Install guides
The install itself takes two minutes. What breaks it is country-specific: the APN field Android makes you type by hand, the day-count that starts at installation in 3 countries instead of at first connection, the window you have to install at all. All of it read from the operator catalogue, checked 10 Aug 2026.
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Before the phone matters, the country does
Menu paths differ between phone makers and OS versions. Where a step depends on your exact device, we say so instead of naming a screen we have not seen.