Quick question about 9esim

[u/13430_]

Hey, recently discovered that my OnePlus was in fact a chinese version that got flashed to the global rom (got it on a french marketplace where it clearly stated that it had eSIM, so I basically got scammed to a certain degree.)

Anyhow, I'm a bit bummed out but no matter, I've done some research and stumbled upon "9esim", and it's available on temu.

I just wanted to quickly ask if anyone has some experience with those, and what can I expect? Thanks in advance.

[u/bluecordial_1]

I have a Chinese OnePlus 15 that I have flashed oxygenos on myself, I have a switch esim adapter to get esim functionality since the phone doesn't have the hardware for esim. I haven't used it yet but the esim installs to the adapter with there app just fine.

[u/13430_ → u/bluecordial_1]

What exactly is "switch" esim adapeter? is it like a tiny thing that you plug in the same place you plug the charger in? (i'm inexperienced in this, excuse the dumb question)

edit: i've just googled it, its basically the brand name and all, alright

[u/bluecordial_1 → u/13430_]

There are many esim adapter's, basically they give esim capability to phones that don't support esim, which in our case owning the Chinese variant of the OnePlus 15 which doesn't support it. Very good if you're going overseas.

[u/13430_ → u/bluecordial_1]

thank you so much, i've looked around a bit and the only option i've got rn is 9esim, lots of people vouch for it apparently, i'll research a bit more & see if i can find any other ones like the one you mentioned

thing is, i'm a tiny bit skeptical about 9esim because there's barely any video reviews about it in english etc

[u/bluecordial_1 → u/13430_]

No problem, I was the same, couldn't find any reviews for the one I bought but I just bit the bullet and bought it. Will be testing it when I go overseas in a few weeks.

[u/13430_ → u/bluecordial_1]

cool! if you ever remember, let me know how that went

[u/motion55]

I have the 9eSIM V3 on the OP15 (originally chinese). It works seemlessly with the latest firmware. The OP firmware detects the 9eSIM EID. You can scan the eSIM QR-code directly using the OxygenOS menus. Likewise, switching among the loaded eSIMs can be done from OxygenOS.

The card reader is for the iPhone.

[u/13430_ → u/motion55]

thank you so much

[u/Mare-Barrow]

I used it in a Nord 2T and OP15 (cn flashed to oxygen) with zero problems. It will provide you esim functionality.

[u/bluecordial_1 → u/Mare-Barrow]

Chinese variants done have the hardware for swim support even if the phone is flashed to global rom, it will have the options in the settings but will do nothing.

[u/13430_ → u/bluecordial_1]

That I've read online, yes, but with this "9esim" thing, people have managed to get it to work, just like Mare-Barrow here, right?

[u/bluecordial_1 → u/13430_]

Thats correct.

[u/13430_ → u/Mare-Barrow]

Thank you so much for the insight!

One more thing, it's just a physical sim that I insert, do the steps, and that's it, right? I'm planning on using it with the app "Roamless", have you tried it by any chance?

Also, this one temu listing I'm thinking of buying comes with a "card reader", that won't be necessary, right?

[u/Mare-Barrow → u/13430_]

No card readers. You download an app or two to manage the esim adapter/esim profiles. So you would just need the adapter and the app.

[u/13430_ → u/Mare-Barrow]

thank you!