Install your Egypt eSIM at home, before you fly
- At home, on Wi-Fi
- Within 30 days
- Keep the line off
The short answer
Install the eSIM at home on Wi-Fi, before you fly, within 30 days of buying it. Scan the QR code from your order page, name the line, and keep it switched off until you land. Do not delete the eSIM once added: a QR code can usually be installed only once.
Checked September 30, 2026
Before you scan
Your phone must support eSIM and be unlocked; the phone check tells you how to find out. Connect to Wi-Fi: the phone downloads the eSIM from the internet, and Apple asks for Wi-Fi or a hotspot while it does.
Scan the QR code
Open your order page on another screen, or print the QR code. On an iPhone, go to Settings, Cellular, Add eSIM, and scan. On Android, go to the SIM settings (Connections, SIM manager on Samsung; Network & internet, SIMs on Pixel) and add an eSIM. If the camera will not scan, enter the details by hand from the order page.
After it is added
Give the line a name you will recognise, such as Egypt. Keep it switched off until you land, so nothing happens before the trip. Do not delete it: a QR code can usually be installed only once. On landing, follow switch it on after landing.
If it fails
If the QR code will not scan or the install stops, stay on Wi-Fi and try once more. If it still fails, write to the store’s support with your order page link and your phone model, before you try again.
More help
Switch your Egypt eSIM on when you land
After landing in Egypt, switch the eSIM line on, choose it for mobile data and turn on data roaming for that line only. What to switch, and in what order.
Data roaming on an Egypt eSIM: on for the eSIM, off at home
These Egypt plans roam on an Egyptian partner network, so data roaming goes on for the eSIM line and off on your home line. Why, and where to switch it.
Egypt eSIM not connecting: the checks, in order
No signal or no data on your Egypt eSIM? Check the line, mobile data and data roaming, restart, pick the network by hand, then write to support.
Egypt eSIM refunds: when you get your money back
A full refund if the eSIM is not delivered, or does not work and cannot be fixed. A working eSIM is not refunded. How to ask, and where the money goes.
Does my phone support eSIM? Check before you buy
Dial *#06#: if your phone shows an EID, it has an eSIM. It must also be unlocked. Check your model below before you buy an Egypt eSIM.
Still stuck?
Orders, QR codes and refunds are handled by BaobabSIM support. Write with the link to your order page and your phone model.
contact@baobabsim.com