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Hello,

RCS on my Pixel 7 running the latest version of GOS doesn't fully work when texting with iPhones from Google Messages. Here's the behavior:

  1. Sending between Android phones is perfectly fine
  2. Receiving RCS from iPhones is fine
  3. Sending RCS to iPhones sends but never delivers

Is this an issue with GOS? I've searched everywhere and no one seems to have the same issue.

25 days later

I am having the same situation. Did you find a way to fix RCS?

Some additional observations for me:

  • Status is showing Connected in the RCS section of Google Messages.
  • Yesterday, the message would send and just give me one circle + checkmark. The second circle + checkmark indicating delivery to the other contact did not show up. The other contact did not receive the message either, so this was an accurate delivery status. If I tapped on the message that didn't send, it would give me the option to resend as SMS. If I resent as SMS, the iPhone user received the message.
  • Today, the message does not even send. It says "Not Sent. Check Options." in red. If I tap on Check Options, it lets me try to resend the message as either RCS or SMS. If I resend as RCS, it instantly goes back to Not Sent.
  • I have an Apple ID associated with my phone number, but I have never owned an iPhone. I have an iPad signed into that Apple ID though.
  • If I turn off RCS, kill the Messages app, clear its cache, restart the phone, reopen Google Messages, reenable RCS, and verify number, it switches to Connected in less than a minute.
  • Now it's doing the same thing it did yesterday, i.e. it "sends" the message (one circle + checkmark), but it says Note Delivered Yet. Check Options. If you tap Check Options, then it says Message delivers when [contact] is online...

Any assistance would be welcome!

BUMP, I'm having a similar issue,

RCS is connected, but all RCS contacts cannot send, but I can receive RCS without issue.
it always says "waiting for contact to come online..."

I enabled resend using SMS as a work around for now, but I don't know why its doing this.

And you are wrong on various point.

LLM are garbage and why you should have avoided using it.

GSF arent available anymore when installing PlayStore.

You do not need carrier services unless you are sole user of AT&T, you should write your how to properly on this point.

Do not recommend using 2 third party app like shizuku and appops when you can do the same stuff using 2 command lines, use adb instead which is proven software in term of security and privacy.

Granting read device identifiers for play services is mandatory.

You do not need to enable phone number verification in sandboxed Google play.

Do not use aurora, download google messages from play store. At this point you give already everything to google, there is no benefits to download google message outside play store.

    NetRunner88 Thanks for the clarifications. I'm aware of LLMs weaknesses, which is why I tried to run through the steps on my own before sharing. It definitely wasn't as concise or perfect for every situation, so I appreciate you clarifying some of those details. That was helpful.

    I imagine any MVNO that uses AT&T's network would also need Carrier Services installed, right?

    Thanks for mentioning adb. I've used it several times before, but not for this specific thing. I definitely prefer to use vetted tools rather than questionable third-party apps, so I'll keep this in mind for the future.

    Why do you say you don't need to enable phone number verification in sandboxed Google Play? This seems to be the only change I made after the day I tried to enable RCS and it got stuck on the "verifying" step. Is there a way to manually verify your number?

    What part of my configuration resulted in me "giving everything to Google"? Installing Play Services with network access? Enabling automatic number verification? Installing Google Messages with network access? I intentionally didn't sign in with my Google account anywhere on this account, even in the browser. But perhaps they can associate it with my account via my phone number, so I see your point. My understanding was that RCS from Android to Android was encrypted. I know it's not encrypted Android to iPhone yet though, so I imagine Google may have access to that.

    Based on what you are saying, I'm thinking there's sadly no way to use RCS without handing revealing information over to Google. Is that accurate?

    I'm still weaning myself off Google, so I haven't gotten to the point of fully cutting off my relationship with them yet. I'm soaking up what I can learn on this journey.

      14 days later

      I still haven't found a solution.

      It's weird because there are a couple of encrypted RCS chats with other Android phones that deliver, but others don't. Encrypted/unencrypted RCS group chats that include iPhones deliver, but individual RCS iPhone chats don't.

      The behavior is strange.

      a month later

      I had a similar issue, and I was able to resolve it. I have AT&T. In addition to the aforementioned steps by other users, I also added a folder specifically to Storage Scopes within Google Messages (App Info for Messages->Storage Scopes->Add folder->Create a new folder and select it for Messages). I messed around for a bit with the permissions within the Messages app afterwards so I'm not 100% certain that this was the solution; however, I believe that this did it.

        If you need to re-register RCS to troubleshoot, try un-registering by entering your number here:

        https://messages.google.com/disable-chat

        Then use the steps above to re-register. Un-registering and reinstalling Google Messages over a data connection (not WiFi) worked for me the other day. I was having trouble re-registering until I unregistered first.

        5 days later

        Hello, I'm also having this issue? It seems someone deleted a suggested fix? I'd like to see it...

        NetRunner88 The original responder deleted their post. Do you know how to fix this issue? I'm having it as well.

          Unlit6179 I'm also having this issue. "The aforementioned steps by other users" appear to have been deleted...

            I'm again having the issue with sending RCS messages. However, I don't have a problem receiving them and I can see the typing indicator. This is happening with both Android and iPhone phones. I have not found a solution. This issue started following the most recent stable release update.