RCS Messages on /e/OS

[Dave1]

Has anyone used RCS messaging on /e/os or is it even possible?

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[marcdw]

RCS messaging app and microG

Hi, because SIGNAL messenger is stopping SMS support soon I am looking for an additional messaging app that is using RCS services. As I see it all RCS apps requires GSF. So I wonder if they do run with microG instead of GSF. Any recommendation if this is possible and which app to use? Thank you in advance. Regain your privacy! Adopt /e/ the unGoogled mobile OS and online services[phone]

[Dave1]

I saw that and responded to it, and it gave me the impression that RCS isn’t enabled in /e/os. And then I saw this other thread that talks about an /e/ user trying to figure out how to disable RCS using /e/ so I’m trying to find out if it is possible or maybe a phone by phone type thing.

RCSPhone and Battery Drain

Hi all, I am very happy with running /e/ for the last few months on my (granted older, but trusted) Leeco LeMax2 (LEX 829), presently Android10. But have been struggling with a battery drain issue: GSamBatteryMonitor continuously ranks a process by the name of “RCSPhone” as the top “App Sucker”, even ahead of - understandbly - power intensive apps such as DuckDuckGo, Brave Browser etc. I have frozen “RCS Service”, not needing any of the new and improved elements of messenger apps coming with…

[barrocEF]

@Dave1 and all,
As my OP which you reference didn’t bring any useful pointers (or even replies) I chose to follow this path since then:

• Somewhere along the line of trying to find anything useful in various forums etc., I came upon a post saying (this here is my approximate rendition of the content…I simply cannot recall how and when and where I found this : “don’t worry, GSam sometimes reports RCSPhone instead of /e/system by mistake”.
• I thereupon unfroze (via SDMaid) RCSPhone and indeed, as I observed over time, that’s exactly what happened/happens.
• Whenever RCSPhone appeared among the “app suckers” (always, though randomly, after reboots), no dysfunctions in the OS or the phone’s useability at all.

That said, I still have not the slightest idea what exactly RCSPhone is or does (which is related to - but how? - , yet something different from, RCS Messenger). And: I have found that the app Simple SMS Messenger [by SimpleMobileTools] works flawlessly for me in /e/OS as the SMS default app.

End of report from simple practical experience.
best
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[Dave1]

Rich communication services is a protocol between both mobile operators and phones. The overall aim of RCS is for it to eventually replace SMS and MMS messaging. It’s provides end-to-end encryption for standard SMS and MMS.

Unfortunately, it is a Google service and uses Google servers to relay all the SMS and MMS being sent and received, but it does provided a layer of security for text messages similar to iMessage.

[Julien]

Hello ! To raise your interest for this feature, I invite you to this issue on gitlab the official /e/ gitlab:
https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/backlog/-/issues/7543