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  • Super SIM
  • Super SIM's Available Networks
  • Super SIM’s Multi-IMSI Applet
  • Over-the-Air Updates
  • Get Started with Super SIM
    • Overview
    • Get Started with Super SIM, the Raspberry Pi 4 and the Waveshare 4G Hat
    • Get Started with Super SIM, the Raspberry Pi 4 and the Sixfab Base Hat
    • Get Started with Data Comms and the Raspberry Pi Pico
    • Get Started with Super SIM SMS Commands and the Raspberry Pi 4
    • Get Started with Super SIM SMS Commands and the Raspberry Pi Pico
    • Get Started with Super SIM IP Commands and the Raspberry Pi
    • Get Started with Super SIM IP Commands and the Raspberry Pi Pico
    • Get Started with Super SIM eSIM Profiles for eUICCs
    • Get Started with Super SIM Connection Events
  • How To
    • How to Set a Device’s APN for Super SIM
    • How to Enable Device Roaming for Super SIM
    • How to Determine Whether a Device Contains a Super SIM
    • How to Set up iPhones for Super SIM
    • How to Determine a Super SIM’s Status
    • How to Use Console Bulk Actions to Update Multiple Super SIMs
    • How to Download Bulk Super SIM Data
    • How to Use Super SIM Fleets and Network Access Profiles
    • How to Understand the Settings on your SIM
      • Base Settings Package
    • How and Why You Can Set Super SIM’s Network Attach Priority List
    • How to Set Up and Use a Super SIM VPN
    • How to Configure AWS for a Super SIM VPN
    • How to Make and Take IoT VoIP Calls via Super SIM
    • How to Use Super SIM Connection Events
    • How to use Super SIM eSIM Profiles
    • How to Monitor Super SIM Connection Events using AWS ElasticSearch and Kibana
    • How to Use OpenAPI Clients with Super SIM
  • Into Production
    • Prepare for Production Deployments with Super SIM
    • Super SIM Datasheet
    • Super SIM Network Timeouts
  • Works with Super SIM
    • Works with Super SIM: Quectel BG95
    • Works with Super SIM: Quectel EG21-G
    • Works with Super SIM: Quectel EG25-G
    • Works with Super SIM: Thales Cinterion EXS62-W
    • Works with Super SIM: u-blox SARA-R5
  • Cellular Module Knowledgebase
    • Overview
    • About AT Commands
    • Nordic Modules with Super SIM
    • Quectel Modules with Super SIM
    • Quectel Modules with the KORE Narrowband SIM
    • Simcom Modules with Super SIM
    • Telit Modules with Super SIM
    • Thales Cinterion Modules with Super SIM
    • U-blox Modules with Super SIM
    • Cellular IoT Terminology
    • Low-power Optimization for Cellular Modules
    • Four Best Practices for Cellular Module Registration
    • How to Determine Good Cellular Signal Strength
    • How Super SIM Devices Connect to Cell Networks
  • Super SIM API
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  • Updating Existing SIMs Over-the-Air
  • Settings Packages
  • Viewing a SIM's Settings and Updates

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  1. How To

How to Understand the Settings on your SIM

Understand the settings installed on your Super SIM and how they influence how your devices connect.

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Inside of your physical SIM or eSIM profile, there are various small applications and files that influence how your device connects to the cellular networks. There are the standard elementary files (EFs) found on all SIMs that you can read or written to via common AT Commands. There are also resources specific to Super SIM,such as our . Each of these may impact how a SIM behaves. We'll refer to this collection of files and applications on the SIM as the SIM's "settings".

From time to time, SIMs will be manufactured with updated settings in order to:

  • give you access to more networks or new radio technologies

  • route data through different downstream connectivity partners to deliver an improved experience or reduced rates that we can pass onto you

  • fix configuration issues on the SIM

Updating Existing SIMs Over-the-Air

Existing SIMs will be updated over-the-air (OTA) to deliver a consistent experience across your SIMs regardless of when they were originally manufactured. Your SIM will automatically open a separate data connection to check for and download updates. Learn more about

Settings Packages

A SIM will have one or more Settings Packages installed on it at any given time. All SIMs will have a version of base-settings installed on them. Additional Settings Packages may be applied in addition to the base-settings to deliver different customized experiences by overriding some portion of the configuration in the base-settings.

Each Settings Package has a version and generally follow . When changes are made to a Settings Package, a new version is released.

Each Settings Package may have dedicated documentation explaining how the experience may have changed from version to version. For example, see the for the base-settings Settings Package.

Viewing a SIM's Settings and Updates

You can use the API to determine what Settings Packages are on a SIM and if there are any outstanding over-the-air (OTA) updates waiting for your SIMs.

multi-IMSI applet
over-the-air updates.
semantic versioning
documentation
currently installed
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