[rant] I found myself abroad with my phone completely locked because of the dumbest UI design choice in history /u/BGVN692 Android

I just arrived in Morocco and I bought online an e-sim with Maroc Telecom. It was my first time using an e-sim, but the procedure seemed very easy as I received an e-mail with the QR-code and the instructions. Then the disaster happened. I uploaded the QR-code to activate the sim, and suddenly I’ve been teleported to the PIN entry screen. Now the problem is that I wasn’t expecting to lose access to my phone out of the blue like this, so I didn’t memorize the PIN from the pdf. I tried everything but couldn’t figure out how to escape that goddamn scree. I ended up in a situation where I needed that PIN to access my media, but I needed to access my media to find that PIN. Why in the hell adding a second SIM should prevent me from using my already unlocked phone with its original SIM? How am I supposed to remove a locked e-SIM if I can’t access any setting? Should I just throw away my phone or completely reset it?

BTW: my phone is a Redmi Note, I woul like to know if this problem is common on every android phone, or its a xiaomi os “feature”

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​r/Android I just arrived in Morocco and I bought online an e-sim with Maroc Telecom. It was my first time using an e-sim, but the procedure seemed very easy as I received an e-mail with the QR-code and the instructions. Then the disaster happened. I uploaded the QR-code to activate the sim, and suddenly I’ve been teleported to the PIN entry screen. Now the problem is that I wasn’t expecting to lose access to my phone out of the blue like this, so I didn’t memorize the PIN from the pdf. I tried everything but couldn’t figure out how to escape that goddamn scree. I ended up in a situation where I needed that PIN to access my media, but I needed to access my media to find that PIN. Why in the hell adding a second SIM should prevent me from using my already unlocked phone with its original SIM? How am I supposed to remove a locked e-SIM if I can’t access any setting? Should I just throw away my phone or completely reset it? BTW: my phone is a Redmi Note, I woul like to know if this problem is common on every android phone, or its a xiaomi os “feature” submitted by /u/BGVN692 [link] [comments] 

I just arrived in Morocco and I bought online an e-sim with Maroc Telecom. It was my first time using an e-sim, but the procedure seemed very easy as I received an e-mail with the QR-code and the instructions. Then the disaster happened. I uploaded the QR-code to activate the sim, and suddenly I’ve been teleported to the PIN entry screen. Now the problem is that I wasn’t expecting to lose access to my phone out of the blue like this, so I didn’t memorize the PIN from the pdf. I tried everything but couldn’t figure out how to escape that goddamn scree. I ended up in a situation where I needed that PIN to access my media, but I needed to access my media to find that PIN. Why in the hell adding a second SIM should prevent me from using my already unlocked phone with its original SIM? How am I supposed to remove a locked e-SIM if I can’t access any setting? Should I just throw away my phone or completely reset it?

BTW: my phone is a Redmi Note, I woul like to know if this problem is common on every android phone, or its a xiaomi os “feature”

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