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BTW for some people that have it *Enabled and ready to use* about 50/50 are still forced into typing with sms for some reason
Hmmm I haven't had an issue, are you sure this isn't because the receiving person doesn't have RCS?
@@jspring86 Nope I tried this with two other family members no luck
EDIT: also when I try to creat a group with rcs enabled/chat features It *refuses* to let me use rcs groups and ONLY MMS group chats.🤦
@@davidlegkodukh6969 yeah, I'm not seeing any difference either, but literally don't know anyone running rcs....
I've got it connected. Thanks so much but what benefit is it. The rest of my family have iPhones so does this mean I can do what they do with their Imessage?
I’m not really concerned about read receipts. I just need messages to allow us to send videos without compressing them to 360p
Between Android and iPhone!!!! I hate this.
My lady has an iPhone. I send her links from my google drive and she sees them in 100% quality. If it's something we dont already have on a shared cloud folder etc.
@@OaklandTae I always make the mistake of trying to send a picture from Google photos. Fiance trys to open them just to get a blank screen Everytime. Very annoying
360p? Try 144p
36p*
I find it legitimately amazing how people figure this stuff out
I'm a computer guy, and I too am always impressed with this stuff. SmsBackup+ had some magical ways around the google restrictions.
Could have been leaked by a dev
*Video about RCS*
Comment section: "Dude where do I get that wallpaper from?"
F these carriers trying to wait just to make another app to do it, when all they have to do is flip a switch for everyone to have it regardless of what app they use or simply allow it on Android Messages. Simple!
I used to have RCS and Video calls on my s6 edge(tmobile) but then i got the s10+ from samsung and they took away my RCS and video calls
Carries are scum bags pure and simple, if they cant make money off something they will do the bare minimum to implement it
@@AdamSmith-gs2dv Yeah... That's how business works. You don't go to work for free... you're there to make money...
You can always start your own phone company, and give everything away for free. I'm sure you'd be a hit!
@owo グーチmoshi
No, people aren't jumping ship on SMS... There are almost 5000 to 1 SMS messages sent compared to ALL the other options out there combined (per a study done by next web.com). In fact, the numbers are 6 billion... SIX BILLION every single day, just in the US (per CTIA)... 2.7 trillion SMS messages a year... And you think it's going away, because you use WhatsApp or messenger? That's hilarious!
Regardless of what YOU think is better, it's still the most efficient and direct way to send a message... Only requiring only a service plan... And still by far the most used. Why would they give up numbers like that, only to placate to a small percentage of people using a different option?
If you want something better, spend the money to develope it, then put it out there for the world to enjoy... For free!! Let the other "gimme gimme" dolts enjoy it. 👍
@owo グーチmoshi Those "botched" apps only prove that SMS is still the king when it comes to texting... Carriers have never pushed apps... Only app developers and phone makers. And every Samsung phone I've ever had, gave me the option to use an app, or standard SMS...
No carrier is going to force people to leave their already successful messing system... And no app will ever be as successful as standard SMS.
Thank you Jeff for taking the time to show how to do this. Excellent instructions! These other videos on installing this should take a page out of your book.
I entered my phone number, its several minutes, still says setting up! I am doing this on Oneplus 3, H2O wireless Network.
sorry I want to ask, after successfully following all the steps. successful but the activation status is not immediately connected. just connecting. why is that error? or have to wait until it is connected or because of what?
Thank you for making the video! The other videos like xda didn't explain you have to pick the beta version of messages. Couldn't get it to work until I realized that.
Worked. But I realize most of my contacts have Apple so not sure it makes a big difference.
Still get read receipts. But yes you need others with RCS to get the full feature set.
@Matthew Mirza if it works with Android users not on RCS, it'll work with IOS users. Both will be using regular SMS. iMessage sends regular SMS messages to any receipt not on iMessage.
It says it verifying my number and it will let me know, any clue why?
@@robertcurry14 did you follow the instructions? Are you based in the US? I doubt it works with any carrier really. Does it ever finish checking?
