topic Re: Re: Re: Re: RCS not working in Galaxy S25

RCS not working

dkstatus24 — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 01:35:50 GMT

My wife and I have been having issues with RCS not working for over 2 weeks now. She has the S25+ and I have the S25 Ultra. Every day fort he last two weeks RCS won't work and it forces us to send SMS messages. Half of the time SMS messages won't go thru. Anyone else going thru this? We have Xfinity mobile and they said it's on Samsung not the Carriers.

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NoLuvJavi — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 01:48:05 GMT

I'm not sure if this is any help.
I pressed to switch over to google messages. After I switched I started having problems with my phone. People wouldnt receive my texts or photos Id send. I called verizon, all we did was a the ol troubleshoot the phone but it didnt work.
The very kind lady said it might because "It doesnt know which app its sending from" or something like that.
The final solution was to change my mumber. I changed it fhe first time and people were still not getting my calls, I changed it the 2nd time and everything was back to normal. This was just my experience to make it work.

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AAbbott — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 02:20:59 GMT

Which messages app are you using?

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meself — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 02:25:05 GMT

Rcs with samsung messages is carrier dependent

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dkstatus24 — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 02:30:43 GMT

I'm using Google messages. 8 haven't used Samsung messages since the note 20 ultra.

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AAbbott — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 02:34:27 GMT

And you were both using RCS prior to this starting with no issues on these same devices?

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dkstatus24 — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 02:38:14 GMT

Correct. And now even SMS messages are not going thru most of the time. I have to delete and re send them a couple of times before they go through as SMS.

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AAbbott — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 02:44:22 GMT

If SMS is not going through, and your wife is having the same issue, I'm going to say your carrier is lying to you (or the rep you spoke to was misinformed). SMS goes through the carrier's servers, not Google's, as RCS does. I, personally, am not having an issue with either, but I also don't have Xfinity mobile. Have you tried turning RCS off and seeing if SMS goes through that way? Maybe turning it off and then back on will reset it.

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dkstatus24 — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 03:43:05 GMT

I'm not using Samsung messages. I use Google messages

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meself — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 03:54:12 GMT

If all the others are using Google messages you should have rcs i would check in settings at top rcs chat should see green at top by number next i would goto apps in settings and down to Google messages tap that scroll down abit and tap storage tap the clear cache and restart phone

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-CROW- — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 04:24:28 GMT

I couldn't get RCS to work on Google Messages when I got my S26U. I just wanted to try it, then I disabled it I installed Samsung Messages, and RCS worked immediately.

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Tom6068 — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:08:36 GMT

Sounds like a provisioning issue. Go to the Play Store and get the app "Net Monster" (temporarily). Open it after allowing functions, then click on the hamburger menu, click on Phone info.Then click on the 3 vertical dots on the top right and then click on "IMS Service Status" . In the small popup look next to the IMS registration and if it says unregistered, that will be a specific carrier issue. Call them.

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CEParsons — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:28:50 GMT

Sounds like a provisioning/registration error in GMessages. If RCS isn't working, that is a Google-side issue, but if SMS isn't working, that's on your carrier.

Here are some steps to try that typically resolve these kinds of errors:

> Open GMessages
> Profile icon
> Message Settings
> RCS Chats
> Turn OFF
> Visit the GMessages Play Store Listing
> uninstall updates

Go to Settings » apps » 3 dots, top right » show system apps» Carrier Services » Storage » Clear Cache

THEN

Go to Settings » apps » Google Messages » Storage » Clear Cache

> Do not update again yet
> Open GMessages
> Profile icon
> Message Settings
> RCS Chats
> Turn ON

This generally forces a reset and resolves provisioning errors

Once RCS is re-registered, re-update your app.

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itsRickSung — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 16:49:03 GMT

You can turn off RCS on Google messages and turn it back on to re register. That usually helps me with messaging issues !!

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userC3rx8BEINC — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 01:01:52 GMT

I'm having massive issues resulting in loss of income!!! RCS is terrible!!!!!!