As I said, it worked perfectly for me for months. If you haven’t experienced any Chat/RCS issues, then I hope you don’t. If those didn’t fix it for you, I don’t know what will. You’ve likely already tried all the “fixes” out there-clearing data for Carrier Services and Messages, resetting network settings, pulling updates, or even trying beta software. If you landed on this article after having Google Chat issues, I’m sorry. Unfortunately, You Get What You Get for Now Update: As mentioned above, if you’re having issues with RCS and can’t seem to find a good fix, head to this page and use the “without your previous device” option to deregister RCS on the server side.Īlas, I don’t have a good solution for you right now. But it would effectively do away with RCS Hell, at least until a better method surfaces. Then the user can have the option to re-enroll later if they choose. That way, in an event like this, messages still come through. There should be a simple way to unenroll from RCS completely. I tried a quick internet search and tested all the available “fixes,” which did absolutely nothing. Then I checked the status of Google Chat, and it was stuck on “Status: Verifying.” I verified my phone number, but it wouldn’t connect. I checked the internet connection, my VPN, and the mobile network. I tried to send my wife a text, but it sat on the “sending” screen for a long time. Last Wednesday, I was at the Kia dealership having some work done on my car. During hours of searching and even talking with Google, this page once never surfaced organically, but I’m happy that a fix does exist. The original text is left in place below outlining the issue. Update, 8/2/21 9:32 am Eastern: After this piece was published, this page was brought to my attention, which does exactly what I suggest below.
Here’s the difference: there’s no way for Android users to fix that. They’re left, just floating around in cyberspace doing whatever unread, undelivered messages do, which I can only assume involves weeping and gnashing of teeth. It’s a purgatory for messages that have a destination but no means to get there.
RCS Hell, as described earlier, is basically the same thing.