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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.🤣

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

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"

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...

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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.

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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.

              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.

                samsepi0l
                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.

                    Syberkonda This solution looked hopeful for me, except that I was not receiving any G- code. This is not too surprising since I no longer receive a code when I try to deactivate RCS through the website that sends the code, if you no longer have the device it was registered to. I may have to look at waiting 10 business days before trying again.

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                      There are two methods to add a contact; locally and remotely, I never tried remotely myself, locally worked just fine, I did enable Bluetooth and WiFi however, not sure if those are requirements.
                      Briar also logs out after rebooting the phone, that might not be convienent for contacts not willing to put in their passwords. (Or simply forgetting about it)
                      Briar is usually meant for whistleblowers and people in need for extreme security, it does make the app a little harder to utilize for daily usage, I should have mentioned that before I recommended it.
                      I use it for emergencies in case the internet goes out and as a secure alternative to Molly-FOSS, if there are enough Briar users connection might still be established (although delayed) from device to device, even during a blackout.
                      It also uses TOR (in online mode) even with the possibility for bridges. (Sort of a TOR-obfuscation)
                      The app is also nice for local forums and blogs that you don't want to share in the open like on Facebook.