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mbesto · 15 hours ago
Tangentially related - I recently got the holy grail of eSIM travel router setup:

- GLiNet Mudi v2: https://store.gl-inet.com/products/mudi-v2-portable-4g-lte-r...

- EIOT Physical eSim https://store.gl-inet.com/products/esim-experience-seamless-...

- 20GB Worldwide Airalo for 365 days ($69): https://www.airalo.com/global-esim/discover-365days-20gb

Buy the airalo esim on my iphone. Download the QR code. Upload it to the mudi router. Activate it there. Voila! I then wireguard back to my home internet in case I need a US on the router. Can also use tailscale, but if my gf wants US internet its helpful.

https://docs.gl-inet.com/router/en/4/tutorials/how_to_set_up...

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sunaookami · 22 hours ago
Haha what a coincidence, I bought a 9eSIM adapter a few weeks ago! There is a new eSIM-only card in Germany where you get 3 GB of data plus unlimited SMS and calls per month for free. To order it I had to use Frida and the Android emulator to fool the app into thinking the device had an eSIM. After that you have to do some JavaScript shenanigans on the website to get the QR code. But after that, everything works flawlessly with the eSIM adapter. The card is called "GMX FreePhone".

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Fischgericht · 20 hours ago
In case the original author reads this:

Depending on what 4G/LTE modem/chip your laptop it is using (it must be based on a Qualcomm SoC which 99% are), there are and I can share documents on how you can do the provisioning directly on the Laptop the SIM card is in.

The feature is present in the stock Qualcomm firmware bundle, but vendors like Quectel, Sierra etc may decide if they include the feature or not.

I know this because it is on our dev team To-Do List to implement that for a Linux daemon :)

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mfkp · 17 hours ago

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notpushkin · 22 hours ago

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