ported number not working correctly
I was a TMobile prepaid customer for years. I recently rolled my number over to a standard post-post Essentials plan. I got my temp SIM card, installed it and then called support to get my previous pre-paid number ported over. Everything seemed to work fine EXCEPT when I send text messages to two friends that I know are on Android, my number shows up as the temp SIM number still. (I'm using Google Messages on my phone and/or For Web). All my friends that are on Apple devices it seems to show up as the old, prepaid number that was ported over. Digging into it a little more, I noticed that if in Messages I send my texts as SMS/MMS and not RCS, then my texts go through on the pre-paid number that was ported. But if I leave RCS on, and I text those two Android users, then they receive everything on the temp SIM number still. So it seems to be linked to RCS vs SMS/MMS itself. But I don't understand why or what to do about it.Samsung Messages Chat Features Won't Activate
Previously when Iwas using a Sprint SIM card my Samsung Messgaes app had the "Chat settings" option in the message's settings, but after switching over to a T-Mobile SIM card the option disappeared. I did extensive research and found that T-Mobile forces unlocked devices, such as mine, to remove the "Chat settings" from the Samsung Messages app, and only allows devices locked to T-Mobile to have that option. I was wondering when or if T-Mobile will ever allow RCS/Chat settings in the Samsung Messages app on unlocked devices, such as mine.
