I’ve encountered some perplexing issues with my three iPhone 16e devices, all of which are experiencing connection problems. Two of them suddenly lost connectivity, and it turned out the issue was linked to deleted e-SIMs. Interestingly, I had never intentionally used an e-SIM in either phone. To my surprise, the physical SIMs in those devices were actually inactive, and there were no e-SIMs listed.
Both devices are linked to EE. I can pinpoint the appearance of these “hidden” e-SIMs to my update to iOS 18.5, which took place on July 13th. Currently, I’m trying to restore physical SIMs, but unfortunately, I have no working connections on either of those iPhones at this time. The third iPhone has presented its own challenges, particularly with porting issues.
Changing networks wasn’t successful until I added an e-SIM. However, I still need to figure out a way to get the physical SIM to work independently with this device, which is on the Vodafone network. This situation raises a question for me: have others experienced problems with SIMs being recognized or used as “hidden” e-SIMs? I’ve always had reservations about e-SIM technology, and these incidents have only solidified my skepticism.
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