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.
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
I was excited to learn of RCS messaging support on iOS that was released today.
Although I already use RCS Messaging with other android users though my Pixel on Smarty network, my family who have updated to iOS 18 cannot yet use it.
The option to enable it in the iphone message settings is not yet there and lots of chatter on the internet suggest that only EE in the UK support it at the moment.
Has anyone got this working on smarty and know of any update on when this might be available?
According to this page, you should receive a notification when SMARTY has updated the carrier settings. It would appear there is also a risk that you miss this notification and simply going to Settings->General->About will trigger a check-in for a new version.
Any updates on this? Three is now supporting RCS
Surprised Smarty doesn’t as it is part of three network so should be activated also
I recently switched from SKY (o2) and was disappointed to see that RCS doesn’t work anymore. I queried this with Smarty via two ‘chats’ and an email only to be told that “3 doesn’t support it” on iPhone. Although I can text to normal phone numbers I can’t reply to ‘short numbers’ (to report and issue on a BT phone line). Is this normal for Smarter? (iPhone 11 running 18.3)
AndrewP_2753924 Yes, Smarty doesn't support sending messages to SMS short codes (other than the ones mandated by Ofcom for requesting a PAC, etc).
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.
If it wasn’t supported it wouldn’t appear on the settings, eg when I had my VOXI sim installed the RCS option wasn’t there
Stephen_2607686 If you check it out carefully, you will see that it needs your network carrier to support that system. Currently Smarty does not (I think it may only be EE at the minute).
Would like to know how long this takes to implement on IPhones as it’s been 5 days since iOS 18 and almost 7 weeks or more on iOS 18.1 so Cmon Smarty stop pussyfooting around
At the moment, just a couple of days after iOS 18.0 was released, its only MNOs worldwide that are currently supporting this, and even then, not all MNO's, with MVNO's and sub brands being some months away from supporting this.
I wouldnt expect this situation to chsnge until Q1 of 2025 at the earliest.
RCS is available with SMARTY on my Samsung S24 Ultra, pop the SIM in my iPhone 15 Pro Max ... No dice for RCS ????
That's because you're using Samsung or Google RCS when on Android.
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.
Yes. Currently only EE has access to RCS from iPhone to Android in the UK
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.
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
