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[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doongoo:
"Using a combo of the above replies(Thank You Both!), I was able to add my watch to AT&T in the US. Been using for a few days without any issues. Watch standalone call and data performance is really better than I expected."

This is good news, as I am waiting my watch to arrive today and I hope to be able to use my esim (Telekom) in it. My further wish that permanent proxy solution for the Gpay will work as well (as I am in a not supported country)
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doongoo:
So, my LTE watch arrived yesterday and today I managed to get it working. I have an esim from Telekom HU and bought earlier a pre-paid Vodafone UK sim too on amazon. I unpaired my Ticwatch Pro 3 GPS, force closed the wear OS (and also Mobvoi) app on phone and deleted cache and data too for those apps. Restarted the phone and opened the wear OS. Asked about pairing the watch. Paired it an there was no option to choose esim.

So, this part "When you setup smartwatch as new on the phone (Wear OS), the creator asks for eSIM add, but in text mode (there is no QR code option) " was not the case for me.

I did again all the preparations and inserted my Voda UK esim in the phone and set it for the primary for calls and data too.

After opening the wear OS app, now the option appeared to set vodafone SIM on watch. Now I scanned the esim QR (in my phones native scanner app) I have from Telekom HU and copied its content in text format and inserted it the field it was asking for in the Wear app And then nothing happened, just contacting your provider message on screen. After 3-4 minutes waiting I exited from the app, and I did again all the preparations.

During the second try, after copying the esim info into the field the same message appeared but after appr. 30 seconds I just removed the Voda UK sim from my phone and re-inserted my Telekom HU sim. The app asked again about the esim code, but this time even a normal scan window was appearing and I scanned the code. After that the communication with the operator finished in a couple of seconds. I just needed to restart the watch to get the esim working (before with turned off bluetooth and wifi there was no data connection on watch).

Now my only problem is, that I cannot get the Gpay to work (even when esim is turned off). With my Pro 3 GPS I could get it working without any problems with the permanent proxy method, but this solution is not working on the Pro 3 LTE.

Did you guys from non-supported countries (Doman2011 and jfor111) (Gpay on watch not officially supported) also try it and somehow managed to get it working? I tried several things (turning off location acces on watch and turning on VPN for USA onn phone), but the result is always the same on the watch when openening the Gpay app: " Google Pay hasn't launched in this location yet. Check again soon " It would be great if somebody could give a solution, as unfortunately the developer of the permanent proxy solution cannot provide further help on our specific issue.
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rimsilva:
Unfortunately just bricked my watch.

After receiving my vodafone UK card i've started the setup like others have done here, but when the eSIM card was downloading, the SW screen went black and stopped responding.

After a few minutes it has reboot to recovery, with 2 options:

- Try again: if selected just keeping coming back to this menu;

- Factory data reset: it reset the SW, starts the SW and allows me to select the language, accept the mobvoi conduction but never get to connect with my phone, the screen goes black again and return to recovery.

I've contacted Mobvoi support to see if its possible to solve this issue.
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doongoo:
I gave the watch another try (because I need google pay on my wrist). Gpay is now working with permanent proxy solution but this time I cannot get the esim working again...Before re-setting my watch I erased the esim profile from watch, disabled and deleted the operator too (complete reset) and tried again my method from yesterday but it doesn't work. I just et at the end a message: "A credential error occured, contact vodafofe blah-blah"

So now I have to wait until Mobvoi opens the restrictions for another carriers to be able to use my esim (until then, I am going to cancel my esim subscription)
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rimsilva:
Maybe it's due to ESIM activation restrictions, my first eSIM was given that error because I've used in an iPhone.

After getting a new one the installation was possible.
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doongoo:
seems to be a possile option. I am going to check it with my provider.
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doongoo:
So, today in the morning I checked it again. rimsilva, you were right, the activation QR-code was for one time only activation and I had to ask for a new one. With it I could get the esim function working again. There is no phone number visible in the watch but incoming and outgoing calls are working an data connection as well.

Now my only problem is, that I lost again the ability to use the Gpay with permanent proxy solution. It does not matter if I totally switch off mobile network on watch, remove the other google account from watch and leave only the USA one on it, even the Wifi is off and location is switched off too, so only connected via bluetooth (and phone is on USA VPN too) and using permanent proxy, I receive the same message:

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So it seems, as soon as there is a saved esim profile on the watch it somehow overwrites the whole possibility for the proxy solution.

Did you guys any other experience in another non-supported countries?
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dracuuus:
Hi rimsilva, I also have the LTE version and I want to activate the esim. What I need to do to avoid to brick mine ??

My network provider is Portugal Meo ! Appreciate if you can help me ;) Thanks
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rimsilva:
Unfortunately I can't guarantee you anything, because the mobvoi support it's very poor and I'm still waiting for a reply.

