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.
  • kratoz29English
    39•4 months ago

    Good thing nobody uses sms to chat here where I live…

    The bad thing is that Whatsapp is the alternative.

    • @CrayonRosaryEnglish
      11•4 months ago

      The thing is, RCS isn’t SMS. That’s kind of the point. RCS is a replacement for SMS. The two protocols just happen to be available in the same Messages app. It’s like sticking WhatsApp inside Messages, except it’s a different protocol.

      • kratoz29English
        8•4 months ago

        Oh I get it, but well, my point still stands, nobody here uses the stock messaging app, which can send SMS.

        Which is partly good, as iMessage is not predominant here either.

    • @[email protected]English
      3•4 months ago

      Same here… whatsapp became so widespread, that even governmental agencies and private businesses use it for official communication.

      • kratoz29English
        1•4 months ago

        That is what blew my mind indeed, and as someone who hates constantly dialing companies and such for minor crap, I kinda am glad they went this way lol.