So I just recently started getting iPhone 14 series for repair, mostly iPhone 14 Pro Max.
A lot of them have been for Baseband issues, like No Service/Searching issue.
But the problem I'm running into, a lot of these have the eSIM deactivated, since they have deactivated it on the phone I'm repairing & using it on another phone.
Since eSIM requires you to manually activate it with a carrier, there's no way for me to test for baseband issues.
I can't just pop in my tester SIM and see if it works.
I would have to activate an eSIM for it.
And yes, in many cases, as long as it says "SOS Only" or Modem FW is not missing or *#06# or the cellular menu is working, then it should be working... but not always.
I have a few jobs here that do seem to be working, but still doesn't pick up signal. So those require a little more troubleshooting.
But if on the 14's I need to activate an eSIM, that's not going to be easy. That means the customer has to remotely activate it for me, which is a hassle to convince them to do it. Then that also means they lose signal on their backup phone.
Does anyone have a solution to this?
Or anyone run into this before?
Would love to hear your thoughts 😅
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