Install
your eSIM.
Short steps, big buttons. Have your QR email open — that’s all you need.
iPhone
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The fast way — one tap
Reading the delivery email on the iPhone itself? Its install button does everything. The steps below are the manual path, for a QR shown on another screen.
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Open Settings
Settings → Cellular → Add eSIM
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Scan the QR
Tap “Use QR Code” and point the camera at it — a laptop screen, a printout or a second phone all work. No camera? “Enter Details Manually”, then paste the LPA code from the email.
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Set the roles
Keep your home SIM for calls and iMessage. Set the new eSIM as Mobile Data — iOS asks right after install.
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On landing
Settings → Cellular → your travel eSIM → Data Roaming ON
Airplane mode off first. Data roaming on the travel eSIM is normal for a travel plan — it does not cost extra.
Samsung
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Open SIM manager
Settings → Connections → SIM manager → Add eSIM
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Scan QR code
“Scan QR code from service provider”. Manual path: “Enter activation code”, then the LPA code from the email.
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Mobile data → travel eSIM
SIM manager → Mobile data → the new eSIM
On landing, switch Data Roaming on for that eSIM.
Pixel
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Open SIMs
Settings → Network & internet → SIMs → Add eSIM
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Scan the QR
Point the camera at the QR, or use the manual entry option and paste the LPA code from the email.
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On landing
Airplane mode off, then make the travel eSIM the mobile-data SIM and turn roaming on for it.
Other Android
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Use the settings search
Makers rename the menu — the search box does not. Open Settings, search for “eSIM”, and follow the “Add” option it finds.
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Scan or paste
Scan the QR from the email, or choose manual entry and paste the LPA code.
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On landing
Airplane mode off, travel eSIM set as the data line, roaming on for that line.
eSIM installed, but no network?
- Airplane mode — off?
- Data Roaming ON — for the travel eSIM, not the home SIM?
- Travel eSIM selected as the data line?
- Just landed? Networks can take a few minutes to pick you up.
Still nothing — write to us from your order email. support@fivebars.mobile — We reply within 1–2 business days.
QR already scanned on another phone?
An eSIM installs exactly once — that is the standard, not a bug. If it landed on the wrong device the QR will not scan again. Write to us from your order email and we will take it from there.