@@bradavon yes I did it like 4x but it never finish trying to veryfing
There's no option called 'set RCS flag'. I'm using Moto G5
Same here ! I have a Samsung se
Been trying to get this working for a few days now on my pixel 2 using Visible wireless service. This tutorial allowed me to actually get it working. Thanks!
For some reason for me it does not come up with the option of all activities or set RCS flags?
I had to manually enter my phone number in the settings, but then it found me and is connected. Verizon pixel 4 xl
Nice glad it worked!
@@jspring86 Did i miss something? Is RCS currently only active on Google Fi Pixels..I mean why would one need to do this workaround on a Pixel?
Me too. But I'm pretty sure I typed in the wrong number for the SIM. Now it's registered there's no option to see or change the number?
This is going to be amazing. Good video Jeff. I will try to install this on my S9PLUS.
Nice! Let me know how it goes!
It works on Note 10!
@@jspring86 will do.
It worked on mine. Took a few tries of restarting the app to have to go into settings and find the chat features setting, then finally turn it on. But hey, it says connected now!
Just installed it on the s9 + had to do multiple restarts but worked perfectly can't wait to start using it
tried following your instruction but if i click set RCS flag a message comes up saying Starting activity: com.google.android.apps.messaging/.ui.appsettings.rcs.overide.OverideFlagActivity and it doesnt take me there. any idea how to fix this?
Thanks so much for the video!
Does this just change the format of the message? It doesn't add or change any features of the messages app? My Galaxy S5 had a few awesome features built into their app that I really liked that I've been wanting to have on my other phones.
1) Delay text message where you could set a timer (1s, 3s, 5s, 10s) and when you press the send button, it would give you that amount of time to cancel the send if you want to change anything you typed (horrible auto-corrections)
2) Scheduled text message where you could set a date/time for a text message to be sent to someone (that way if you don't want to text the person now, but you're worried you'll forget to text later, your phone will still text later)
Are those two things available anywhere?
Thanks Jeff this is pretty dope and it actually works! Google should implement this so it automatically works for everyone who uses Google Messages. I installed it on my Pixel 3a and on my wife's Galaxy S10e and it works as advertised. 👍🏾👍🏾
Do you think 3rd party text apps will update/redesign their apps for RCS or is that not possible?
I think it integrates with Carrier Services from Google so I believe they would have to get access to that from Google to make it possible. I imagine when the carriers make their rollout next year they will have some dedicated app for it!
@@jspring86 Also what if it says chat features are enabled but no
*"status : Connected bar"*
Is that okay?
Sadly no not at the moment. This is using Google's own servers. Even the universal rollout over the carrier's servers won't help as Andriod needs to have an RCS API for third party apps to be able to support RCS to start with. I don't think Android has this yet.
Worked for me buddy!! There are a few videos on this topic but yours is more precise. Thank you!! Just subbed and liked!!
Worked! Video really helped, tried following steps on Twitter but couldn't get it to work. Thanks man!
At the final step installing the rcf where you got next it just hangs up doesn't confirm my cell number.
Me too
Did you force close Messages, delete the data and cache in carrier services and messages?
@@TuMalditaMadre yes I did that I got it to work it was able to pick up my cell number and verify
I don't see the read receipts or when they are typing am I missing something?
Working on my Moto G7 Power, thank you!
Awesome!
After installing and doing all the stuff. If you have an android can you be added to an Imessage group chat?
Not working for my Samsung S10+ on Videotron. In Activity Launcher , clicking "Set RCS Flags" does nothing, screen flashes but his back to that screen . I don't get the next step with all the options to choose .
When I click on the "Set RCS Flags" it tells me "Starting Activity......." and nothing happens
Me too... and it was working fine until android 10
what happend same
Have it on my S10... LOVE IT!
Pardon me. I didn't understand something at the end. Do the other person need tu have RCS for me to be able to send messages thru data or wifi? Or can they receive the messages just not respond if they have not RCS active?
