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Has anyone managed to purchase and activate a Telkom Esim yet?
If so, where did you get it and what was the process like to activate, do a sim swap from plastic sim etc
 
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Armchair said:
Has anyone managed to purchase and activate a Telkom Esim yet?
If so, where did you get it and what was the process like to activate, do a sim swap from plastic sim etc
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I bought a prepaid sim from the Telkom in Rosebank. The guys hadn’t been trained by that time but the process is easy. They give you a free card with a QR code. You scan it and you follow the prompts. It was uneventful and easy.
 
Anyone tried with or know if this will work for a data contract sim onto your phone?

Made a turn at a Telkom branch, they seemed confused and then told me that I’ll loose the number of the sim in my phone
 
K.J said:
Anyone tried with or know if this will work for a data contract sim onto your phone?

Made a turn at a Telkom branch, they seemed confused and then told me that I’ll loose the number of the sim in my phone
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They need to perform a SIM swap, from the physical SIM to the eSIM.

It should really be no bother hey, just ask for the eSIM and ask for the SIM swap. Did mine at Menlyn in between buying groceries, I wasn’t gone long (the wife didn’t even notice I had ditched her at the Checkers to go get the eSIM)
 
Can you receive incoming calls on the esim?
(Or does it behave like the rain data sim)

If so can you load airtime on it?
 
Armchair said:
Has anyone managed to purchase and activate a Telkom Esim yet?
If so, where did you get it and what was the process like to activate, do a sim swap from plastic sim etc
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Done the process with Telkom Menlyn direct Store. You receive voucher card to scan QR code
 
electrix said:
Can you receive incoming calls on the esim?
(Or does it behave like the rain data sim)

If so can you load airtime on it?
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It works the same as traditional sim we are using. Works for call, sms and data
 
Sayf777 said:
Is it supported for wearable?
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At the store they say it isn't supported, but got a prepaid SIM and it worked for me (Galaxy Watch 3 LTE). Had to use the instructions from some reddit post to be allowed to directly scan the QR code though.

Open the Galaxy Wearable app
Tap the three bar menu in upper left corner
Tap "About Galaxy Wearable"
Tap the page heading "Galaxy Wearable" five times quickly to bring up the hidden menu
Tap "Test ESIM Feature"
Tap "Current QR TestMode: off. This will turn it on
Back out to main Galaxy Wearable screen and tap "Watch settings"
Tap "Mobile Plans". This will bring up the QR code scanner
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km2 said:
At the store they say it isn't supported, but got a prepaid SIM and it worked for me (Galaxy Watch 3 LTE). Had to use the instructions from some reddit post to be allowed to directly scan the QR code though.
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Aha, that's great news! I've been on the hunt for local eSim on my GW for a long while now, but MTN has always given me grief. I currently have a Dent plan, and while data works well, it cant make any calls. Can you make (standalone) calls on the Telkom eSim?
 
hackus17 said:
Aha, that's great news! I've been on the hunt for local eSim on my GW for a long while now, but MTN has always given me grief. I currently have a Dent plan, and while data works well, it cant make any calls. Can you make (standalone) calls on the Telkom eSim?
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I can. Can send and receive SMSes and make phone calls entirely independently, as well as do things like go through USSD menus to buy Telkom bundles etc. The downside is that you won't be receiving any calls on that number when your Watch can in any way avoid it (i.e. if it's within Bluetooth range to your phone or on a friendly WiFi network) as it will turn off the cell modem to save power.
 
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