diff --git a/core/res/res/values-mcc450-mnc08/config.xml b/core/res/res/values-mcc450-mnc08/config.xml
index ca26ec1e810a2..5edbaed11152f 100644
--- a/core/res/res/values-mcc450-mnc08/config.xml
+++ b/core/res/res/values-mcc450-mnc08/config.xml
@@ -28,4 +28,14 @@
     <!-- Do not set the system language as value of EF LI/EF PL -->
     <bool name="config_use_sim_language_file">false</bool>
 
+    <!-- Configures encoding type to parse the User Data of an SMS for reserved TP-DCS value.
+         Refer to SmsConstants.java
+         ENCODING_UNKNOWN = 0;
+         ENCODING_7BIT = 1;
+         ENCODING_8BIT = 2;
+         ENCODING_16BIT = 3;
+         ENCODING_KSC5601 = 4;
+         -->
+    <integer name="default_reserved_data_coding_scheme">4</integer>
+
 </resources>
diff --git a/core/res/res/values/config.xml b/core/res/res/values/config.xml
index eb09d3fa43566..06503bd31ac88 100644
--- a/core/res/res/values/config.xml
+++ b/core/res/res/values/config.xml
@@ -3007,6 +3007,16 @@
         string that's stored in 8-bit unpacked format) characters.-->
     <bool translatable="false" name="config_sms_decode_gsm_8bit_data">false</bool>
 
+    <!-- Configures encoding type to parse the User Data of an SMS for reserved TP-DCS value.
+         Refer to SmsConstants.java
+         ENCODING_UNKNOWN = 0;
+         ENCODING_7BIT = 1;
+         ENCODING_8BIT = 2;
+         ENCODING_16BIT = 3;
+         ENCODING_KSC5601 = 4;
+         -->
+    <integer name="default_reserved_data_coding_scheme">2</integer>
+
     <!-- If EMS is not supported, framework breaks down EMS into single segment SMS
          and adds page info " x/y". This config is used to set which carrier doesn't
          support EMS and whether page info should be added at the beginning or the end.
diff --git a/core/res/res/values/symbols.xml b/core/res/res/values/symbols.xml
index 646c4ce434d36..61077afc121c2 100644
--- a/core/res/res/values/symbols.xml
+++ b/core/res/res/values/symbols.xml
@@ -2658,6 +2658,7 @@
   <java-symbol type="attr" name="ambientShadowAlpha" />
   <java-symbol type="attr" name="spotShadowAlpha" />
   <java-symbol type="bool" name="config_sms_decode_gsm_8bit_data" />
+  <java-symbol type="integer" name="default_reserved_data_coding_scheme" />
   <java-symbol type="dimen" name="text_size_small_material" />
   <java-symbol type="attr" name="checkMarkGravity" />
   <java-symbol type="layout" name="select_dialog_singlechoice_material" />
diff --git a/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/gsm/SmsMessage.java b/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/gsm/SmsMessage.java
index 5667387bdc1bf..17e3bacb21d3f 100644
--- a/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/gsm/SmsMessage.java
+++ b/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/gsm/SmsMessage.java
@@ -1218,6 +1218,7 @@ public class SmsMessage extends SmsMessageBase {
 
         int encodingType = ENCODING_UNKNOWN;
 
+        Resources r = Resources.getSystem();
         // Look up the data encoding scheme
         if ((mDataCodingScheme & 0x80) == 0) {
             userDataCompressed = (0 != (mDataCodingScheme & 0x20));
@@ -1239,7 +1240,6 @@ public class SmsMessage extends SmsMessageBase {
                 case 1: // 8 bit data
                     //Support decoding the user data payload as pack GSM 8-bit (a GSM alphabet string
                     //that's stored in 8-bit unpacked format) characters.
-                    Resources r = Resources.getSystem();
                     if (r.getBoolean(com.android.internal.
                             R.bool.config_sms_decode_gsm_8bit_data)) {
                         encodingType = ENCODING_8BIT;
@@ -1249,7 +1249,8 @@ public class SmsMessage extends SmsMessageBase {
                 case 3: // reserved
                     Rlog.w(LOG_TAG, "1 - Unsupported SMS data coding scheme "
                             + (mDataCodingScheme & 0xff));
-                    encodingType = ENCODING_8BIT;
+                    encodingType = r.getInteger(
+                            com.android.internal.R.integer.default_reserved_data_coding_scheme);
                     break;
                 }
             }
@@ -1403,7 +1404,6 @@ public class SmsMessage extends SmsMessageBase {
         case ENCODING_8BIT:
             //Support decoding the user data payload as pack GSM 8-bit (a GSM alphabet string
             //that's stored in 8-bit unpacked format) characters.
-            Resources r = Resources.getSystem();
             if (r.getBoolean(com.android.internal.
                     R.bool.config_sms_decode_gsm_8bit_data)) {
                 mMessageBody = p.getUserDataGSM8bit(count);