On my Pixel 2 xl, I didn't get the enrollment into RCS after the force stop and relaunch of the message app. In settings>chat features>status, it says connected. Suggestions?
Absolutely awesome, it works %100 on my Samsung Galaxy A20. The ability to send and receive 4K video alone is worth it, not to mention all the other features. Thank you for sharing this.
Sweet! Glad it was useful!
That one works if the people you talk to follow go through the same process. In that case why not just get those people to switch to a different messaging system since they'll likely have to get a new app anyways.
Set RCS flags doesn't work, it doesn't open that other tab. :(
Me too s10 +
Galaxy Note 9, doesn't bring up the settings so I can change them, tried rebooting phone
Try the 5.3.075 version
After the beta update I went to settings and it said I was already connected do I still need to follow the activity launcher steps?
Very Useful and straight foward.
Good Work Jeff !
Thanks!
One question. Can you delete Activity Launcher after the setup is done?
Yes, I've done that myself.
@@jspring86 bet! Appreciate your reply. I was actually watching XDA developers video on the same thing, but his method was putting me to a stop even after I tried multiple times then I saw yours on recommended and I clicked on it expecting the same procedure, but it was different, i followed it with you and wallah! I got RCS now. Thank you so much
Thanks I finally got it to work
Sweet!
I did everything and it shows connected but it's not working. I'm on OnePlus 7 pro, I noticed when I go the rcs flag the top is set to sandbox but the otp pattern is not set, I click apply and it doesn't stick. Not sure if that is the issue.
I used to have RCS when I had Google Fi but now that I'm back in my country, after doing everything said in the video it says connected but doesn't work.
My question is what are we connecting to? Like who has access to all those messages?
It's the same as sending a normal text
@@clonecaptian not really. A text is going through the carrier. This is bypassing the carrier and connecting to a random server to work
No its just like a normal text
It can’t be just like a text. A text is limited to 160bytes per packet. This has to be routed through a server. If it was just like a text there would be no need for it
Worked on my Old Essential!
Sweet!
Not working on Note 10+ vzw and followed all steps. When I hit apply nothing works, and try to restart phone, uninstall reinstall msgs beta app etc. Just goes back to normal msgs app. Help?!
So when I open the activity launcher on my Note 10+ it does not have a drop down as shown in the vid for "all activities" or "recent activities" the app is the same as shown. Any help would be appreciated.Also seems to have a problem in applying 0tp as well
Worked for me, I'm on Android 10 OnePlus 6t! Thank you so much
android 10 ? beta right ? i'm also using 6T
I didn't get an android 10 upgrade. Is it beta?
yeah open beta but super smooth use it since a week
Where do I get that wallpaper?
Thank you for this too
Backdrops app on Play store
@@jspring86 Thanks 👍
Noice!
Internet
Got through every step no problem. Then came to the point of launching the messages app. It asked me to enroll and use the chat features. It verified my cellphone number. The chat features don't seem to work. I went into settings and chat and it says that it's not available on my Pixel 3 XL. I tried it for times and u still get the same results. My WiFi was off when I did all the steps. Not sure what I'm doing wrong??
Under settings, chat features, it saids, chat features unavailable for this device (note 10 plus) your carrier doesn't support this feature. I mean I have it installed and I can message, but am I truly getting the full rcn features? I have t-mobile as my carrier
FINALLY
thanks 👍👍👍
Hope it was helpful!
@@jspring86
Yup worked, even without restarting
wish if this was actual imessage so I can go be messaging my android phone from my ipod touch
I doesn't work with the Oneplus 7 pro in Australia. I've followed 3 different videos and none of them have worked.
Great video. Followed step by step on Verizon Samsung S8+. Worked just fine. Thanks for the video.
