Released Oct 2020 on EMUI / HarmonyOS. Current OS: EMUI 12 / HarmonyOS.
Huawei effectively dropped eSIM after the Mate 40 generation. P50/P60/P70 and Mate 50/60/70 have no eSIM. Profiles deleted from this device cannot be re-downloaded.
International dual-SIM SKU supports eSIM. China-market units do not.
Locally sold Huawei units ship without eSIM.
Open SIM management
Settings > Mobile network > SIM management
Add eSIM
Tap the '+' next to SIM 2. Available only on P40, P40 Pro and Mate 40 Pro.
Scan QR code
Scan the QR from your provider
Confirm and activate
Confirm carrier details and wait for the profile to download. Deleted profiles cannot be re-downloaded.
Open SIM management
Settings > Mobile network > SIM management > + next to SIM 2
Enter manually
Choose 'Enter manually'
Paste SM-DP+ details
Paste the SM-DP+ address and activation code
Activate
Confirm and wait. Note: only 3 Huawei models support eSIM at all.
Only three Huawei phones support eSIM: P40, P40 Pro and Mate 40 Pro (international SKUs). P40 Pro+, P50/P60/P70, Pura 70 and the Mate 50/60/70 series do not have eSIM. Newer HarmonyOS NEXT devices (China-only post-2024) also lack eSIM.
No. Once an eSIM profile is removed from a P40, P40 Pro or Mate 40 Pro it cannot be re-downloaded — you have to request a new activation from your provider. Treat installation as one-shot.
Make sure you are on the international (non-China) firmware, on Wi-Fi, and have requested the QR code from a carrier that supports eSIM activation outside Google's mobile network management (some operators reject Huawei devices since 2019). Re-issue the activation if needed.
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