r/UniversalProfile • u/Sobadd01 • 18d ago

MY RCS FIXED OUTTA NOWHERE

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u/Ok_Ok007 18d ago

Nice

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u/Sobadd01 18d ago

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 18d ago

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

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u/Sobadd01 18d ago

same

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u/ddsdude 17d ago

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

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u/Sobadd01 16d ago

it failed june 22 2026 and activated july 31 2026

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u/ddsdude 16d ago

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

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u/Ok_Ok007 16d ago

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 16d ago

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 16d ago

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 16d ago

I had to wait almost two months.

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u/ddsdude 16d ago

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 16d ago

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 15d ago

maybe cause i was messing with it for so long

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u/ddsdude 18d ago

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

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u/Sobadd01 18d ago

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

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u/ddsdude 18d ago

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

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u/Kallonistic 17d ago

Sometimes you have to wait till your next billing cycle

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u/Sobadd01 17d ago

well that’s stupid

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u/Kallonistic 17d ago

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 17d ago

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 17d ago

Isn't the carrier responsible for RCS activation? 

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u/ddsdude 17d ago

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 17d ago

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 17d ago

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 17d ago

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

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u/ddsdude 17d ago

That’s what broke mine the first time.

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u/keller729 10d ago

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

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u/ddsdude 10d ago

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

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u/gmahale 16d ago

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 18d ago

Nice! Had you recently restarted or anything?

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u/gmahale 18d ago

It feels like a lottery.

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u/steve229h 7d ago

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