Got evrythng set up
Jst couldn't verify coz ov ths weird carrier (MTN)😡
I'm Nigerian and it worked with my Etisalat number. Check your message settings. You'd see where your phone is supposed to show your number. Change the "unknown" written there to your number and it will work
All i want is aMessage on Android. How hard is that Google? 🤔
What
iMessage is all Apple Google has no control over that. Apple has to want to bring iMessage to android before that will ever happen
@@TechOut I think he means that he wants an iMessage equivalent for android devices (and since IOS calls it 'iMessage, ours would be called aMessage since it's Android)
@@kilarasx6222 that's basically what RCS enables
Apple won't do that, because they know is like the one reason people buy iPhones.
So I was able to follow all these steps and I got chat features to successfully connect in messages. But I'm not seeing any typing indicators or read receipts. Is there something else I need to do? I've done this numerous times, followed all the steps correctly, made sure my beta was up to date, and made sure that I got approved and connected for using chat features. What troubleshooting do I need to do to fix this?
For it to work as intended both parties, i.e. sender and receiver, need to use rcs enabled google message, right? If yes, how it would be any different than using Whatsapp, let's say, for an average person like me?
Cool.. but all I want is that wallpaper on your pixle 😅
I don't receive the SMS to verify my number.. what can I do?
You wait
No need for it, I didn't recive an SMS, still it works after force stopping and setting the OTP Pattern option on the Activity launcher. www.androidauthority.com/how-to-enable-rcs-messaging-1047089/
I don't get all this videos now I been having it since I got my s10 plus (Sprint) without downloading any other app just on the normal messages from samsung. I never had to do all this stuff on this video. And just now I downloaded the messages app and got a little message telling me to activate rcs with out getting all the other apps.
Could you go over the way you did with the pixel because my pixel does not necessarily have a clear data option. It says clear storage and I'm having issues. If I repeat all steps,should that possibly help?
Nice.. Thanks
Thanks for watching!
Something very interesting:
I first saw the steps from the 9 to 5 google article, and followed those steps (the only difference is that I didn't turn off Wifi), and it worked on a Samsung A50 SMA505G using Mint Mobile (a US budget carrier, I believe they rent cell tower time from T-Mobile).
I then saw this video, and decided to clear the data from Android Messages and Carrier Services, and use turn off the Wifi before proceeding. This failed to cause Google to send a Messenger verification code, which in turn causes a failure to upgrade Messages to RCS (as far as I know).
I then recleared the data from Android Messages and Carrier Services, turned on Wifi, and redid the process. This caused the Messenger verification code text to be sent to my phone, which then allowed me to upgrade to RCS.
tl;dr: if the above doesn't work for you, then try staying on Wifi after rebooting the phone.
I cang get it to work on my huawei mate 20 X on at&t so did you leave wifi on and didn't clear data on carrier services and messages ?
@@LinuxAndroid86 I left wifi on but cleared the data of carrier services AND android messages before starting
@@kalebjen4506 finally got it working watching XDA developers videos. Their video instructions is much better. Thanks for your response. What phone u got mate
ATT Note 10+
Installed everything with little to zero issues. Thanks for the walkthrough video!!
If you have a note 10 you have link sharing which sends full original quality, unlike RCS and iMessage that compress to two megs. Plus with link sharing you can paste the link absolutely anywhere.
Example-s.amsu.ng/7ssNoQQ7fPgN
I followed all the steps. When I get to the activity launcher I do not see "set RCS flags" under the google messages. Has there been a change?
Seems to mess with my standby battery life a bit..turned off for now
Oh so you also noticed?
Do those apps drain the battery quicker
What apps? The only third party app is Activity Manager. And no, it doesn't have any noticeable Battery drain.
@@jspring86 actually the message app drains battery quite fast, 33.9% overnight, and it's no 1 app in battery usage app, optimising battery is not working so unistalled for now.
I did all you did but my only issue is the upgrade doesn't pop up after the force stop but it does say connected so I'm not sure if it's working or not
If it says connected it should be working.
Didn't work for me. I followed to a T but once i used activity launcher and then force stopped messages, then restarted it, i didn't get the notification at the bottom about RCS. Just normal Google messages app.
Hell yes!
It's so sweet!
Idk why Google couldn't just preinstall the Allo app. And make it the only app.
