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  • Privileged eSIM management - concerns?

I'm seeing the same behavior - privileged esim turns off with reboot or ??

HOWEVER - is it even needed once the esim is installed and working? (It doesn't seem to impact my carrier usage)

Regardless - any way to keep it turned on?

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  • Post #9

Since the latest release 2022090400 there is an additional issue. The eSIM-function doesn't work anymore on 6a, it's greyed/inactive, probably because the Google Services Framework (v33) cannot be installed/updated any longer:

Installation failed: Your device has an app installed with the same package name, but a different signature.

Switching back to v32 works again.

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    • Post #11

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    I meant Pixel 6, not 6a. Sorry

      5 days later

      Any updates on this, am I safe to update from V32?

      Also - I'm unclear how privileged esim being left off affects my phone usage? Can I just leave it off (once my esim is implemented)

      • or is privileged esim required to use my carrier/phone number at all?

      • has the off/on behavior been identified (going into and out of airplane mode helps or not?).
        (I have noticed I can't find a way to toggle on/off mobile data w/o using airplane mode).

      • perhaps using Google Fi has an impact on behavior of privileged esim ??

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        • Post #14

        The option has to be activated as far as I understand it.

        Since the latest OS-patch the version 33 of Google Service Framework works again.

        I cannot say anything about Google Fi, because it's not available in most european countries (probably I'm wrong and something has recently changed).

          [deleted] i guess i need to remember to toggle it back on after booting yhen 😧

            any apps that work on gos for auto triggering events (such as turning on priveleged esim after boot, disabling mobile data if wifi connection?)

            Due to having to always re-toggle on the privileged esim - I went back to a sim card.

            FYI... I didn't properly delete the esim - and needed some help from Google FI... once that was done I was ok.

            Once the privileged esim function doesn't turn off at a reboot - I'd like to go back to it and keep my sim slot available.

            Just can't take the risk of mobile not working because I forget to toggle it on

            lcalamar or is privileged esim required to use my carrier/phone number at all?

            As far as I knew it was only required to download or delete an eSIM from the eUICC chip. So when you enrol and scan a QR code to download a new eSIM and perhaps also when you delete it. Don't think it should need to be turned on just to use the eSIM — there is another toggle for that.

            As such I think you'd actually want the privileged setting turned off most of the time.