Turn a spare Android phone into a managed router
The hardware to deploy a managed cellular router is sitting in a drawer in every office. Old Android phones already have radios, batteries, screens, and Wi-Fi. The SIMSY Router app turns one into a fully managed SIMSY device — with the same configuration, monitoring, and policy controls you get on a Teltonika or Robustel.
Five minutes from drawer to deployment
Install the SIMSY Router app
Available for Android 10+. Sideload the APK or grab it from the Play Store. The app needs Notification access to manage the cellular session and Hotspot to share connectivity.
Sign in with your SIMSY API key
The app registers the phone as a managed device on your account. You can name it, group it, and assign network policies the same way you would a router.
Insert a SIMSY SIM
Physical or eSIM. The phone connects to the SIMSY network and pulls its configuration automatically — APN, DNS, routing policy, allowed destinations.
Share connectivity
Toggle Hotspot. Connect your laptops, sensors, cameras, robotic dogs — anything that does Wi-Fi or USB tethering. The phone applies SIMSY policies to all of them.
The hardware was already in the room
Pop-up sites
Festivals, building sites, demo days. A spare phone, a SIMSY SIM, and you have managed connectivity in minutes.
Failover backup
Drop the Android Router next to a fixed-line installation as a hot standby. Cuts over automatically.
Field engineer kits
Every engineer carries a spare phone already. Skip the dedicated router and use what is in their pocket.
Lab and test environments
Dev teams running cellular testing without ordering hardware. Five minutes to a working router.
Same management plane as our routers
Got a spare Android lying around?
Tell us about your deployment and we'll send you a SIMSY SIM and the app, plus walk you through your first router-from-a-drawer.
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