Why do my texts keep switching between RCS and SMS on iPhone?

Both my wife and I have turned it off on our iphones but there is no way to turn it off on her ipad

but still, others who group text are using RCS and/or haven't updated to the latest iOS and that is their right to do so

as long as they exist on the group the issues persist

And no I am not blocking my family or telling them to turn it off

Apple should make RCS work regardless of the situation

RCS is just poorly implemented and causes a lot of problems

RemovetheCamera wrote:

Both my wife and I have turned it off on our iphones but there is no way to turn it off on her ipad

You can't turn it off on your iPads because iPads aren't capable of either SMS or RCS. You can have both types of messages forwarded from your phone. If you turn RCS off on your phones, you won't get them on your iPads.

but still, others who group text are using RCS and/or haven't updated to the latest iOS and that is their right to do so

They can also turn it off if they want to.

as long as they exist on the group the issues persist

That's really an SMS/iMessage issue.

And no I am not blocking my family or telling them to turn it off

Why would you have to do that? If you turn off RCS, messages from people using RCS will be delivered to your phone using SMS/MMS.

Apple should make RCS work regardless of the situation

RCS is not an Apple protocol. If you want to use something that Apple has control over, use iMessage.

RCS is just poorly implemented and causes a lot of problems

You seem to be in a minority. For most people, it solves a lot is issues.

Have you given your feedback to Apple?

Product Feedback - Apple

obviously whomever is responding has no idea of the problem

our entire group has iphones, there is no need for RCS to be used on a group with all iphones

but when someone is unable to send using imessage, which none of us are privy to why it randomly sends messages using RCS

Apple is choosing to send using RCS when all the phones are iphones

Apple should not be sending RCS to apple phones

RemovetheCamera wrote:

obviously whomever is responding has no idea of the problem

I only know what you tell me about the problem. You've never really explained what the problem is with RCS other than you don't like it and think Apple shouldn't use it.

our entire group has iphones, there is no need for RCS to be used on a group with all iphones

Having iPhones is not the same thing as using iMessage. There are lots of people with iPhones who don't use iMessage. And that's their choice.

but when someone is unable to send using imessage, which none of us are privy to why it randomly sends messages using RCS

In order to be able to send an iMessage, you have to have an active data connection, either WiFi or cellular. If you don't or it's very weak, the message can get sent as an RCS (if you have that feature enabled) or and SMS (if you don't).

But you know what? You can set your phone so that if it can't send as an iMessage, the message will simply fail and not be sent. I don't think it's an improvement but I'm not you.

Settings>Apps>Message>Send as Text Message>Off

Apple is choosing to send using RCS when all the phones are iphones

No, the user is choosing it by 1) having RCS enabled on their phone and 2) having Send as Text Message enabled.

Apple should not be sending RCS to apple phones

Apple is not sending RCS messages. Your friends and family are. Apple has made RCS available to those who want to use it (and whose carriers support it).

I know that you are not going to take any of the suggestions I've given that will resolve most, if not all, of your issues. I know that you just want Apple to accede to your demands. Guess what? That's not going to happen. Millions of people begged Apple to add RCS capabilities for years. You're in a very tiny minority.

Take the suggestions I've given, give Apple feedback, continue to complain and demand to no purpose, it's all up to you.

Try this: navigate to Settings > General > Transfer or Reset iPhone > Reset > Reset Network Settings. This will remove all saved Wi-Fi passwords, Bluetooth connections, and VPN settings. 

This fixed my issue, I did this when my RCS would flip back to sms momentarily after each sent message.

briseyda163 wrote:

did you ever get it fixed if so how ? i’m having the same problem currently

I suggest you read at least some of the 7 pages of the thread that you just added to. It may prove enlightening.

I, too, am having the same issue. Rebooting my phone and toggling RCS on and off didn’t resolve the problem.

That didn’t work apparently. Now it’s back to doing it again and only working a few times a day.

It was only with one contact with me too. But tonight it happened with a second contact. Sometimes the messages don’t even go through. This is awful

I upgraded to the new iOS that was released today. The issue still persists.

When I text my Android friends with RCS the status indicator briefly changes from RCS to SMS and back to RCS after the message is sent. Anyone elses do that?

This is happening to my girlfriend and I right now and it's infuriating. We tried disabling RCS on both ends and then re-enabling but that didn't work. I hope to God Apple fixes this ASAP

Updated to 18.2 this morning. It didn’t fix the problem

This is the behavior I get, after the message is sent it flips from RCS to SMS and back again. It's quick so watch close:

https://youtu.be/VXXmVfsl7ow

Make sure RCS business messages are off, I was having this same issue and looked and this setting was on for some reason. I turned it off and RCS is back. Hope it helps.