What Is an EID Number? How to Find Your Phone's eSIM ID (2026)

Summary

An EID number is the 32-digit serial number of the eSIM chip inside your phone. Find it on iPhone under Settings › General › About, on Pixel under About phone › SIM status, or on almost any phone by dialling *#06#.

If your phone shows an EID, it can use an eSIM. You do not need it to install a travel eSIM from a QR code; only carriers that push an eSIM directly to your phone ask for it.

What is an EID number?

EID stands for eUICC identifier. The eUICC is the eSIM chip itself: a tiny, soldered-in version of a SIM card that can hold several carrier profiles at once. Google's Pixel help pages expand EID as Embedded Identity Document, and state the rule plainly: to use a mobile network a phone needs an IMEI, and to use an eSIM it also needs an EID.

The number is 32 digits long and is written into the chip at the factory. It never changes. Install five travel eSIMs over five trips and the EID stays the same; what changes is the profile, and each profile has its own ICCID.

A tiny embedded SIM chip on an adapter board next to a SIM card carrier — An embedded SIM chip on an evaluation board. The EID is burned into chips like this one, not into the phone around it. Photo: Paul Marshall UK, Benboy00 / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0

EID vs IMEI vs ICCID

Three numbers, three different things. This is the one table worth remembering:

Number	Identifies	Length	Changes when
EID	The eSIM chip	32 digits	Never
IMEI	The phone's radio, one per SIM slot	15 digits	Never
ICCID	One SIM or eSIM profile	19 to 20 digits	Every new SIM or eSIM

A phone with an eSIM chip has exactly one EID, usually two IMEIs, and one ICCID per installed profile.

How to find your EID number on iPhone

Open Settings, tap General, then About.
Scroll down to EID. Touch and hold to copy it.
No phone to hand? Connect it to a Mac, select it in Finder, and click the phone number under the device name. Apple says that view lists the EID, IMEI and ICCID.

iPhone

Settings › General › About

Scroll down

EID sits below the network rows, near IMEI and ICCID. Tap and hold the row to copy the full 32 digits instead of reading them off the screen.

Apple's documented path: Settings › General › About, then scroll for EID, IMEI and ICCID. Digits masked.

Every iPhone from the XS and XR onward has an eSIM chip, according to Apple. The one regional exception worth knowing is China mainland, where Apple lists only a handful of recent models with eSIM. Those phones show no EID at all.

How to find your EID number on Android

Google Pixel

Settings › About phone › SIM status

Pixel: one level down

Google lists the EID under About phone › SIM status. The IMEI numbers sit one level up, directly on About phone.

The path from Google's Pixel help page. Pixel can also show the EID as a QR code for store activations, under Network & internet › Add › Download a SIM instead.

Samsung Galaxy

Settings › About phone

Samsung: look in Status information

Samsung documents IMEI under About phone. On eSIM models the EID is listed on the same screen or one tap deeper in Status information, depending on One UI version and carrier.

Galaxy menus vary by carrier build. If you cannot find it, dial *#06# instead.

Xiaomi HyperOS About phone screen showing device name, storage, OS and Android version rows — Xiaomi's About phone screen. On Xiaomi, Oppo and other Android brands the device IDs, including EID on eSIM models, live under About phone or its Status sub-page. Photo: AL1204 / Wikimedia Commons / CC0

The *#06# shortcut

Open the phone app, go to the keypad and dial *#06#. You do not press call. A box appears with the device identifiers. It always shows the IMEI, and on iPhones and most recent Android phones it also shows the EID. Samsung notes that the code depends on carrier support, so if nothing appears, use Settings.

Any phone

Phone app › keypad › dial *#06#

Device Info

EID: 8904 XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
IMEI: 35 XXXXXX XXXXXX X
IMEI2: 35 XXXXXX XXXXXX X

What *#06# shows on a dual-SIM phone with eSIM: the EID first, then one IMEI per SIM slot. Digits masked. No EID row usually means no eSIM chip.

Old mobile phone screen showing an IMEI number after dialling star hash zero six hash — The same code on a phone from before eSIM existed: an IMEI and nothing else. Photo: Pano38 / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0

What is the EID used for?

Carrier push activation. Some carriers send an eSIM straight to a known chip instead of handing you a QR code. Samsung calls this eSIM Simple Setup. The carrier needs your EID to target it.
In-store activation. A store agent may scan the EID barcode on the box or the EID QR code on a Pixel screen.
Support and transfers. When an eSIM download fails, a carrier can look up which chip tried to download which profile.
Proof the phone supports eSIM. The cheapest compatibility test there is. More on that in is my phone eSIM compatible?

Why a provider may ask for your EID

A carrier at home might, for the push activation above. A travel eSIM provider should not need to. Every YonoSIM plan installs from a QR code or by typing the SM-DP+ address and activation code, and the phone hands the server what it needs during the download. We never ask for your EID at checkout. If a seller insists on it before you have paid, ask why.

Samsung Galaxy phone with its dual nano-SIM tray ejected beside it — A physical SIM tray. Phones with an eSIM chip keep the tray for a second line, which is why one phone can hold a home SIM and a travel eSIM at once. Photo: Paowee / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0

If your phone has no EID

No EID in Settings and none on *#06# means the phone has no eSIM chip, or that model variant had it removed. The second case is common with phones sold in mainland China and with some budget Android models. Check the model on our compatible devices list. If it is genuinely missing, a travel eSIM will not install, and a local physical SIM is the fallback.

If the EID is there, you are ready. Install following the iPhone guide or the Android guide, then set roaming the right way round using data roaming on or off.

A small box of loose eSIM chips on carrier boards — Each of these chips carries its own EID, assigned once at manufacture. Photo: Perillamint / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0

FAQ

QWhat is an EID number?

AThe EID (eUICC identifier) is the permanent serial number of the eSIM chip soldered inside your phone. It is 32 digits long. It identifies the chip, not your phone line, so it stays the same no matter how many eSIM profiles you install or which carrier you use. Google calls it the Embedded Identity Document on Pixel phones.

QHow do I find my EID number on iPhone?

AOpen Settings, tap General, tap About, and scroll down until you see EID. You can also connect the iPhone to a Mac, select it in Finder and click the phone number under the device name to show EID, IMEI and ICCID. Dialling *#06# on the keypad usually shows it too.

QHow do I find my EID number on Android?

AOn a Google Pixel, open Settings, tap About phone, tap SIM status and look for EID. Samsung Galaxy phones list it under Settings > About phone, usually in Status information. On any brand, dialling *#06# is the fastest check. If no EID appears anywhere, that phone has no eSIM chip.

QDo I need my EID to buy a travel eSIM?

ANo. Travel eSIMs, including YonoSIM, are installed with a QR code or an activation code, and the phone sends whatever the server needs during the download. You only need to give out your EID when a carrier wants to push an eSIM straight to your phone, for example during an in-store activation.

QIs it safe to share my EID number?

ASharing it with your own carrier is normal. It is not a password and nobody can use it alone to take over your line. It is still a unique hardware identifier, so there is no reason to post it publicly or give it to anyone who is not setting up service for you.

QDoes my EID change if I change carrier or delete an eSIM?

ANo. The EID belongs to the chip. Adding, deleting or switching eSIM profiles does not change it. Each profile you install has its own ICCID instead, and that is the number that changes with each eSIM.

Related guides

Originally published on www.yonosim.com/en/blog/what-is-eid-number-esim-2026 · YonoSIM — You Only Need One SIM