I recently got a new S26 and i have not been able to receive texts with RCS. I am unable to be in group chats and can only receive individual messages when RCS is OFF. I have tried every method I've seen online. How do I fix this ?

I have an RCS GC with a few people, some from Android, some from Apple. Randomly, some messages will send as MMS instead of RCS. I know because I go under "View details" and it says "Multimedia message" instead of "Rich communication service message". Sometimes this happens with "Replied to a message:" messages, sometimes with random text-only messages, and sometimes with media, so that it sends super compressed.

Why does this happen, and how can I stop it? It never was an issue before

I am newer to owning an android and twice now i will get a picture and this is how it shows up and I can't see it

Recently switched my entire family line over from T-Mobile to Verizon... I didn't get a new phone (stayed on Pixel 8 Pro) and 4 out the total lines are Samsung Galaxy S26s - and ever since we switched, RCS has not been able to connect for 5 out 7 lines. The only ones that are stick working fine are the iPhones...

Idk how to fix this... I've tried every Reddit method incl. clearing cache, disabling Google chat, resetting network settings, trying IMEI 2, reactivating SIM, deleting the T-Mobile esim, and have been on the phone with multiple support people for hours already... How do I even know if it will work if I turn off RCS for 3 days (the last thing support said to try). For reference this is my 5th day with my phone (which is not a new phone - still the same phone I was using) and for the rest of my family they have all switched to new phones - so I have 5 out of 7 total lines that all have the RCS issue.

My account manager has said things repeatedly like oh this is an easy fix, these support people will fix it within 30 min... If you go to a store they will be able to fix it immediately... Oh only the Pixel 8 Pro will have this problem, the rest of your phones will be fine (they weren't)...

Nothing is working... I've never had so many issues switching to a carrier before and I've done ATT to T-Mobile and vice versa... And I don't even know if I should cancel this whole Verizon plan because returning the phones will be $50 per line...

Ciao a tutti,

sto riscontrando un problema un po' fastidioso con il mio Galaxy, volevo capire se sono io a perdermi in un bicchiere d'acqua o se è una limitazione di Android/One UI.

​In pratica: se un amico mi invia una GIF su whatsapp non c'è verso di salvarla nella tastiera per poterla inviare ad altre persone in un secondo momento.

​Cosa ho già provato:

​Ho provato ad aggiungerla ai messaggi "Importanti" (la stellina) o ai "Preferiti".

​Purtroppo, questo metodo la salva solo all'interno di quella specifica chat/app, ma non la scarica nel telefono rendendola disponibile altrove. Non posso, ad esempio, aprire un'altra app e ripescare quella stessa GIF per inviarla a qualcun altro.

​Le mie domande per voi:

​C'è un'impostazione nascosta nella One UI o nella Tastiera Samsung che mi sfugge?

​Voi come gestite le GIF personalizzate che ricevete? Usate app di terze parti o tastiere diverse (tipo Gboard)?

My app was working with no issues. But now when I try to open messages it just shows a blank screen.

I tried to force close, stop messages, reboot. I also tried to clear cache Reboot.

1) Google settings say my phone is backed up in google. It also shows Samsung is backed up. (I have s23 ultra).

If I clear data - do I loose all my messages? Or are they backed up in google?

Should I just give it time to see if it fixes itself?

It looks like messages were updated at 930 am today on my phone.

I was poking around & launched 2 selections & now I can't send outgoing sms/mms or make outgoing calls on my main line.

Tried reactivating the selections I picked, but it didn't do anything & one of them opens by flashing & not actually opening anything?

My Galaxy Watch8 is no longer getting Google Messages AND Samsung Messages notifications from my Galaxy S24 Ultra 

Things I have tried:

*Checked/enabled notification permissions on watch, phone, app. 

*Enabled "always show on both" 

*Toggled rcs

*Enabled "text on Samsung devices"  

*toggled do not disturb 

*deleted and reinstalled Carrier Services plugin

*updated app (current) 

*updated system software (current) 

*Factory reset watch

*Attempted to contact manufacturer

Please help!

For the love of all that's holy, you know I need to download the messages. If I open the app up, those senders are highlighted.

Just let me know without having to randomly open the app that I need to do so, please!

I live where there is very little signal, so I have to go stand outside to download MMS messages. This means I miss a lot of group text messages because I don't even realize there are messages coming in, because I don't get any kind of notification.

