs screenThe SIMs screen. Under Your primary SIMs, Mobile data is set to Travel, the Ryvo eSIM, and the highlighted Automatic data switching switch is off.9:41SIMsYour primary SIMsCallsMainTextsMainMobile dataTravelAutomaticdataswitchingOFF

  • Samsung Galaxy

    Samsung Galaxy SIM manager screenThe SIM manager screen lists SIM cards Main and Travel. Under Preferred SIM card, Mobile data is set to Travel, the Ryvo eSIM.9:41SIM managerSIM cardsPreferred SIM cardMainHome carrierTravelRyvo eSIMCallsMainText messagesMainMobile dataTravelMore SIM settings
Use the eSIM for mobile data.
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  • Google Pixel

    Google Pixel Network screen with automatic selection off and a network chosenThe Network screen for the Ryvo eSIM. The highlighted Automatically select network switch is off, so the phone lists the networks in range. The first network in the list is ticked as the one chosen. After a minute the phone may pick a network by itself, which is fine.9:41NetworkAvailable networksAutomaticallyselectnetworkOFFFirst networkSecond network

  • Samsung Galaxy

    Samsung Galaxy Network operators screen with Select automatically off and a network chosenThe Network operators screen. The highlighted Select automatically switch is off, so the phone lists the networks in range. The first network in the list is ticked as the one chosen. After a minute the phone may pick a network by itself, which is fine.9:41Network operatorsAvailable networksSelect automaticallyOFFFirst networkSecond network
Open the network list. Turn automatic selection off, choose a network.

After a minute your phone may pick one itself. That's fine.

If something goes wrong

  • Installing failed? Email us.. Most eSIMs can be installed only once, so ask before you try again.Installing failed? Email us.
  • No signal after you arrive?. Work through the getting connected checks.No signal after you arrive?
Two things to do if it does not work.