This is more of a "work-a-round" rather than a fix. RCS isn't broken... It's just not enabled. Apple will enable it soon enough.
And I agree.... 99.9999% should not do this...
but I'm sure it's cool.. 😂
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And I agree.... 99.9999% should not do this...
but I'm sure it's cool.. 😂
noticed some of my icons like that this morning. a restart fixed it.Does anybody else have this problem? App icons are disappearing after the update on 11 pro. Sometimes when you open an app it will display the app icon but then at some the icon will again disappear.
They need to actually have RCS enabled (some Android users do not) and you may need to cycle airplane mode.
RCS is encrypted so there needs to be some sort of handshake with the android user, right?
This lines up with my thinking as well. In the much maligned Verge article (where the statement was made that beta 2 would be released yesterday), it was also attributed to Sainz that Apple Intelligence would be available in beta “this summer”. Presumably (unless they plan to release an 18.1 beta just before the summer solstice, which is possible actually depending on the timing of the iphone launch), that means it needs to show up meaningfully in beta form before 18.0 is released to the public. Can’t do that much later than the timing you lay out.
So I'm curious why exactly would you do this anyway? How do you add, delete or access them afterwards? Guess I just dont get why you would want to delete apps that support the data that you presumably want to keep.
couldn't you still see them on the phone app contact button at the bottom. I never open my contact app and just do my adjustments from the phone app
Well I dunno. I guess so according to @s2mike. Seems that the phone app is sort of opening the contacts app just via a different way verses an home screen icon. Just not sure why one would want to delete the app IF they actually use contacts (or passwords since thats what started this discussion)
just tried deleting the app, it says removing the app from the Home Screen will not delete your contacts. deleted the app and they are still in the phone contacts button.
reinstalled the app and everything is back to normal. I learned something today.
So.. I think the android user has to be using Google Messages for it to work. (RCS seems to be fragmented in it’s implementation on Android still so I guess Apple ensure compatibility with the one in use by Google.)
I have 2 androids for work - a Samsung S24 and a Google Pixel.. RCS worked for the Pixel just fine. For the Samsung, even though RCS was enabled on it and working Android to Android, it didn’t work with my iPhone until I installed Google Messages and used that.
Once I set it as the default messaging app, I got a popup saying that RCS was being set up and then complete shortly after that. THEN I started getting read receipts, typing indicators and the tap-back reactions worked properly.
EDIT: You also have to turn MMS OFF on your iPhone so that videos/photos will send in full size as opposed to compressed for text.
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You can do all of that via the Phone app, so I see no need to have two apps that do the same thing.
Not sure how it works.
Example: My son got a new Sammie. I sent him a text message. As I was sending I got a notice on my Android that his device accepts RCS. From that point forward it is RCS.
Not sure how the handshake initially works.
On Android? They are whatever the default theme is or what I set the theme to be.
For the first time in a LONG time - a beta update trashed up my iPhone. Pro Max 14 -- installed B2 and at first it was working.. behaving erratically then. SMS stopped working. Apps would open but not allow me to do anything. After a restart it would just endlessly Apple Logo loop until I gave up and restored. Any one else with a 14 having severe allergic reactions to B2?
On the iPhone they remain green. But you get “Delivered” and “Read” notifications.
Included in your first RCS message to a number is a handshake to establish the availability of RCS in general, as well as a breakdown of what features your device/carrier/whatever supports. The recipient invisibly responds with the handshake as well as the supported features on that end.
This exchange occurs with every message. If the recipient does not respond to the handshake, this tells the protocol to fallback to SMS.
Hmmm…got the attached message right after I updated my BRAND NEW M4 IPAD PRO to beta 2. 🥶
