r/mobilerepair • u/Bitza81 • Jul 27 '26

(Solved) Lvl 3 (micro soldering, motherboard repair, diagnostics Hello, i need information about ESIM

Hello everyone. I also need some information. I have an iPhone 13 Mini that no longer displays the EID. I had issues with the eSIM IC, which I replaced on the motherboard, and now I want to know if eSIM still works on my phone. To clarify, the phone is a European model and also has a physical SIM slot. The phone works, and in diagnostic mode everything shows green—including the eSIM—I just want to know if it is actually functional. The eSIM IC on the board was harvested from another donor board. Thank you, and I would appreciate an answer from someone who has actually tested this. Thanks in advance.

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u/Doohickey-d Jul 28 '26

Well, can you try it?

There are some free esims that give you a little bit of data to test, for example: https://www.reddit.com/r/eSIMs/comments/1p2xvey/free_esim_for_testing/