Using RCS with Google Messages on GrapheneOS

bluesl33ves so you started with the apk that allows access to the ACL field, then updated normally?

patienttruth99 Yup.

After turning on airplane mode for a few hours, my status is saying "Setting up". It is not changing from that state.

patienttruth99
This is actually an option I opted to turn off instead. Been connected for a full week with no interruptions. I am a little hesitant to update Google Messages after updating it to whatever the current Google Messages build was a week ago.

New user here / first post, installed GOS upon purchasing a new 7a a few days ago - was following this thread since RCS chats wasn't working for me (would be stuck at Verifying), which was a feature that was working with my provider (Mint) on my previous phone.

Just now I was going through Permissions Manager under Privacy since it was a menu I haven't gone through yet. I scrolled down to SMS and saw that Google (installed for Google Lens / Translate), Google Play services, and Google Play Store was under "Not Allowed". I gave all three permissions, and now I have "Status: Connected" for the first time ever.

Forgive me if this is not relevant to this current discussion with using beta versions and things, but I wanted to share. I'll keep an eye on it for now, and would be curious to know if this is even a desirable solution.

Messages for me will be a tertiary messaging app since most of my day-to-day messaging happens on other apps, so I wasn't too bothered about the permissions.

luxcomm i don't understand your post ?

luxcomm Did you just activate SMS for service play?

Doesn't anyone know why rcs doesn't work?

Nobody knows anything, but this is a forum for specialists, isn't it?

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Go to: Settings > Privacy > Permission Manager > SMS:
Set for Allowed:
Google App (added from Play Store), Google Play Service, Google Play Store, Google Messages App (from Play Store), Messaging, Phone, Google Phone App (from Play Store)

I didn't install Carrier Services

For me, this changed RCS Chats setup from being stuck at Verifying Number to Connected in green text followed by my number.

luxcomm could you clarify the apps you have installed? You said Messages and Google Messages? Was that a typo?

thed0ctor Not a typo, just the default Messaging app + Google Messages, so the only non-default apps are Google, Google Messages, and Google Phone.

billinmtl what provider do you have?

hemlockiv

I'm with Rogers

p0well34 Try turning RCS in Messages settings then, untick SMS in GPS then check it.

Do you mean try turning RCS on in Messages settings? And when you write "GPS," do you mean Google Play Store or Google Play Services?

Just registered to say I've been following this thread for a while hoping for a solution, because I've been having the exact same issue with RCS chat.

I'm running GrapheneOS on a Pixel 6 Pro (Verizon), and tried every guide out there I can find to resolve the issue of being stuck "trying to verify". The above solutions for installing an old beta APK does work, but only temporarily for a three day period before having to restart the process. I've tried a few things like VPN split-tunneling and using various DNS options to see if that will keep a stable connection, but so far no luck. I'm not sure what the underlying problem is, but I do believe the issue is specifically between GrapheneOS and google that hasn't been identified yet.

Syberkonda This worked for me as well using the ATT web address

hemlockiv

1. Yes
2. Play services
   After the last update RCS disconnected. I repeated this process and it worked again.