Show the QR code
The code has to be on a different screen from the phone you’re installing on: a computer, a tablet, or another phone. Website: sign in at onroamly.com/my-esims, open the eSIM and tap Scan QR code.
Scan it
Menus differ a little by brand. The two most common paths:- Pixel and most Android phones
- Samsung
1
Open SIMs
Go to Settings → Network and internet → SIMs.
2
Tap Set up an eSIM
On some phones it’s Add eSIM, + or Add SIM, then Download a SIM instead?
3
Tap Use a different SIM
If Android asks you to confirm your network, tap Use a different SIM under Other options.
4
Scan the code
On Scan QR code from operator, point the camera at the code on the other screen, then follow the prompts to download it.
5
Name it and leave it off
Name the SIM something like Roamly. Then, on the SIMs screen, tap the Roamly SIM and make sure Use this SIM is off until you land.
Manual setup (no camera, or the code won’t scan)
You’ll need the activation code from the same place as the QR code. It’s one line that starts withLPA:1$.
- Website: open the eSIM, tap Manual setup and copy the LPA string.
- Roamly app: open the plan, go to More → Technical → Manual activation and copy the code.
1
Open the manual entry option
Start the eSIM steps above, and on the scan screen look for Enter it manually, Enter activation code or Need help? — the wording varies by phone, and on some it only appears after you skip the scan.
2
Paste the code
Most phones have a single field: paste the whole
LPA:1$… line. If your phone asks for an SM-DP+ address and an activation code separately, the address is the part between the first and second $ and the code is everything after the second $.3
Download, name it, leave it off
Tap Download, name the SIM, and keep it switched off until you land.
Before you fly
Turn off Roaming on your normal SIM while you’re still at home: Settings → Network and internet → SIMs, tap your normal SIM, Roaming off (Samsung: Settings → Connections → Mobile networks → Data roaming). That’s what stops your home carrier charging you overseas. When you land, follow Just landed? How to activate your eSIM.Something not working?
- Android says the code is invalid or the profile is already installed? The eSIM is probably on another phone. See I deleted my eSIM, or installed it on the wrong phone.
- The Add eSIM option isn’t there at all? The phone may be carrier-locked or may not support eSIM. See Does my phone support eSIM?
- Anything else: My eSIM won’t install.