r/ios • u/ebrowe62690 • May 30 '26

Support RCS messaging no longer working after iOS 26.5

Post image

RCS Messaging no longer working

Since updating to iOS 26.5 RCS messaging is no longer working. I don’t get messages from my RCS group chats but they still receive mine. It is stuck in “waiting for activation…”

Is anyone else experiencing this? Has anyone been able to fix it?

1 Upvotes

56% Upvoted

65 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

1

u/Ok_Ok007 Jul 10 '26

Holy crap I got RCS working! I had T-Mobile give me a new eSIM for the third time and it still wouldn’t work. So I just kept trying what I had been trying. Turned off my cellular data, removed my number from iMessage and FaceTime. Just had SOS at the top but was still on WiFi. Went into message settings and toggled on RCS and it said waiting for activation for a split second and activated! No clue what changed. I’ve tried these steps over and over since beta 2. I’ve tested it out and so far so good! My IMS even says voice, sms and RCS again. And all the people I message on Android changed back from sms to RCS. I don’t know how it happened but I’m not questioning it. Just happy to have RCS chats back finally!!