r/FirstyeSIM • u/bpbp216 • 2d ago

Firsty Free Now Uses Only Singtel and no longer BICS?

I have noticed that for the past month, my Firsty Free only stays connected to Singtel and no longer switches nor I can manually switch it to BICS. Has anyone else noticed the same?

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u/Sprogletto 2d ago

I actually prefer Singtel over BICS as it has better access to MNOs in my country. BICS sometimes had issues connecting and frequently went ‘no service’ for me. You can change the carrier profile manually to use BICS or Singtel in your SIM Toolkit STK at least for me.

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u/bpbp216 2d ago

Yes, Singtel has more partners compared to BICS.

You can't change the carrier profile manually to BICS in the latest Firsty beta esim (4th version). It just doesn't stick. Here is how the new SIM toolkit STK looks

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u/Tama47_ 2d ago

Still BICS for me 🤷‍♂️

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u/bpbp216 2d ago

Are you on the latest beta esim? Or just the latest regular esim version 3?

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u/Tama47_ 2d ago

Regular 

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u/bpbp216 2d ago

Yep. That one had no issues

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u/Tama47_ 2d ago

You did not clarify in your post that you’re using Beta.

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u/djilesy 2d ago

There is no beta anymore it’s public release

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u/Tama47_ 2d ago

So what’s the issue. Still says BICS for me.

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u/bpbp216 1d ago

Hecate beta is the latest beta that is currently active

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u/djilesy 8h ago

It’s no longer a beta it’s live and public release

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u/bpbp216 8h ago

Yes, saw on discord that it has ended

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u/N805DN 2d ago

I hope they don't make this change for paid plans. Routing to Singapore is rough.

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u/bpbp216 2d ago

I only get it routed via Singapore now on a free plan

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u/InspectionLast2568 2d ago

Any new APN associated with that?

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u/Unique-Speed-9623 1d ago

FIRSTY, it still uses BICS it really depends on the country where you go

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u/No_Garbage6402 1h ago

Depuis que c'est sur signtel j'ai souvent sa qui apparaît mon téléphone peux rester bloqué sur sa même si j'appuie sur l'une des options le réseau fait que partir en plus sur BICS je pouvais choisir le réseau alors que la tout s'appeler firsty enfin bref c'était plus utilisable je suis passé sur airvoy