diff --git a/core/res/AndroidManifest.xml b/core/res/AndroidManifest.xml
index 4d41c3091786f..9fa1d65c8998e 100644
--- a/core/res/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/core/res/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -818,6 +818,8 @@
     <!-- Added in U -->
     <protected-broadcast android:name="android.intent.action.PROFILE_ADDED" />
     <protected-broadcast android:name="android.intent.action.PROFILE_REMOVED" />
+    <protected-broadcast android:name="com.android.internal.telephony.cat.SMS_SENT_ACTION" />
+    <protected-broadcast android:name="com.android.internal.telephony.cat.SMS_DELIVERY_ACTION" />
 
     <!-- ====================================================================== -->
     <!--                          RUNTIME PERMISSIONS                           -->
diff --git a/core/res/res/values/config.xml b/core/res/res/values/config.xml
index 1d2ce7eb37c3c..fff34a9855ee1 100644
--- a/core/res/res/values/config.xml
+++ b/core/res/res/values/config.xml
@@ -3017,6 +3017,12 @@
          when alpha identifier is not provided by the UICC -->
     <bool name="config_stkNoAlphaUsrCnf">true</bool>
 
+    <!-- Flag indicating whether the current device allows stk sms send service via framework.
+         If true,this means that the device supports sending of stk triggered sms via the telephony.
+         This can be overridden to false for devices which can't send stk sms message via
+         framework, but would be sent via modem. -->
+    <bool name="config_stk_sms_send_support">false</bool>
+
     <!-- Threshold (in ms) under which a screen off / screen on will be considered a reset of the
          immersive mode confirmation prompt.-->
     <integer name="config_immersive_mode_confirmation_panic">5000</integer>
@@ -3320,7 +3326,7 @@
     <!--From SmsMessage-->
     <!--Support decoding the user data payload as pack GSM 8-bit (a GSM alphabet
         string that's stored in 8-bit unpacked format) characters.-->
-    <bool translatable="false" name="config_sms_decode_gsm_8bit_data">false</bool>
+    <bool translatable="false" name="config_sms_decode_gsm_8bit_data">true</bool>
 
     <!-- Configures encoding type to parse the User Data of an SMS for reserved TP-DCS value.
          Refer to SmsConstants.java
diff --git a/core/res/res/values/symbols.xml b/core/res/res/values/symbols.xml
index 95a81e82a2f43..1426a7b09c78b 100644
--- a/core/res/res/values/symbols.xml
+++ b/core/res/res/values/symbols.xml
@@ -2444,6 +2444,7 @@
   <java-symbol type="drawable" name="ic_volume" />
   <java-symbol type="drawable" name="stat_notify_sim_toolkit" />
   <java-symbol type="bool" name="config_stkNoAlphaUsrCnf" />
+  <java-symbol type="bool" name="config_stk_sms_send_support" />
 
   <!-- From maps library -->
   <java-symbol type="array" name="maps_starting_lat_lng" />