It's a very strange situation, because apparently everything was going well, the eSIM was downloading and then I had the problem described above.

For sure that it was the esim instalation that messed up the SmartWatch.

The problem is that resetting the SmartWatch will not affect the esim installation and due to that I can't solve the bootloop.

If you want to try your luck, you need a Vodafone UK, Germany or Spain card to have available the option to install the Meo eSIM.
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Doman2011:
No physical SIM was needed.

Just make your phone up-to-date (play store and probably FW, TicWatch had already newest Wear OS), install only Wear OS (don't install Mobvoi app). Follow pairing wizard (watch is brand new and not paired). Wizard will detect watch model and after few screens it will ask for eSIM (you are able to enter single line text only), enter eSIM in text format, and... that's all.

It worked for me like a charm.

Provider: Orange / Poland (eSIM, Flex traiff - officially Orange is NOT supporting this watch)

Watch: Mobvoi TicWatch Pro 3 4g/LTE (0403 / WH11013)

Wear OS: 2.24

Phone OS: Android 10

Phone Wear OS: 2.44.0.353846678.gms

Phone Mobvoi APP: 3.20.0-1301.561

BR, Doman.

EDIT / ADDED:

Maybe you folks got a model for different market? Ieg. your in EU na you bought an US or Chinese version (or vice-versa)?

I'v bought my watch directly via www.mobvoi.com site and used EU/PL as location. For 95% there are different versions due to GSM capabilities/limitations... and they will not work on other markets.
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dracuuus:
Thanks rimsilva !! I´m waiting for the activation of the esim by Meo. Than I´ll see what to do :(
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dracuuus:
Thanks Doman2011!! Maybe I´l try first your approach but I´ll could be wrong but I don´t remember to see nothing about the eSIM during the pairing process :( Mine was also bought directly via mobvoi.com site !!
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spicy37:
I'm curious why you wrote the MobvoiApp version number if it isn't needed? Have you been able to test google pay?
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rimsilva:
Me too. Maybe it's necessary a clean instalation of the ticwatch. (wear OS was already installed because i've another smartwatch and mobvoi app was also installed).

I've just returned my watch and I will get a new one.

Mobvoi support is not helpful but sales support is good and they approved to send a new SW very quickly.

The problem is that I don't know why this happenned and I don't have the garantee that will not happen again :(
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dracuuus:
@rimsilva Ok, I´ll try from the sketch than I´ll give you feedback !! Obrigado ;)
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Doman2011:
It was not needed for install/pairing process, that doesn't mean that I don't use it at all...

Google Pay works, but I don't use it (it's disabled)... I don't like to unlock watch first to be able to use Google Pay.
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dracuuus:
Doman2011, I already have my eSIM QR code and I tried to start everything from sketch but is not working. The pairing wizard don´t ask for the eSIM :(
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pnator:
Hi,

I just found this thread and I've been trying to fiddle with my Pro3 LTE in order to make it work with some e-sim plans. We don't have any of those official carriers in Finland. Thanks for all you who have tested different ways(prepaid etc). But I didn't notice anyone talking about the SM-DP+ address you can type to your watch when in developer mode. I haven't tried this with unused qr-code(you need to read it to text first) and you might need to install 3rd party keyboard app to be able to type all characters.

Would be nice to hear if this works...?

Enable developer mode

Settings -> Connectivity -> Mobile -> Advanced
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] glenner05:
Sounds promising! Maybe ill try it later today, do i need the fill out the entire qr code (converted to text) in this field?
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pnator:
There might be more stuff than just the address.. Not much info about that, but here's some on activating esims on different devices: https://www.thalesgroup.com/en/mark...ty/esim/consumer-esim-device-activation-modes
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] glenner05:
I tried writing my qr code in this field, but nothing happens afterwards. I restarted the watch but nothing. The info is remembered in the sm-dp+ field but the esim is not downloading unfortunately. Anyone have a clue?
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rimsilva:
From what I understood to use the SM-TP+ activation you need to have a prepaid plan with your carrier, in order to download the esim remotely.
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dracuuus:
I also tried the SM-TP+ activation and unfortunately it doesn't work either with me :(

