 Hello everyone, this is Ahmed Da of Ahmeddan.com. Today, I'll have another episode of Internet Tips and Tricks video and I'll talk about how you can use internet anywhere you go. If this is your first time, I repeat visit. Thank you for your support on this hybrid channel. I'm always telling you different ideas to take you beyond boundaries. If you're into thinking outside the box, this is the channel for you. If you're looking for more tips and tricks videos, there will be links in the description below. When you're traveling and when you're just going outside of your own network, then you can easily top up your internet or network just by purchasing an eSIM card. An eSIM card is basically an electronic or embedded SIM card, which is not a physical SIM card. You can apply to your phone by various eSIM providers. Now, in order to have an eSIM card on your phone, your phone has to be compatible. Most of the newer phones are, but most of the eSIM card providers have a list on their websites to tell you whether your phone is going to be compatible or not. Before you actually purchase an eSIM card, I would recommend you to check with your eSIM card provider and see whether you can actually install the eSIM card on your phone. Today, I'm going to purchase and install eSIM card on my phone for the first time, and I'm going to show you the whole process. Let's start with installing eSIM card. There are many eSIM providers, and after doing my research, I found out that these three are to be most reasonable eSIM card providers, but do your own research. According to my research, I found out that AirAllow, FlexiROM, and Holofly, they offer the best deals. Now, not all of them are the same. For example, I found out that if you are going to Asia, then AirAllow looks like it has the best deals, and if you're going to Egypt, then it looks like FlexiROM has the best deal, and within like US and Canada, it looks like Holofly. Actually, I wrote it long, it should be Holofly has the best deal. You have to do your research and find out which one has the best deal, and then you can easily install eSIM card on your phone if it's compatible. So, in order, the first thing you're going to be needing is an eSIM app installed on your phone. So, I picked AirAllow, and then I already installed the phone on my app, and I opened an account, and then once I opened the app, it looks like this way, and you can see that I have the option to purchase eSIM card directly from my phone, or if your eSIM card provider does not allow that, then you can also purchase eSIM card from their website. But today, I'm going to purchase eSIM card from my phone and we'll install it and see if this works. And I'm going to be using for upcoming trip in the Canadian cottage country, which is coming up within the next couple of days. So, I just wanted to have a different provider because my own provider doesn't have, you know, network or signal in that place where I'm going to. So, I'm going to choose Canada from the list. So, let's click on it, and then you can see that they have different options here. So, for example, one gig is 750 us, and three gig is going to be 1750 us, and then they're like, you know, five gig, 10 gig. So, this is for the first time. So, I'm just going to, you know, test it with the three gig first. I don't want to purchase too much in case it doesn't work. So, I'm just going to click here by now, and already I have an account and I have logged into the app using my user ID and password. So, now they're saying that, you know, I can top up the plan later on. So, what it means that, you know, if I purchase the SIM and I run out of, you know, data in the future, then I can top up. I don't have to reinstall the SIM again. So, for now, I'm just going to buy, let's say the 1750 us. So, I'm click here by now, and then I don't have to go to my computer to buy. It looks like the app is giving me the option to buy, but your eSIM provider may not have that option. So, it all depends. So, here it looks like asking me to complete the order via Google Pay. So, I'm just going to, you know, click complete the order and see what happens. So, I'm going to press here, and it looks like it's trying to purchase. So, we're just going to wait and see what happens. Okay. So, now I'm getting this message. It's just giving me the credit cards to ask me whether this is my credit card. So, I'm just going to hit continue. So, it looks like it's working. So, I'm just going to wait and see if this goes through. And if it goes through, I think I'm going to get like, you know, some kind of barcode or something to scan in the email, but we'll see how it works. Okay. So, it says here order complete. So, it looks like I purchased the eSIM card and they sent a validation or confirmation receipt to my email address and they have the order number. So, now let's go back to the store and let's see how I can install it now, the eSIM card. So, I'm going to go to my eSIM card and let's see what I get here. Okay. So, it looks like, you know, I'm getting the card I just purchased. So, now the thing is I have to install it and I don't see it's giving me any option here. So, I'm just going to, you know, check my email and see if I get that option in my email. So, I'm just going to open up my email and it looks like they sent a receipt and it's just giving the information order