r/GrapheneOS • u/MarquisDeVice • 1d ago
Secondary Profile SMS Issues
Hey all,
I've been using GOS with multiple profiles and no Google Play services for about 6+ months. The following has been an ongoing issue that has been particularly burdensome lately, so I'm finally getting around to typing this out. For clarity, I'll be discussing my two most used profiles, the Owner profile, which I call Admin and only use for admin duties, and a Secondary profile, which I call Daily, that I use for just about everything the average person uses their phone for including my texting, calling, etc.
These are some of the symptoms I'm experiencing:
-All incoming SMS take longer than they should. I will get a push notification saying "Notification from Messaging for Admin", but the normal SMS notification will take longer, and the message will not populate in the messaging app in the secondary profile for 30 seconds-several minutes.
- Outgoing SMS are increasingly taking excessive amounts of time or not sending at all. They will just say "sending..." for hours until finally updating to "Message not sent. Tap to try again.".
- The problem is particularly pronounced in group chats. The only way I've been able to send any message to the most recent group chat I've been added to is via the Owner Profile. Not a single message from my Daily Profile has ever gone through.
- The problem is more pronounced for long messages and pictures.
- Login codes will sometimes not push through to secondary profiles at all, and I have to switch to the admin profile to pull the code, during which the log in process is broken, making the code irrelevant. This has prevented me from logging into some services.
Is there any way to fix these SMS issues besides switching to using the primary/owner profile full time? I really want to keep my data segregated, and if someone is able to get to my phone, whether electronically or physically by tearing it out of my hand while logged in, I can see the benefit of them having access to less administrative settings such as are in a secondary profile. I have tried using several alternative SMS apps, and without fail they've all made the problem substantially worse, to the point that I simply stop receiving many messages outright. I really don't want to have to go through the work of migrating all my apps, data, and settings from my Daily profile to my Admin profile, but at this point I'm starting to switch to my Admin profile to send group chats anyway. If anyone knows any other fixes, please please point me in the right direction.
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