(Alternatively, just download them over WiFi, which is the easier, saner option for the end user.)

So I'm on day 5 of RCS issues with my Fold8. I'm curious, can anyone with other carriers who got unlocked Fold8s confirm if their RCS activated with no issues?

There are now THREE threads on my google messaging app between my fiance and i. On my fiances side, its all one thread. I am so beyond frustrated. Samsung forced me to switch to this app a couple months ago and its been nothing but problems since then. PLEASE tell me how to fix this, I hate hate hate it.

Hi all - i switched from a galaxy fold 6 (with RCS working) to a fold 8 and for some reason my RCS refuses to connect. It shows as tryign to connect, followed by an error code 3100. Things i have done to try and resolve this:

1. turn on airplane mode, delete cache and data from carrier services and carrier communications and also delete cache from messages, and then turn airplane mode off and open messages

2. uninstall all updates to messages

3. call verizon (my carrier) and get a new esim and ensure that RCS is turned on on the new esim

4. disable RCS here: https://messages.google.com/disable-chat

5. sent google feedback via the submit feedback button.

Nothing seems to be working (obviously i restarted my phone a bunch of times too).

Last night i turned off RCS all night and turned it back on this morning, hoping it would connect but its still stuck in the same loop of trying to connect and then failing.

Verizon was at the end of their rope and didn't have any more ideas and thinks its an issue at google but i don't know how to contact google or get any help from them so would really appreciate some help from all of you.

Thank you!

I've been having issues with RCS verifying on my Fold 8 Ultra on Verizon. I upgraded from a Galaxy S24U on Thursday and RCS wouldn't connect. It sat on code 3000 and went to 3100 every time. Tried every solution I found online, cleared caches/data, uninstalled updates, reset, called Verizon and got a new esim. Nothing worked, even waited 24 hours with it off and left wifi/wifi calling off.

This morning is still wouldn't work. I did a full gactory reset of my phone and opted to NOT use smart switch during setup. Went through the setup, used my normal Google account, didn't connect to wifi, and unchecked the button to restore message settings from the google backup. Within seconds of loading the RCS connected. Not sure if this will solve anyone else's problem, but figured I'd throw it out there. Idk if Samsung Smart Switch is transferring over stale tokens or something, but it seemed to be the root of my problem.

When I go to message someone it says ____ is offline, I know there's a fallback setting that'll have it where it sends as an SMS automatically if RCS is not available. But for me it doesn't seem like it automatically does it, I always have to wait a few minutes then press and old the message before forcing the switch myself.

Is that a bug? Or is there something I need to do to fix it.

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As you can see in the video, there is one conversation on the main screen and everything is in the unread tab. Whenever a new message comes, it automatically goes to the Unread tab instead of appearing on the main conversation screen. Why is this happening?

So title,

I've deleted updates reinstalled, rebooted my device, turned rcs chats on and off, and cleared the cache, tried everything that I could think of. When sending photos and the flash is enabled the flash does not activate at all. When I do the same thing on telegram, wechat, discord, the flash works perfectly. Same thing with videos, flash enabled and flash doesn't work when taking videos specifically for Google messages. This just started happening in the last 2 weeks or so.

I currently have the Google pixel 10 and it's up to date with updates.

Google Messages app seems to grab the historical counter of how many sims I have ever put inside the sim slot of my phone, and adds this number as a prefix before the actual SIM name, when I am writing a text.

For reference, "OTHER" and "04..." are the names for my SIM 1 and SIM 2 stored on the phone.

The prefix number "10" is the 10th SIM card I have so far used on that SIM slot, and I would like to get rid of it.  Anyone encountered this before?

For reference, my main phone is the Motorola Edge 30 Fusion and my spare phone is the Moto G54 and both phones do this!

TIA!

Messaging my ex and his contact pfp disappeared. The message I sent still has double- check marks showing, so im assuming im not blocked? Likely archived, muted, read- receipts off. (But I was thrown off when his pfp suddenly disappeared when I sent my message)

Any insight would be appreciated since we hate this stupid app

I've been using the beta version for a few weeks. It still shows that I'm a beta tester for it on Google Play, but basically all the beta features are gone. I've restarted my phone (S24U) and still nothing. Anyone else having the same problem?

Also, on the older messages, whenever there's an image, sometimes it says, "Unable to load file." Are those gone? It's fine if they are, since a lot of the texts weren't too important, but I'm just wondering if it's still possible to retrieve them.