summary. Now, here you can see that it's giving you install eSIM card and I'm just going to click here. So, let's click here and see what happens. Okay. So, here I'm getting a message. Most eSIM can only be installed once. If you remove the eSIM card from your device, you cannot install it again. So, that means that, you know, if you are removing it from your device, you're going to have to just purchase again that eSIM card is finished. So, it's like, you know, just a physical sim card. So, I'm just going to click here and install here and it looks like it's giving me even the data uses. So, I have like, you know, 3GB and I used nothing and it is going to expire in 30 days. So, I'm just going to hit install eSIM card right here. So, let's do that. So, it's giving me some like, you know, information. Do not interruption. Do not remove. Complete all the steps. Okay. So, I got it. I'm just going to click here and here it says visit the important tips and tutorial. Okay. So, I'm just going to hit next. Choose your preferred eSIM installation method. Let's go to next. Install eSIM by completing all the steps carefully. Next. Secondly, access data by completing all the steps. Next. So, it looks like it's just giving me a tutorial. So, you know, I don't want the tutorial. Now, it's telling me that I have the Rogers network, which is right here. That's going to be the network via the eSIM I just purchased. And then APN is set automatically and data roaming is on. So, what happens if your APN is not set automatically, then you have to set it manually and there are instructions on the website. So, I don't have to do anything of that. So, it's just giving you the settings. You have to go to like in your settings and then connect manually to the supported network. Turn on eSIM under mobile network. Enable the mobile data. Turn on the data roaming. So, okay. So, I'm just going to go to settings and let's see what happens here. So, this is my own eSIM and I'm just going to see if there's any anything else in here. So, I don't see anything. Looks like I'm going to have to click here. Choose network. So, if I just click here, okay, I see nothing is happening. Okay. So, I was just thinking that, you know, I'm just going to get the eSIM card right here but it looks like it's not working. So, I'm just going to go back to the page and read it again. Go to network and tap on the mobile network. Connect manually eSIM under mobile network. Okay. So, let's go back to network and tap mobile network. So, I'm just going to, you know, go to network from here and see what happens. So, let's go here and then internet and network and then you see there's a plus sign right here. So, I'm going to just click on here and see if this works. So, plus sign here. Connect to a mobile network. So, it looks like we're on the same page. Download eSIM instead. So, yes. So, I'm just going to add a number. So, I'm going to click here. Okay. So, I don't know it's not letting me click here. Okay. So, right now I click there. It looks like I had an option to click there and it says download your sim card. Connect to mobile network and then download your sim card. Okay. Let's see if I can click here. I don't think it downloaded anything but I'm going to click next and see if it, you know, works that way. Scan the QR code from network. Okay. So, now what's happening here, it's asking you to scan the code you got. So, you can do that by either emailing yourself the scan code on a different device or you can kind of like, you know, take a picture or print a picture and scan it. So, I'm just going to email myself the barcode or QR code I received and then I'm going to, you know, scan that and see if this works. Hello everyone. So, what happens, it took me a while to figure out where I would get the QR code because it didn't show up in the email. So, when I went to the account which is ARLO on a separate computer, then I found out what happens. So, you have to go to my eSim card or my eSim tab which is right here and then if you click on details which is going to be right here and then here you're going to get the QR code. So, for example, just going to give you a like, you know, warning message and stuff and then what happens, you're going to see eSim installation for Android device which is right here or iOS device. So, if I just click on Android device then here you're going to see your QR code. So, now, even it has an option to share the QR code if you'd like to email yourself or send it to another device but I'm just going to scan it because I have the phone ready. So, I'm just going to put the phone, you know, like this here and you can see right where that ARLO number is available for this device. Okay. So, what I'm going to do, let me just move this computer a little bit and I'm going to bring this little closer. So, now, once I scan the QR code it's just giving me that message right away that I have that SIM card available then I'm going to hit download which is right here and let's see what happens. So, it mentions that it's going to take a few minutes. So, I will just wait. Okay. So, download finished and it mentions here that go to settings and turn on the SIM. So, if I go to settings and here is giving me my regular mobile network and then here is giving me the ARLO inactive. So, I'm just click here and then I have to just, you know, press this here, use