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Does T-Mobile really support RCS?
My wife and I just got new phones from T-Mobile: a Moto G 5g, and a Samsung Galaxy A54 5G. Both were set to send messages by RCS by default. No such messages are ever sent. If I check the status, ...
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Thanks for the details. I tried it, and . . .
First I had to learn about eSIMs. This is my first phone with one, and I had been wondering why each of my communications apps was showing options for SIM 1 and eSIM 1. After researching it, I realized the store had not transferred the (very recently updated) SIM card from my old phone, yet some apps on the new one (or at least their Settings screens) were acting as if one were there. I went ahead and transferred the card, then went into the SIM Management and turned off the eSIM.
I then followed your directions above. I found that the default Samsung Messages app would not show me an option to turn on RCS, so I went back to the Google one, and it does. But when I "Turn on RCS chats," the Status was shown as "Setting up..." "Trying to verify your phone number," ans it just hung there interminably. . . .
That is, *until I reactivated the eSIM and set it as Primary.* Now RCS shows Status: Connected. And I can send messages properly, with RCS as default and "covert to SMS - only using the eSIM. Interesting. So I guess I will reserve the SIM card option for overseas use, if needed.
Nuevamente, gracias.
Havok970 - I agree. After the steps I described above, I gave up. Both my wife's and my new phones (one Samsung, one Motorola) had the same problems I described above, similar to yours, and nothing resolved them. I disabled RCS on both, and now our text messages *usually* - but not reliably - go through. Even with everything else working (good phone/data signal, good WiFi, etc.) messages sometimes hang interminably, sometimes in the middle of a conversation - a series of messages go through with no trouble and then they just stop sending. Often one seems to send but really doesn't, but a follow-up comment goes through, so the people at the other end are wondering what in the world I'm referring to, and I can't explain. "Resend" doesn't work. Copying to a new message and trying again doesn't work. If it's at all important, I have to call. (I try to explain the glitch by email, but too many people rarely check their email.) The messages eventually send, for the most part, but as much as 20-30 minutes later. Text messaging just seems to be something T-Mobile does badly.
