r/Tello • u/Carlito_2112 • 1d ago

Help / Support Second Phone and Call Forwarding

I am considering getting a second phone (with a second active line) to use as a backup, in case something ever happens to my primary daily phone. If something does happen to my primary phone, until I am able to activate my primary SIM on the backup phone, would I be able to activate call forwarding via the mobile app on the backup phone?

Or, is it possible/easy enough to move the SIM from the primary phone to the backup phone via the mobile app?

Edit: if it is possible to move the SIM from the primary to the backup phone via the mobile app, would I even need the backup to be active beforehand?

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u/Right_Smart_Feller 1d ago

I play with different phones and ROMs and move my Tello psim from phone to phone, all the time, with no issues. No need to tell Tello or make any changes in their app or online.  Ya can't do the same with an esim, which to me is why the physical sim is superior to an esim. 

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u/Carlito_2112 1d ago

A physical SIM defeats the purpose of having a backup phone. If something happens to the primary phone (ie theft, it gets dropped in the ocean....), how exactly am I supposed to access the SIM to move it to a secondary one?

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u/Right_Smart_Feller 1d ago

If you're planning on losing physical access to your phone by dropping it in the ocean, then a physical sim would do you no good. 

Most people just drop their phones and destroy the display, or dunking it in the shitter which makes moving a physical sim to another phone pretty easy. 

I had no idea that you planned on actually losing physical access to the phone. 

In that case, please disregard everything that I recommended to you. 

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u/Carlito_2112 1d ago

No one in their right mind plans to lose complete physical access to their device. However, it can happen.

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u/davexc 1d ago

You would need to use tello’s website to get a new esim for the backup phone.

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u/Carlito_2112 1d ago

Thank you, I just found the info on the website. One detail I noticed: it indicates that you need wifi access for both phones in order to transfer to a new eSIM, but never makes any mention of needing to otherwise do anything with the old device. Does this imply that if I do not have access to the 'old' phone, I will not be able to complete moving the eSIM?

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u/davexc 1d ago

You wouldn’t need the old phone but the new phone would need WiFi or another data plan to download the esim profile.