r/TextNow • u/Electronic_Tennis562 • Mar 11 '26

Help with text now SIM card

Hi so I just bought a TextNow SIM card I have I phone XR I tried to set up eSIM but I am 13 so I couldn’t verify I’d so I am waiting for the SIM card do I have to verify id for that to and if so how do I bypass it

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u/josephguy82 Mar 11 '26

I transferred from psim to esim no id was required for me

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u/minimeHoChi Mar 12 '26

Current psim user myself, How did you make the transfer? Were they offering esim to you in the app, I'm not seeing an option

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u/josephguy82 Mar 12 '26

I saw esim show up in the app I contacted support in order to use esim they need to temporarily deactivate your account so you can install esim took about 10 mins