diff --git a/core/api/current.txt b/core/api/current.txt
index f6164af5588956acb29433ef6e9d2282044ca830..23f490aa6275e2270fa3c15647f2fbb5a92f23c7 100644
--- a/core/api/current.txt
+++ b/core/api/current.txt
@@ -34350,30 +34350,18 @@ package android.provider {
 
   public static final class SimPhonebookContract.SimRecords {
     method @NonNull public static android.net.Uri getContentUri(int, int);
+    method @WorkerThread public static int getEncodedNameLength(@NonNull android.content.ContentResolver, @NonNull String);
     method @NonNull public static android.net.Uri getItemUri(int, int, int);
-    method @NonNull @WorkerThread public static android.provider.SimPhonebookContract.SimRecords.NameValidationResult validateName(@NonNull android.content.ContentResolver, int, int, @NonNull String);
     field public static final String CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE = "vnd.android.cursor.item/sim-contact_v2";
     field public static final String CONTENT_TYPE = "vnd.android.cursor.dir/sim-contact_v2";
     field public static final String ELEMENTARY_FILE_TYPE = "elementary_file_type";
+    field public static final int ERROR_NAME_UNSUPPORTED = -1; // 0xffffffff
     field public static final String NAME = "name";
     field public static final String PHONE_NUMBER = "phone_number";
     field public static final String RECORD_NUMBER = "record_number";
     field public static final String SUBSCRIPTION_ID = "subscription_id";
   }
 
-  public static final class SimPhonebookContract.SimRecords.NameValidationResult implements android.os.Parcelable {
-    ctor public SimPhonebookContract.SimRecords.NameValidationResult(@NonNull String, @NonNull String, int, int);
-    method public int describeContents();
-    method public int getEncodedLength();
-    method public int getMaxEncodedLength();
-    method @NonNull public String getName();
-    method @NonNull public String getSanitizedName();
-    method public boolean isSupportedCharacter(int);
-    method public boolean isValid();
-    method public void writeToParcel(@NonNull android.os.Parcel, int);
-    field @NonNull public static final android.os.Parcelable.Creator<android.provider.SimPhonebookContract.SimRecords.NameValidationResult> CREATOR;
-  }
-
   public class SyncStateContract {
     ctor public SyncStateContract();
   }
diff --git a/core/api/system-current.txt b/core/api/system-current.txt
index 84d04fceaaba2719f7c2f89d656424ceb0068a8b..ca3b24ad3cf092f983a4d878819645c18c47aa95 100644
--- a/core/api/system-current.txt
+++ b/core/api/system-current.txt
@@ -8328,22 +8328,8 @@ package android.provider {
     method @RequiresPermission(android.Manifest.permission.MODIFY_SETTINGS_OVERRIDEABLE_BY_RESTORE) public static boolean putString(@NonNull android.content.ContentResolver, @NonNull String, @Nullable String, boolean);
   }
 
-  public final class SimPhonebookContract {
-    method @NonNull public static String getEfUriPath(int);
-    field public static final String SUBSCRIPTION_ID_PATH_SEGMENT = "subid";
-  }
-
-  public static final class SimPhonebookContract.ElementaryFiles {
-    field public static final String EF_ADN_PATH_SEGMENT = "adn";
-    field public static final String EF_FDN_PATH_SEGMENT = "fdn";
-    field public static final String EF_SDN_PATH_SEGMENT = "sdn";
-    field public static final String ELEMENTARY_FILES_PATH_SEGMENT = "elementary_files";
-  }
-
   public static final class SimPhonebookContract.SimRecords {
-    field public static final String EXTRA_NAME_VALIDATION_RESULT = "android.provider.extra.NAME_VALIDATION_RESULT";
     field public static final String QUERY_ARG_PIN2 = "android:query-arg-pin2";
-    field public static final String VALIDATE_NAME_PATH_SEGMENT = "validate_name";
   }
 
   public static final class Telephony.Carriers implements android.provider.BaseColumns {
diff --git a/core/java/android/provider/SimPhonebookContract.java b/core/java/android/provider/SimPhonebookContract.java
index 2efc21229422a4a94c804c63d9940933285ec089..f3a78562f73a8b8153f3d276a3670564fa81d8f4 100644
--- a/core/java/android/provider/SimPhonebookContract.java
+++ b/core/java/android/provider/SimPhonebookContract.java
@@ -29,11 +29,8 @@ import android.annotation.SystemApi;
 import android.annotation.WorkerThread;
 import android.content.ContentResolver;
 import android.content.ContentValues;
-import android.database.Cursor;
 import android.net.Uri;
 import android.os.Bundle;
-import android.os.Parcel;
-import android.os.Parcelable;
 import android.telephony.SubscriptionInfo;
 import android.telephony.TelephonyManager;
 
