A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), the method including: operating in a mode in which a first subscriber identity module (SIM) is designated as a default data subscription (DDS) and a second SIM is designated as a non-default data subscription (nDDS), including the first SIM being active and the second SIM being idle; determining positions of uplink symbols and downlink symbols within a slot format of the first SIM; causing a hardware switch of the UE to couple the second SIM to an antenna of the UE during a first symbol that is configured as uplink or flexible; and performing a page decode operation by the second SIM while the second SIM is coupled to the antenna.