Note 9. When I go to message-rcs flag setting and tap the sandbox.google then I tap the otp pattern -the apply blue tab goes away! I can never go forward....why?!?!😫
Everything going great until the verification. Forever displaying under Chat features - Status: Setting up..... Trying to verify [my number]. Any ideas on this Jeff? Wifi is off and only on data.
Using a Oneplus 7 Pro.
I did good on my One Plus 7 Pro
Do other people need to have RCS to take advantage of those features?
Read receipts no, but the "see when typing" yes
@@jspring86 so I'll know when they've read it, but not if they're replying what about ios users? I'd think this wouldn't allow me to see much of anything they're doing
Yea what happens if you're in a group chat with IOS users? Any advantage or would it be the same?
Yes
@@BhargavGV this is true i tried it
It worked for me without me having to delete my Google Message data 😁
OnePlus 3T running Android 9 (PIE)
Yeah that step is sometimes device specific.
@@jspring86 ok. Thanks
B DuB now try to message an iPhone user see if it works lol.
@@paulnunez8033 Apple doesn't support RCS. So it will not work.
Same for me on my OP3. I just force closed messages. Also, it wouldn’t work until messages updated from 5.0.062 to 5.2.050 (beta) this morning. I did not get the upgrade option as shown here either. Just had to enable the chat function under messages/settings/general.
T-Mobile, stock Pie (OOS 9.0.5).
I do have 2 sims installed on my OP3. I’ve read this only works on 1 sim, but I don’t know for sure since the chat feature is under a general settings tab not specific to any sim, afaik.
I did all of those steps. Got my phone number registered. But. When I look at the settings a second time only one of the two flags are there. Chat systems are on. Does it matter?
I'm confused 🤔🤔 I'm with Sprint in the US and I have had this future for years on my phone. And never had todo all those steps. So, is this just something new for other users who didn't have it? Or is this something different than what I already have? 🤔🤔🤔
Umm my tmobile service does this as long as the other person has tmobile
So does Verizon and Sprint. I think the only benefit is sending better quality photos, but even imessage compresses them to 2 megs. Link sharing is the absolute best way to send photos of original quality.
Example-s.amsu.ng/7ssNoQQ7fPgN
🤦♂️ insert (* dumb , duh dumb dumb dumb , duuuhmb *) from southpark 🤦♂️
Curious. Why would anyone use this over regular messaging?
Read receipts, messaging over LTE and wifi, and see when the other person is typing. Everything iMessage offers. Tied to your phone number. It's a lot like WhatsApp, but no one uses WhatsApp in the US, despite it being popular in the rest of the world.
@@jspring86 oh cool thanks!
Jeff Springer Is it encrypted like iMessage?
@@georgesteel6108 no
Jeff Springer
It's like iMessage but doesn't offer the same level of security. There's no end-to-end encryption.
Cannot get the OTP Pattern to "stick" after hitting "apply" in Set RCS Flags on my Pixel2 (using Google Fi - connected to T-Mobile)... Any suggestions possibly?
I didn't get the option "Set RCS flags" in activity launcher. Now, what should I do to fix it. My chat feature status stuck in setting up
This didn't work for me no matter what the fixes said.
Not working for me too. No pop up for enabling RCS messages
this happened to me too but I went to the settings anyway and the features just needed to be activated
All you have to do is go to all your apps, make sure to click show system apps, search for any app with the word carrier and force close it, also force close and clear cache on messages and do the process again, it will work!
Yeassss
It's beautiful!
when I go on activity launcher it doesn't less me change to all activities.
So i got it to work perfectly on my samsung note 9 on T-Mobile. I used to use Samsung Messages with the chat features. It says connected, but when i test it out with my contacts that use chat already, it still says sms. Do they have to use Google messages too? They use Samsung Messages also.
It works only in the US?
I don't think so, I saw someone in Reddit say it was working in Algeria.
@@jspring86 thank you i live near there
@@houssemkochat6601 It works world wide just need to have the person texting you also to have rcs
@@davidlegkodukh6969 i just tried setting it up. It didn't work for me . It keeps saying verifying your number
@@houssemkochat6601 This video works for EVERY phone just make sure to do step by step and get nothing wrong.