@@ -63,7 +60,6 @@ public final class SimPhonebookContract {
      *
      * @hide
      */
-    @SystemApi
     public static final String SUBSCRIPTION_ID_PATH_SEGMENT = "subid";
 
     private SimPhonebookContract() {
@@ -76,7 +72,6 @@ public final class SimPhonebookContract {
      * @hide
      */
     @NonNull
-    @SystemApi
     public static String getEfUriPath(@ElementaryFiles.EfType int efType) {
         switch (efType) {
             case EF_ADN:
@@ -122,12 +117,12 @@ public final class SimPhonebookContract {
          * The name for this record.
          *
          * <p>An {@link IllegalArgumentException} will be thrown by insert and update if this
-         * exceeds the maximum supported length or contains unsupported characters.
-         * {@link #validateName(ContentResolver, int, int, String)} )} can be used to
-         * check whether the name is supported.
+         * exceeds the maximum supported length. Use
+         * {@link #getEncodedNameLength(ContentResolver, String)} to check how long the name
+         * will be after encoding.
          *
          * @see ElementaryFiles#NAME_MAX_LENGTH
-         * @see #validateName(ContentResolver, int, int, String) )
+         * @see #getEncodedNameLength(ContentResolver, String)
          */
         public static final String NAME = "name";
         /**
@@ -149,24 +144,31 @@ public final class SimPhonebookContract {
         public static final String CONTENT_TYPE = "vnd.android.cursor.dir/sim-contact_v2";
 
         /**
-         * The path segment that is appended to {@link #getContentUri(int, int)} which indicates
-         * that the following path segment contains a name to be validated.
+         * Value returned from {@link #getEncodedNameLength(ContentResolver, String)} when the name
+         * length could not be determined because the name could not be encoded.
+         */
+        public static final int ERROR_NAME_UNSUPPORTED = -1;
+
+        /**
+         * The method name used to get the encoded length of a value for {@link SimRecords#NAME}
+         * column.
          *
          * @hide
-         * @see #validateName(ContentResolver, int, int, String)
+         * @see #getEncodedNameLength(ContentResolver, String)
+         * @see ContentResolver#call(String, String, String, Bundle)
          */
-        @SystemApi
-        public static final String VALIDATE_NAME_PATH_SEGMENT = "validate_name";
+        public static final String GET_ENCODED_NAME_LENGTH_METHOD_NAME = "get_encoded_name_length";
 
         /**
-         * The key for a cursor extra that contains the result of a validate name query.
+         * Extra key used for an integer value that contains the length in bytes of an encoded
+         * name.
          *
          * @hide
-         * @see #validateName(ContentResolver, int, int, String)
+         * @see #getEncodedNameLength(ContentResolver, String)
+         * @see #GET_ENCODED_NAME_LENGTH_METHOD_NAME
          */
-        @SystemApi
-        public static final String EXTRA_NAME_VALIDATION_RESULT =
-                "android.provider.extra.NAME_VALIDATION_RESULT";
+        public static final String EXTRA_ENCODED_NAME_LENGTH =
+                "android.provider.extra.ENCODED_NAME_LENGTH";
 
