A multi-subscriber identity module (SIM) multi-standby user equipment (UE) improves recovery of an original operation of a first radio access technology (RAT) when the UE tunes away from the first RAT. In some instances, the UE communicates with the first RAT on a transmit chain and a receive chain and then tunes to a second RAT on the receive chain to monitor downlink communications or activities of the second RAT. The UE transmits on the first RAT over the transmit chain, while tuned to the second RAT. Thus, the UE continues to perform uplink transmission when the UE tunes away, which allows a base station of the first RAT to track the UE for downlink beam-forming.