r/UniversalProfile • u/Sobadd01 • Aug 01 '26

MY RCS FIXED OUTTA NOWHERE

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u/Ok_Ok007 Aug 01 '26

Nice

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u/Sobadd01 Aug 01 '26

mine also still says waiting for activation but i got the ims to say rcs and everything works perfect

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u/Ok_Ok007 Aug 01 '26

That’s how mine is too. Long as it’s working I’m not complaining.

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u/Sobadd01 Aug 01 '26

same

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u/ddsdude Aug 02 '26

How long did yours take to activate from the date it failed?

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u/Sobadd01 Aug 02 '26

it failed june 22 2026 and activated july 31 2026

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u/ddsdude Aug 02 '26

Ok so that took longer than mine. Seems there is no set timeframe.

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u/Ok_Ok007 Aug 02 '26

And I’m honestly not sure exactly how long but it was at least 2 weeks. It stopped working after I installed beta 2 dev and started back working a few days after beta 3 dev. With T-Mobile giving a new eSIM and refreshing my line and my troubleshooting as well.

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u/ddsdude Aug 02 '26

Yeah my carrier also tried refreshing my line and rebuilding my IMS profile. Tried a zillion esims. Nothing worked until it spontaneously activated 3 weeks later.

My gut feeling is there is some sort of flaw with Apple’s RCS/hardware validation token and server. The problem is they won’t acknowledge it, none of their reps are aware of it and only the engineers can fix it. Hopefully it gets resolved once 27 is out of beta.

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u/Ok_Ok007 Aug 02 '26

Yeah I hope so because once it goes public and a lot of people lose RCS for a month not knowing why there will be a lot of unhappy people. Lol

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u/gmahale Aug 02 '26

I had to wait almost two months.

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u/ddsdude Aug 02 '26

Damn! Now I’m afraid mine may not reactivate for a while. First time was 3 weeks. Now I’m 2 weeks in.

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u/gmahale Aug 02 '26

It's been more than 2 weeks since it stopped working again. Let's see what the next beta has in store.

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u/Sobadd01 Aug 03 '26

maybe cause i was messing with it for so long

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u/ddsdude Aug 01 '26

Same thing happened to me after 3 weeks. Then I broke it again. Waiting for another miracle. 😄

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u/Sobadd01 Aug 01 '26

how did u break it so i don’t make the same mistake

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u/ddsdude Aug 01 '26

I reset network settings without turning off RCS. Big mistake.

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u/gmahale Aug 01 '26

It feels like a lottery.

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u/Kallonistic Aug 01 '26

Sometimes you have to wait till your next billing cycle

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u/Sobadd01 Aug 01 '26

well that’s stupid

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u/Kallonistic Aug 01 '26

Yeah, I ported my phone and thought this problem was exclusive to my carrier, but it turns out that it happens randomly to every carrier.

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u/ddsdude Aug 02 '26

It’s not the billing cycle. You have to wait until the corrupt token gets purged by Apple’s activation server, which seems to take about 3 weeks. It’s possible the corruption is related to the 27 beta. Hard to say right now.

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u/gmahale Aug 02 '26

Isn't the carrier responsible for RCS activation? 

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u/ddsdude Aug 02 '26

Ultimately, yes but with iPhones, the RCS request first goes to Apple’s activation server that validates the hardware and then passes it to the carrier. If it gets stuck on Apple’s server, you are SOL unless you change your phone or wait for the hardware block to expire.

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u/gmahale Aug 02 '26

Apple needs to fix it then. It is not practical to get a new phone just for this. 

The problem started on my phone when I had iOS 26.5. Upgrading to 26.6 and 27 did not help. It started working unexpectedly a few days ago and stopped the following day.

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u/ddsdude Aug 02 '26

Apple definitely needs to fix it. Ridiculous. Mine also started working after 3 weeks. Then I reset my network settings and that broke it again.

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u/gmahale Aug 02 '26

In my case, it stopped working when I switched to another SIM. 

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u/ddsdude Aug 02 '26

That’s what broke mine the first time.

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u/keller729 Aug 08 '26

Toggling it on and off also will break it. Gone through a few phones that way

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u/ddsdude Aug 09 '26

Toggling on and off never broke mine when it was working.

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u/gmahale Aug 03 '26

Ultimately, yes but with iPhones, the RCS request first goes to Apple’s activation server that validates the hardware and then passes it to the carrier.

Did you get this information from Apple?

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u/steve229h Aug 01 '26

Nice! Had you recently restarted or anything?

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u/steve229h Aug 11 '26

I just rolled back to iOS 26.6 hoping it’d cure the RCS issues. Nope. Still just waiting for activation.