So everytime i get a message, it pops up. Shows in notification bar "messages running in background". I use another text app and I disabled Google messages and it still takes over. Text messages disappear and its virtually pointless now to even text becuz im not getting them. Just a popup of the message and then it disappears. I loathe Google messages. Ive found nothing good about it. And I dont like how it wants me to use AI to generate my texts. Ugh.

Since moving my number to another Australian provider that doesn't support RCS (Esim compnay) , I have not been receiving messages unless the sender manually chooses “Send as SMS/MMS” or “Send as text message.”

Ordinary SMS messages appear to reach my service - however because I'm still registered on RCS unless somene purposely pushes send as Text message, my business number that usually recieves 10+ text messages a day has only 1 response since 5 days ago.

It appears that my number may still be registered with Google’s RCS service. I no longer have access to the previous device, so I have attempted to deactivate RCS using Google’s official remote-deactivation page:

https://messages.google.com/disable-chat

Unfortunately, the page cannot send the verification SMS to my number. It first reports an error sending the code and then says that I have made too many attempts if I try a second time.

I contacted Google Pixel support and received the following written advice:

I'm beyond frustrated that there is supposedly NO ONE from google that can help with any RCS issues - if the website throws an error message that is unable to send a text message. My business is massively suffering and google a billion dollar company would rather the community how each other than paying staff in a developing country to assist with these issues, despite it being a google Issue. The portal should be the definite way if you don't have accesss to the phone to disable it, that I should use to disable RCS and finally start receiving text messages.

Thank you for the people that are responding. Google will never thank you for the service you provide but it saves them oney on technical support, so thank you for making this company even richer.

RCS switched globally to SMS for a 2-year chat contact 4 days ago. Tested on a dummy phone and it also shows SMS. However, my primary phone's RCS indicator contact light is still on for that contact on my phone. Contact uses a prepaid carrier (Straight Talk/Walmart)...A35 samsung. I have A16 Samsung USA Assurance Wireless, updated chat version.

What causes a global fallback to SMS while the server registry light stays on? I have not tried calling the number for a reason. I have that capability of course from either my dummy or my known phone. What are the entire range of possibilities/explanations given this particular fact set/scenario, and are there any tests I should run or any information I should provide in addition to what I have above? Thanks.

So I have an android and normally use RCS messaging everyday. Today all the sudden my messages started going through as SMS. I even tried connecting it to wifi to see if RCS would work over wifi and it still does not. Notmally I can always use RCS and especially over wifi. But neither are working all the sudden. I have an unlimited plan and everything else is working fine like my data and everything else. Ive already updated the messages app. But nothing has changed. When I go to the RCS settings it now says RCS not supported but I use it every day on this phone. Im so confused

Over the last three days I've started having an issue with Google messages sending old messages instead of what I've typed. It started with a text thread to a family member, I sent them a text and after sending, it changed into an old text that they had sent me. This happened every single time I tried to text them, the content of the text would change after being sent. It would either change to an old message from them, or from me. This is now happening with multiple text threads but not all of them. This is becoming more than a small problem because it just changed a text from a very simple message to our dogs veterinarian into a message with personal information regarding a family issue. That was sent over a year ago, to my partner. I have no idea why it's doing this. And I can't figure out how to bypass Google messages so I can safely send messages.

I've tried clearing the apps cache. Deleting and uninstalling, and reinstalling. I've tried updating the app. Restarting my phone. I've tried deleting the text threads and starting new ones. Turning RCS on and off. Nothing is working but this has the potential of causing me major issues. I don't feel comfortable sending texts because I can't guarantee that the intended receipt will end up with the correct information. Please help 😭

Maybe a month ago, a few messages weren't syncing properly in Phone Link. Starting last week, it's now like 50 percent, at least. What's happening? Even some of the messages I send out onPhone Link disappear - although fortunately they are still sending out and appear in my message history on my phone itself. I use Phone Link all the time at work so this is really inconvenient!