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GrapheneOS - break free from Google and Apple
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this post was submitted on 17 Feb 2026
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Also, break free from RCS and from participating in group chats with anyone you can't convince to move to another platform.
I daily drive grapheneOS, and wouldn't go back to iOS or Google-ed Android for anything, but it really sucked having to tell friends, family, and others I couldn't participate in our old group chats anymore.
EDIT: Apparently, they released a fix over the weekend, as aoude pointed out in another comment. So it's working for me on AT&T now.
Link to instructions: https://grapheneos.org/usage#rcs
For me this is nonnegotiable, I have plenty of family and friends that I'm in group RCS chats and it's unreasonable to expect other people to confirm to your privacy expectations. I limit non-Signal chats when possible, but in many cases it's either RCS or miss important conversations with family and friends
Totally understood. It wasnt a deal-breaker for me, but I can see how it would be for others.
I've seen on the grapheneOS discuss boards that some people have gotten it to work, but none of their fixes have worked for me.
I am on T-Mobile and up until this weekend it was definitely broken. People had temporary workarounds but nothing seemed to stick. This weekend a new build was released with a specific setting that provides the ability to use RCS on T-Mobile (and I think At&t is fixed too)
https://grapheneos.org/usage#rcs
It worked! I'll update my original comment! Thank you again!
I'm on AT&T so I will definitely try it!
Thank you!
Did not see your other comments, glad it worked for you!
2 quirks I found that were easily fixed, not sure if you will find them handy:
Is it a new build of grapheneOS you mean, or messages? I'm on AT&T so I will definitely try it!
I tried to switch to grapheneOS after my iPhone broke. RCS incompatibility is why I ended up purchasing another refurbished iPhone.
Managed to get my immediate family to try out Signal, but the fact that EXIF data was stripped from photos made it a no-go. We share photos in our group chat very often, and photos saved from Signal having the wrong date/time and no location drove them bonkers.
Outside of immediate family, most of my friends would only communicate through Discord...yeah, no thanks, I'd rather use iMessage lol.