ResenderForward SMS from one SIM only on a dual-SIM Android phone
A work number and a personal one in the same phone, and only the work messages should reach your inbox — or the other way round. On a dual-SIM phone, every Resender rule listens on the SIMs you pick, so a sender can be forwarded from one SIM and ignored on the other.
Set it up
- Add a rule. On the main screen, tap + Rule. Filter by sender (equals or contains a number or a name) or by a word in the message text.
- Pick the SIM. In the rule, open SIM card and tick the SIM this rule should listen on. The first time, Android asks for the permission to make and manage phone calls: that is where it keeps the SIM names, and it is the only thing Resender uses it for.
- Choose the recipients — all of them, the ones you select, or Do not forward to keep that sender out of your inbox. Save.
- Decide about the rest. The last row, Forward the rest, takes whatever no rule took, from both SIMs. Leave it on if the other SIM's messages are welcome too; switch it off if they should stay on the phone.
Two common set-ups
- Work SIM to the work mailbox, personal SIM untouched. One rule per work sender (or one rule with contains and a word every work message has), each on the work SIM, sending to the work address. Forward the rest off.
- Everything to me, but the family group to my partner too. Forward the rest on, sending to you. One rule for the family sender, on both SIMs, with both of you as recipients.
The order matters
Rules are one list and the first match wins: drag a rule up to give it priority. An SMS that matches no rule falls to the last row. With every rule off, the main screen says so in red: nothing is being forwarded.
Questions
Can I forward everything from SIM 2 and nothing from SIM 1?
Not as one switch. Rules are per sender or per message text, and each rule listens on the SIMs you pick, while the last row, Forward the rest, covers both SIMs. To forward only the work SIM: add rules for the senders you need on that SIM, and switch Forward the rest off.
Why does Resender ask to make and manage phone calls?
Android keeps the names of the SIM cards behind that permission. Resender asks for it only when you first pick a SIM in a rule, uses it to show the carrier names instead of SIM 1 and SIM 2, and never makes or handles calls.
Does the email say which SIM received the SMS?
No — the email names the rule and carries the text, not the SIM. If you need to tell the SIMs apart, send each SIM's rules to a different address, or give the rules telling names.
I moved a SIM to the other slot, or replaced it. Do the rules follow?
A rule is bound to the SIM card itself, not to the slot, so moving a card to the other slot keeps the rule. A new card is a new SIM to Android: open each rule and tick it.
Does it work with an eSIM?
Yes. Android treats an eSIM like a second SIM, and it appears in the rule's SIM list under its carrier name.