 
         /**
@@ -244,32 +246,34 @@ public final class SimPhonebookContract {
         }
 
         /**
-         * Validates a value that is being provided for the {@link #NAME} column.
+         * Returns the number of bytes required to encode the specified name when it is stored
+         * on the SIM.
          *
-         * <p>The return value can be used to check if the name is valid. If it is not valid then
-         * inserts and updates to the specified elementary file that use the provided name value
-         * will throw an {@link IllegalArgumentException}.
+         * <p>{@link ElementaryFiles#NAME_MAX_LENGTH} is specified in bytes but the encoded name
+         * may require more than 1 byte per character depending on the characters it contains. So
+         * this method can be used to check whether a name exceeds the max length.
          *
-         * <p>If the specified SIM or elementary file don't exist then
-         * {@link NameValidationResult#getMaxEncodedLength()} will be zero and
-         * {@link NameValidationResult#isValid()} will return false.
+         * @return the number of bytes required by the encoded name or
+         * {@link #ERROR_NAME_UNSUPPORTED} if the name could not be encoded.
+         * @throws IllegalStateException if the provider fails to return the length.
+         * @see SimRecords#NAME
+         * @see ElementaryFiles#NAME_MAX_LENGTH
          */
-        @NonNull
         @WorkerThread
-        public static NameValidationResult validateName(
-                @NonNull ContentResolver resolver, int subscriptionId,
-                @ElementaryFiles.EfType int efType,
-                @NonNull String name) {
-            Bundle queryArgs = new Bundle();
-            queryArgs.putString(SimRecords.NAME, name);
-            try (Cursor cursor =
-                         resolver.query(buildContentUri(subscriptionId, efType)
-                                 .appendPath(VALIDATE_NAME_PATH_SEGMENT)
-                                 .build(), null, queryArgs, null)) {
-                NameValidationResult result = cursor.getExtras()
-                        .getParcelable(EXTRA_NAME_VALIDATION_RESULT);
-                return result != null ? result : new NameValidationResult(name, "", 0, 0);
+        public static int getEncodedNameLength(
+                @NonNull ContentResolver resolver, @NonNull String name) {
+            name = Objects.requireNonNull(name);
+            Bundle result = resolver.call(AUTHORITY, GET_ENCODED_NAME_LENGTH_METHOD_NAME, name,
+                    null);
+            if (result == null || !result.containsKey(EXTRA_ENCODED_NAME_LENGTH)) {
+                throw new IllegalStateException("Provider malfunction: no length was returned.");
             }
+            int length = result.getInt(EXTRA_ENCODED_NAME_LENGTH, ERROR_NAME_UNSUPPORTED);
+            if (length < 0 && length != ERROR_NAME_UNSUPPORTED) {
+                throw new IllegalStateException(
+                        "Provider malfunction: invalid length was returned.");
+            }
+            return length;
         }
 
         private static Uri.Builder buildContentUri(
@@ -281,106 +285,6 @@ public final class SimPhonebookContract {
                     .appendPath(getEfUriPath(efType));
         }
 
-        /** Contains details about the validity of a value provided for the {@link #NAME} column. */
-        public static final class NameValidationResult implements Parcelable {
-
-            @NonNull
-            public static final Creator<NameValidationResult> CREATOR =
-                    new Creator<NameValidationResult>() {
-
-                        @Override
-                        public NameValidationResult createFromParcel(@NonNull Parcel in) {
-                            return new NameValidationResult(in);
-                        }
-
-                        @NonNull
-                        @Override
-                        public NameValidationResult[] newArray(int size) {
-                            return new NameValidationResult[size];
-                        }
-                    };
-
-            private final String mName;
-            private final String mSanitizedName;
-            private final int mEncodedLength;
-            private final int mMaxEncodedLength;
-
-            /** Creates a new instance from the provided values. */
-            public NameValidationResult(@NonNull String name, @NonNull String sanitizedName,
-                    int encodedLength, int maxEncodedLength) {
-                this.mName = Objects.requireNonNull(name);
-                this.mSanitizedName = Objects.requireNonNull(sanitizedName);
-                this.mEncodedLength = encodedLength;
-                this.mMaxEncodedLength = maxEncodedLength;
-            }
-
-            private NameValidationResult(Parcel in) {
-                this(in.readString(), in.readString(), in.readInt(), in.readInt());
-            }
-
-            /** Returns the original name that is being validated. */
-            @NonNull
-            public String getName() {
-                return mName;
-            }
-
-            /**
-             * Returns a sanitized copy of the original name with all unsupported characters
-             * replaced with spaces.
-             */
-            @NonNull
-            public String getSanitizedName() {
-                return mSanitizedName;
-            }
-
-            /**
-             * Returns whether the original name isValid.
-             *
-             * <p>If this returns false then inserts and updates using the name will throw an
-             * {@link IllegalArgumentException}
-             */
-            public boolean isValid() {
-                return mMaxEncodedLength > 0 && mEncodedLength <= mMaxEncodedLength
-                        && Objects.equals(
-                        mName, mSanitizedName);
-            }
-
-            /** Returns whether the character at the specified position is supported by the SIM. */
-            public boolean isSupportedCharacter(int position) {
-                return mName.charAt(position) == mSanitizedName.charAt(position);
-            }
-
-            /**
-             * Returns the number of bytes required to save the name.
-             *
-             * <p>This may be more than the number of characters in the name.
-             */
-            public int getEncodedLength() {
-                return mEncodedLength;
-            }
-
-            /**
-             * Returns the maximum number of bytes that are supported for the name.
-             *
-             * @see ElementaryFiles#NAME_MAX_LENGTH
-             */
-            public int getMaxEncodedLength() {
-                return mMaxEncodedLength;
-            }
-
-            @Override
-            public int describeContents() {
-                return 0;
-            }
-
-            @Override
-            public void writeToParcel(@NonNull Parcel dest, int flags) {
-                dest.writeString(mName);
-                dest.writeString(mSanitizedName);
-                dest.writeInt(mEncodedLength);
-                dest.writeInt(mMaxEncodedLength);
-            }
-        }
     }
 
