Though the title may sounds like a proper how-to, I ended up deciding to write it as “documentation” of what happened in my particular case. It obviously won’t work for everyone, and your mileage will vary greatly. I believe the common core issues for everyone would be that nearby carrier stores would not have enough physical SIM cards to serve all the affected customers, roughly 23 millions, so we are being waitlisted. Unless you absolutely do need a physical SIM card, you can apply for transfer to eSIM. This post covers staying in the same contract, but changing the carrier…