SIM Management on your Android Phone

Continuing from where we left and sticking to the promise that was made to visit the Settings menu in greater details, in this post, we will further explore the 'SIM Management' option which we saw under Settings. As the name suggests this option will help you configure the SIM(s) on your Android device.

Let's look at what comes up when we choose the SIM Management option -

We have marked up various options in this screenshot with RED colored numbers, to help correlate with the corresponding write up below.

Note - We have again taken an example of a dual-SIM phone here. You may ignore the sections of this post which pertain to SIM 2/SIM SLOT 2. This post may not wholly or partially apply to your single SIM Android device.

1. This is the SIM in SLOT 1 of your phone. By default the SIM name would be the same as your Service Provider’s name, though this can be modified. We will look into how this can be done a little later in this post.
2. This is the SIM in SLOT 2.

You can have the SIM’s switched ON or OFF using the individual toggle switches as seen in the picture. 

3. This option allows you to choose the default SIM to be used for making Voice Calls, unless you have chosen the option “Always ask” in which case you will be prompted to choose the SIM for every call you make. SIM 1 is chosen by default. In this case, we have renamed SIM 1 to 'Personal'.
4. This option gives you the same choice as explained in point 3, but for Video Calls instead of Voice Calls.
5. Through this option, you choose the default SIM for sending messages. Again, you have the option to choose 'Always Ask', if you wish so.
6. Similarly, option 6 helps you choose the SIM that would be used for connecting to Internet. This may come in handy if you are on roaming and possess SIM cards for 2 different states/countries. In this example SIM 1 has been set as default.

Now we will see how one can go about editing these settings. For the purpose of our example, we will make the edits on SIM 1.

Editing SIM Name and Phone Number

Other available options

Choosing Voice Call Default

Choosing Video Call Default

Choosing Messaging Default

Choosing Data/Internet Connection Default

In the next post we will visit the options available to us for making Bluetooth and Wi-Fi Connections.

Stay Tuned!!

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