AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile have finally agreed to replace SMS with a new RCS standard

[ricflairwoo2]

https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/24...ng-initiative-ccmi-att-tmobile-sprint-verizon

 

[msm0511]

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https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/24...ng-initiative-ccmi-att-tmobile-sprint-verizon

I read that yesterday. The optimist in me thinks this is good news. But sensible me thinks they're just doing it for more data to sell to 3rd parties.

 

[strikeIII]

Re: AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile have finally agreed to replace SMS with a new RCS standard

I read that yesterday. The optimist in me thinks this is good news. But sensible me thinks they're just doing it for more data to sell to 3rd parties.

I'm also thinking the reason they're joining together is so they can all charge extra for this service and no one can cry about it and move to another carrier.

 

[msm0511]

Re: AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile have finally agreed to replace SMS with a new RCS standard

I'm also thinking the reason they're joining together is so they can all charge extra for this service and no one can cry about it and move to another carrier.

Either way, they'll figure out some way to screw us with it. It'll be its own app that you can only get on carrier locked phones, they'll charge for it, scrape our data, something. I have little faith in the goodness of US carriers.

 

[bhatech]

Re: AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile have finally agreed to replace SMS with a new RCS standard

******* crappy useless US carriers ... Hate them to the core

Google should have never bent over to them in the first place. Treat them like how Apple does.

 

[strikeIII]

Re: AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile have finally agreed to replace SMS with a new RCS standard

Enable RCS now. I did the steps and got the setup prompts for RCS but now just gotta get other folks to do it to try it out.
https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/...e-rcs-in-the-messages-app-yourself-right-now/

 

[mustang7757]

Re: AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile have finally agreed to replace SMS with a new RCS standard

Enable RCS now. I did the steps and got the setup prompts for RCS but now just gotta get other folks to do it to try it out.
https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/...e-rcs-in-the-messages-app-yourself-right-now/

I'm trying to set it up ,but say messages will let you know when it's done , and I tap in settings by chat and trying verify my number there

 

[tlc264]

Re: AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile have finally agreed to replace SMS with a new RCS standard

I've got it set up in all of my phones. It took several tries to get it going.

 

[mustang7757]

Re: AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile have finally agreed to replace SMS with a new RCS standard

I've got it set up in all of my phones. It took several tries to get it going.

I'm trying this on my 1+7pro , which phones you had success on ?

 

[frederickdawg]

Re: AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile have finally agreed to replace SMS with a new RCS standard

I read that yesterday. The optimist in me thinks this is good news. But sensible me thinks they're just doing it for more data to sell to 3rd parties.

Yep. All makes sense now as to why USA carriers didn't adopt Google's rcs and waited this long for their own "lucrative" version. Pffft.

 

[J Dubbs]

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Either way, they'll figure out some way to screw us with it. It'll be its own app that you can only get on carrier locked phones, they'll charge for it, scrape our data, something. I have little faith in the goodness of US carriers.

I don't even know what it is..... but I do know I'm perfectly happy with messaging just the way it is on our phones and I'm not setting anything else up, or paying for anything else ;-)

I have always said screw them, because that's exactly what's going to happen if they try and screw with me. We're paying $81 a month for the exact same plan on AT&T that my sister is paying $130 for on Verizon, because I hammer AT&T mercilessly and continuously to keep our bill down. I just got a $50 credit because of AT$T's voicemail system being down. I hate to say it but you have to be angry and enjoy riding these piece of s**t U.S carriers to get treated right.

I've been told I have anger management issues but I've always said **** that LoL.

 

[tlc264]

Re: AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile have finally agreed to replace SMS with a new RCS standard

I'm trying this on my 1+7pro , which phones you had success on ?

Moto Z2 Play
Moto Z3
Note 9
Pixel 3

 

[Ron Copsetta]

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I don't even know what it is..... but I do know I'm perfectly happy with messaging just the way it is on our phones and I'm not setting anything else up, or paying for anything else ;-)

I have always said screw them, because that's exactly what's going to happen if they try and screw with me. We're paying $81 a month for the exact same plan on AT&T that my sister is paying $130 for on Verizon, because I hammer AT&T mercilessly and continuously to keep our bill down. I just got a $50 credit because of AT$T's voicemail system being down. I hate to say it but you have to be angry and enjoy riding these piece of s**t U.S carriers to get treated right.

I've been told I have anger management issues but I've always said **** that LoL.

Love it, I do the same thing and they say the same about my anger

 

[mustang7757]

Re: AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile have finally agreed to replace SMS with a new RCS standard

Moto Z2 Play
Moto Z3
Note 9
Pixel 3

Got it going last night on 2 of my devices

 

[tlc264]

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Got it going last night on 2 of my devices

When I first tried it I did both of the RCS setting at once and it did not work. I then tried each setting individually and it then worked.

 

[anon(50597)]

Re: AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile have finally agreed to replace SMS with a new RCS standard

******* crappy useless US carriers ... Hate them to the core

Google should have never bent over to them in the first place. Treat them like how Apple does.

If this is all about making money on consumers, I can see people going to an iPhone. iMessage is free and excellent.

 

[mustang7757]

Re: AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile have finally agreed to replace SMS with a new RCS standard

When I first tried it I did both of the RCS setting at once and it did not work. I then tried each setting individually and it then worked.

Yeah same here

 

[subguy812]

Re: AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile have finally agreed to replace SMS with a new RCS standard

I'm trying this on my 1+7pro , which phones you had success on ?

Pixel 4. It is a little finicky. It took quite a few minutes for it to "work".

 

[mustang7757]

Re: AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile have finally agreed to replace SMS with a new RCS standard

Pixel 4. It is a little finicky. It took quite a few minutes for it to "work".

I got it working with my Note 10+ and 1+7 pro just had to fix the 2 slot ACS URl and OTP pattern worked instantly

 

[bhatech]

Re: AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile have finally agreed to replace SMS with a new RCS standard

Here is a nice video showing steps on how to set it up.

https://youtu.be/RL3c4WkWfxY