I saw a video on youtube of a guy in Spain that he managed to activate an Orange card. In the wear OS app he has enabled the possibility to activate the eSIM card. I installed a fake GPS to trick the system to think that I was in Spain, but nothing. The option to activate the eSIM did not appear also !!
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] glenner05:
You have a link of the vid?
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dracuuus:
Guys, any news about how to solve the problem ?? :(
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] glenner05:
Nope, still waiting for my vodophone sim to arrive, seems to me the most chance for a working solution atm
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dracuuus:
Yep, I´m also waiting for mine, but I´m afraid to brick my watch like rimsilva did !!
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] glenner05:
I just got my vodafone sim, inserted it in my s20 as 2nd simcard. It first it didnt do anhthing, no esim options. But when i disabled my primary belgian simcard, and only enabled the vodafone one, bam! Instantly the esim option appeared in the wear os app. I scanned my belgian esim card and after a reboot the 4g connection worked. Will test further to see everything is reliable but it seems the voda sim did the trick!
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rimsilva:
It's mentionned above, the vodafone sim must be set as primary sim!
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dracuuus:
Nice.... let's see if I'll have the same luck :)
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] glenner05:
It seems I found an additional issue with using non vodaphone esims. Apparently when u use a non Voda esim, you cannot use the mobile setting 'automatic' in the watch settings found under 'connectivity' 'mobile. When you set automatically, the wear os app matches the esim profile with the sim card in the phone, assuming they have the same phone number. When it sees that those profiles don't match, it disables the esim. You can only use the 'mobile on' setting, in this mode the wear os assumes the esim has its own phone number. It works that way, but that also means the mobile connection is always on, and draining the battery a lot faster.

Normally in automatic mode the mobile connection only kicks in when Bluetooth is disconnected, it use to work on my previous lte watches but unfortunately this is not the case anymore with this vodaphone stuff...
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hyawatta:
Can you please give step by step instructions on how you got the TicWatch Pro 3 LTE to work on AT&T in the US?

Did you purchase the Vodafone Sim card from Amazon.com or did you have to get it from Amazon.co.uk? Did you use the Amazon link that is in this forum thread, or did you purchase a different Vodafone Sim card? If it was different, then which did you use?

At what point during the process do you switch back from the Vodaphone Sim to your original AT&T Sim?

Would it work to switch the Sim back as soon as you can see the QR code option, or do you have to scan the QR code first before switching the Sim back?

Are you experiencing any of the problems others have mentioned like not being able to use Google Pay or not being about to set the network to automatically switch between Moble, Bluetooth, and WiFi?

I want to purchase the watch and set it up on my AT&T account in the US, but I would like to make sure I know what I will need to do first before spending the money on it. Thank you.
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vrman:
I'll try to overview the process:

Did you purchase the Vodafone Sim card from Amazon.com or did you have to get it from Amazon.co.uk? Did you use the Amazon link that is in this forum thread, or did you purchase a different Vodafone Sim card? If it was different, then which did you use?

1) Purchased this Voda phone sim card from amazon.

Amazon.com: UK Vodafone SIM Card for Europe with Fast 4G LTE Data,Unlimited Texts, and Direct Call Option to The USA : Cell Phones & Accessories

Amazon.com: UK Vodafone SIM Card for Europe with Fast 4G LTE Data,Unlimited Texts, and Direct Call Option to The USA : Cell Phones & Accessories

www.amazon.com

At what point during the process do you switch back from the Vodaphone Sim to your original AT&T Sim?

2) Followed chrisaw's post for each step. Switching back the phone sim to AT&T after the watch completed esim setup.

On Step 3 of his post, WearOS kept locking up on me whenever I would grant access to the camera for scanning the QRC. At that point I followed Dooman211's post regarding using a QRC decoder and entered the code as text. WearOS defaulted to entering the code via text when I forced closed and re-opened.

Would it work to switch the Sim back as soon as you can see the QR code option, or do you have to scan the QR code first before switching the Sim back?

3) As noted above, Switching back the phone sim to AT&T after the watch completed esim setup including rebooting. Also, powered the phone off to do that.

Are you experiencing any of the problems others have mentioned like not being able to use Google Pay or not being about to set the network to automatically switch between Moble, Bluetooth, and WiFi?

4) To date no issues. For Google pay the US was one of the 3 supported countries listed in the setup so this shouldn't be an issue for us. Here are some screens of my esim connection. No issues with switching so far. You can also see I am connected to AT&T.

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I want to purchase the watch and set it up on my AT&T account in the US, but I would like to make sure I know what I will need to do first before spending the money on it. Thank you.

Connection was pretty straight forward as long as nothing gets change by AT&T or Mobvoi it should connect.
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hyawatta:
Thank you for the info. I think I will go ahead and purchase the watch. Did you buy it directly from the mobvoi.com/uk website? Also, can you please tell us which QRC decoder app you used to enter the QR code as text? Thank you.
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hyawatta:
Sorry, I double posted. Thank again for the info!
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vrman:
You're welcome. I ordered mine from the TicWatch store on Aliexpress. At the time shipping from China was the only way for US delivery.

For the QRC reader, I used:

QR & Barcode Reader - Apps on Google Play

Functional QR scanner and barcode reader that requires little storage space.

play.google.com
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Khalilhayek:
I purchased Mine from ebay, https://www.ebay.com/itm/TicWatch-P...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649

it's cheaper than other places
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Khalilhayek:
I'm waiting for my Vodafone Sim card to set my watch esim, I'm from Qatar using Ooredoo network
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hyawatta:
I have the Vodofone Sim card from Amazon, and the watch is expected to arrive tomorrow. AT&T said they can send the QR code to activate the watch via email on the same day that I ask them for it. So, hopefully, I will have everything setup and working by tomorrow's end.
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hyawatta:
How did you get AT&T to send you a QR code?

