I'm considering using Google Messages with RCS.
Is anybody able to confirm what the minimum permissions are for the Google Messages app and Google Play Services app for this to work?
I'm considering using Google Messages with RCS.
Is anybody able to confirm what the minimum permissions are for the Google Messages app and Google Play Services app for this to work?
intelligence man, I SO agree with this. Open soooource and Google freeeee, down the road I goooo... Feeel the wind in my haaaair, never I despair.
intelligence That's all very well, but I was rather hoping somebody would answer my actual question:
treequell Is anybody able to confirm what the minimum permissions are for the Google Messages app and Google Play Services app for this to work?
treequell so are you contemplating using it, or already using it and running into problems? Why don't you rather forgo the urge and choose the lesser of two weevils?
Network, phone, sms for play services.
Same + contacts for messages
Can confirm everything works with Messages on T-Mobile without carrier services. Play Services has Network & Notifications permissions only. Took a while for Chat Features to become enabled, but it worked without changing any of my settings previously.
I think Google Messages only needs :
For Play Services :
As per the paper below both Google Messages and Google Dialer (Phone) call home via Google Play Services for every message/call sent/received.
https://www.scss.tcd.ie/doug.leith/privacyofdialerandsmsapps.pdf
"We report on measurements of the data sent to Google by the Google Messages and Google Dialer apps on an Android handset. We find that these apps tell Google when message/phone calls are made/received. The data sent by Google Messages includes a hash of the message text, allowing linking of sender and receiver in a message exchange. The data sent by Google Dialer includes the call time and duration, again allowing linking of the two handsets engaged in a phone call. Phone numbers are also sent to Google. In addition, the timing and duration of other user interactions with the apps are sent to Google. There is no opt out from this data collection. The data is sent via two channels, (i) the Google Play Services Clearcut logger and (ii) Google/Firebase Analytics. This study is therefore one of the first to cast light on the actual telemetry data sent by Google Play Services, which to date has largely been opaque. We informed Google of our findings and delayed publication for several months to engage with them. On foot of this work Google say that they plan to make multiple changes to their Messages and Dialer apps."
Wow, not very surprising but still sad to see actual confirmation that they collect much more than telemetry
schuflai Longer than 10 min, less than 2 hours. Somewhere within that window it enabled chat features.
Also, Messages kept nagging me every time to allow SMS & Phone permissions to Play Services, so I reluctantly enabled those. I've enabled all permissions in Messages except Location.
GSF has Network access only.
At the rate I'm going in adding in Google apps, I might as well just re-install stock android and turn over all my data. Anyway, I'm trying out Google Messages and it's now asking me to use my actual Google account. I said to continue without an account. But, what's the correct thing to do?
Too late to edit my previous reply, but it took about half an hour for Google Messages to get rid of that "Chat Unavailable" notice in its settings and offer to set up Chat. My permissions are as samsepi0I mentioned earlier.
Anyone had any luck recently with RCS and Google messages? I have mint mobile and it's been stuck on "Trying to verify" for awhile now.
Update: Got it to work by installing carrier services. Once RCS was activated I disabled the carrier services app and revoked all permission to Google play services except for network. Will test if RCS stays activated or not.
samsepi0l These are the permissions I needed to give to get RCS to work (on top of installing carrier services like mentioned above)
Strive1154 I personnaly did not need to install Carier services.
Sometimes, Messages seems to just being back to "trying to verify", you just have to let him do whataver it does then you will have RCS back after few hours or maximum few days.