SET UP SAFERSIM
Select iPhone or Android, then swipe left and right.
Open Cellular settings and add the SaferSIM eSIM profile. Follow the activation details from your mobile provider.
Select the new SaferSIM line and open SIM Applications.
Choose a four- to eight-digit SaferSIM PIN. You will use it later to approve requests.
Four to eight digits. The PIN is checked locally.
Your twelve-digit SaferSIM PUK is shown only once. Write it on paper and keep it separately from the phone. It is only for a forgotten or blocked PIN.
For a forgotten or blocked PIN
The pairing ID and pairing code appear automatically. Enter both on the activation page together with your username.
Enter the details on the activation page.
Open SaferSimPair under SaferSIM in SIM Applications. It shows the pairing details again.
After connecting, create a separate recovery code in your SaferSIM profile and write it on paper. If your phone is lost or broken, enter it after onboarding the new eSIM profile. This connects your account to the new eSIM. Renew the code after twelve months at the latest.
For a new eSIM profile if the phone is lost or broken.
SaferSIM shows which Shop is asking and what it wants: sign in, register or share data. Approve an expected request with your PIN. Reject anything you do not recognise.
Sign in with SaferSIM?
After a rejection or incorrect PIN, the same Shop cannot simply keep asking. To allow it later, open Shop-Code and enter the single-use code at that Shop. It is valid for three minutes.
Use this only for the Shop you want to allow again.
Add the SaferSIM eSIM profile in the SIM settings. Menu labels differ by manufacturer.
Open the built-in SIM Toolkit app and select SaferSIM.
Choose a four- to eight-digit SaferSIM PIN. It stays in the eSIM and is checked there.
Four to eight digits. Never enter it on a website.
Your twelve-digit SaferSIM PUK is shown only once. Write it on paper and keep it separately from the phone. It is only for a forgotten or blocked PIN.
For a forgotten or blocked PIN
The pairing ID and pairing code appear automatically. Enter both on the activation page together with your username.
Enter the details on the activation page.
Open SaferSimPair under SaferSIM in SIM Toolkit. It shows the pairing details again.
After connecting, create a separate recovery code in your SaferSIM profile and write it on paper. If your phone is lost or broken, enter it after onboarding the new eSIM profile. This connects your account to the new eSIM. Renew the code after twelve months at the latest.
For a new eSIM profile if the phone is lost or broken.
SaferSIM shows which Shop is asking and what it wants: sign in, register or share data. Approve an expected request with your PIN. Reject anything you do not recognise.
Sign in with SaferSIM?
After a rejection or incorrect PIN, the same Shop cannot simply keep asking. To allow it later, open Shop-Code and enter the single-use code at that Shop. It is valid for three minutes.
Use this only for the Shop you want to allow again.
Swipe on your phone · Use the arrows on a computer
PUK: unlocks your PIN. Pairing code: connects the first eSIM. Recovery code: connects your account to a new eSIM profile. Shop code: lets a previously rejected Shop ask once again.
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