RCS on Reliance Jio SIM

[socrates]

Does anyone have RCS working on Jio sim by default ie without any cheat procedures? Pls mention phone make/model. I have an Asus Max Pro M1 & RCS does not work with Jio sim whereas with Vodafone sim it works!!!😒

 

[RummaanKhan]

@socrates it was working before but now it's saying Carrier unsupported. So I had to enable it manually

 

[varkey]

What is RCS? What's it used for? Something new for me. 😅

 

[Sushubh]

basically... an upgrade of sms that sort of works like messengers but is powered by mobile networks. no company technically owns it but someone has to run the servers and for now, in india, we have to use google's servers for android support. based on the comments above jio had their own implementation but it's not working fine?

 

[socrates]

RCS is the new messaging protocol on Android devices. It's an alternative for SMS and more closely matches the features available in Apple's iMessage, WhatsApp, and Facebook Messenger. With RCS, you'll be able to send richer, more engaging text messages than you could on SMS

 

[socrates]

@socrates it was working before but now it's saying Carrier unsupported. So I had to enable it manually

Thanks, which operator?

 

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[varkey]

Interesting, I wasn't aware of this. So how should one enable and use it? Does it work over the usual messaging app or is there a different app that we need to install which makes use of the RCS protocol?

 

[RummaanKhan]

Thanks, which operator?

Jio

 

[socrates]

@RummaanKhan In my case it never worked.

 

[socrates]

@varkey It's part of Android messages which I presume is present in most phones except maybe samsung. It's part of any stock Android OS phone.

 

[RummaanKhan]

@socrates Samsung phones support Jio's RCS. I've tried sending pictures and videos from Jio4GVoice to Samsung devices.

 

[socrates]

I had heard that samsung messages is their version of Android messages. Slightly modified.

 

[socrates]

Interesting, I wasn't aware of this. So how should one enable and use it? Does it work over the usual messaging app or is there a different app that we need to install which makes use of the RCS protocol?

From what I have heard & seen it pops up automatically when you open the messaging app. Else check if it's there in the app settings. Heard that google is switching off the cheat enabled options in non supported areas.

 

[RummaanKhan]

@socrates Yes. Samsung phones support all features of Jio

 

[socrates]

Looks like this RCS hype has died a quiet death here in India or should I say still born 😏