     /** Constants for metadata about the elementary files of the SIM cards in the phone. */
@@ -446,13 +350,10 @@ public final class SimPhonebookContract {
          */
         public static final int EF_SDN = 3;
         /** @hide */
-        @SystemApi
         public static final String EF_ADN_PATH_SEGMENT = "adn";
         /** @hide */
-        @SystemApi
         public static final String EF_FDN_PATH_SEGMENT = "fdn";
         /** @hide */
-        @SystemApi
         public static final String EF_SDN_PATH_SEGMENT = "sdn";
         /** The MIME type of CONTENT_URI providing a directory of ADN-like elementary files. */
         public static final String CONTENT_TYPE = "vnd.android.cursor.dir/sim-elementary-file";
@@ -464,7 +365,6 @@ public final class SimPhonebookContract {
          *
          * @hide
          */
-        @SystemApi
         public static final String ELEMENTARY_FILES_PATH_SEGMENT = "elementary_files";
 
         /** Content URI for the ADN-like elementary files available on the device. */
@@ -480,8 +380,7 @@ public final class SimPhonebookContract {
          * Returns a content uri for a specific elementary file.
          *
          * <p>If a SIM with the specified subscriptionId is not present an exception will be thrown.
-         * If the SIM doesn't support the specified elementary file it will have a zero value for
-         * {@link #MAX_RECORDS}.
+         * If the SIM doesn't support the specified elementary file it will return an empty cursor.
          */
         @NonNull
         public static Uri getItemUri(int subscriptionId, @EfType int efType) {
diff --git a/core/tests/coretests/src/android/provider/SimPhonebookContractTest.java b/core/tests/coretests/src/android/provider/SimPhonebookContractTest.java
index be3826007aa357ddbe3d76e741dd82a883339236..bc7be1b0862678d545ca4f0aca7d9d5b5634d403 100644
--- a/core/tests/coretests/src/android/provider/SimPhonebookContractTest.java
+++ b/core/tests/coretests/src/android/provider/SimPhonebookContractTest.java
@@ -16,14 +16,8 @@
 
 package android.provider;
 
-import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
-
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertThrows;
 
-import android.content.ContentValues;
-import android.os.Parcel;
-import android.provider.SimPhonebookContract.SimRecords.NameValidationResult;
-
 import androidx.test.ext.junit.runners.AndroidJUnit4;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -71,50 +65,5 @@ public class SimPhonebookContractTest {
                         SimPhonebookContract.ElementaryFiles.EF_ADN, -1)
         );
     }
-
-    @Test
-    public void nameValidationResult_isValid_validNames() {
-        assertThat(new NameValidationResult("", "", 0, 1).isValid()).isTrue();
-        assertThat(new NameValidationResult("a", "a", 1, 1).isValid()).isTrue();
-        assertThat(new NameValidationResult("First Last", "First Last", 10, 10).isValid()).isTrue();
-        assertThat(
-                new NameValidationResult("First Last", "First Last", 10, 100).isValid()).isTrue();
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void nameValidationResult_isValid_invalidNames() {
-        assertThat(new NameValidationResult("", "", 0, 0).isValid()).isFalse();
-        assertThat(new NameValidationResult("ab", "ab", 2, 1).isValid()).isFalse();
-        NameValidationResult unsupportedCharactersResult = new NameValidationResult("A_b_c",
-                "A b c", 5, 5);
-        assertThat(unsupportedCharactersResult.isValid()).isFalse();
-        assertThat(unsupportedCharactersResult.isSupportedCharacter(0)).isTrue();
-        assertThat(unsupportedCharactersResult.isSupportedCharacter(1)).isFalse();
-        assertThat(unsupportedCharactersResult.isSupportedCharacter(2)).isTrue();
-        assertThat(unsupportedCharactersResult.isSupportedCharacter(3)).isFalse();
-        assertThat(unsupportedCharactersResult.isSupportedCharacter(4)).isTrue();
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void nameValidationResult_parcel() {
-        ContentValues values = new ContentValues();
-        values.put("name", "Name");
-        values.put("phone_number", "123");
-
-        NameValidationResult result;
-        Parcel parcel = Parcel.obtain();
-        try {
-            parcel.writeParcelable(new NameValidationResult("name", "sanitized name", 1, 2), 0);
-            parcel.setDataPosition(0);
-            result = parcel.readParcelable(NameValidationResult.class.getClassLoader());
-        } finally {
-            parcel.recycle();
-        }
-
-        assertThat(result.getName()).isEqualTo("name");
-        assertThat(result.getSanitizedName()).isEqualTo("sanitized name");
-        assertThat(result.getEncodedLength()).isEqualTo(1);
-        assertThat(result.getMaxEncodedLength()).isEqualTo(2);
-    }
 }
 