On their website chat, they asked me for the TicWatch's IMEI & EID numbers. They said they set it up successfully and that I would receive the email with the QR code in a few hours, but it never came.

So, I called, and they said on the phone that there was no record of any activation in progress. After saying that the TicWatch was not in their system, they transferred me to the tech department to "try other options."

"From what I can see here the system is showing me that your watch is not cellular capable, that's the reason you're not able to order the line for it online and you were getting the glitch. If you wish what we can do is to look for new watches. Let me know if you would like to get the link."

"Since it would not let us proceed online, my recommendation would be to visit your closest AT&T store since maybe there you can get further assistance on how to add the watch, since online it shows the IMEI as invalid"
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vrman:
I ordered an esim activation card and the added wearable line thru my account online. I did this before I had the watch.

Hopefully they didn't blacklist your IMEI.

You just need the card and your wearable line added, giving them any watch details is a loss since they don't officially support the watch. Try chat again and state you just need a card, no setup help needed or visit an AT&T store and just get a card and your line added. My card is blue with the AT&T logo on one side and the QRC along with 3 UPC codes on the other side.
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Khalilhayek:
Hey Guys,

I Have received my Vodafone card and i just activate the esim successfully, i'm very happy.

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[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hyawatta:
How did you order an esim activation card and the added wearable line thru your account online, before you had the watch? Don't you need the IMEI & EID info in order to do that? I will try again and see if they can just send me a card with no setup. Thank you.

AT&T just said over the phone that they cannot add the line without the IMEI info.

Customer support was able to setup the new line, and I now have a phone number for the watch. I was then transferred to Tech support, who are sending the eSim card with the QR code through the mail.
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Khalilhayek:
I had the same issue, it's giving me profile mismatch if i kept it on automatic
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vrman:
No watch info needed, I setup the line and ordered the card on Feb 6th, it arrived on Feb 7th without any interaction with a rep. Watch didn't arrive until around Feb 20th as I ordered from China around Feb 2.

If entering the IMEI & EID worked, we wouldn't need do to the the VodaPhone sim switch.

Update: I checked my order and exactly what I ordered and received was an AT&T Universal Activation Card.

When I ordered it, I could select Phone, Tablet or Wearable. I selected Wearable and it then stepped me thru setting up the wearable line. I did not activate thru AT&T as I followed the VodaPhone instructions in this thread. AT&T currently sees it as an unknown device.
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Doman2011:
Well, in my case it works. But my eSIM got the same number as my phone have (it's a second SIM card to main number), and it's not a Vodafone.

BR, Doman.
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Khalilhayek:
Yeah it's works because you are using same number that has same profile, in my case, Ooredoo are not providing two sim with same phone number
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] glenner05:
Because the automatic mode problem persisted, I did the following:

I reactivated the esim profile (by making the vodafone sim primary again) and made sure my ticwatch esim was functioning ok. Then I removed the vodafone sim from my phone.

Then I factory reset my watch, and deleted cache and Daye of the wear os app and removed it from my phone, finally rebooted my phone.

After reboot installed wear os app again and started setting up the watch again (while never inserting the vodafone sim again)

The esim doesn't reset after a factory reset, so after I setup the watch again, the esim was still there and functioning as expected.

I did this last evening, and now, almost 24 hours later the profile is still active. I cannot promise this is the solution, it's too early to tell. But so far so good. I keep u updated how it's going...
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Khalilhayek:
Thanks dear for these steps, i will try to do it. For i'm keeping the esim always on and i did an automated call forwarding from my phone number to the watch phone number when the watch it's disconnected. To make best use of the esim on the watch.

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[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] glenner05:
I did exactly the same using tasker for automatic call forwarding, works great ;-)

Unfortunately i found that always on mode got deactivated too after a while...

For now, automatic mode still working after the factory reset, more then 24h now. Before it never lasted more then a day before the esim profile got deactivated. Fingers crossed....
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Khalilhayek:
You're right, i just woke up now, i surprised that esim is deactivated. And i',m using always on :(

I hope we can have permanent solution

I will be waiting for your update :)
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hyawatta:
I received the eSIM card with the QR code on it. However, AT&T sent me a card that had my cell phone number on it instead of my smartwatch number on it. So, They are sending a new card that has the correct number on it. I should finally be able to try to setup everything tomorrow when after it arrives.
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] glenner05:
In the meantime automatic lte connection still working as expected
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Khalilhayek:
Yeah, i did whatever you mentioned also working perfectly. Thanks Man for the support.