I'm not sure if this will work for anyone else. I turned on SMS in GPS already had Network only". Messages has Network, Notifications, Phone and SMS. I went into Messages Settings and turned on RCS. It still said too many attempts try tomorrow from trying the last few days. After turning on RCS and waiting an hour I said "hell with this". I went into GPS settings and turned off the SMS permission and went back to Messages as I planed to turn off RCS and to my surprise it activated. It's been on solid ever since. Try turning RCS in Messages settings then, untick SMS in GPS then check it.
Using RCS with Google Messages on GrapheneOS
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Hello, I've just realized that after 1 year of use, the RCS is still in configuration...
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My RCS stopped working over a month ago. Things I have tried:
Deregistering my number from RCS via https://messages.google.com/disable-chat. Can't receive the SMS code for some odd reason, so it did not work. I do not have google blocked a sender.
Airplane mode trick
Resetting carrier services and messages
Sideloading an older version of messages
Waiting almost two weeks before trying to turn on RCS again
Setting up auto-verify again. I turned off auto verify and tried to turn it back on. For one of my accounts (which I use as my main Android account), the browser (Brave) does not detect my advice, so I cannot flip the toggle. On the other account, my device is detected, but auto verification has been pending for well over two weeks now.
Forcing RCS reconfiguration in debug settings
Calling my carrier and having them do some mysterious things on their end
Calling Google. They had me go through a lot of the above again, as well as resetting mobile network, bluetooth, and wifi settings. In the end, they told me to factory reset, which I doubt will solve the issue as it has not solved it for other people that have tried. It's also a huge inconvenience for me, so I'm not willing to do it unless it is guaranteed to solve my issue, which past forum posts on Reddit and Google support indicate that it is not.
RCS was working fine a month ago. Any advice on what I can do? I am on a Pixel 6 Pro.
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For my part, I'm going to ask for a religious ceremony as well as an exorcism and a voodoo ceremony. I think it will work.🤣
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I'm also having the same issue of RCS stuck on verifying with Verizon. Tried throwing all the permissions at GPS/messages/carrier services and letting it bypass my VPN to no avail. Unregistered my phone number with Google and switched to the stock SMS app. Will try again in two weeks...
P8P
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If anyone tried turning off auto-verification for their phone number in their google account and can't turn it on again, download the Google app and go through there. You can flip the toggle. However, I am still stuck on "Auto-verification is pending for this device"
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Y'all, I have figured it out! Follow the steps given by this God of a Redditor: https://www.reddit.com/r/UniversalProfile/comments/i3o0yi/comment/g0e61j4/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
If you are on Verizon, use this for the ACS URL: http://acs-vzw.jibe.google.com
I have carrier services installed, but I don't know that it's doing anything because I don't have a cache or storage to clear for it.
Syberkonda Thanks, it worked! I didn't even have to go through all the steps; I only needed to install the old Messages beta and it activated immediately.
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As a result, play store updates for the message app will no longer work if you install it from anywhere other than the playstore. So I tested it anyway and it doesn't work for me.
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I just called a friend whose son works at Google. He was very surprised that the play store works on anything other than Android and strongly recommended that I reinstall the original operating system to get everything working...
GOS is Android
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billinmtl Ah no it's not Android but Android and GOS are based on aosp
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Does anyone know how to open a ticket for a security problem? There's a security problem here, it's not normal for RCS messages to stop working on grapheneos... It's a security advance that's been cut off.
[deleted] Wrong. I updated via the Play Store immediately afterwards and it remained activated.
Guess I misunderstood that ANDROID Open Source Project (AOSP) was Android ?
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billinmtl Android is a set of operating systems based on aosp; gos is not Android, but it is based on aosp.
I would be wary to give an outdated app from APK mirror sensitive permissions by making it your default sms app.
This is on Google's side, dozens of reports on Reddit have the same thing happen on stock or major OEM OSes. Best to just have Google resolve this before starting to use this with workarounds.
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I was weary of trying that fix (outdated beta APK with "pegasus" in the file name), but it did work with the caveat that it got hung up again until I cleared the storage/cache. I was then able to update it to the latest version via play store and revoke some permissions.
EDIT: shortly after updating the APK from the play store my RCS became unregistered again. Gonna chalk this one up to a Google problem vice a graphene problem.
Hazelfoot I updated Google Messages with no issues.
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I also don't like the thought of Pegasus spyware, any stranger sending me messages to my phone directly and Google collecting metadata, so I bought a separate MiFi-router (a mobile router) for that.
It has a web-based interface for recieving SMS messages. (You connect to the device through the web browser)
I kinda use it as a pager for carrier-related messages.
I use Molly-FOSS for for chats and a web-based E-Mail client for recieving E-Mail.
I am even considering switching to Briar messenger instead of Molly.