diff --git a/api/current.txt b/api/current.txt
index fd7c0534a9dd9..b8a65fcc23878 100644
--- a/api/current.txt
+++ b/api/current.txt
@@ -29640,6 +29640,7 @@ package android.telephony {
     method public int hasCarrierPrivileges();
     method public boolean hasIccCard();
     method public boolean iccCloseLogicalChannel(int);
+    method public byte[] iccExchangeSimIO(int, int, int, int, int, java.lang.String);
     method public android.telephony.IccOpenLogicalChannelResponse iccOpenLogicalChannel(java.lang.String);
     method public java.lang.String iccTransmitApduBasicChannel(int, int, int, int, int, java.lang.String);
     method public java.lang.String iccTransmitApduLogicalChannel(int, int, int, int, int, int, java.lang.String);
diff --git a/telephony/java/android/telephony/TelephonyManager.java b/telephony/java/android/telephony/TelephonyManager.java
index c50110a58b1b6..d4f8362f66f41 100644
--- a/telephony/java/android/telephony/TelephonyManager.java
+++ b/telephony/java/android/telephony/TelephonyManager.java
@@ -2459,7 +2459,7 @@ public class TelephonyManager {
      * @param filePath
      * @return The APDU response.
      */
-    byte[] iccExchangeSimIO(int fileID, int command, int p1, int p2, int p3,
+    public byte[] iccExchangeSimIO(int fileID, int command, int p1, int p2, int p3,
             String filePath) {
         try {
             return getITelephony().iccExchangeSimIO(fileID, command, p1, p2,