I’m trying to talk to someone over text who has an android, but every text i send is being sent as SMS and all of theirs are being sent as RCS. It keeps flipping back and forth and it’s annoying.
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iPhone 11, iOS 18
You are going to want to turn off RCS in your Messages settings, then turn on Airplane mode. After that, restart your phone. Then go back in, enable the RCS setting and THEN turn off Airplane mode and it should work.
This is assuming you have the bug where your contact’s messages come through as RCS, but yours still come through as SMS. And make sure they are the one who sent the most recent message, so the latest chat came through as RCS.
If you’re not already receiving as RCS, I don’t know if this will work. Apple pls fix
It’s a pain in the ***. Very annoying! More, it’s 2025, not 1985 when messaging began.
Bro!!! That worked!!! Thanks!!!!
I tried this, it did switch to RCS but asa I sent a text, it didn’t deliver & I had to send as sms in order for it to b sent. So it’s sad to say that doesn’t work
I’ve tried it 3xs, yes it switches back. It when u send a message it a sms. Have u tried sending a messages vs, just seeing it says text message rcs? Bcos if not, that solution is very short lived
You should try the Network Reset solution I posted a few weeks ago, it's working for many of us permanently.
Mine just stopped working and I have the latest update IOS18.3.2
Mines just started working minutes ago. After updating my phone 24hrs ago
This worked for me and you are the GOAT thank you
Thanks! Worked for me!!!
THIS! Thank you so much. This fixed the issue. So annoying…
I did all of that but it’s still not working.
I did reset, I did the unread, I turned off the rcs business.
its only on one of my messages, the other androids are RCS both ways.
please help
I have done all of these things nothing has worked. i hate this stupid phone and ios system this is what makes me want to switch to android
Same here
This works every time
It’s strange how it shows sms on some and rcs on others
Why do my texts keep switching between RCS and SMS on iPhone?
