Transfer Jio eSim to a new iPhone

[thescurvydawg]

I have a Jio eSim, but I don't live in India anymore. I would like to upgrade my iPhone and would like my Jio eSIM transferred to the new iPhone without Jio's intervention.
This article says I should be able to do so, but when I did a trial using another phone, I don't see the option to transfer the eSim during setup or later.

Set up eSIM on iPhone - Apple Support

Learn what an eSIM is, how to set up an eSIM on your iPhone, and how to transfer a physical SIM to an eSIM.

support.apple.com

Has anyone done this before?

 

[thescurvydawg]

Looks like on my old phone, I have to do these steps first to transfer the eSim to the new phone.

Learn How to Convert Jio Sim to eSIM | Activate Jio eSIM

Activate eSIM online on your smartphone, smartwatch & smart tablets easily. Follow the steps to activate Jio eSIM on your eSIM supported smartphone or smartwatches.

www.jio.com

 

[pillaicha]

The feature depends on carrier support for it. As far as I know, in India, Airtel and Jio do not allow you to transfer eSIMs without involving them.

 

[thescurvydawg]

This process says it can be done by requesting a new eSIM via SMS from Jio. However, looks like there's no way to send the SMS to 199 when on international roaming.
eSIM - Jio eSIM Online Activation on Smartphone, Smartwatch, Smart Tablets

 

[pillaicha]

199 SMS needs to be sent with Domestic IMSI, which is possible only when you are connected to the native operators networks. Can't do it with another operator, when you will be using a different IMSI.

 

[wheatbread]

Doesn't routing your everything VoWi-Fi traffic via India let's you not be on international roaming at the moment?

 

[mikrotik]

It is Voice over WIFI. SMS are not sent over wifi.

 

[Trex]

Doesn't routing your everything VoWi-Fi traffic via India let's you not be on international roaming at the moment?

You cannot route VoWiFi traffic via India using VPN on smartphones. Carrier traffic (VoWiFi) is isolated from core OS traffic which can be routed using VPN.
Also if you try to run VPN on router level ie. On openwrt then VoWiFi won't connect. Because carrier use IP filtering at their end for VoWifi establishment (Thats how they know you are on international roaming even if you are using VoWifi)
So, good luck.

 

[pillaicha]

VoWiFI can be used to send voice, video, SMS, etc depending on if it is enabled by your carrier (as well as roaming carrier, if you are abroad). It’s all IMS stack and features like RCS can also be enabled on this stack.

The actual reason is that your device carrier settings are used to identify where you are. So other than IP filtering by your carrier, simply latching into a foreign network changes your IMSI. If you check, VoWifi doesn’t work (or works for a short while) on airplane mode. Very frequently your carrier checks which networks are in range and also tries to establish/maintain normal LTE connection with the native network, even if you are on Vowifi.

 

[Deleted member 14251]

Has anyone done this before?

I've done this, but i'm in india. changed from pixel 4a to iPhone Xr.

Have you tried sending message like +91199