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Tell HN: How to use an esim QR code when it arrives on iPhone
1 point by asimpleusecase on Feb 1, 2024 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments
I needed to activate an esim QR code on my iPhone without a tablet or computer as the host screen. Then I noticed I could save a photo as a watch face on my Apple Watch - so made a screenshot of the QR code and saved it as a watch face. Then scanned it with the iPhone camera. It worked just fine. Thought I would share this hack.


Force-touching on an image of a QR code that's already saved on my phone gives me an option to trigger "scanning" it without using the camera at all.


Cool. Yours is the best hack for this problem


Smart. I need to activate a new eSIM soon. I was going to print it if I needed to.




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