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iPhone iOS18 RCS messages
Hey everyone, I’ve updated to ios18 on my iPhone 14PM , which means I should be able to rcs across to my android buddies! But I can’t (yet) there is nothing in settings I can see.
what gives? Is it carrier specific?
SMARTY doesn't have its own iOS profile, they use THREE's iOS profile and that’s why the setting shows. However, THREE’s RCS service doesn’t work with Smarty, and thus it’s not supported.
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It's the middle of March - 2 months since the last response. And still nothing???
I’ve tried to enable RCS messaging on my iPhone but when I’ve tried to enable it in settings it’s just said that it’s waiting for activation. It didn’t show anything in my settings on my old phone (iPhone 12) but bought the 16 in december and it’s been showing this since then. Smarty say they support RCS messaging so how has it still not activated after several months?
Smarty does not support RCS messaging.
Is this the sole reason why nobody can verify WhatsApp acs if with a smarty sim ???
If you don't turn it on by midnight I'm going to squirt 😫
Joshua27756 Thank you for your valuable contribution to this thread.
When you talk about "If you don't...." has it occurred to you that we are not Smarty employees, but forum members and customers ?
I was talking to the smarty people who will hopefully read my message and turn it on 🙂🤞🏼
I would love to know when this goes live please.
TheHomerSimpson Given that Smarty has not yet decided to support short code texts, I think you may be waiting some considerable time if it is something that's important to you.
Is there any update on when this will be available please? Three is now offering it
Is there any update on this? Three now supports RCS on iOS18
Hey
I’m curious for this as well. Checking daily in the settings app to see if it’s been activated
If you're on iOS 18.2 public beta, you now get the RCS Messaging option within Settings->Messages on SMARTY (carrier profile Three 60.5.4 required). Good luck getting it to work though, mine just remains stuck on "waiting for activation...".
I'm in the same boat 'waiting for activation...'
Any ideas how long I should be waiting? It's been about 24 hours so far...
marvbloke jonnyphone Mine has said that for a long time now.
I'm thinking that it will work once the network is set up to offer it, but not before.
Yes. Currently only EE has access to RCS from iPhone to Android in the UK
We should receive a notification when SMARTY updates the carrier settings.
We can also force a check-in for new settings simply by browsing the Settings->General->About screen.
In Smarty’s case, it’s nothing to do with carrier support of RCS as they already allow it, at least via Google Messages.
The issue is that carriers must issue an updated iOS carrier settings file that lets the iPhone know they support RCS. It will literally be one tiny attribute and value key pair to enable it and it should be ignored by older iPhones. I don’t yet understand why providers who already support RCS on Android haven’t updated their carrier settings yet. I guess it’s a rare task to update the carrier settings. Maybe the skilled staff have moved on since the last change. 🤷🏼♂️
Now that support from Three is imminent, does that mean SMARTY will also?
https://9to5mac.com/2024/11/28/uk-carrier-three-supporting-rcs-for-iphone-users-from-next-month/
I'd have thought so, as Smarty uses Three's carrier profile on the iPhone.
I often get carrier settings updates on my Pixel through the Play Store. So they clearly have staff that can do it
