Solution for Pixel phone eSIM not receiving SMS

Sep 18, 2024#分享10

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The blogger experienced issues receiving SMS on their GiffGaff eSIM in the UK, although sending messages was unaffected. After trying various solutions without success, they resolved the issue by disabling the automatic network selection on their Pixel phone and manually switching to the Unicom 4G network. The problem stemmed from the automatic selection defaulting to Unicom's 3G network, which caused SMS reception failures.

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The blogger is using a GiffGaff UK SIM card, which was converted to an eSIM a few months ago. During this period, most of the time, SMS could not be received, but sending SMS was not affected. I checked various solutions online, but none worked.

Finally, in the settings of the Pixel phone, I turned off the automatic network selection feature for the GiffGaff SIM and manually switched to the Unicom 4G network, after which SMS could be received instantly. The root of the problem was that when the automatic network selection was enabled, the Pixel automatically selected the Unicom 3G network for GiffGaff, resulting in SMS reception failure.