The ULTIMATE Airalo FAQ Guide for iPhone | Your Questions Answered!

If you have a question about Airalo, the answer is in here.
In this video, I answer the most frequently asked questions about purchasing, installing, activating and using an Airalo eSIM while traveling internationally.

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• TABLE OF CONTENTS •

0:00 - What's this video about?

PURCHASING
00:24 - HOW FAR IN ADVANCE can I purchase an eSIM?
01:34 - How MUCH data should I buy? (How to see how much data your phone uses)
03:05 - What happens when I USE UP/RUN OUT of all of my data?
03:55 - Do I still need to purchase an INTERNATIONAL PHONE PLAN with my home service provider?
04:45 - Can I REUSE the same eSIM, or do I need to purchase a new one? (How to see if your eSIM is still installed)

ACTIVATING | INSTALLING | SETUP
06:58 - Do I need WIFI to activate my eSIM once I arrive at my destination?
07:58 - What should I do if my eSIM gets STUCK SHOWING "ACTIVATING", or is unable to activate after initial installation?
09:36 - My phone is on the list of eSIM-compatible phones, but I cannot add one. Why?
10:31 - Should I remove my PHYSICAL SIM CARD to make sure I don't incur international charges?

USING
11:27 - Should DATA ROAMING be ON or OFF while using Airalo?
12:44 - Can I share data using a HOTSPOT?
13:23 - Does my phone need to be in AIRPLANE MODE while using Airalo?
14:24 - Can I still use WIFI while using Airalo?
14:53 - Can I turn the Airalo eSIM OFF while not using my phone in order to save data? (How to see which apps are using background data)
16:31 - Can I still contact EMERGENCY SERVICES while only using Airalo?
17:12 - What do I do with my SIMs once I return home? (How to turn your primary SIM back on)

COMMUNICATING
17:56 - How can I CALL & TEXT while only using Airalo data? (Setting up iMessage, FaceTime & more)
23:39 - Can I turn my PRIMARY LINE back ON to receive calls & texts?
24:34 - How can I receive 2FA / MFA without being able to receive SMS texts? (2 Factor & Multi-factor Authentication)

25:57 - How to get a discount on your first Airalo eSIM and support our channel :)

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[briansteph]

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[colleenreidy]

Very helpful. This was the only video I could find actually explaining how to turn OFF your home line.

[_Tripsandtips]

I would keep "Turn on this line" for your main or home SIM toggled ON (or green) as it is necessary to receive SMS on your home phone number to continue accessing some apps and making online purchases. The most important to avoid unnecessary charges is that data roaming on your main or home SIM is toggled OFF.

[ForgingMind]

After watching your other Airalo video (thanks for answering my question there too) and then I found this FAQ video for completeness. I fully appreciate putting content together like this takes time. Have a coffee on me!

[nnndigitalnomad]

you are a lifesaver!! I was banging my head against the wall until I got to 11:27 of your video and turned ON "data roaming" haha I appreciate you!

[Javachacin]

This and your previous video have been SO comprehensive, thank you so much. Your delivery, and the way you structure the information is so easy to follow. I was wavering between a few different eSIM providers, but after this video I am totally going with Airalo, a big reason now because of how comfortable I feel with the service, even before installing. Keep on with the great work, subed!

[stevencohen]

Brian, lots of great information thanks for that, only thing is for us that aren’t as tech savvy or maybe somewhat older (I’m in my 70’s) is the speed at which your talking at. The clarity of what you’re saying is great it’s just I’m gonna have to loop several segments just so I can use the information. But, there certainly is lots of great info here.

[shawnawright]

BY FAR You explain everything is a easy to understand manner. Much appreciated and will be checking out your other videos. :-)

[MDuecy]

This video is incredibly helpful!! I really appreciate you taking the time to create the video and provide answers to many of the common questions out there (in a way that was easy to understand). I learned A LOT about my phone in the last 25 minutes. haha

[themiamikid_]

Great video. However, a helpful tip I just used in Europe.

You can keep iMessage in your primary number.

Keep primary line turned on. Disable data roaming.

Set cellular data to your airalo eSIM and disable data switching.

This allows you to receive calls and sms (2 factor authentication). As long as you don’t answer calls/respond to texts, you won’t get charged.

Do this before you leave

[jimforty]

best thing to do is open whatever case you have on your phone put a piece of thin packaging tape on the inside of the case and just keep a sim card opener and any sim you have taped to it. its a perfect solution and you dont even know that the items are there done this for all 7 trips outside the us works every time

[JR-xwrx]

Two more questions… 1. Does Wifi Assist need to be off? 2. I have a layover in another country, so can I turn on and use that Airalo esim or should I wait until the actual country esim was purchased for.
My friend turned off wifi assist

[gregneil]

Amazing video! This is my first time to try using an eSIM and both of your videos are clear and easy to understand. I’ve saved them so I can watch again before I need to purchase the eSIM. Thanks again.

[josephelder]

Brian, I really appreciate your videos on this subject. I'm not super tech savvy and you explain things so they are really easy to understand. Keep up the amazing work.

[kathykirkby]

Thank you Brian! You have eliminated a lot of frustration. Awesome!!

[DoninTexas-vmhl]

Thank you for the great explanations. It helped me when traveling in Italy for 2 weeks. One new piece of information I learned was that under the Airalo eSIM setup on my iPhone, under cellular data, it prefilled in “wbdata” on the line called APN, but did not prefill it on the line called LTE SETUP. I noticed that in one of the views in your video it was filled in both places. So, When I updated my Airalo setup to add “wbdata” under LTE SETUP it finally worked/connected. I suspect it was needed because I was in more LTE areas.
Anyways, thank you for the helpful video and I will be sending you some money. 😊

[shootMEshootME]

for 24:34 you guys can use a VPN and change the location to your home country this works for me when I was in Europe

[interdimensionaleagle]

just got the iphone 15 and first time traveling internationally with it. learned a lot from this vid, about to get the airalo app. also disabled a bunch of apps I havent been using recently to reduce the data usage. cheers!

[brunoocampo]

Good on you Brian & Steph! I like the fact that you take time and effort about going into the details and not assuming that, we normal mortals, know things, even if they apparently sound quite basic.

[chrishansell]

Brian great video. Thanks for the code. Saved $3us. You say in the video that if you buy a top up package that Airalo uses the original purchase package before using the top up.
Airalo video states it overrides what’s left on the original package. 😮 Thanks again Chris