diff --git a/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/uicc/IccUtils.java b/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/uicc/IccUtils.java
index d79225fe536960412de32c7c9e6205bd706b050d..ec12040422604a4884409036b7ad05b7e6cab276 100644
--- a/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/uicc/IccUtils.java
+++ b/telephony/java/com/android/internal/telephony/uicc/IccUtils.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package com.android.internal.telephony.uicc;
 
+import android.annotation.NonNull;
 import android.compat.annotation.UnsupportedAppUsage;
 import android.content.res.Resources;
 import android.content.res.Resources.NotFoundException;
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ import com.android.internal.telephony.GsmAlphabet;
 import com.android.telephony.Rlog;
 
 import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.List;
 
 /**
@@ -253,12 +255,47 @@ public class IccUtils {
         }
 
         if ((b & 0x0f) <= 0x09) {
-            ret +=  (b & 0xf);
+            ret += (b & 0xf);
         }
 
         return ret;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Encodes a string to be formatted like the EF[ADN] alpha identifier.
+     *
+     * <p>See javadoc for {@link #adnStringFieldToString(byte[], int, int)} for more details on
+     * the relevant specs.
+     *
+     * <p>This will attempt to encode using the GSM 7-bit alphabet but will fallback to UCS-2 if
+     * there are characters that are not supported by it.
+     *
+     * @return the encoded string including the prefix byte necessary to identify the encoding.
+     * @see #adnStringFieldToString(byte[], int, int)
+     */
+    @NonNull
+    public static byte[] stringToAdnStringField(@NonNull String alphaTag) {
+        int septets = GsmAlphabet.countGsmSeptetsUsingTables(alphaTag, false, 0, 0);
+        if (septets != -1) {
+            byte[] ret = new byte[septets];
+            GsmAlphabet.stringToGsm8BitUnpackedField(alphaTag, ret, 0, ret.length);
+            return ret;
+        }
+
+        // Strictly speaking UCS-2 disallows surrogate characters but it's much more complicated to
+        // validate that the string contains only valid UCS-2 characters. Since the read path
+        // in most modern software will decode "UCS-2" by treating it as UTF-16 this should be fine
+        // (e.g. the adnStringFieldToString has done this for a long time on Android). Also there's
+        // already a precedent in SMS applications to ignore the UCS-2/UTF-16 distinction.
+        byte[] alphaTagBytes = alphaTag.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_16BE);
+        byte[] ret = new byte[alphaTagBytes.length + 1];
+        // 0x80 tags the remaining bytes as UCS-2
+        ret[0] = (byte) 0x80;
+        System.arraycopy(alphaTagBytes, 0, ret, 1, alphaTagBytes.length);
+
+        return ret;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Decodes a string field that's formatted like the EF[ADN] alpha
      * identifier
@@ -309,7 +346,7 @@ public class IccUtils {
                     ret = new String(data, offset + 1, ucslen * 2, "utf-16be");
                 } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException ex) {
                     Rlog.e(LOG_TAG, "implausible UnsupportedEncodingException",
-                          ex);
+                            ex);
                 }
 
                 if (ret != null) {
@@ -342,7 +379,7 @@ public class IccUtils {
                 len = length - 4;
 
             base = (char) (((data[offset + 2] & 0xFF) << 8) |
-                            (data[offset + 3] & 0xFF));
+                    (data[offset + 3] & 0xFF));
             offset += 4;
             isucs2 = true;
         }
@@ -366,7 +403,7 @@ public class IccUtils {
                     count++;
 
                 ret.append(GsmAlphabet.gsm8BitUnpackedToString(data,
-                           offset, count));
+                        offset, count));
 
                 offset += count;
                 len -= count;