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Bought an unlocked Samsung Galaxy S20+ 5G, and have no option for Delivered, Read, or Typing in Messages. Can I flash T-Mobile firmware to it in an attempt tto get this feature back?
I got an unlocked s20+ 5g from Reebelo, and used SmartSwitch to copy EVERYTHING over from my old S10e. For a VERY brief period as SmartSwitch was doing its thing, I had delivered and read receipts on my texts in the normal Messages app. Once Smartswitch was done, that feature was gone, and the option was completely absent from my settings in individual messages and the Messages app. I tried a factory reset and it is still gone (did not use SmartSwitch OR Google backup OR Samsung backup). Hours of searching the interwebs for a solution has yielded no results (I have tried all the supposed fixes.) The only thing I saw that MIGHT work is someone talking about flashing the carrier's firmware to their unlocked phone. I found a tutorial on how to do this with the T-Mobile S20+ 5G firmware to my unlocked phone. My questions are:
A: would this screw up my phone somehow?
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B: Would this have any hope of even working to fix my read receipt/delivered options being gone from Messages?
I do NOT want to use Google Messages. I hate it, and it doesn't have read receipts for SMS/MMS anyhow, and I do NOT wanna use RCS coz no one I text uses RCS so Google Messages just switches back and forth. In short, Google Messages is not an option for me.
Help! I am open to ANY suggestions on how to get my delivered/read/typing options back! :)
¡Gracias!
Samsung Messages has been discontinued in North America. It was more than likely an update that removed the ootion. Even if you flash to the TMB U firmware, you will not get this feature back. RCS is only supported by Google Messages and iMessage currently.
If you are on the U1 firmware. That is the best firmware you can be on. It adapts to whatever US carrier's SIM is inserted in the device. The only thing you don't get is, the magenta bootscreen.
Flashing devices can brick them if you don't do it correctly, have all of the correct drivers, firmware, etc. Although I have flashed many Samsung devices going all of the way back to the Galaxy Nexus. I would not recommend doing so I less you absolutely need to. There are a lot of little things that are easy to overlook and a system not properly configured could disconnect the device during flashing, bricking it.
Samsung Messages has been discontinued in North America. It was more than likely an update that removed the ootion. Even if you flash to the TMB U firmware, you will not get this feature back. RCS is only supported by Google Messages and iMessage currently.
If you are on the U1 firmware. That is the best firmware you can be on. It adapts to whatever US carrier's SIM is inserted in the device. The only thing you don't get is, the magenta bootscreen.
Flashing devices can brick them if you don't do it correctly, have all of the correct drivers, firmware, etc. Although I have flashed many Samsung devices going all of the way back to the Galaxy Nexus. I would not recommend doing so I less you absolutely need to. There are a lot of little things that are easy to overlook and a system not properly configured could disconnect the device during flashing, bricking it.
Well that's a bummer. I suppose that also explains why on my S10e the messages app has been pushing Google messages on me so hard lately, they knew that very shortly Samsung messages would be dumbed down. Welp. I appreciate the help.
