Re: RCS messaging to one user fails

badgolferman wrote on Wed, 30 Oct 2024 13:46:32 -0000 (UTC) :

Since the adoption of RCS by Apple and upgrading to iOS 18.0.1, I'm
having trouble sending messages to one of my Android user co-workers.
The message field where you type shows RCS when I start to message
them, but it fails delivery immediately.  I am forced to send again as
a SMS message every time.

Hi badgolferman,
I'd like to help you out but I'm hindered by having never used RCS (since it does nothing useful to me) but maybe I can run an RCS test for you?
I have a variety of iPads and an iPhone 6 (but no SIM card) in front of me.
Of course my daily drive is the free T-Mobile Galaxy A32-5G which has the  the last known good version of PulseSMS set up as my default messenger app.
PulseSMS doesn't support RCS but I could probably load any non-Google messenger app that has RCS support (they should start existing soon).
Do you know if it's possible for me to test your scenario with those tools?
How?
Looking up my old thread from a year ago asking for non-Google RCS apps
it seems there may be non-Google RCS apps for me to test with iOS for you.
 <https://xdaforums.com/t/apps-what-rich-communication-services-enabled-sms-mms-rcs-text-messaging-apps-do-you-know-of-for-android.4642422/>
Let me know if you can think of a test I can do for you. I also have family members with the latest iPhone 16 (yes, I still buy Apple products) whom I can ask also to send me messages - but they're busy with life & kids too.
Let me know if there's a test you can propose that I can do for you.
I do tests for people all the time on Windows & Android so why not iOS.