I have a dual SIM Android phone. When I call or text, I get a choice of which SIM to use. But there's no quick way to swap which SIM is used for data. There used to be a built-in settings tile on stock Android, and some manufacturers still have it, but Google's Pixels don't. So here's how to make a (fairly) quick shortcut to swap between data SIMs. First, get the brilliant open source Activity …

I have a dual SIM Android phone. When I call or text, I get a choice of which SIM to use. But there’s no quick way to swap which SIM is used for data.

There used to be a built-in settings tile on stock Android, and some manufacturers still have it, but Google’s Pixels don’t.

So here’s how to make a (fairly) quick shortcut to swap between data SIMs.

First, get the brilliant open source Activity Manager app. It exposes all of the internal activities available in your apps. This lets you create a deep-link shortcut into a specific part of an app.

In Activity Manager, find the Settings app and tap on it.

List of apps.

Search or scroll down to “MobileNetworkListActivity”.

List of settings activities.

Tap the vertical ellipse and then “Create Shortcut”.

Popup showing a shortcut option.

That will place an icon on your home screen. Tapping the icon will take you directly to your SIM settings. At the bottom is the option to choose your data SIM. Tap it to change your data SIM.

Switcher allowing you to choose the data SIM.

It isn’t quite a one-tap solution, but the shortcut is a lot easier than remembering exactly which sub-menu you need to find.

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