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    From croy@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, June 10, 2026 17:37:33
    On my Samsung s24 FE, when I message with someone, I sometimes see it's
    going as SMS, and sometimes as RCS. Can I control this?

    --
    croy

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  • From Jörg Lorenz@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, June 11, 2026 06:49:58
    On 11.06.26 02:37, croy wrote:
    On my Samsung s24 FE, when I message with someone, I sometimes see it's
    going as SMS, and sometimes as RCS. Can I control this?

    Your phone always chooses the highest standard possible in terms of functionality and that is RCS. If the network or the device of the
    receiver is not compatible with RCS your Samsung is automatically
    downgrading to SMS. The only way to standardise is to downgrade
    permanently to SMS. But this would have a lot of disadvantages.

    --
    "Roma locuta, causa finita" (Augustinus)

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.15
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  • From Carlos E.R.@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, June 11, 2026 11:39:50
    On 2026-06-11 11:24, Andy Burns wrote:
    croy wrote:

    On my Samsung s24 FE, when I message with someone, I sometimes see it's
    going as SMS, and sometimes as RCS.ÿ Can I control this?
    You can only send by RCS to someone else if they have it enabled (which
    is the default).ÿ If their phone is turned off, it'll go via SMS and be received later.

    Huh?

    I just turned off my second phone to try. I sent two RCSs to it, no problem.

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    Cheers, Carlos.
    ES??, EU??;

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  • From Carlos E.R.@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, June 11, 2026 11:41:37
    On 2026-06-11 02:37, croy wrote:
    On my Samsung s24 FE, when I message with someone, I sometimes see it's
    going as SMS, and sometimes as RCS. Can I control this?

    Just ask those people to enable RCS on their phones. It is the default
    on modern phones; they might have an old phones, or have it disabled for
    some reason.

    --
    Cheers, Carlos.
    ES??, EU??;

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.15
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Richmond@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, June 11, 2026 12:14:50
    "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> writes:

    On 2026-06-11 11:24, Andy Burns wrote:
    croy wrote:

    On my Samsung s24 FE, when I message with someone, I sometimes see it's
    going as SMS, and sometimes as RCS.ÿ Can I control this?
    You can only send by RCS to someone else if they have it enabled
    (which is the default).ÿ If their phone is turned off, it'll go via
    SMS and be received later.

    Huh?

    I just turned off my second phone to try. I sent two RCSs to it, no problem.

    If the phone is not connected to the internet it will keep trying for a
    couple of hours I think, then default to SMS. (Unless they have changed
    things. I used to find it quite annoying because I would realise it
    wasn't sending, but have to wait for it to fail).

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    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From croy@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, June 11, 2026 10:03:22
    On Thu, 11 Jun 2026 06:49:58 +0200, J?rg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote:

    On 11.06.26 02:37, croy wrote:
    On my Samsung s24 FE, when I message with someone, I sometimes see it's
    going as SMS, and sometimes as RCS. Can I control this?

    Your phone always chooses the highest standard possible in terms of >functionality and that is RCS. If the network or the device of the
    receiver is not compatible with RCS your Samsung is automatically
    downgrading to SMS. The only way to standardise is to downgrade
    permanently to SMS. But this would have a lot of disadvantages.

    Thanks!

    --
    croy

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.16
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From croy@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, June 11, 2026 10:04:35
    On Wed, 10 Jun 2026 17:37:33 -0700, croy <croy@spam.invalid.net> wrote:

    On my Samsung s24 FE, when I message with someone, I sometimes see it's
    going as SMS, and sometimes as RCS. Can I control this?


    Thanks to all of you. Good info.

    --
    croy

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.16
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