SIM, turn on ARLO and I'm just going to click on there and then looks like it's trying to catch the network and see what happens here. Okay. Now, I have this message, select a SIM for data, freedom or ARLO. So, right now, I'm going to select ARLO and it looks like it's active. So, here what's happening that calls are still coming through my regular network which is freedom but the data is coming through the ARLO and here access data using mobile network which is on. Now, the roaming is going to be, it's off right now but, you know, I have to turn on the roaming because it's going to use ARLO and that's the point of purchasing the data. So, I'm just going to click this on and I'm going to click here, automatically select. So, if I'm not mistaken, I should have the SIM installed right now and it should work right now. So, let me just take a look here and see what happens here. Okay. So, I have Wi-Fi on. So, I'm just going to turn this off. So, Wi-Fi off but here it says ARLO no connection. So, that part I'm not sure why it's not getting connected. So, let me just turn off and turn on and it says no connection. So, if I click here, okay. I don't think anything's happening but let's see. I'm going to go back to settings again and see why it's not working. So, mobile data on, roaming on, calls preferred and you see. So, it looks like I have everything on but it's still somehow I don't know why seems to be not working. So, I'm going to see here. Here you can see that freedom is default for call SMS and ARLO for default for mobile data. Hi guys. So, I figured out how it works. So, it's a little bit complicated or not actually complicated. They don't mention clearly but what you have to do you cannot have this button on. So, where it says automatically select network, you have to turn it off and then you have to click here choose network. So, if you click here and then it's going to give you all the signals and then for example let me just see where it is. So, when I clicked here then it gave me a bunch of signals and it had just Rogers freedom tell us and bill. Now, I know that ARLO uses Rogers because that's what I read on their app or on the website it mentioned that you know in Canada uses Rogers. So, I clicked on Rogers and then what happened? It connected to the internet right away and you can see right here that wireless ARLO and then you can see that it's telling you that this is Rogers and the roaming is on. So, it is using Rogers via ARLO and then I have I got the signal. So, now what I'm going to do I'll just do a quick speed test to see what type of speed I'm getting and then it will you know give us an idea whether we're getting good good speed or not. So, here I have the speed test application. So, I'll just like you know click here and it's trying to measure the speed and let's see what we come up with not bad. Okay, so you just had the download. Now, let's check the upload. Looks like upload is a lot better than download. So, okay. So, here we have the speed download 6 mbps and upload 23 mbps which is not that great speed. So, I'm just going to test again and see what happens. Okay, so it doesn't look like you know it's going to get better. So, it looks like it's even getting worse. So, I'm just going to you know stop it right here and what I'm going to do I'll just go to here where you can choose your network and you can see that I have I'm connected to Rogers and then I got freedom here and I got Telus and Bell. Sometimes you can get two different signals from the same network and one usually have higher speed than the other one. So, I'm just trying to see if I get another Rogers. So, I do have another Rogers but this is 3G and the one I'm connected to 4G. So, definitely 3G is going to be lower speed than 4G but just to find out I'm just going to connect to 3G and let's see if it works. You never know. You might get more speed at 3G. So, it looks like it even got connected. So, I'm just going to go back to the speed test again and see if what type of speed we get here. So, we had six mbps last time and three after that but now let's try again and see if 3G actually is giving you more speed than 4G via Rogers air alloy. Okay, I know actually it's giving you a lot less. So, definitely 4G is better. Okay, so I will just, you know, connect it back to the 4G later on. So, basically that's how you connect your eSIM card. That's how you install your eSIM card for an Android phone or this is specifically a Google Pixel phone but the procedure or process is going to be pretty much the same. One big advantage having an eSIM card is that you can install eSIM card before even you leave for your destination in your home country. So, when you arrive at the destination you don't have to search for a store to buy a local sim card and also I find it not safe to leave my, you know, passport for the copy or personal information with everywhere I buy a sim card in a destination country. So, I'd rather have an eSIM card installed on my device before even I leave my country. So, this feature is very good for travelers especially when you want to have network right at the airport even before leaving the airport at the destination country and if you have come so far I'm going to put a link right on the screen for the next video. So, I'll see you in the next video. Thank you for watching and see you in the next video.