Today when opening Google Messages, I randomly got a message saying that RCS was now ready for my Pixel 8 Pro on Tello. I haven't done any of the workarounds in this thread so this surprised me.
Did anyone else suddenly get RCS?
Using RCS with Google Messages on GrapheneOS
I got Google Messages with RCS to work but during the process I did receive a Messenger Verification Code which I didn't need to use. Is this normal?
Luigi64 Someone might have typed in the wrong number when setting about social media account
Do you have Sandbox Google Play or the Google app?
It could be something about your carrier, also Google has done a few more updates to messages BTW when A lot of people were having problems, and now...
Just tested by downloading Google Messages, RCS was automatically enabled within 5 mins for me. I have done nothing additional to get it to work.
OfflinePuffin I do use sandboxed Google Play Services
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83639273 Dude, I've been struggling for months, trying everything, and this is the ONLY thing that worked. Thank you!! Texting some of my iPhone buddies with RCS chats feels surreal, never would have imagined it just a couple years ago.
FYI for anyone reading this: If its not working, download the Google app and give it the same permissions, including device identifiers. Initially OP's method didn't work, but this fixed it for me.
Really sucks Google has made RCS "theirs", but if that's what it takes to get it adopted, oh well... We all know phone carriers don't give enough of a shit to create proper RCS infrastructure
biscuit_tosser_88 still working? no disconnections?
bushraptor still working. Never had a hiccup
biscuit_tosser_88 wow, awesome. I'm trying to make sure I don't start losing RCS once iPhones get RCS next week
bushraptor ah, good. I didn't know they were getting updated next week. Bring able to send full res pictures and files will help me out a lot at work. It's funny, though, how many of my (Android) contacts still haven't been updated to RCS, or they're choosing to not use it.
No issues here. I am using Graphene on my Pixel 9 Pro XL. I do have Google Play Services installed on the Owner prfile and am using Google Messages on the Owner and a User profile without any issues. I have no installed Google Play Services on the User profile. My carriers are T-Mobile USA and Rogers Canada.
LordDrakkon Rogers Canada has been great with their RCS implementation - very few hiccups.
RCS has been working for me since I upgraded to P9P XL at the beginning of the month. All G suite installed, carrier is google fi.
RCS should be live for most to all iPhones at this point!
YAY!
After a year of RCS not working, this did the trick!
(Seemed like it didn't until I double checked my Play Services permissions and found SMS was disabled, likely after last attempt. Once I gave that permission it took less than a minute before I found the SMS in the inbox that the app picked up and used to turn RCS on.)
Thank you to everyone who figured this out!
OfflinePuffin it's about time!