Google is silently blocking RCS on rooted Android phones and custom ROMs (Update)
www.androidauthority.com
Google famously campaigned for Apple to "get the message" and use RCS, but now doesn't let rooted Android users use RCS.

TL;DR

  • Users who have rooted their phone, have their bootloader unlocked or are using some custom ROMs report that their RCS messages are not being sent, even though RCS shows them as connected.
  • The Google Messages app does not show any error messages when blocking RCS messages of these users and does not send the messages out as SMS or MMS either.
  • Google famously campaigned for Apple to include RCS messaging in iMessage but is now blocking it for certain Android users.
  • cum@lemmy.cafeEnglish
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    7 months ago

    I’m on GrapheneOS. It just never verifies my number for RCS, so everything is just sent as SMS/MMS. Has been going on for a couple of months now. I have no idea why as it does not remotely harm them whatsoever, and hurts their adoption. I’m waiting for a non shitty RCS app to come out, hopefully one that’s FOSS.

  • darkmogool@feddit.deEnglish
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    7 months ago

    Stupid question: Why should I care about RCS when I don’t use Googles communication services?

    • pete_the_cat@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      7 months ago

      If you have an Android phone and you’re using the default texting app, you are. RCS is built into both the carrier side and device side.