Also it will take a few minutes if you see *setting up*
It worked for me on my first try! I'm in Canada and i have an s10+
Awesome!
Worked for me too. I'm on Pixel 3 XL (Rogers).
It doesn't wipe out text messages on your phone does it with the initial setup? They're backed up but still I'd like to know.
Can you schedule text messages using Google Messages like on the default message app on my Galaxy S10? I looked & can't figure it out.
This has been enabled on Fi for a while now without beta
Are you talking about Google Fi? I am on cricket and been thinking of switching now that I have the new pixel phone.
@@brtitanic45 yes. I am on Google Fi and have RCS even on Samsung
It's available for Verizon prepaid without beta as well, but vprepaid doesn't have visual voicemail, but it's worth it without that, speeds are insane, you get all the bells and whistles just not vvoicemail
way more simpler video than the video on xda developers
Thanks I appreciate it, tried to make it understandable!
@@jspring86 Thanks for the video
i got that popup from the bottom and i tapped it and everything works but when i tap on chat feutures its says its not available in this device
Does it back up messages to samsung cloud? Let's say i get a new phone will i still be able to see my previous messages?
That moment when I realize I've had this on my V40 and Pixel 3a for months now😂
So yours has been working for a few months too? I noticed it working when I was texting my cousin, he uses an LG G7 and I was using my 3a at the time, that was late July, early August. It works on my other phones as well.
@@jamesbelkin9204 yes I didn't realize that was RCS all this time. I was wondering why I wasn't getting the notification. When I booted up my V40 and my 3a both phones instantly popped up. I'm using my Sprint. I noticed my Dad is the only other one with it working from my contacts. His was same thing, day 1 of getting the S9 right when the S10 came out. His got the notification, and we've had read and sent recipets along with typing notifications for a long time now.
I have also had this for a really long time. I'm thinking maybe it's something that was in beta in a few countries. Like Canada had the new version of instagram (where likes are hidden) before other countries maybe only Canada had RCS until now
Cool! But who do I message now? 😂 No one seems to have it.
How bout we create an RCS chat group?
Tru nobody in my contact have it
I have at&t and it says mine phone is not supported by the carrier for this feature
I kept closing the app and now it's letting me set up the features but it won't actually load them
I have an LG g8
Awesome video. Worked like a charm! Got yourself a subscriber, friend! Keep up the awesome work!
Thanks appreciate it!
Now it's just getting everyone with Android phones to know the importance of this and get it set up!!
Exactly.. just did it and realised I'm probably the only one of my contacts who has done it...
Did mine yesterday
@@dalgron me too... I think in the whole of Nigeria I'm the only one who's done it
@@caseysteve23 same for me in Cameroon I think... we should link up and try it out.. I really just want to see how it works
@@dalgron yeah I already started chatting with my fiancee in the US.. I got her to set it up today but my number is +2349036186922
only people that have rcs are people from xda or the few from reddit that dont even text each other lol.
i was going to do it but then realize, it wouldnt make a difference because none of my family and friends have it anyways lol
😂😂
Then get out of here
I am on att with a note 10+ and the procedure did not work. Was it ever tested on a att service?
Not working on my Google Go Pixel 2. I already had the ability to see read receipts and when they're typing, but that feature would randomly stop and start working again.
Anyone else having to wait awhile for it to set up?
If it takes awhile I'd clear message data and repeat the steps in activity manager
@@jspring86 I tried that and I'm just now getting the verification texts but I've already given up. Must be my poor service #VermontProblems I'll try when I have better service, thanks!!
Do you have any ad blockers? I had to turn mine off to get it working
It may or may not have had an effect, but I had to turn my VPN off as well.
@@jeremy9709 I have the same issues
Strange thing I asked about RCS at my local Verizon. They never heard of it.
Thanks Jeff. Big fan. Me and the wife are rocking this!!