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  #2766973 26-Aug-2021 12:50
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timmmay:

How do you turn RCS on? Vodafone / Pixel 4a I didn't do anything and it seems to be working. The native Android Messages app sends RCS if it can, otherwise SMS.



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  #2766974 26-Aug-2021 12:50
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timmmay:

 

How do you turn RCS on? Vodafone / Pixel 4a I didn't do anything and it seems to be working. The native Android Messages app sends RCS if it can, otherwise SMS.

 

 

On my Samsung S20+ I have the option to turn off RCS under SMS setttings ' Chart settings ' RCS

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  #2766998 26-Aug-2021 13:44
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No need for beta as it is standard now. Open Messages | Settings | Chat Settings.




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  #2774731 8-Sep-2021 17:26
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Nineteen days later and still no RCS. RCS started working on my daughter's phone on the same day porting was done.




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  #2774764 8-Sep-2021 18:45
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Is there some kind of phone compatibility issue?

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  #2774781 8-Sep-2021 19:18
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It worked on Vodafone before, same handset. Deactivated before porting because if it stopped working (as it did) then Google wouldn't try connecting without registration.




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  #2779553 16-Sep-2021 20:21
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RCS activated tonight...




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  #2779559 16-Sep-2021 20:27
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Thats good, damn, did take a while though.  If RCS was active at the time of porting, would you need to do anything if you didn't change phones?

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  #2779560 16-Sep-2021 20:29
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Not sure but disabled it during port just on case...




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